Topic: Tokyo 2020 Men's Olympics Basketball Tournament - page 8. (Read 2734 times)

It goes well for the team USA and they finally eliminate Spain from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Durant has become the superstar of the team and that prime mode really works this time. Hopefully, they will do the same in their next game to be able to compete for the Silver Medal and Finally go for the gold medal.

One down. Slovenia defeated Germany in a blowout game. I should have put more at the spread to gain a better profit. Profit is still money, got to be satisfied with what I won.
Bro, this is scary if it happens again. It's the length of Batum that makes him a good defender against guys like Luka who holds the ball too much inviting him for a steal. I can still remember winning a lot of bets for Batum's player props back at Clippers for his defensive stats.
Spain is now +12.5 @ 2.20 versus USA unlike yesterday with only +10.5. A big "Ouch" for me.

Exactly, we have the same thoughts, so I'm going with the +14.5 @1.92 boosted odds.

Spain will really stick with the US here so I'm also not expecting a blowout win by the US.

And then wait for the result of this match, before I bet on Italy vs France and Australia vs Argentina, I'm smelling some upset between that two games.

The USA didn't relax on that game loss against France. They are competitive throughout the game but France also gave their best performance because they know it's the USA and going against that team needs a double work.

It's ok that they have lost as you said, a wake-up call to bring their usual fierce in any global basketball competition.

Now facing against Spain, they are much ready and prepared.

I don't see any upsets in the quarter-finals, so i'm going with France, Team USA, and Australia in a three-team parlay at roughly 1.80x, which is a good price for what should be routine wins imo. I'm going to watch the first 1/4 between Slovenia and Germany, which starts in just over an hour from now. I'd want to take Germany +21.5 with a live bet (current line is +16.5), but Luka and his team need to get off to a fast start, so i could get the line that i want, will see how it goes...

I know most people expect (and want to see) Slovenia vs. Team USA in the final, but i have a strange feeling it will be France, and the US will get a chance to redeem themselves for that loss at the start of the tournament, bringing home yet another gold medal. France has a better FG%, 3pt%, and FT% than Slovenia, they may not have a player like Luka on their team, but their roster is exceptionally well-rounded with a good half-court offense. Not to mention that Batum got the better of Luka in the West first-round GM4 with a couple of steals and blocks against him, which is when the Clippers decided to go small. Luka can surely be slowed down by Batum, at least a little bit. Well, enough talk about possible semi-finals and the such, let's see what happens in the 1/4 first.

Gl, everyone! 

Goodluck. It was risky on my part. The USA might not be the USA before but the same goes for Spain.

These teams that clashed before in the Olympic finals have changed through the years. Team USA is much ahead and I don't see any upset.

But for those bettors who are eager to bet on Spain but still confused, a point spread would do. I'm sure they can cover the 14+ spread as in all of their meetings, the average lead of the USA is playing between 6-8 points.

I asked stick with my initial pic and go with USA, I think they're really are going to win it with -12.5

I really do not trust Spain enough.

Good luck to everyone!

Yeah not a bad bet.  I don't expect them to lose either they are starting to play real well together but at those odds it's not a bad punt.  I'd hate to straight up play the spread because the US can blow them out for sure.  But with 7.0 odds that would be worth a ML bet in case of an upset which has happened throughout the years.

Attractive indeed but not gonna bet on that one as I'm a big fan of the US basketball team and I expect them to win this one.

I don't expect a blowout win from them so I'm betting for Spain with HC, hope this will works hehe.

Yes, these teams that you mentioned, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Spain and others, are traditional teams in the Olympics, I believe that they participated several times and always with chances to win medals (bronze, silver and gold).

I also believe the games between Argentina vs Australia and France vs Italy will be competitive and exciting games, especially Argentina vs Australia.

Agree with that, and that's the reason why I'm betting on Spain against the USA, both point spread and a chance to upset the USA. Spain is one of my favorites to win a gold medal here, so if they'll lose, my prediction is wrong, so I'll be sticking with my prediction.

So attractive.

From sportsbet.io

We see an early final game in basketball. Spain-USA match will be such a match. While the USA is seen as the favourite, Spain is not a team to be taken lightly. Most likely, the winner of this match will be the champion. In other matches, my predictions are that France, Slovenia and Argentina will win.

I do not even think that it is much about being relax or not, I think it is a bit more about getting ready. The court is a bit different, the ball is a bit different, even the basket is a bit different. These are all millimetre of course and not a big deal, but at the end of the day it is a bit different. So that took USA by surprise just a bit, sure they trained a lot but training and real game is different as we all know, Dwight Howard can shoot 80-90% from free throws on training if you want to understand the difference.

However USA seems to got that under  control and they are basically working to fight on defense a lot all game and have fast breaks, which lowers the risk of bad shooting because the more fast breaks you do , the more you score.

I'm waiting for the outcome of the match, if USA can beat the Spain in a big margin, then I think USA will win this competition. Though France beat them at the start but I doubt they will ever face again as I think they'll not even reach the Finals.

Looking for an upset here.

Excitement is growing in Italy for the quarterfinals of the basketball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics, where coach Sacchetti will be called upon to perform yet another great game against Rudy Gobert's France. After beating Nigeria in the last round of the group phase, Danilo Gallinari and his teammates have gained the pass for the knockout phase, where they were immediately drawn with one of the most formidable opponents of the competition, France, the only team capable of beating the highly favored United States during the round.
I think Italy will play well again, but France will reach the semi.

Okay, so the bets for the quarter Finals opened already at Stake.com. Last time I checked it was not there yet. My bets are already locked in early for this 3 games.

Going underdogs for Argentina as I think there's a possibility for a win given they were grouped with Slovenia and Spain at preliminary. I just can't decide for Spain versus USA. Both teams are good but USA is the favorite here which had been going for most Olympics meet.
I am thinking risk high or just go with the spreads with +10 for Spain and be on the safe zone. 

It feels like an early final for Spain and USA game. It's kinda bad match-up for the tournament, I wish they meet in finals like they used to in two of last three Olympics. I think whoever reach semi final from this match-up will get gold medal. When you think about USA's France loss you can understand Spain has a decent chance to beat USA too. If they achieve this they can get gold medal. USA is favorite anyway.
I expect France to beat Italy and Slovenia to beat Germany, for Australia I don't think they can pass Argentina. So semi finals could be France - Slovenia and Argentina - Spain/USA.
At that moment I won't be surprised any team to reach the final. I can't really pick a team between France and Slovenia. It's more dependent about Doncic's performance.

Everyone is putting their bet on the USA, let's remember that this is a quarter-final, so Team Spain will give everything they have to compete. We also have to remember that this team has competed against the better USA version and they always give them good competition, therefore IMO the spread is just to high and Spain could cover it.

It happened before and it can happen again if team US will relax, Though for sure that last lost from France gives them the wake call that it's their country's pride that in stake,

And yeah you are right Spain is also a good contender here, might bring much emotions trying to extend their chance for a possible semis.

All in all, we have to wait for all those games and see who will advance. Good luck!

It's true but it's still a long way. Although Germany, Italy, and Argentina are on the bad position at preliminary, they cannot just mess with them.
Italy especially who defeated 2 teams in their preliminary bracket and will face the France team now. Argentina also has a big chance to defeat Australia.
They were in the strongest bracket with Slovenia and Spain that is why their record went bad at 1-2. Australia could be at a good record at 3-0 but they cannot relax in this quarter Finals.
All games will be tomorrow at my time, I guess there will be no turning off the television.