Tokyo 2020 Men's Olympics Basketball Tournament - page 10.

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Quote from: plr on August 01, 2021, 07:48:43 AM

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Spain drew the short straw and will face Team USA in the quarter-finals, here's rest of the matchups:

Doncic is still undefeated with Slovenia, 16-0 now, and not so crazy path to the finals imo. 👀

The match between Spain and the US team is very interesting whoever wins here is a strong contender on Gold, Spain right now is playing great they are always in title contention and they can exploit the US team weakness because the US team is not what you can consider a great team compared to all the past team, they are not a dream team and beatable.

Yes the US team is beatable, but this is already a quarterfinals match, and I'm sure they are thinking of elevating their game and for sure they will be the favourite to win after Spain lost to Slovenia.

And it looks like Durant has find his rhythm already, he has some bad games but others was able to cover from him. So this is bad news for the US opponents, as I'm sure Durant will carry the momentum now going against Spain next game.

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Quote from: plr on August 01, 2021, 07:48:43 AM

Quote from: morvillz7z on August 01, 2021, 07:31:55 AM

Spain drew the short straw and will face Team USA in the quarter-finals, here's rest of the matchups:

Doncic is still undefeated with Slovenia, 16-0 now, and not so crazy path to the finals imo. 👀

The match between Spain and the US team is very interesting whoever wins here is a strong contender on Gold, Spain right now is playing great they are always in title contention and they can exploit the US team weakness because the US team is not what you can consider a great team compared to all the past team, they are not a dream team and beatable.

Now that Spain lost to Slovenia, I am confident that they will also lose against the USA.
This is a great match actually because Spain will face the favorite team in the Quarter Finals and if they can beat the USA, things will then be unpredictable.

Slovenia vs Spain, this was a close one, just some bad execution by Spain in the 4th quarter, but Spain still has a chance and that is by beating the USA.

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Spain drew the short straw and will face Team USA in the quarter-finals, here's rest of the matchups:

image source: https://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/men/2020/live-blog

Doncic is still undefeated with Slovenia, 16-0 now, and not so crazy path to the finals imo. 👀

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Great match between Slovenia and Spain as expected. Spain controlled almost whole game, but in the end Slovenia were better. Doncic got early 3 fouls, what limited his actions, but still, he was close from triple double. Spain made 44 3pt attempts, Slovenia - 38, what is incredible numbers.
This Slovenia win will let them to avoid facing USA, Australia or France in 1/4 final.

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Tomorrow Spain and Slovenia will face each other - it should be epic game, you can't miss it.

It should be a great match-up, I checked the odds and Slovenia are the favorite here at -4.5, I think the hype is on, I love Luka but the consistency of Spain in the Olympics cannot be discounted, so I'm going with the underdog this game.

Yeah, Slovenia should be the favorite, considering that Doncic looks unstoppable in this tournament. However, I also hope that Rubio and the Gasol brothers might be able to surprise us. Anyway, both teams are already guaranteed places in the next round.

I do think Slovenia will win too. Doncic is on fire , he's feeling great playing in Asia and especially in Tokyo where he has a lot of fans so I wouldn't not be surprise at all if Slovenia takes the gold home.

If it's up to me to chose , I would like to see USA vs Slovenia but I don't know if they can reach final before they can face with each other but no matter what this is the most anticipated game perhaps that everyone wants to see happening.

The hype is real, Slovenia won and covered the spread with a final score of 87-95.

I thought it was a close one, Spain was leading at the half but the 4th quarter was all for Slovenia.
Doncic does not score much but it's a team effort, congrats to the win, Slovenia is on the roll.

https://www.espn.com.au/mens-olympics-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401344354

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Quote from: dwyane36 on July 31, 2021, 05:55:09 PM

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Quote from: LTU_btc on July 31, 2021, 12:21:39 PM

Tomorrow Spain and Slovenia will face each other - it should be epic game, you can't miss it.

It should be a great match-up, I checked the odds and Slovenia are the favorite here at -4.5, I think the hype is on, I love Luka but the consistency of Spain in the Olympics cannot be discounted, so I'm going with the underdog this game.

Yeah, Slovenia should be the favorite, considering that Doncic looks unstoppable in this tournament. However, I also hope that Rubio and the Gasol brothers might be able to surprise us. Anyway, both teams are already guaranteed places in the next round.

I do think Slovenia will win too. Doncic is on fire , he's feeling great playing in Asia and especially in Tokyo where he has a lot of fans so I wouldn't not be surprise at all if Slovenia takes the gold home.

If it's up to me to chose , I would like to see USA vs Slovenia but I don't know if they can reach final before they can face with each other but no matter what this is the most anticipated game perhaps that everyone wants to see happening.

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Quote from: stadus on July 31, 2021, 05:03:15 PM

Quote from: LTU_btc on July 31, 2021, 12:21:39 PM

Tomorrow Spain and Slovenia will face each other - it should be epic game, you can't miss it.

It should be a great match-up, I checked the odds and Slovenia are the favorite here at -4.5, I think the hype is on, I love Luka but the consistency of Spain in the Olympics cannot be discounted, so I'm going with the underdog this game.

Here is a cool stat i dig up for Doncic and Slovenia:

source: https://thesmokingcuban.com/2021/07/31/mavericks-luka-doncic-watch-olympics-spain/

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Doncic is undefeated in 15 games playing for his countries Senior National Team.

Slovenia went undefeated in EuroBasket '17 (9-0), beating Spain in the semi-finals and subsequently winning the gold, topped their qualifier in Lithuania, and is now 2-0 in Group C.

Despite both teams making it to the next round, this is still a really important game. The winner gets the privilege to be in the seeded group before the draw and avoid facing Australia, France, or Team USA in the quarter-finals, that's huge imo.

I'm sure it will be a good one...kinda hard to pick a side but have a small bet on Slovenia 1Q @1.82.

Spain scored 20 1Q points against Argentina and 18 pts vs. Japan. Slovenia did a lot better, 32 pts against Argentina and 29pts vs. Japan.

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Quote from: LTU_btc on July 31, 2021, 12:21:39 PM

Czech Republic gave good fight for 25 minutes, but then their main players become tired and weren't able to respond to USA intensity. Quality of Czech starting 5 is good, but it's difficult to play when you don't have decent replacement for them on the bench.

This is a point that deserves to be highlighted, the USA played very well in the 3rd and 4th period (3rd quarter 35 x 17 and 4th quarter 37 x 24).

I honestly believed that the USA could win on a somewhat tight scoreboard, but it was a relevant victory!

Ohh, I almost forget, another point that deserves attention is the score of some USA players, who played below expectations (my humble opinion), Durant 23 points, Lillar only 8 points, Booker 5 points.

If these players I mentioned played well, the USA could have won with more than 50 points difference!

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France and Australia are the best teams so far as they won all of their group games. France managed to defeat even the USA. And as far as I know, they made it after many years against the USA. This was a really meaningful victory because of that. But still I think that the USA are the closest team to the gold medal.

By the way, we have 2 more games tomorrow. One of these games will be really important in terms of the best third-placed teams table. Argentina still have a chance to be one of the top 2 in this table and promote to the next round. They must defeat Japan first. And the other one between Spain and Slovenia will determine who will be at the 1st place.

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Quote from: stadus on July 31, 2021, 05:03:15 PM

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Tomorrow Spain and Slovenia will face each other - it should be epic game, you can't miss it.

It should be a great match-up, I checked the odds and Slovenia are the favorite here at -4.5, I think the hype is on, I love Luka but the consistency of Spain in the Olympics cannot be discounted, so I'm going with the underdog this game.

Yeah, Slovenia should be the favorite, considering that Doncic looks unstoppable in this tournament. However, I also hope that Rubio and the Gasol brothers might be able to surprise us. Anyway, both teams are already guaranteed places in the next round.

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Quote from: LTU_btc on July 31, 2021, 12:21:39 PM

Tomorrow Spain and Slovenia will face each other - it should be epic game, you can't miss it.

It should be a great match-up, I checked the odds and Slovenia are the favorite here at -4.5, I think the hype is on, I love Luka but the consistency of Spain in the Olympics cannot be discounted, so I'm going with the underdog this game.

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Czech Republic gave good fight for 25 minutes, but then their main players become tired and weren't able to respond to USA intensity. Quality of Czech starting 5 is good, but it's difficult to play when you don't have decent replacement for them on the bench.
Nigeria blew 7 point lead just in few minutes and lost to Italy. There was lot of hype around them before tournament, but they lost all 3 games and leaves Olympics after group stage.
Tomorrow Spain and Slovenia will face each other - it should be epic game, you can't miss it.

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Quote from: cryptomaniac_xxx on July 31, 2021, 10:57:34 AM

No, the initial lines open as France -27.5, how do I know? because I bet on it and obviously I lost. I thought that France can cover it because the US just blow Iran by more than 30 points if I'm not mistaken.

And with that France win, they still lead their group, but with US winning against the Czech republic, both teams now advances to the quarterfinals. Australia and Italy also advance.

The campaign for Gold medal still alive for team US after losing their first game,.

Moving to quarter finals and for sure they are now well prepared as looking for their last two games we seen good ball movement and

the aggressiveness to take the basket, and with that good shooting performance this team is now blending well. Good enough to take that chance winning the gold medals.

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Iran vs France later.

Iran is clear the underdog here. I placed a fun bet for them as they are eager to get a win before being eliminated.

France already secures a slot next round so they don't need to force a win against Iran. It's expected that they will sideline or minimize the playing time of their stars to keep them healthy the next round. A "slight advantage" for Iran as France bench players are also good.

Good underdog here as Iran had nothing to lose and most likely will go all in. On the other side , France has the necessary points as far as I know so they won't go hard tonight.

I only saw a couple of games and I must say that for me , Slovania looks the team who could snatch the gold from USA Team because Doncic kinda looks like an Gold Medal Olympic Athlete right ? and most certain he plays like one.

So what happens here?

I just saw the scoreboard, the game is over and France won by 17 points, the final score was 79-62.

What's the point spread of this game?
I'm guessing France still covers the spread here.

No, the initial lines open as France -27.5, how do I know? because I bet on it and obviously I lost. I thought that France can cover it because the US just blow Iran by more than 30 points if I'm not mistaken.

And with that France win, they still lead their group, but with US winning against the Czech republic, both teams now advances to the quarterfinals. Australia and Italy also advance.

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Another nice game from the United States this morning. I sure wish these games were a little later in the day being that it was on in the early morning here in the United States, but still it was a victory nonetheless and I'll take it. It's pretty clear that Kevin Durant is the most dominant player in the Olympics right now and I'm excited to see where he heads from this point on. I think he's as motivated as he's ever been being that he is THE GUY on the United States roster and he wants that glory in the spotlight as he's felt under appreciated his entire career.

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Quote from: boltz on July 30, 2021, 07:11:12 PM

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Iran vs France later.

Iran is clear the underdog here. I placed a fun bet for them as they are eager to get a win before being eliminated.

France already secures a slot next round so they don't need to force a win against Iran. It's expected that they will sideline or minimize the playing time of their stars to keep them healthy the next round. A "slight advantage" for Iran as France bench players are also good.

Good underdog here as Iran had nothing to lose and most likely will go all in. On the other side , France has the necessary points as far as I know so they won't go hard tonight.

I only saw a couple of games and I must say that for me , Slovania looks the team who could snatch the gold from USA Team because Doncic kinda looks like an Gold Medal Olympic Athlete right ? and most certain he plays like one.

So what happens here?

I just saw the scoreboard, the game is over and France won by 17 points, the final score was 79-62.

What's the point spread of this game?
I'm guessing France still covers the spread here.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on July 31, 2021, 09:36:33 AM

Another loss for me. Nigeria cannot handle the strength of Italy. They are 0-3 in Group B. USA hammering Czech Republic now with 24 point deficit and the game is not over yet. They need this win to qualify and I think they will. Tomorrow, Spain versus Slovenia. This is going to be a fun game to watch live.
Who will you bet for? The Gasol brothers or to the new kid in town Luka? Grin

I'll bet for the new kid of Slovenia with -3.5. @2.00
Update: USA won, 35 point lead against Czech Republic.

Quite unfortunate for the Nigerian team, they had another decent lead going into the forth quarter but they blew it all in the Quarter, but I think the Olympic games still happened to be a good exposure for the team.

Czech Republic still have a decent chance to qualify for the next round, they're currently the 2nd in best 3rd-placed team, so it's all the dependent on the result between Argentina vs Japan.

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Another loss for me. Nigeria cannot handle the strength of Italy. They are 0-3 in Group B. USA hammering Czech Republic now with 24 point deficit and the game is not over yet. They need this win to qualify and I think they will. Tomorrow, Spain versus Slovenia. This is going to be a fun game to watch live.
Who will you bet for? The Gasol brothers or to the new kid in town Luka? Grin

I'll bet for the new kid of Slovenia with -3.5. @2.00
Update: USA won, 35 point lead against Czech Republic.

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Quote from: robelneo on July 30, 2021, 04:20:02 AM

They just beat Iran, and they showed power by beating them with a wide margin but this team already have three losses including the exhibition games, we will only know this if they face another strong team again like the Czech Republic, Spain, or Slovenia, they have the momentum now they are now blending well but well only know if they can handle the pressure against a strong team from other groups.

This is true, we need to see how the US will perform against strong opponents.
Only time will be able to give us the answer.

The US players in these Olympics are very weak compared to previous teams. But even so, the USA are the gold medal favorites, but for that happen, the team needs to play really well!!

Ohhh, I almost forgot, another important factor that makes the difference is the coach, there is no coach better than Gregg Popovich, I think he is the best option today!

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Quote from: goinmerry on July 30, 2021, 05:47:58 PM

Iran vs France later.

Iran is clear the underdog here. I placed a fun bet for them as they are eager to get a win before being eliminated.

France already secures a slot next round so they don't need to force a win against Iran. It's expected that they will sideline or minimize the playing time of their stars to keep them healthy the next round. A "slight advantage" for Iran as France bench players are also good.

Good underdog here as Iran had nothing to lose and most likely will go all in. On the other side , France has the necessary points as far as I know so they won't go hard tonight.

I only saw a couple of games and I must say that for me , Slovania looks the team who could snatch the gold from USA Team because Doncic kinda looks like an Gold Medal Olympic Athlete right ? and most certain he plays like one.

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