USA vs France: Predictions, odds, and how to watch Olympic basketball

United States and France will clash on Sunday, July 25, at 8:00 am (ET) at the Saitama Sper Arena in Tokyo for the Olympic basketball preliminary tournament. Here, we’ll let you know about the preview, predictions, odds, and how to watch this exciting game in the U.S.

The United States enter this team with some doubts after going 2-2 in their warm-up games but you know they have enough talent on their roster to completely demolish the rest of the world, or at least that’s what most people would say.

Then again, if there’s a team that can make it quite tough for the United States national team, that’s definitely France; who also feature plenty of NBA veterans and some of the most talented players overseas as well.

USA vs France: Match Information

Date: Sunday, July 25, 2021

Time: 8:00 AM (ET)

Location: Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

USA vs France: Storylines

Some people were ready to sound off the alarms when Team USA dropped back-to-back games to Nigeria and Australia but they got it together again by beating Argentina and Spain with authority.

Obviously, they won’t have it as easy when they face reigning Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert and the French national team, as it’s clear that they still need to make the adjustment to FIBA basketball.

USA vs France: Lineups

USA

Damian Lillard (PG)

Bradley Beal (SG)

Jayson Tatum (SF)

Kevin Durant (PF)

Bam Adebayo (C)

France

Frank Ntilikina (PG)

Nando de Colo (SG)

Evan Fournier (SF)

Nicolas Batum (PF)

Rudy Gobert (C)

How To Watch Or Live Stream Free USA vs France In The U.S.

The Olympic basketball preliminary tournament game between USA and France to be played on July 25 at the Saitama Sper Arena in Tokyo will be live streamed in the U.S. by Peacock and then tape delayed by the NBC Network.

USA vs France: Predictions And Odds

Unsurprisingly, oddsmakers believe that the United States will make a statement in their first game of the tournament. Right now, they’re favored by 12 points, while the game total is set at 177.5 points.