The United States men’s basketball team opens the 2024 Paris Olympics in its quest for a fifth straight gold medal.
Led by LeBron James, Joel Embiid, Kevin Durant and other NBA superstars, the U.S. will open the summer games in Paris against Serbia on Sunday.
Team USA lost its opener to France in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but won its next five games to clinch the gold medal. The United States has gone 29-1 in Olympic play since finishing with a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The men’s national team is led by Durant and James, each showing up in their fourth Olympic experience, but also has a few newcomers in 3-point shooting legend Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid, who is making his U.S. Olympic debut after representing France and Cameroon in previous appearances.
After sweeping a series of exhibition games last week against many of their Olympic rivals, the U.S. Men’s Basketball team is preparing to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Their first game, held on Sunday, July 28, will be against Serbia.
Team USA includes an all-star roster of talent like Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and Bam Adebayo. Team USA’s forward LeBron James, who has appeared in three other Olympic Games, was also selected with tennis star Coco Gauff to be a flag bearer for the U.S. during the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
The Serbian team features a few NBA stars of their own, including Nikola Jokić, Bogdan Bogdanović, Nikola Jovic, and Vasilije Micić. During their exhibition game in Abu Dhabi, the U.S. beat the Serbs 105-79.
The two countries belong to Group C in the Men’s tournament, which also consists of South Sudan and Puerto Rico, who also play on Sunday at 5 a.m. ET. Here’s how to watch the Team USA game against Serbia on Sunday, and every other Team USA game of the Summer Games.
