Tip is at 7 p.m. Team USA aside, there are plenty of hoopsters from across the world to watch.
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Keeping it Rio is your daily guide to can’t-miss events and the headlines you need to start your Olympic day.
Josh Binstock and Sammy Schachter vs. Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt (Brazil), men’s preliminary round, 10 a.m. NBC, 6 p.m.
PGA Tour, Travelers Championship, third round, at Cromwell, Conn., CBS, 2 p.m.
They’re not the famed Dream Team, but the much-ballyhooed USA men’s basketball team hits the court for the first time on Saturday against China.
The U.S., winners of three straight Olympic golds, waltzed into Rio with the world’s top ranking, while France is No. 3.
Reigning Olympic Water Polo champions Croatia will take on the US in a re-run of their quarter-final clash from London 2012 at 2.20pm, while in the Swimming, the highlights include the heats of the Men’s 100m Breaststroke and the heats and final of the Men’s 400m Freestyle. Women’s Rugby – Preliminary Round (LIVE). The men’s 400m individual medley final is scheduled for 10 p.m., and the men’s 400m freestyle final is at 10:30 p.m.
Sergio Pessoa, men’s 60kg round of 64, 9 a.m.; round of 32, 11:40 a.m.; round of 16, 1 p.m.; quarter-finals, 1:40 p.m.; repechage, 2:30 p.m.; semi-finals, 3:30 p.m.; bronze-medal match, 3:40 p.m.; final, 4:20 p.m.
Saratoga Live, Whitney Stakes, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., FS2, 4 p.m.
Mo Zhang, women’s singles preliminary round, 8:00 a.m.; first round, 10:15 a.m.; second round, 7:30 p.m.
NBC: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. – midnight.
And if you’re still going when the Women’s Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay final gets underway at 3.24am, you’ll deserve a medal yourself.
Behan also faces a stern challenge as he bids to become the first Irish gymnast ever to claim a medal, with Japan’s Kohei Uchimura strongly fancied to bag the gold ahead of Cuban rival Manrique Larduet.
NBC BASKETBALL CHANNEL – Men’s Basketball – Brazil vs. Lithuania (LIVE), Croatia vs. Spain (LIVE), Nigeria vs. Argentina (LIVE); Women’s Basketball – U.S. vs. Senegal (LIVE), Serbia vs. Spain, U.S. vs. Senegal Encore, Australia vs. Brazil, France vs. Belarus, 11 a.m. -1 a.m.
Jason Block, men’s 100m breaststroke heats, 1:40 p.m.; semi-finals, 10:08 p.m.
Boxing – Andre Ward vs. Alexander Brand, Maurice Hooker vs. Tyrone Barnett, 7:35 p.m., HBO.
Eugene Wang, men’s singles preliminary round, 8:45 a.m.; first round, 3 p.m.
NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, qualifying, at Watkins Glen, N.Y., CNBC, 11 a.m.
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Baseball – San Francisco at Washington, 10:30 a.m., TBS; L.A. Angels at Seattle, 1:10 p.m., ROOT; Intermediate Baseball World Series, 5:30 p.m., ESPN2.
