Olympics 2012 Men's Basketball Live Stream: Watch Great Britain vs. Brazil in Group B Game

Jul 31, 2012 11:16 AM EDT

Great Britain and Brazil will meet in the second round of preliminaries for Men's Basketball. For GB a win is important as they are currently sitting in last place. 

Russia won earlier today as they defeated China 73-54 and Spain beat Australia 82-70.

Russia, Spain and Brazil round out the top three spots in the Group B pool as they are undefeated. Both Russia and Spain are 2-0 with 4 points. Brazil is 1-0 with 2 points.

Australia, China and Great Britain round out the bottom half of the pool as they have yet to win a game. Australia and China are 0-2 with only 2 points, meanwhile GB is 0-1 with 1 point. 

Brazil is the favorite to win this matchup. With Tiago Splitter, Leandro Barbosa, Nene and Anderson Varejao leaing the way.

In Sunday's matchup against Australia, Brazil barely escaped with a win as the game wrapped up 75-71.

Barbosa led the Brazilians with 16 points and Marcelinho Huertas, who plays for Fc Barcelona Regal had a double-double, scoring 15 points with 10 dimes.

Great Britain was simply pounded by the Russian's 95-75. Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls led the way scoring 26 points, but the Russian Andrei Kirilenko out matched him scoring 35 points. 

Do not miss the live action as Great Britain's Men's Basketball Team will attempt to keep their hopes for gold alive. 

Click here for the live stream link. The action begins at 11:45 a.m. et/4:45 p.m. GMT

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