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Team USA tips off women’s basketball gold medal game Saturday evening

The Olympic women’s basketball gold medal is set to tip at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night.

Jewell Loyd of USA during the Women’s Semifinal Basketball game between United States and Serbia on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Super Arena on August 6, 2021 in Saitama, Japan. Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images

The United States women’s Olympic basketball team takes the court Saturday evening looking to complete an American sweep of basketball gold. The men’s team beat France Friday evening to claim top honors and the women face off against host nation Japan on Saturday at 10:30 p.m. ET. That is 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning in Tokyo.

The gold medal game will air live on NBC at 10:30 p.m. and then be available on replay at 9 a.m. the next day on USA. If you aren’t around a television for the game, a live stream will be available at NBCOlympics.com and through the NBC Sports app. If you can’t access that, you can get a trial from YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV, AT&T TV Now, FuboTV, or Sling TV to stream the game.

Team USA is an 18-point favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook. 69% of handle and bets from DraftKings bettors has been on the favored Americans. The USA is a -2000 moneyline favorite and is getting 98% of handle and 95% of bets.