Sportingbet.com will have Live Betting available for the men’s basketball semifinals at the Beijing Olympics.

The U.S. – the Redeem Team – is an overwhelming 20-point, -5000 moneyline favorite to beat Argentina in Olympic Basketball betting odds at Sportingbet.com. The over/under is 183½.

Argentina, which beat the U.S. at the 2004 Athens Olympics en route to winning the gold medal, is a +1000 underdog.

The game starts at 10:15 am ET Friday and can be seen on CBC and NBC.

The early semifinal matchup Friday (8 am ET) has Spain taking on Lithuania, with Spain a -300 favorite and Lithuania a +225 underdog.

Sportingbet.com also has lots of prop bets for both games, including first team to reach 10, 20 and 50 points, as well as individual player wagers.

In quarterfinal action Wednesday, the L.A. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant scored 25 points to pace the U.S. team to a 116-85 win over Australia. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers added 16 points.

Argentina edged Greece 80-78, with the San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginóbili scoring 24 points and Carlos Delfino adding 23. Antonis Fotsis led Greece with 17 points, while Kostas Tsartsaris finished with 13.

Lakers’ center Pau Gasol scored 20 points to lead Spain to a 72-59 win against Croatia. Felipe Reyes added 13 points for Spain, while Toronto Raptors’ point guard Jose Calderon had 10.

And Lithuania beat host China 94-68. Sarunas Jasikevicius scored 23 points to lead Lithuania. Houston Rockets center Yao Ming had 19 points for China.

The semifinal winners meet in the gold medal game on Sunday, while the losers play for the bronze, also Sunday.