That was a nice game by the Philippines, I didn't expect them to make it that close. And nice atmosphere in the arena, this shows how much they love the sports.
To be honest, I made a small parley with all the favourites today, so basically micro odds. PH almost spoiled this bet for me, I was nervous for a quite bit in the 4th quarter!
The Philippines team made my blood pump high.
That really surprised me and I actually saw the light that they can win that game, all thanks to Jordan Clarkson. But damn, Karl Anthony Towns is like a bulldozer that is difficult to stop, if only the PH has someone to give him a hard time to get close to the rim, it could be a different ending.
Germany had their expected easy win against Japan, even after taking the foot of the gas in the 2nd half of the game.
Mo Wagner had a great stat line and 25 points, maybe in the next match he should be our starter! Anyway, now I'm watching Canada vs France. Right now Canada is pulling away a bit leading by 12, I expected it to be close and France winning at the end, but there is still plenty of time.
No problem from the Germans.
The other surprising team is France being blown out by Canada. France is the 5th favorite to win this event and Canada is 2nd. It's not far. France is @2.35 only to win their group and Canada is @1.65, again, not that far. So, a 30-point lead win from the Canadians is unacceptable.
Here are the results of yesterday's game.
Angola vs Italy = 67-81
Finland vs Australia = 72-98
Mexico vs Montenegro = 71-91
Latvia vs Lebanon = 109-70
Dominican Republic vs Philippines = 87-81
Germany vs Japan = 81-63
Egypt vs Lithuania = 67-93
Canada vs France = 95-65