USA vs. South Sudan: TV Schedule, Start Time and Live Stream for Basketball Showcase
Team USA's pre-Olympic tune-ups haven't gone entirely according to plan, but they've still won all three of their exhibition games.
It helps to have the kind of all-galaxy talent they possess.
That talent should be on full display again Saturday, when the Americans tussle with South Sudan in their second-to-last exhibition. Let's dissect the matchup here with all of the scheduling information you'll need, a look at both teams and a preview of what you'll want to watch.
Schedule, Start Time, Live Stream
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What: Team USA vs. South Sudan
When: Saturday, July 20 at 3 p.m. ET
Where: O2 Arena in London, England
TV: FOX
Live stream: Fox Sports app
Tale of the Tape
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Team USA has had a few clunky moments on the way, but it's still holding a 3-0 record with a pair of double-digit victories so far.
Its strongest showing to date was its most recent, too, as the Americans rolled to a 105-79 triumph over three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić and Serbia. Stephen Curry scored a game-high 24 points, Bam Adebayo tallied 17 points (and three triples) in 18 minutes off the bench and Anthony Davis racked up six rejections in just 16 minutes. They also limited Jokić to more shots (19) than points (16) and the same number of assists and turnovers (two each).
South Sudan, which will soon have its first ever taste of Olympic basketball, enters this contest having just wiggled out of a double-digit deficit to down Great Britain by an 84-81 count.
Marial Shayok, a second-round pick in 2019, starred in that contest with 27 points, four three-pointers and a critical block late in the game. He is joined on the Sudanese squad with former NBA players Carlik Jones and Wenyen Gabriel, as well as likely future NBA player Khaman Maluach, a 7'2" 17-year-old freshman at Duke who cracked the top 20 in the early 2025 mock from B/R's Jonathan Wasserman.
What to Watch
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Given its superior star power, Team USA isn't playing its opponent as much as it's learning things about itself.
Namely, it will tackle the topic of whether Joel Embiid still warrants a starting spot when Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo have been making more happen off the bench. So far, head coach Steve Kerr sounds committed to keeping Embiid in the first five.
Embiid was the league MVP in 2022-23 and would've factored in this past season's award race, too, had he stayed off of the injured list. But he missed multiple months with a knee injury and wasn't himself upon returning. Tack on the challenge of attempting to create chemistry and find his role on such a star-studded roster, and this can't be easy on the big fella.
That doesn't mean Team USA has to stick with him as a starter, though. Davis has arguably been the team's best player so far, and Adebayo is averaging 11 points on 12-of-20 shooting and 5.7 rebounds. Embiid, meanwhile, has 23 points on 7-of-19 shooting to this point.
This discussion will only quiet down if Embiid strings a few impact performances together. And he's running out of time to make that happen before the games really count.
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