Olympic Basketball 2024: TV Schedule, Live Stream, Odds for USA and All Day 6 Games
The United States Women's National Team returns to the floor Thursday for a showdown with Belgium in which A'ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, and Co. will look to continue their path toward Olympic gold.
They will garner the majority of the headlines thanks to undeniable star power that makes up that squad, but they are hardly the only team worth keeping an eye on Thursday.
Germany is a team to watch and should send a message to the rest of the field in its match-up with Japan while the host country France looks poised to roll against a Nigerian team that simply does not have the firepower to keep up.
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When and where can you check out Thursday's slate of women's games and who are the current favorites to emerge victoriously throughout?
Find out with this preview, including the latest odds from DraftKings Sportsbook.
Schedule, TV Info, Odds
Japan (+850) vs. Germany (-1750) (5:00 a.m, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com)
Canada (+295) vs. Australia (-375) (7:30 a.m., Peacock and NBCOlympics.com)
Nigeria (+850) vs. France (-1450) (11:15 a.m. Peacock and NBC Olympics.com)
United States (-2800) vs. Belgium (-1300) (3:00 p.m., USA Network, Peacock, and NBCOlympics.com)
Americans Look to Continue Their Olympic Dominance
The United States women kicked off their bid for Olympic gold Monday with a 26-point win over Japan that was never in question.
Wilson and Stewart led the team, scoring 24 and 22 points, respectively, while Ionescu and Brittney Griner added 11 each.
It was exactly the sort of dominant, one-sided win the team needed to kick things off and announce to the world that they are as great as they look on paper. They will have an opportunity to replicate that performance on Thursday against a Belgium team that is outmatched in every measurable way.
The Belgian squad opened up their Olympic games with a 14-point loss to Germany. The team never was really in that game, but 6-foot-4-inch center Emma Meesseman led the team with 25, establishing her as the biggest threat to opponents.
It will likely be a relatively easy victory if the Americans can defend and not allow her to establish dominance in the paint.
Up next for the US is that same German team which, despite their relatively one-sided win over Belgium, still poses little threat to an American team that, if it can avoid faltering, should be considered the gold medal favorite.
The American women have not lost an Olympic game since 1992.
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