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U.S. Women's Basketball Wants Leslie Jones to Cheer Them On

"We want you to come check us out, so please come check us out."

Comedian Leslie Jones is in Rio, and the U.S. women's basketball team has a message for her.

"We hear you're in Rio, we hear you're traveling around seeing a lot of events," guard Sue Bird said in a video posted to the USA Basketball Instagram while teammate Lindsay Whalen incessantly dabbed left and right. "We want you to come check us out, so please come check us out."

Guard Diana Taurasi then led the spirited team to chant Jones' name.

Jones, an Olympic super fan, was invited to Rio as a commentator for NBC. Over the past week she has been all over the city live tweeting events and taking pictures with athletes. She even hung out with Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, who is also in Rio to root for Team USA.

Now the U.S. women's basketball team wants their turn to hang out with the Saturday Night Live comedian. 

The team plays Japan Tuesday evening in the women's basketball quarterfinals.

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