USA Basketball: How to watch FIBA exhibition game vs. Greece on Friday
USA Basketball continues its five-game exhibition schedule ahead of the FIBA Basketball World Cup on Friday with a friendly against Greece in Abu Dhabi.
Team USA improved to 3-0 during its ramp-up to the tournament with a 98-88 victory over top-ranked Spain on Sunday. Jalen Brunson led the Americans with 23 points and five assists, and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 14 points and five rebounds.
Other notable performances:
Mikal Bridges: 12 points, 3 rebounds
Brandon Ingram: 11 points, 3 rebounds
Austin Reaves: 11 points
Anthony Edwards: 9 points, 7 rebounds
Cam Johnson: 9 points
The group will face a Greece team that is 2-2 during its exhibition run.
Greece is headlined by Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Georgios Papagiannis, Kostas Papanikolaou and Nikos Rogkavopoulos among others. The contest on Friday is a preview of a matchup in the group round of the tournament as the U.S. and Greece will face each other again on Aug. 28.
After playing Greece on Friday, Team USA will wrap up its exhibition schedule on Sunday against Germany in Abu Dhabi before opening the tournament on Aug. 26 against New Zealand.
Here is all of the information needed to watch Team USA play Greece.
How to Watch
Date: Friday, Aug. 18
Opponent: Greece
Location: Abu Dhabi
Time: 12 p.m. EDT
TV Channel: FS1
USA Basketball - Last Game Starters
Mikal Bridges
Brandon Ingram
Jaren Jackson Jr.
Anthony Edwards
Jalen Brunson
Head Coach: Steve Kerr
Bench Unit
Bobby Portis, Austin Reaves, Tyrese Haliburton, Cam Johnson, Paolo Banchero, Walker Kessler, Josh Hart
Greece - Last Game Starters
Thomas Ryan Walkup
Michalis Lountzis
Georgios Papagiannis
Kostas Papanikolaou
Thanasis Antetokounmpo
Head Coach: Dimitrios Itoudis
Bench Unit
Nikos Rogkavopoulos, Giannoulis Larentzakis, Dimitrios Moraitis, Lefteris Bochoridis, Ioannis Papapetrou, Georgios Tsalmpouris, Basileios Toliopoylos, Dinos Mitoglou, Manos Chatzidakis
