Who Is USA Men’s Basketball Playing At Paris Olympics Quarterfinals?

It is all celebrations in Greece and despair in South Sudan. The African side needed to avoid a loss of more than 2 points, but ended up losing to Serbia, 96-85. While the officiating infuriated the South Sudan camp, nothing can be really done about it, and Serbia will now look forward to the next round. This result also sends Greece to the QFs. Team USA confirmed their top seed with a win against Puerto Rico, but who will stand in the way of LeBron James and his league of extraordinary players on their way to Olympic glory?

From Group A- Canada, Australia, and Greece have qualified with 3 teams coming from Group B- Germany, France, and Brazil. And finally, USA and Serbia will emerge from Group C. In addition, the Paris Olympics men’s basketball brackets were published too, which showcased Team USA, Brazil, Serbia, and Australia on one side, while Germany, France, Canada, and Greece were on the other.

It means Team USA will not face heavyweights like Germany and Canada before the Finals, the two teams LeBron James has marked as the main threats to his gold aspiration. So as per the tree, here are our quarterfinals fixtures for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The timings for the games are as follows, as all of them will be played on Tuesday.

Paris Olympics men’s basketball quarter-final timings

The first game of the day will be between Germany and Greece. The games will take place in the Accor Arena in Paris at 11 AM local time; 5 AM ET. Germany won all 3 Group B games with a +47 point differential! The reigning FIBA World Cup Champions who stunned Team USA will aim for their first medal in the competition to end their 88-year hunt and, by the looks of it, they’re the favorites to do just that.

The next game will feature Serbia and Australia with a tip-off time of 8:30 ET/14:30 local time. The Boomers will look to at least replicate their Bronze from 2021, however, they are up against Nikola Jokic and Co. a growing force in the hoop world.

The 3rd game of the day pits France against Canada. The tip-off time for this will be 12 PM ET/ 18:00 local time. Canada with their 2-6 overall record against France, will look to capitalize on the hosts and 3-time silver medalists France, who haven’t been convincing in comparison to Canada’s spotless 3-0 record in the group stage.

And finally, Team USA will play Brazil at 15:30 ET/ 21:30 local time in the closing game of the quarter-finals. Team USA will aim for their 5th gold on the trot. The men in blue looked laser-focused, yet to lose a single game, including the 5 exhibitions leading up to the Paris Olympics. On the other hand, Brazil are aiming for their first Top 4 showing for the first time since 1968.

Now that everyone knows who they’ll be up against, it’s time to hit the lab for the final round of preparations!

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