Team USA Group A schedule, standings for 2021 Olympic men’s basketball

The US men’s basketball team heads to the Tokyo Summer Olympics struggling to get on track. The team struggled in its exhibition schedule before heading to Tokyo to open group play. Team USA has won the past three Olympic gold medals and has won gold in six of the past seven Olympics. In 2004, the team won bronze in Athens.

The Americans are joined by France, the Czech Republic, and Iran. Team USA is the favorite to win gold, with France heading into the Olympics with the fourth best odds at +800. The Czech Republic was sitting at +15000 and Iran at +100000 coming into the Olympics.

Here’s how Group A looks with the schedule, results, and standings. The top two teams advance to the knockout stage. The top two third-place teams among the three groups also get spots in the knockout stage.

Group A standings

France: 3-0, 6 points
USA: 2-1, 5 points
Czech Republic: 1-2, 4 points
Iran: 0-3, 3 points

Group A schedule

Sunday, July 25

Czech Republic 84, Iran 78
France 83, USA 76

Wednesday, July 28

USA 120, Iran 66
France 97, Czech Republic 77

Saturday, July 31

France 79, Iran 62
USA 119, Czech Republic 84