5 Major Differences Between Olympic Basketball And The NBA

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A crash course on the rules of Olympic Basketball.

The Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Rio will officially kick off tomorrow and that's great news for any basketball fan because Team USA will get back to work the following day on Saturday, August 6th. 

Team USA will be taking on China at 6pm EST in their opening game in what should be the start of the red, white and blue's undefeated run to Olympic gold. 

But before Carmelo, KD, Kyrie, Draymond and the rest of the gang get to work let's go over five of the major differences between Olympic Basketball, which adheres to the rules of FIBA, and the NBA. 

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