LeBron James knows the thrills of the National Basketball Association Finals and has been in the spotlight since his days as a high-school star, but he still expects to be amazed at Sunday's US-China game.

"I expect to be electrified. It's probably going to be the most watched game in the history of the world," James said. "It's going to send a lot of chills through my body just to be there and be part of it."

The Americans will face the Beijing Olympic host before a sellout crowd of 18,000 fans, most of them cheering for underdog China against an elite NBA unit hungry for gold after a humbling third-place finish and three losses in 2004.