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The fifth and final day of pool play starts August 18th, 09:00am local Beijing time.  You can watch the games live online, find out which official sites are streaming the Greece-China game here.  You’ll find the Olympic basketball day five schedule below, with a link to our forum next to each game.  The link leads to a  message board that previews, predicts the score, and play by play action with fans from around the globe.

August 18, 2008 Game Times
09:00 : Iran vs. Croatia Live Online
11:15 : Australia vs. Lithuania Live Online
14:30 : Greece vs. China Live Online
16:45 : Angola vs. Spain Live Online
20:00 : USA vs. Germany Live Online
22:15 : Argentina vs. Russia Live Online

None of today’s games have any qualification implications as the four teams from each group have essentially been determined.  With the two top teams in both groups already decided, only the seeding of the teams in 3rd and 4th place is yet to be determined. Without getting too much into if-thens, the eight teams going on the next round will look like this:

Group A: Lithuania (4-0), Argentina (3-1), Croatia (2-2), Australia (2-2)   Out: Russia (1-3), Iran (0-4)
In group A, Lithuania and Argentina advance on their overall record.  Croatia and the Aussies are also in, even though the chance that the two teams and Russia could all end up 2-3.  Even if Russia wins their game tomorrow against Argentina and Australia and Croatia both lose, the three-way tie would still have Russia being eliminated because they lost both head to head games against the Boomers and Croatia.

Group B: USA (4-0), Spain (3-1), Greece (2-2), China (2-2)    Out: Germany (1-3), Angola (0-4)
In Group B, the United States and Spain move forward with their overall records.  Greece and China will both move.  Despite the unlikely chance that the Germans will beat the USA in their final game.  And even with the two teams that Germany is chasing, China and Greece, playing each other tomorrow, both teams have the tiebreaker over Deutschland.

The Basketball Quarterfinals will look like this:
August 20th: Spain vs. A3
August 20th: Lithuania vs. B4
August 20th: Argentina vs. B3
August 20th: USA vs. A4

With all that said, the most interesting match will be the Boomers taking on Lithuania in the second match of the day.  Lithuania has the chance to go into the quarterfinals unbeaten, while the Aussies can continue their momentum by unseating a less-motivated Lith team, whom has sewn up the #1 spot.

Another interesting game will pit hosts China against Greece.  Though the Chinese have already advanced, their goal is to improve (and not to be embarrassed at home), so look for them to try to make a statement.  Not to mention the winner of the game receives the third seed, which will be either Lithuania or Argentina.

Links and Resources: Group A, day 5: Argentina vs Russia (Game Thread), Group B, day 5: USA vs Germany (Game Live), Group B, day 5: Angola vs Spain (Interbasket), Group B, day 5: Greece vs China (Interbasket Game Thread), Group A, day 5: Australia vs Lithuania (Interbasket)