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Coach K expects Paul George to play in Olympics opener against China

The USA Men's Basketball team made their way to Rio to begin the Olympic experience while preparing to open up play on Saturday against China.

After two convincing exhibition wins over the China national team last week, Team USA has the opportunity to get rolling early in the Olympics basketball tournament. Paul George missed the second half of the second win over China due to a strained left calf and then sat out the final two exhibition games the rest his calf.

PG continued to workout with the team and stressed that sitting out the games was just being overly cautious to make sure he was ready for Rio.