China Basketball Gets First Dibs At Team USA

The Chinese Olympic Basketball team should get their game faces on right at the opening games of the 2008 Olympic Basketball competition. That's because they be facing powerhouse Team USA Basketball!
Aside from facing the many times Olympic Basketball Champions, they are in for a tough first round of competition at the games because in their bracket also found is current basketball World Champions Spain and current African continent champion Angola. Completing the roster for their brackets are 2 world qualifiers still undetermined.

Chinese sports officials admit their basketball team is in for an uphill climb to get past through two former world champions but they still have their hopes up. On the other hand, the Chinese women's basketball team should have an easier time with their own bracketed rivals USA and Mali. Basketball hasn't been one one China's productive sports but it should be fun to watch them play having home court advantage.