USA vs. Lithuania: Start Time, Live Stream Info & Olympics Basketball Preview

After the way it was destroyed by the U.S. on Thursday night, Nigeria's team may want to go home and forget this Olympics ever happened.

The U.S., on the other hand, is only getting started.

The Americans have been dismantling every little bit of competition that comes their way this summer in London, but nothing was like Thursday, when the U.S. set an Olympic record for points scored in a game with a 156-73 demolition of Nigeria.

Mike Krzyzewski's squad set records all over the place on Thursday: According to the Associated Press, Carmelo Anthony, who led all scorers with 37 points, set the record for points in a game, plus the U.S. team hit a record number of three-pointers (26) and its 71 percent mark from the field was the best in Olympic history.

And now, Lithuania has the unenviable honor of attempting to halt that momentum.

On Saturday, Lithuania will attempt to hand the 3-0 U.S. its first loss of the Olympics after going 1-2 throughout the games thus far, suffering losses to Argentina and France but beating—you guessed it—Nigeria.

Given the fact that Lithuania is facing a team that has won its first three games of the Olympics by an average of 46 points—granted, a skewed number, but illustrative of the Team USA's utter dominance—that doesn't seem likely.

Here's where and when you can watch the U.S.'s next Olympic showdown.

Where: London, England

When: Saturday, August 4 at 9:30 a.m. ET

Watch: NBC Sports Network

Live Stream: NBCOlympics.com

U.S. Key to the Game: Maintaining the Momentum

Believe it or not, before this take-down of Nigeria, there were still people out there who believed the U.S. team wasn't all that much of a sure thing. There were complaints that the Americans couldn't shoot from long range, that they came out of the gates lazy, that they were unmotivated.

After putting up 156 points in a game, those concerns should be quelled.

People said the U.S. couldn't hit threes, and how did the U.S. respond? By breaking Olympic records for three-pointers made and attempted. If this team keeps shooting the way it has been—not only on Thursday, but throughout the Games—it's going to keep rolling with ease.

Granted, the Americans aren't going to win every game by more than 80 points, but even before the game against Nigeria, this was a team that was winning easily. Thursday's game was only an indication that, even when things are easy, it can still get even easier for the Americans.

Now, the biggest challenge will be avoiding complacency heading into Saturday's game against Lithuania.

Lithuania Key to the Game: Don't Be Intimidated

Nobody wants to be the team that has to face a squad coming off a record-shattering win, but this is the way the schedule falls, and Lithuania's objective is simple: Find a way to enter this game without admitting defeat before a second has been played. Find a way to come into this game without expecting a loss.

Lithuania has found a way to win before during these Games, and it won that game not because it happened to be facing Nigeria, but because it put forth a balanced scoring effort in which three players registered double figures, and because it played defense, limiting Nigeria to just 53 points.

Lithuania isn't a bad team. This is a nation that's won three bronze medals in basketball, according to the AP. It has to remember that. If it comes into this matchup expecting to be subjected to the same treatment the U.S. gave Nigeria, this is going to be over before it begins.

Prediction: U.S. Wins

How can anyone pick against a team that just won a game by 83 points? The Americans can't be stopped, and just in case there was anyone out there who thought they could, they presented Thursday's rout as evidence for the contrary.

On Thursday, the U.S. proved it can score at will—from anywhere on the court, including long range—and it will continue to do the same against a Lithuania team that will doubtlessly be overmatched.