The United States’ men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold training camps and play a series of friendlies in Las Vegas next month as part of their final preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, USA Basketball said Thursday.
The men’s team, which will be chasing a fourth consecutive gold medal in Tokyo, will open its training camp on July 6 and play a five-game exhibition series before heading to Japan.
Gregg Popovich’s squad will face Nigeria on July 10, followed by Australia two days later before meeting Argentina on July 13.
A further game against Australia will be held on July 16 before the series wraps up against Spain on July 18.
The US women, who are bidding to cap…
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