A total of 8 matches today:
1. Angola vs Serbia: SRB
2. Poland vs Venezuela: POL
3. Iran vs Puerto Rico: PRC
4. Russia vs Nigeria: RUS
5. Philippines vs Italy: ITA
6. China vs Cote d'Ivoire: CHN
7. Spain vs Tunisia: ESP
8. Argentina vs Korea: ARG
Today we have a bunch of one-sided matches, which are not even worth betting upon. Seriously there is no chance that Angola could upset Serbia, or Philippines could beat Italy. Theoretically, there is zero chance.
BTW, for Philippines various sites are offering odds ranging from 16 to 20 against Italy. But even these odds look unattractive for me. The worst odds for today's matches belong to Tunisia (41/1), and the most competitive match is Iran vs Puerto Rico (2.2 v 1.73).
And IMO, the most attractive bet is for Russia in their game against Nigeria. As per Bet365, Russia is at 2.55 and Nigeria at 1.57. I can smell a strong chance of a win by Russia.
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ESPN released an interesting article earlier today, giving a small preview of all 32 teams. Pointing out key players, FIBA team rankings and prediction for each of those teams. They have USA and Spain being semifinalists, Australia playing in the finals and Serbia as a champion. Do you agree?
I'll post mine just for the heck of it - I have Spain/Serbia to reach the semis, Greece finalist and USA winning it all.
I'll post mine just for the heck of it - I have Spain/Serbia to reach the semis, Greece finalist and USA winning it all.
Spain has a great team and many Skilled players are in the squad. Marc Gasol is said to be the key player for the team.
I don't want to see Spain winning the title. They have won a lot of titles. I hope that Serbia is going to win it. They have a lot of players that deserve to win a World Cup Title.
Never mind the upset. Let's call spade a spade. The Philippines is going to lose to Italy 99.9%.
But since we are here to make money, I'm going to bet on a +19.5 for Philippines. 19.5 points is a huge bonus. And with a 1.78 odds, not too bad.
I'm worried on the absence of Lassiter and Wright because the Philippines is now lacking deadly outside gunner that could somehow keep the game close at least but anyway i'll go for +17.5 Philippines. But since we are here to make money, I'm going to bet on a +19.5 for Philippines. 19.5 points is a huge bonus. And with a 1.78 odds, not too bad.
Only a few hours left before the tournament kicks off.
For my fellow Pinoys out there, here are the team's schedule for the first round. Hopefully, there's a second
Aug. 31 (7:30PM) Philippines vs. Italy
Sep. 02 (7:30PM) Philippines vs. Serbia
Sep. 04 (3:30PM) Philippines vs. Angola
Other schedules available at https://www.teampilipinas.info/2019/03/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-schedule.html
For my fellow Pinoys out there, here are the team's schedule for the first round. Hopefully, there's a second
Aug. 31 (7:30PM) Philippines vs. Italy
Sep. 02 (7:30PM) Philippines vs. Serbia
Sep. 04 (3:30PM) Philippines vs. Angola
Other schedules available at https://www.teampilipinas.info/2019/03/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-schedule.html
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And PH people not even expecting for a win so not a disappointment at all if ever they will fail on the run. A single win is already a big achievement.
Honestly, I want to put some at PH this upcoming Saturday against Italy. I hope odds will be @3 above lol. Not checking it yet.
You'll get better than that odds and hope you'll bet and good luck.
As mentioned by Distinctin , odds was x13 .. I'm trying to access the site now, but I can't, it seems like they are on a maintenance now.
Honestly, I'm only expecting around @3-@5 but yes, I checked Sportsbet and the line was @13. Also checked Nitrogensports but Moneyline option isn't available right now. I always consider PH as an underdog but with the odds given, I feel it's way too much lol.
Disregarding the ranking, which is Rank 13 Italy to Rank 31 PH, I think the biggest factor why Italy seens as more of a monster now is because of most of their big men do now have a good perimeter shooting skills e.g Danilo Gallinari and Luigi Datome who are both 6'8" forwards. Basketball really changed a lot that even big men now are a threat to the outside.
However, that will not stop me to test this risky bet. As usual, I always love the risky picks and not just because I'm with PH on this match, I also do believe in "upset". It's just 4 games overall for PH on this round so I think I can gamble some with my spare funds.
Never mind the upset. Let's call spade a spade. The Philippines is going to lose to Italy 99.9%.
But since we are here to make money, I'm going to bet on a +19.5 for Philippines. 19.5 points is a huge bonus. And with a 1.78 odds, not too bad.
ESPN released an interesting article earlier today, giving a small preview of all 32 teams. Pointing out key players, FIBA team rankings and prediction for each of those teams. They have USA and Spain being semifinalists, Australia playing in the finals and Serbia as a champion. Do you agree?
I'll post mine just for the heck of it - I have Spain/Serbia to reach the semis, Greece finalist and USA winning it all.
I'll post mine just for the heck of it - I have Spain/Serbia to reach the semis, Greece finalist and USA winning it all.
It is just a prediction but I think it's still USA will prevail as champions for this FIBA competition. I am not counting out Serbia, but it's too hype for them to win it. Anyway, let's see how the tournament goes and any predictions could happen though.
ESPN released an interesting article earlier today, giving a small preview of all 32 teams. Pointing out key players, FIBA team rankings and prediction for each of those teams. They have USA and Spain being semifinalists, Australia playing in the finals and Serbia as a champion. Do you agree?
I'll post mine just for the heck of it - I have Spain/Serbia to reach the semis, Greece finalist and USA winning it all.
I agree with you this can happen but still this world cup could be very interesting and we can expect any upset now many countries taking serious interest in this game and spending some good money outside USA we have some very good and talented teams from Europe specially Spain and Serbia these both can create problems for any one even USA. I'll post mine just for the heck of it - I have Spain/Serbia to reach the semis, Greece finalist and USA winning it all.
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And PH people not even expecting for a win so not a disappointment at all if ever they will fail on the run. A single win is already a big achievement.
Honestly, I want to put some at PH this upcoming Saturday against Italy. I hope odds will be @3 above lol. Not checking it yet.
You'll get better than that odds and hope you'll bet and good luck.
As mentioned by Distinctin , odds was x13 .. I'm trying to access the site now, but I can't, it seems like they are on a maintenance now.
Honestly, I'm only expecting around @3-@5 but yes, I checked Sportsbet and the line was @13. Also checked Nitrogensports but Moneyline option isn't available right now. I always consider PH as an underdog but with the odds given, I feel it's way too much lol.
Disregarding the ranking, which is Rank 13 Italy to Rank 31 PH, I think the biggest factor why Italy seens as more of a monster now is because of most of their big men do now have a good perimeter shooting skills e.g Danilo Gallinari and Luigi Datome who are both 6'8" forwards. Basketball really changed a lot that even big men now are a threat to the outside.
However, that will not stop me to test this risky bet. As usual, I always love the risky picks and not just because I'm with PH on this match, I also do believe in "upset". It's just 4 games overall for PH on this round so I think I can gamble some with my spare funds.
ESPN released an interesting article earlier today, giving a small preview of all 32 teams. Pointing out key players, FIBA team rankings and prediction for each of those teams. They have USA and Spain being semifinalists, Australia playing in the finals and Serbia as a champion. Do you agree?
I'll post mine just for the heck of it - I have Spain/Serbia to reach the semis, Greece finalist and USA winning it all.
I'll post mine just for the heck of it - I have Spain/Serbia to reach the semis, Greece finalist and USA winning it all.
It is not a bad national team but honestly Italy is just way too good right now, after the acropolis tournament (which I guess they lost all) they became one of the favorites, now I know you may think how a nation can become one of the favorites when they lose but reality is that they played against Serbia and Greece which are the teams that is 2nd and 3rd best in this cup, and then Turkey which they lost by just few points, they looked very well coached and had a good strategy planned.
Still, having USA in these type of cups makes it not really worth the wait, if USA doesn't end up losing somehow, this cup will be another boring one, we just gonna watch USA decimate everyone and get another cup, only thing that would be really fun to see USA lose and we can finally have an entertaining cup to see who will actually win it.
However, next time USA comes, I am pretty sure they will come back with a vengeance and all their superstars.
Still, having USA in these type of cups makes it not really worth the wait, if USA doesn't end up losing somehow, this cup will be another boring one, we just gonna watch USA decimate everyone and get another cup, only thing that would be really fun to see USA lose and we can finally have an entertaining cup to see who will actually win it.
However, next time USA comes, I am pretty sure they will come back with a vengeance and all their superstars.
Yeah. They need all the support they can get; maybe not from our President but at least from our country's citizens. Because my father told me that there was a news where in PRRD said that Ph don't stand a chance against Italy. I wasn't able to watch that news but, I'm so disappointed that he said that. 
He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening.
Don't you know that PRRD will be the Gilas number one supporter when they play against Italy? It's reported that he will be watching that game if nothing changes on his schedule. Like what you have said, he is just brutally honest to tell that Gilas has no chance against Italy and it is good as it will lower the expectation of the non-basketball fanatic Filipinos on their quest. He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening. Yeah. They need all the support they can get; maybe not from our President but at least from our country's citizens. Because my father told me that there was a news where in PRRD said that Ph don't stand a chance against Italy. I wasn't able to watch that news but, I'm so disappointed that he said that. He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening.
Don't you know that PRRD will be the Gilas number one supporter when they play against Italy? It's reported that he will be watching that game if nothing changes on his schedule. Like what you have said, he is just brutally honest to tell that Gilas has no chance against Italy and it is good as it will lower the expectation of the non-basketball fanatic Filipinos on their quest. He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening. 
Because my father told me that there was a news where in PRRD said that Ph don't stand a chance against Italy. I wasn't able to watch that news but, I'm so disappointed that he said that. He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening.
He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening. The president is just trying to be realistic, getting x13 for PH to win is such a big betting odds, and that means their chance of winning is very slim, actually close to non, that's why he said PH stands no chance so people would not expect for PH to win. Even in the side of gamblers, that odds is not that attractive if you are not being bias, I know you are rooting for the PH but suggest if you want to bet, just bet for fun.
Right. And why be disappointed in something that's so obvious? Just because you're the president of a certain country, you're required to root for your team? We'll he's probably rooting for the ph team but he's just stating something that almost every basketball fan knows. Italy is ahead in terms of experience, built, talent and system. If i'm a safe gambler and i'd make bets between these two, i'd have the same say as the ph president.
Because my father told me that there was a news where in PRRD said that Ph don't stand a chance against Italy. I wasn't able to watch that news but, I'm so disappointed that he said that. He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening.
He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening. The president is just trying to be realistic, getting x13 for PH to win is such a big betting odds, and that means their chance of winning is very slim, actually close to non, that's why he said PH stands no chance so people would not expect for PH to win. Even in the side of gamblers, that odds is not that attractive if you are not being bias, I know you are rooting for the PH but suggest if you want to bet, just bet for fun.
I feel the same thing! Honestly, I'm getting hype in this year's world cup because each nation's winning rate is very close to each other. It could be the reigning champ US, the consistent 2nd Spain, the stronger Serbia or Greek Freak's army? Not mentioning the runner ups on the previous cups like Lithuania and France. Oh boy 
! This is getting really exciting, I'm pretty sure that even bettors out there are now having a hard time where to place there bets 
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This just means that this could be anybody's game now. Every team and nation would surely want to have this year's title that's why they are exerting more efforts so they will stand a chance. And it surely is exciting to watch every game until the end. Better stay tuned to know who will win. ! This is getting really exciting, I'm pretty sure that even bettors out there are now having a hard time where to place there bets . The odds may not be on PH but still I'm rooting that they can get a snatch win on their bracket.
Yeah. They need all the support they can get; maybe not from our President but at least from our country's citizens. Because my father told me that there was a news where in PRRD said that Ph don't stand a chance against Italy. I wasn't able to watch that news but, I'm so disappointed that he said that. He really is brutally honest. But I know Gilas will find that statement motivating rather than disheartening. 
I feel the same thing! Honestly, I'm getting hype in this year's world cup because each nation's winning rate is very close to each other. It could be the reigning champ US, the consistent 2nd Spain, the stronger Serbia or Greek Freak's army? Not mentioning the runner ups on the previous cups like Lithuania and France. Oh boy ! This is getting really exciting, I'm pretty sure that even bettors out there are now having a hard time where to place there bets .
The odds may not be on PH but still I'm rooting that they can get a snatch win on their bracket. You may have to take a look at Australia as well, I guess they are a candidate to have a go in this World Cup. ! This is getting really exciting, I'm pretty sure that even bettors out there are now having a hard time where to place there bets . 
Unfortunately they don't have as they have limited players, they are sending their best players from the PBA which the recent conference just ended this month. Their lack of preparation could be one of the factors that will make them loss in this biggest teams in FIBA, but as long as they fight to win, that will already make Filipinos proud as they already understand they have a very slim chances to win against any team in their bracket.
And PH people not even expecting for a win so not a disappointment at all if ever they will fail on the run. A single win is already a big achievement.
Honestly, I want to put some at PH this upcoming Saturday against Italy. I hope odds will be @3 above lol. Not checking it yet.
You'll get better than that odds and hope you'll bet and good luck.
As mentioned by Distinctin , odds was x13 .. I'm trying to access the site now, but I can't, it seems like they are on a maintenance now.
A small bet would do, that x13 odds can still be increase if he will use a price boost in spotsbet. (checking now, I will get 14.20 with price boost)
here's the betting line, https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/basketball/international/fiba-world-cup/philippines-italy-5d5a95cbf2a829e6af592614
here's the betting line, https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/basketball/international/fiba-world-cup/philippines-italy-5d5a95cbf2a829e6af592614
Russia's victory against Spain means that there are enough chances of upsets in this edition of the world cup.
I feel the same thing! Honestly, I'm getting hype in this year's world cup because each nation's winning rate is very close to each other. It could be the reigning champ US, the consistent 2nd Spain, the stronger Serbia or Greek Freak's army? Not mentioning the runner ups on the previous cups like Lithuania and France. Oh boy ! This is getting really exciting, I'm pretty sure that even bettors out there are now having a hard time where to place there bets .
Russia's victory against Spain means that there are enough chances of upsets in this edition of the world cup. First we had Australia beating the United States and now we have Spain going down against Russia. I admit that these are warm up matches and both US/Spain might not have taken them as seriously as they would do in world cup matches. But still, I would interpret these results as a sign of things to come.
The victory margin was impressive as well, as Russia pulled ahead with a margin of around 20 points (74-55). Marc Gasol was absent due to injury (which should be a serious concern for Spain), but otherwise they were having a full-strength side. Now we need to remember that the Russian squad is without their best player (Alexey Shved), who's out with a foot injury.
The victory margin was impressive as well, as Russia pulled ahead with a margin of around 20 points (74-55). Marc Gasol was absent due to injury (which should be a serious concern for Spain), but otherwise they were having a full-strength side. Now we need to remember that the Russian squad is without their best player (Alexey Shved), who's out with a foot injury.
Unfortunately they don't have as they have limited players, they are sending their best players from the PBA which the recent conference just ended this month. Their lack of preparation could be one of the factors that will make them loss in this biggest teams in FIBA, but as long as they fight to win, that will already make Filipinos proud as they already understand they have a very slim chances to win against any team in their bracket.
And PH people not even expecting for a win so not a disappointment at all if ever they will fail on the run. A single win is already a big achievement.
Honestly, I want to put some at PH this upcoming Saturday against Italy. I hope odds will be @3 above lol. Not checking it yet.
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