Women’s basketball action resumes this Tuesday in theTokyo 2020Olympic Games with Nigeria and theUSA facing each other at Saitama Super Arena in their first match of the preliminary round. Here, check out the preview, predictions, odds and how to watch this match in the US.
Team USA will be looking to win gold in the Tokyo Olympics, but first they have to win Group B. Besides Nigeria, they will be playing against France and hosts Japan. The team is led by five-time Olympians Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, with other stars like A’ja Wilson and Brittney Griner.
On the other hand, the Nigerian team is playing their second Games in the 45-year history of Olympic women’s basketball, after finishing 11th out of 12 teams at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Team USA shouldn’t have problems in their first game.
Nigeria vs USA: Match Information
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2021.
Time: 12:40 AM (ET).
Location: Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo.
Nigeria vs USA: Time by State in the US
ET: 12:40 AM
CT: 11:40 PM
MT: 10:40 PM
PT: 9:40 PM
Nigeria vs USA: Storylines
Nigeria and the United States played an exhibition game in Las Vegas on July 18th to prepare for the Olympics. Team USA won 93-62, and it’s expected that Dawn Stanley’s girls will be the winners this Tuesday. In that match, five different players hit double-figures, including 2020 WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Although Nigeria’s roster includes WNBA’s Promise Amukamara, Evelyn Akahtor, and Ify Ibekwe, they don’t have a star studded team as the US does. The sisters Chiney and Erika Ogwumike are also in the squad but their eldest sister Nneka couldn’t play for her second country as she has already played for the USA in previous tournaments.
How to watch or live stream Nigeria vs USA in the US
The game between USA and Nigeria for the preliminary round of Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be played this Tuesday, July 27, will be broadcasted in the US by USA Network. It can also be streamed via NBCOlympics.com.
Nigeria vs USA: Odds and predictions
Oddsmakers in the US have already made their predictions for this match. According to FanDuel, right now the United States are favored by 29.5 points. While the game total is set at 153.5 points.
| FanDuel | |
| Handicap | USA -29.5 |
| Game total | o/u 153.5 |
*Odds by FanDuel