Follow the Olympics basketball playoff action live as Team USA faces Brazil in the quarterfinal. The tip-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET, with live stream on Peacock.
The 2024 Paris Olympic basketball tournament playoff continues, and we are set for the last quarterfinal game.
Follow the action between Team USA and Brazil live, with the tip-off scheduled at 3:30 p.m. ET. The live stream for the game between Team USA and Brazil can be found on Peacock.
USA qualified as the best team in the entire group stage, cruising past Group C with a perfect 3-0 record. Meanwhile, Brazil finished Group B with a 1-2 record, but it was enough to qualify as one of the best 3rd-placed teams.
The winner of the game will play Nikola Jokic's Serbia in the semifinal, which beat Australia 95-90 in an overtime thriller.
Team USA vs. Brazil live
- Team USA started the game much better, getting off to a dominant 16-6 start in the first four minutes of the game.
- In 6:50 of playing time, Joel Embiid scored 8 points, leading Team USA in scoring during that time period.
- Devin Booker filled up the stat sheet with 9 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists in his account in the first quarter. USA leads 33-21 after the first 10 minutes.
USA: Devin Booker 9 (2/2 3PT, 3 REB, 3 AST), Joel Embiid 8 (2/2 3PT, 3 REB), LeBron James 4 (5 REB), Stephen Curry 4.
Brazil: Bruno Caboclo 7, Marcelinho Huertas 4.
- Brazil hits two three-pointers to go on a 10-0 run in the second quarter. Brazil trails by 9 (31-40).
- Team USA didn't flinch and quickly increased their lead to a more comfortable margin. Everything culminated in Joel Embiid hitting an and-one and performing a D-Generation X-like hip thrust, seemingly directed at French fans, who keep booing him during the Olympics.
- Jayson Tatum finished an alley-oop pass by LeBron James to end the first half, with Team USA leading by 27 (63-36).
USA: Joel Embiid 14 (2/3 2PT, 3/3 3PT, 7 REB), LeBron James 10 (4/4 2PT, 8 AST), Devin Booker 9 (3 REB, 3 AST), Stephen Curry 7.
Brazil: Bruno Caboclo 9 (3/7 FG), Marcelinho Huertas 9 (4/10 FG, 4 AST), Lucas Dias 8 (2/4 3PT).
- Brazil forced USA to call a time-out, midway through the third quarter it's 51-74, still a comfortable 23-point lead for USA.
- Kevin Durant becomes the top scorer in Team USA history(men and women combined), having 488 points in total.
- Team USA brushes off all the doubts, comfortably leading 71-94, though Brazil won this period with a 35-31 score.
USA: Devin Booker 18 points(5/7 3PT), Joel Embiid 14(7 REB), LeBron James 12(9 AST), Anthony Davis 10(8 REB).
Brazil: Bruno Caboclo 24 points(10/12 2PT), Georginho De Paula 15(8 REB), Marcelinho Huertas 9.
- End of 4th quarter, Team USA won this period 28-16, winning the game with a total score of 122-87, 35-point win.
- USA will play in semi-final encounter against Serbia, whom they already beaten in the group stage 110-84.
USA: Devin Booker 18 points(5/7 3PT), Anthony Edwards 17 (6/10 FG), Joel Embiid 14(7 REB), Anthony Davis 13(8 REB), LeBron James 12(9 AST).
Brazil: Bruno Caboclo 30 points(11/14 2PT), Georginho De Paula 15(8 REB), Marcelinho Huertas 9(5 AST)
Team USA basketball Olympics 2024 schedule
After covering the exhibition games, it's time for the Team USA schedule in the 2024 Paris Olympic basketball tournament.
Kevin Durant returned for Team USA after missing all five exhibition games and delivered a stunning 23-point performance to defeat Nikola Jokic's Serbia 110-84 in the Paris 2024 Olympics opener in Lille.
| Game | Time | Date | TV | Score |
| vs. Serbia | 5:15 p.m. CET/11:15 a.m. ET | July 27 | NBC/Peacock | 110-84 |
| vs. South Sudan | 9 p.m. CET/3 p.m. ET | July 30 | NBC/Peacock | 103-86 |
| vs. Puerto Rico | 5:15 p.m. CET/11:15 a.m. ET | August 2 | NBC/Peacock | 104-83 |
| vs. Brazil | 9:30 p.m. CET/3:30 p.m. ET | August 6 | NBC/Peacock | 122-87 |
