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Team USA Basketball Coming to China

Friday, 6th June 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

In other basketball news, it's been announced that the USA Men's National Team will play exhibition games in Macao and Shanghai in the weeks before the Olympics. The team's final roster will be selected from among the 33 players currently on the team on July 29.

Here is the schedule for the 2008 USA Basketball International Challenge:

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USA v. Turkey
July 31, 8:00 p.m.
Cotai Strip Cotai Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao

USA v. Lithuania
August 1, 8:00 p.m.
Cotai Strip Cotai Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao

Lithuania v. Turkey
August 2, 8:00 p.m.
Cotai Strip Cotai Arena, Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macao

USA v. Russia
August 3, 3:00 p.m.
Qizhong Arena, Shanghai

USA v. Australia
August 5, 8:00 p.m.
Qizhong Arena, Shanghai

The Macao venue seats 11,572 and the Shanghai one 13,708.

Ticketing
To purchase tickets for the Macao games, go to venetianmacaotickets.com or call in China (852) 6333-6660 or (853) 2882-8818. Tickets are also available at the Cotai Strip Cotai Arena Box Office or the Sands Theater Box office.

For the Shanghai games, you can purchase tickets at Emma Ticketmaster.

Image: Emma Ticketmaster

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