Jul 24, 2012 04:31 PM EDT
Team USA Basketball 2012: Team USA Vs. Team Spain Preview Match-Up, What to Expect

Today's international basketball exhibition game is the most anticipated matchup before the London Games features Team USA vs. Spain at 4:30 pm ET.

Spain is projected to be the biggest threat to unseat Team USA as Olympic basketball champions.

Spain has seven players on their roster that have played in the NBA. The brothers Gasol, Pau and Marc, are NBA All-Stars. Serge Ibaka, who's 23-years-old, played in the NBA finals and finished second in the voting for NBA defensive player of the year. Point guard Jose Calderon finished fourth in the NBA in assists this past season, and point guard Juan Carlos Navarro who was a second-team all-rookie in his only NBA season.

Spain's core group of players have been together since the 2006 FIBA World Championship, an Olympic silver medal in 2008 and the past two European Championships.

Tuesday's game will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Dream Team's historic domination of the Barcelona Olympics.

The Americans are poised to win another gold medal with the help from three of the game's best players: Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.

Though Team Spain suggest they will not reveal to much of their roster in this exhibition, Team USA's veteran guard Kobe Bryant believes otherwise.

"I can't believe you're falling for that," Bryant said. "They're at home, man. They have to play us [hard]. You think they can just come out and lose in front of their own fans?"

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