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What channel is Greece vs Canada basketball on today? Time, TV schedule for Giannis Antetokounmpo’s first game of 2024 Paris Olympics

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What channel is Greece vs Canada basketball on today? Time, TV schedule for Giannis Antetokounmpo’s first game of 2024 Paris Olympics

Giannis Antetokounmpo is taking his talents to the Olympic stage.

A day after Antetokounmpo was Greece’s flag bearer during the opening ceremony, the Milwaukee Bucks superstar will lead the Greek National Team into its first game of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Greece opens with Canada, one of three other teams in its pool.

Antetokounmpo helped Greece advance out of the qualifying rounds earlier this month as part of the FIBA qualifying tournament final in Piraeus, Greece.

Here’s how to watch Antetokounmpo in Greece’s first game of the Olympics:

Greece vs Canada start time in 2024 Paris Olympics

Greece will begin its Olympics on Saturday against Canada, a team that is loaded with NBA players, including 2023-24 NBA MVP runner-up Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder), 2023 NBA champion Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets), former all-NBA second-team defensive player Dillon Brooks (Houston Rockets) and Andrew Nembhard (Indiana Pacers), who Antetokounmpo saw up close in the 2024 playoffs last season while injured, among others.

What channel is Greece vs Canada in 2024 Paris Olympics? TV, livestream

  • TV: CNBC

  • Stream: You can stream CNBC through your television or streaming carrier. Games will also be streamed on Peacock, NBCSports.com and Fubo.

You can find the channel for CNBC by entering in your Zip code along with your TV provider.

Greece vs Canada betting odds: spread, money line, over/under

Odds courtesy of BetMGM.

Greece basketball roster

Canada basketball roster

  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker

  • RJ Barrett

  • Khem Birch

  • Dillon Brooks

  • Luguentz Dort

  • Melvin Ejim

  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

  • Trey Lyles

  • Jamal Murray

  • Andrew Nembhard

  • Kelly Olynyk

  • Dwight Powell

Photos of Giannis as the flag bearer for Greece during Olympics opening ceremony

Photos of Giannis with children after Greece qualified for 2024 Paris Olympics

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Greece basketball vs Canada game time, TV channel in 2024 Olympics

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