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Tokyo Olympics: Basketball LIVE, July 27, Day 4 —Team USA Women's Basketball kick off their campaign — Updates, score, results, blog
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog for Basketball on Day 4 of the Tokyo Olympics.
The Legendary Sue Bird (Reports: Bleacher Report)
Join us as we witness Team USA's campaign for a record 5th straight gold at the Tokyo Olympics. The team led by the legendary Sue Bird is all set to go up against contenders Nigeria. We are looking forward to an exciting game filled with some of the best talents the game has ever witnessed.
Stay tuned with us!
Live Updates
- 27 July 2021 5:06 AM GMT
Ify Ibekwe hits a clutch 3 to close out the quarter!
Nigeria closed the quarter in a strong manner by leading 20-17, setting it up perfectly for an exciting second quarter.
- 27 July 2021 5:01 AM GMT
Nigeria takes the lead with two minutes to go!
The Nigerians are playing intense defense and are causing turnovers and taking advantage of them to lead with two minutes to go.
- 27 July 2021 4:57 AM GMT
Nigeria with strong defensive play to stifle the Americans!
Nigeria playing physical and putting in maximum effort to make life hard for the stars from the USA.
- 27 July 2021 4:55 AM GMT
USA Lead 14-11!
Team USA lead Nigeria 14-11 with 3:42 seconds to go in the first quarter with Diana Taurasi leading the scoring with 5 points.
- 27 July 2021 4:50 AM GMT
US Kick off their campaign against Nigeria!
The USA Women's Basketball team led by the legendary Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are all set to kick off their campaign against Nigeria.
