United States vs. Japan Women's Basketball: How to watch, TV channel, streaming, start time, injury report and stats

The United States Women's Basketball team begins the quest to retain its Olympic gold medal against the silver medalists at the last Games, Japan.

In its first pre-Olympics tune-up game, Team USA fell to the WNBA All-Stars in the WNBA All-Star Game, but bounced back with a win over Germany by a score of 84-57.

Led by A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart, each a two-time WNBA MVP, Team USA has arguably its deepest roster ever at these Olympics.

How to watch United States vs. Japan, TV channel and streaming

United States vs. Japan in women's basketball will be broadcast on USA Network, which can be viewed through cable TV and live TV streaming apps such as YouTubeTV and FuboTV. The game will also be available to stream on Peacock.

United States vs. Japan start time, date and venue

United States vs. Japan is scheduled to start at 2:45 PM ET/11:45 AM PT on Monday, July 29 with the game taking place at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France.

United States vs. Japan injury report

United States: No injuries

Japan: No injuries

United States vs. Japan predicted lineups

United States: Chelsea Gray, Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart, A'ja Wilson, Brittney Griner

Japan: Rui Machida, Saki Hayashi, Yuki Miyazawa, Himawari Akaho, Maki Takada

United States vs. Japan stats

• Team USA forward A'ja Wilson leads the WNBA in points (27.2), rebounds (12.0), and blocks (2.9) per game.
• Jewell Lloyd, Napheesa Collier, Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum are all among the WNBA's top-10 scorers and are part of Team USA.
• No Japanese players play in the WNBA; the entire roster plays in the Japanese league.
• The only Team USA player among the top 20 WNBA three-point shooters is Wilson, who shoots 39.5 percent from three this season.

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