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Australia vs Serbia - Game Schedule: Saturday August 20, 2016 Time 06:00 AM

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United State vs Spain - Game Schedule: Saturday August 20, 2016 Time 02:30 AM

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Um...can Argentina / Spain stop USA this time  ::) ::)


I don't think so....lol
 

My prediction is China stop the USA in the very 1st game in RIO Olympics Basketball Game, Just Kidding.  ;D ;D ;D

USA unstopable is still win gold medal
another country only is happy silver and bronze medal
is candidate silver and bronze medal, spain, argentina, home base ground brazil

without doubt USA will be the winner of the gold medal ! it's unstoppable with this team : Carmelo Anthony, Harrison Barnes, Jimmy Butler, DeMarcus Cousins, DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Durant, Paul George, Draymond Green, Kyrie Irving, DeAndre Jordan, Kyle Lowry & Klay Thompson .
i think the siver and bronze medal for france and Spain or China .

i know NBA and USA have it as the most famous basketball competitions in the world also a lot of basketball players who dreaming to play at there and i think USA will unstoppable this time and my thought USA will be got gold medal but seems USA odds are pretty low

USA @ 1.07
France @ 11.5
Spain @ 9
Serbia @ 21

I will put all my bet in all France game, the roster of France is strong. Nicolas Batum, Nando De Colo, Boris Diaw, Antoine Diot, Mickael Gelabale, Rudy Gobert, Thomas Heurtel, Charles Kahudi, Joffrey Lauvergne, Tony Parker, Florent Pietrus & Kim Tillie .

where is Argentina? AFAIK, Argentina is good at bball too, always in second - third place in same big competition...

I think USA are to be the champion here. They got the best plyer in the world in the best basketball league in the world. In the past FIBA World cup, USA dominated all of its opponent and won all of its games. But i think other teams are strong enough to defeat thos team like Spain, Serbia, Brazil and France.

I looked up the Nigerian team rooster, only 1 player was born in Nigeria, the rest are Nigerian-Americans. What happened to the rule that you can only have one nationalized player? Not that it gives them a competitive advantage, they'll be lucky to win one game, but the team they beat in Afrobasketball to make the Olympics, Angola (an Olympic regular), all it's players are from Angola.

Don't know about their citizenship rules but I think Nigerian-Americans count as Nigerian citizens so they don't count as naturalized players.

The American team is the team to beat, in my opinion no team will be able to win them think Brazil can get to win a bronze in the sport.

These are one of the sports that are my all time favorite to watch during the games every 4 years. And everytime USA always comes out on the podium.
I will go with USA all the way again this year for a gold medal with. SOLID! ;D

Well no one doubt that USA deserve to get gold medal. The only team who has bigger chance than other teams to be a tough team for USA is Spain imo. So about silver medal, I think Spain will get it. Brazil can get the bronze if they play well in their home ground.

Dont know either for the citizenship rules on rio olympics but i think when a player was already migrated at the said country and living for many decades well he can be a citizen on that country and maybe that occur for the said people who's your mentioning thats why officials didnt bother to open up and kick of those player since they are qualified to represent the country who they were currently playing.


Theirs no doubt that they will dominate this tournament they are all stars in nba and we know what they are capable and skills they've got US will be the gold medalist for their basket and i think the question here is who will be the silver and bronze medalist in this contest, USA is the new version of dream team today.

This. Much better if we will look some of their profile for a clearer view. Aside from being a nationalized player, they must be citizens for the said country in long time that's why they are already a resident of that country.

About the topic, it's clear USA will dominate this basketball olympic. The bet must be who will be the MVP for the team USA. lol.

Well, i don't have clue about other team except USA team and i'm sure USA will be the champion on Basketball sports on RIO Olympic at Brazil.

USA are too strong for the other nations. If they maintain the concentration and a bit of humility , winning every game by at least 20/30 points difference.

Hmm agreed to that, but i think their better contender country for that contest is spain since ive seen many scenario that spain and USA always facing in gold medal round but let see if other country teams will give a sweet to USA, but i clearly see that USA will sweep all the team as they do on their exhibition game last day or week they eaten and burried their opponents team and i dont doubt that they will do it in RIO.

Look at USA's lineup man. That was like inviting the virtuoso/masters against a bunch of random dudes. There is no doubt that USA will bring home the gold medal, but Spain could somehow play a very entertaining game against them. On the other hand, I would be rooting for France all the way, but would not bet if they go against USA but will still probably cheer for them. Too many interesting lineups. Let's see what this Olympics this year has to offer.

I think we already know who the team will be the winner for this year, yeah they are brazil because they have neymar for this year of course that would make them be stronger than another team.

This guy honestly looks like the best defender on the team and could win DPOY if he dedicates himself this year. He'll have more energy on that end as a result of playing in a more efficient system. The looks he's getting on team USA won't be any different from the looks he'll be getting on the Warriors. If anything, the Warriors have BETTER ball-movement than team USA by a longshot, so he'll just be draining non-stop open jumpers and finishing transition dunks like crazy.

basketball is this not football
here brazil have little chances for some medal USA is prime for gold silver and bronze will be interesting cuz mainly Europe team will take that

In basketball USA will win the gold medal because it have very unique combination of players, they are more talented than European players so I also think it would be much easy to predict about this game, USA showing very good performance in basketball.

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Isnt it obvious? As usual it would be team USA who will get the gold in baskeball. Having a pure NBA  player line up is insane. Look at the play of USA vs China earlier. Its obvious, USA didnt play at their highest performance but the gap of score is too high.

How can you get football (soccer to the americans here) confused with basket-ball? They are two totally different sports when one is played inside and the other for the Olympics are played outside. ::)

Now that was an epic fail of an answer to the post you were responding too.  :D
Not you azguard. ;)

they are obvious favorites and they will take gold for sure only more interesting will be for rest of medal they are many great team

Usa-China: 119-62... +57  really an awkward gap. They could win games even playing in 4 players. I think that only a USA harakiri will change the outcome of this tournament .

Actually I'm bit surprised that China could scored 62 points against USA. I'm not underestimating China, but what you are saying is true imo. No team can beat US if it come to basketball game. Well as EuroBasket champion, Spain is the toughest opponent for US.

Lol. This is Basketball thread man. This is not football. When Neymar plays basketball, forget the dream of winning the gold medal of Brazil national team. But speaking of Brazil football, i guess they can win silver medal and the is for Germany.

Team USA will be the top favorites for sure. I mean, who doesn't watch NBA from other countries? This will be easy gold medal for USA.

As USA perfornance shown to their practice game tour will diffinately it tells that there are the one who's gonna win the gold in this tournament but i think china is though team also i dont surprise they scored 62 against USA and even they can produced more if the would improve their play their so mamy young addition in their line up so i think they are bit adjusting on world stage but let see whos team gonna blown the ass of Team USA.

I'm beginner in Basketball
I tried to bet on group stage :
sebia vs Australia : I have choice Australia the odds is 2.95
USA vs Venezuela: I'm interest to bet on Venezuela because the odds is high 12.7
France vs China: I choose China the odds is high too.

i tough that beside Spain France and Serbia will do something but France lost from Australia quite unexpected
USA has team to respect but only Spain and Serbia can do "maybe bit maybe"
Serbia play with them in group stage

Some good games coming up.

At least better than last nights game when the odds were like 50 point
favorites. I still think USA wins no problem but their backups really
arn't that great (well awesome but unlike past dream teams they can
be beaten)

The USA is certainly the team to beat once again at these Olympics but I think France and Australia both have good teams this Olympics. More so Australia who look to have there best Olympic team ever and are a top chance in my opinion to knock off the USA. I also think France has a big chance also to win gold at these Olympics. It will be and so far has been an entertaining tournament.

iam smile maybe your not understand about basketball
basketball diference football, neymar not followed team basketball brazil but team football
i think your must read before comment let not out of the topic

Basketball in olympic game i Think USA unstoapble
in squad USA All player in Big star NBA
USA can still gold medal olympic

Today on schedule for men

Serbia vs Australia

both teams won opening games and it will be good game to watch
bet option
race to 10 point Serbia

maybe spain is a great contender for USA. but USA line up is very strong in all aspect, outbound and inbound game. they are awesome.
i think there's no country is match or even to USA team now. i hope there's a balancing system in basketball in olympics. because USA is overkill for Asian
country both size and skills. :)

I think Kyrie should be on the team and starting but I'd feel more comfortable with a better back up point guard. Kyrie is injury prone, he can also get into foul trouble. Lowry hasn't proven himself in my book. All of the guards/wings on Team USA are not good passers, in a different year a team could make it interesting (this year it is a weak field).

USA is very strong team and it had very good start into this event, for today match USA vs Venezuela I'll pick total points over 166.5 @1.82, odds for USA ML is very low and I think bet on over points has better chance for get nice profit though betting on this match.

It is true. We have same strategy. Betting on team USA is useless since we all know that they are dominating team. And surely the owner od sportsbook is fully aware on that that's why the odds is very little.Hahaha. I think the best type of bet is match point or handicap type. Since this not focus alone on USA team win.

i think the us still is the team to beat here. the way they played china gives us a preview of how the us would dominate this tournament. although there are a couple of teams which may have a bit chance of an upset, team usa is still too loaded up to the last man and it would take a great amount of luck to upset this team.

Well each country has special sport for them, which it gives them advantage to win gold medal. In this case, US is the world champion for basketball, but if it come to other sports, e.g soccer, US is nothing. So, it's fair imo :D

Barring a miracle, it is almost impossible to win the Team USA in basketball. They have too many talented players in the NBA. Even the bench player is better than the other countries best player. We can already see the big difference between USA and the other teams during the first game - USA Vs China.

USA women and Men win Gold easily!

No team will be a great contender for the USA.

The difference of Team USA to other teams is, they are unique in terms of offense. Almost all team doesn't changed their lineup also included all veterans which is not a typical strategy if you are to compete with the Team USA. Yes, it's better to have a fixed lineup but thoughts here must changed if you are to faced the monster Team USA.

I guess it's no secret but the USA basketball team will surely dethrone any team despite having not brought the big names to Rio and my money is on them to collect Gold

Australia is looking very good so far, they won against Serbia and France and for me I'm looking forward to seeing them play China and the USA to see how they measure up to the top teams. We all know the USA team is the team to beat but as I always say anyone team can win on it's day and there are no guarantees in any game. Australia has a good team maybe even the best Olympic team they have put together at any Olympics and they should at least win a medal these Olympics.

French are always good at basketball and Australia have some giants on their team.
I saw USA play China in the prelims and they just go out-dunked on literally.
It will be those three teams that will make it to the finals.
Usa will be heavy favorites like every time they are in the summer games.

i highly doubt that, there is Lithuania, there is Spain so anything might happen, though i think that first will be either USA or Lithuania while Spain will be left with bronze only

USA on fire after the first game against china and the big win 119-62 , tonight  Usa win against Venezuela 113-69 .
USA   played : 2   win: 2    TP :232:131   
with those statistics i think USA will be the winner of the gold medal .

It's clearly a B-team. Durant is the only guy who would even start if all the US players competed. Curry, CP3, LeBron, Harden, Westbrook, Davis, and Leonard would all be considered the best player on this current squad not named Durant.
That said, I think the team is actually better without having ALL the top US players. Many of the US's top guys are used to having the ball in their hands, and you can end of having too many Chiefs, and not enough Indians.

One hour again batle china VS france
is first match china lost vs cointander strong gold medal USA
and france lost from Australia
two team strong play because want win, i think and my prediction china is win

Spain has been lost in their first game but that was a close fight with only 2 pts score difference maybe they can bounce back again to regain their spot on this contest but i also think australia is the greatest and aspiring opponent who can blow USA  butt, but in the other hand we are very sure that USA gonna take the gold and this battle is between on silver and bronze let see who's country will compete and fight for that medals.

yes i can say otherwise also this is also bad cuz no russian team here cuz they might do something in some team sport also they have got athletes maybe best in individual
anyway still say that USA will take most gold medals as usual

We do agree that USA gonna take take the gold here since they got a strong lineup and who delivered good for this tournament and the way i see for this game is though job for the other country to defeat them, and provably they are looking only to get some medal spot on their sheet so they can get some honor to their country, and who do you think guys will get the  silver? Australia? Or any other hiding strong team there? Spain is bit lousy nowadays and beaten by croatia so i dont think they can surpass and win consecutives to get in the gold medal round.

I also feel USA playing very impressive and with wonderful motivation to get the gold medal. USA showed brilliant performance in the opening matches and after winning its matches by nice margin. USA is looking very strong team of this biggest event.

Usa after winning +57 points against China , another landslide victory with a +44points gap against Venezuela .
 Maybe the next game against Australia could be more balanced with a gap of less than 20 points!

Looks like everyone thinks that USA will win Olympic, well I also think they are really strong but I would not underestimate other teams. Maybe some team can win them in final. Who knows, its basketball, like anything can happen there. Spain and Serbia won few times in the past, maybe they can do it again. Serbia lost against Australia, I think they lost cause they didn't want to meet with USA before final game. Now they have chance to meet with Spain I think so winner from there can try to win against USA.

WORLD: Olympic Games :
Argentina   vs     Croatia => bet for Argentina .
Serbia    vs     France  => bet for France .
Australia      vs      USA     => bet for USA.

World » Olympic Games Women » :
China W    vs      Spain W => bet for Spain .
USA W      vs     Serbia W=> bet for USA .
Senegal W vs     Canada W=>bet for Canada.

What do you expect from that game? Its not shocking coz they are skilled and very talented individuals. Expect a high point gap when they are playing. USA basketball team is owning this basketball.

several minute again batle olympic basketball argentina contra croatia
i think is general team and shooter argentina Manu ginobili on fire
argentina can win in batle croatia
but although NBA star play ini croatia team is competitif team, high quality team in region europa

I don't doubt it all. Both the Men's and Women's Team are inevitably going to take home the Gold medal in basketball. Although they may face a bit of competition from some powerhouse European teams (i.e Spain, Lietuva, France), they are such a talent laden team and well coached that only a tragic event could separate them from the highest podium finish by the end of it all. Just my opinion, though. As they say, the ball is round and it ain't over until you hear the final buzzer.

If they don't beat both Lithuania and Argentina they are most likely out or 4th in the group which means facing USA in quarters if USA doesn't drop a game. So 2 big games left for them in group stage.

Next match
     Serbia   vs  france I think is tony paker is good player san antonio spurs can win france      
    Australia  Vs Unieted State Of America is easy win is australia , big super team big star NBA carmelo antony etc is easy win batle andrew bougout etc   
   Venezuea VS China , china can win batle venezuela

I think is spain can't next step is quarter final
althought big team  in europa and star NBA player paul gasol and big club basket ball real madrid basket and barcelona basket
but spain is bad play in olympic so batle argentina and lithuania maybe spain lost again

Basketball matches
man
Serbia vs France win Serbia

woman
China W vs  Spain W win Spain
Senegal W vs Canada W win Canada

Lithuania will be a problem if the refs let their frontcourt be physical with Pau. Pau is too soft but in FIBA, the refs don't allow the defense to breath on him. If he fights for the spot and they call quick fouls on Jonas, it's over. Spain just have too much NBA pedigree compare to Lithuania.

Australia vs USA usually USA is hot favorite for this match, it's not worth to place bet on ML there but I think bet on under 186.5 points would be nice, bet on under points has some better chance for this match because both teams are playing very good.

Under 186.5 points would be nice as Australia have played well in the Olympics. For this game, I predict Australia would keep it tight and USA will struggle to get 100 points. Australia to win the handicap is also a good choice as I have a weird feeling this game will the first major upset in basketball.

I dont think so, US will be superior in this match like usual imo. Yeah its hard for US to reach 100 points against Australia, but Im sure there will be big gap on the score. Well too bad to know Spain lost again, it should be the worst moment for them as the quite strong team in basketball.

Serbia vs France win France with one point
Game was great and i enjoy in game

USA v Australia ( USA -29 points)
Usa only give 29 points handicap, i'm not wrong seeing usa have tournament like ncaa so i think it would be easy games for usa win.

Spain looks bad, and now it's big possibility that they will need to play vs USA in quarterfinal. Main Spain players except Gasol looks bad. I think Serbia looks strong, and they can fight for medals. France is always strong. And about my native country Lithuania : we don't have stars (except JV), our main players don't play in strongest Euroleague games, but our main is team spirit and coach. We don't play very nice, but we won silver in Eurobasket 2 times in a row. I believe we can win medals.

I dont think so. USA is very talented team. I think there will be a high point gap between this two team and ofcourse its USA. Their offense and defense are far superior than Australia but we' ll see if they match the athletism of this powerhouse team.

It won't be big point gap between teams. Now it's middle of 3rd country and result is equal.

Australia is playing very well against the USA but it looks like the USA will win. USA are playing much better in this 4th quarter but I would not count Australia out just yet. It will be a close finish to the game.

WORLD: Olympic Games MEN :

Venezuela   vs   China    => bet for China .
Brazil           vs     Croatia  => bet for Brazil
Nigeria   vs   Spain    => bet for Spain .

WORLD: Olympic Games Women :

Belarus W     vs Turkey W     => bet for Turkey .
                   
   
France W     vs Brazil W      => bet for France .
                   
    
Japan W     vs Australia W  => bet for Australia

Have to say, it is kind of interesting to see the players who stood up and the ones that shrank when the pressure started really mounting tonight. I'm not going to get into specifics, but there were certain guys who looked as if they wanted no part of the basketball.

I've seen enough to say I think our 2014 WC team was considerably better constructed. I don't know if it necessarily had more "talent," but the roster made more sense.

Im read this in a blog this is my prediction too.You agree too.

Gold:

This one’s obvious: the United States. They trounced every team in their exhibitions and they’ve got enough of a mix of big and small they should be able to pound teams offensively regardless of how they are defended. With sharpshooters such as Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony in the mix, the United States should easily pick apart zone defenses. If an opponent chooses to go man-to-man, DeMarcus Cousins should annihilate the interior.

Defensively, the U.S. can go big or small depending on matchups. Draymond Green has proven time and time again that he’s a reliable defensive center in small-ball lineups, while Cousins and DeAndre Jordan should easily handle the majority of bigs in the tournament.

Silver:

This is one is much tougher, but France looks poised to jump to the number two spot in the Rio Games. Outside of the United States, they have one of the best starting fives in the Olympics. Seasoned NBA pros Tony Parker, Nic Batum and Boris Diaw will be joined by up-and-comer Rudy Gobert and 2016 Euroleague MVP Nando de Colo to make up a formidable lineup. The Parker/Batum/Diaw trio should put on a passing clinic against lesser opponents while possessing the veteran savvy to control the pace in tougher matchups.

Gobert is the best defensive center in the tournament, including the U.S. bigs. The French Rejection makes even the best rim-attackers think twice before entering his domain. France will struggle against quick guards though. Parker lost a step defensively years ago and will struggle against the likes of Kyrie Irving and Spain’s Ricky Rubio.

One storyline to watch for France is the exclusion of Evan Fournier. Fournier opted to skip the Olympic Qualifying Tournament to sort out his contract situation as he was a free agent this summer. French coach Vincent Collet explained that he thought his backcourt was well balanced in the qualifying tournament without Fournier and that he wanted to honor their commitment to the team by keeping the squad intact. Fournier is clearly a better talent than many of the players on the team and his presence will be missed when France is in need of buckets.

Bronze:

Spain will fight with France for a place in the gold medal game, and may even prevail, but the absence of Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka will loom large in Rio. Coming off back-to-back Olympic silver medals, Pau Gasol remains one of the most skilled big men in the world, but his presence alone will not be enough to push Spain past the United States. Gasol will be accompanied by proven pros Ricky Rubio, Jose Calderon, Nikola Mirotic and former NBA player Rudy Fernandez.

Another player to keep an eye on is Willy Hernangomez, who will make his NBA debut next season with the New York Knicks. The powerful 6-foot-10 center should provide Spain with another NBA-caliber big to backup or play alongside Gasol.

Spain is a team full of capable players, but devoid of any stars still in their prime. Rubio is a nice player who first made a name for himself in the U.S. on the Olympic stage back in 2008, but eight years later he has yet to reach the potential many saw back in Beijing. If Gasol can muster an ageless performance for three weeks, we may well see a rematch of Spain and the United States in the gold medal game.

Honorable mentions:
Argentina: Playing with the final remnants of the Argentine golden age of basketball, Manu Ginobili and Luis Scola will have to harness the fountain of youth to make the podium in Rio. It’s possible and it would make for a great story, but it’s unlikely as Father Time remains unbeaten.

Lithuania: A team that consistently challenges the United States, Lithuania can play with any team in the tournament. Unlike a seven-game series in the NBA, all you need is one game in the Olympics to knock out a power like the U.S., Spain or France, but it’s a tall task. It’ll be up to Jonas Valanciunas and Domantas Sabonis, son of Basketball Hall of Famer Arvydas Sabonis, to bring the Lithuanians to new heights.

Source:http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/mens-basketball-medal-predictions

I think there's no way USA Team loses the gold. Australia will get silver and I think Argentina have a good shot at bronze so that amazing generation of players (Nocioni, Ginobili, Scola, etc) can ride into the sunset for good.

is now play USA and australia, australia game is fantastic and ekspolosive
and is able to confer resistance, though currently still lagging behind 10 points
Australia has the potential to win silver or bronze
before USA, australia 2win batle france and serbia

One thing going for Australia is that they have been together for years already, while the US Team, as always, only has weeks of preparation for events like these. It is just that they have the best collection of players so even if familiarity with plays is an issue, a two-man game can somehow beat a team game even if it is played to perfection. Would be interesting to see which will USA's final match go against.

Good call whoever said that the US would face some trouble. I doubted that would happen. I was wrong.
Australia has a really nice team and they exposed some of our flaws. It wouldn't shock me to see them again down the road.
What the hell is going on with Klay Thompson, btw? Man, he is looking rough out there. Unexpected.
Kyrie and Melo came through when it mattered most and when the game was nip and tuck.

US won this game on talent alone. The offense didn't execute and the defense didn't force turnovers. Melo played fantastic and Irving played great in the 4th.
This team is still badly missing a playmaker to run the offense through. I don't think the US had a single easy basket in the half-court, while the Aussies were able to generate wide open dunks and layups.

agreed each positions have great players. defense and offense they got it. i can see the 3rd olympic gold for anthony and isnt it ironic that he still hasnt won an nba ring being batchmates with james and wade etc.

I don't agree with this at all. No mention of Australia who are preforming very well at these Olympics and they have beaten 2 top sides in France which by the way they won easily and also beating Serbia. Australia also matched it with the USA and thanks to Carmelo Anthony playing a super game helped the USA win. Australia doesn't even get an honorable mention lol I still believe the USA is the team to beat but Australia is right up there with the best in the world at these Olympic games.

sure they surprise then with win also France Serbia match was great till last second you didnt know who will win really good match to see and watch

Feels happy for China lol.

They can't even perform well without dirty tactics. Hope that China will end up with no wins as a reward for their dirty tactics that's why they sealed a spot in the olympic.

Just a normal critisicm.

China is pretty impressive on Asian level, especially the Asian Games. They used to be better than what they are now primarily because of Yao Ming, who I think is a once-in-a-generation type of player. We haven't seen any Chinese player come close to the overall skills of Yao in recent years. Besides, other Asian powerhouse are not lagging behind that much. Teams from Iran, Korea, Japan and Philippines are giving China a run for its money as the best national team in all of Asia.

Congratulations to Australia. Australia is really a good team, played point to point against the USA and could win. Played very well Wills(30 points) , Bogut and Dellavedova.
I think the final will be just USA - Australia

Interms of height will no chinese yet existing to surpass yao ming in that category but in basketball IQ and playing well in the hardcourt well there would be and that is jeremy lin we know that he is a great player who gives excellent contribution to his team thats the reason why he didn't undergo a draft and easily pickin up by NBA .

And the only problem for philippines is their height because they are always being out Rebounded by the other foreign players thats why they are losing in that game.

Yes China can dominate in Asia. But I don't like how they play in some of the international games especially when playing from their country as a homecourt.

Even most basketball players from other countries really noticed how dirty China is in some of their games. Good thing they are struggling from basketball olympics.

they really play well and this was one of best games on basketball tournament
expect to see lot more games like this

I got the call right on the under points and Australia to win the handicap but I did not expect Australia to score that many points against Team USA.

The USA women's basketball team played well and scored more than 100 points for their past 3 games in the Olympics. It will be a good opportunity to bet on the over points or USA to win their handicap for the next match.

Australia give tough time to USA into that clash, that was worth to watch how close it was but USA is really talented and more experienced side, there is very easy for USA to reach its destination after winning this match against Australia, I am quite sure USA will win gold medal for sure.

Today Croatia beat hosts Brazil after good game. Next will play Nigeria vs Spain. Winner is almost known before game, Spain very need for a win, but I think Nigeria will give good fight for Spain. And last today game Argentina vs Lithuania. Both teams won their first games and today I would bet for Lithuania. They need to play intensive to make tired Argentina veterans.

The USA team always wins gold in this sport time after time after time..
It is a given for them to win it and if you bet you are sure to win your wagering bet.
But I imagine the odds are very low for them to win the final game to reach the podium. :-\

Today the spain will surely take the win against nigeria but wtf happen to spain this year? Are they feeling their ages i think they are bit slow now i cant feel their effectiveness just like before, they are been lossing for two consecutive games by this tournament well maybe this is not their luck and i really though they are giving a nice intense game against USA but expectation became blurry as i see in their game.

I also think the gold medal game will be the USA and Australia. Australia is at these Olympic games to prove that they can match it will the best in the world and they are not here to make up the numbers but are here to win gold. Bogut was very upset with the loss yesterday as he and the team felt like they should of won the game and are here to win the gold medal. Australia should finish 2nd in this group with the USA finish 1st.

WORLD: Olympic Games :

Lithuania   -   Argentina =>bet for Argentina .

China   -   Australia          =>bet for Australia.
 
USA   -   Serbia             => bet for  USA.   

WORLD: Olympic Games Women :

Serbia W   -   China W=> bet for China .

Canada W   -   USA W => bet for USA.

Spain W   -   Senegal W=> bet for Spain .

in Now play
in argentina batle lithuania is match eqaul squad , balanced team strength
but I think manu ginobili  could bring victory argentina
my pick argentina

US offense is awful. No easy baskets. Nothing going to the rim. Everything is jumpers and offensive rebounds. When the opposing team doesn't turn the ball over, the US has no answers.

Lithuania vs Argentina great game for both teams. Manu Ginobili is still amazing player. But I think Lithuania deserved this win. It's big step for us to win 1st place in group.

Currently the game score is crucial, I'll think Lithuania will win this game because they have the teamwork but I will hard Lithuania to win this game. Good luck to Lithuania.

your pick is lost
i think your prediction choose argentina only just wait for a super NBA star Manu Ginobili
argentina could bring victory , while Lithuania one of the strengths of his strength evenly European basketball

Australia take on China later today and it will be another tough game for Australia but if they continue to play the way they have been playing they should be winning this game. I say it's tough because they need to win this game to stay 2nd on the table. But I think Australia will win. Also the USA take on Serbia which will also be a great game to watch as Serbia have been playing pretty well so far but I still think the USA will win easy.

sure from all team on Olympic tournament i must admit that im glad that they showed this play like that
hope that they will take some medal

They would provably give their all what they've got since they want to bring some honor to themselves and their country but the reality is only one team only will step up and take the gold and provably that team is USA its because they got the high skilled rooster on their team and i believe also australia will place either silver or bronze aswell same with argentina, that three team i can see who got brighter spot to take some medals on their tally sheets.

Australia played very well once again today easily beating China 93-68 It was a great team performance and I now think they will finish 2nd in this group. Serbia is keeping up with the USA at the moment which is great to see. Since the first 2 games for the USA they have not had  there own way with Australia keeping up with them and now Serbia doing the same. Even though the USA have the star players any team can win on it's day so there are no guarantees they will win gold. 

I agree with you bro. All teams hold the pride and honor of each country that's why they play a full potential. For now, i can't guarantee that team USA will won gold because there is a lot of possibility that maybe happened inside the court. If you pertaining to "roster"  and not rooster. Hahaha. I agree that USA has a better line up because they always pick all star player in nba. So definitely they are the most formidable ream in olympics

Team USA should be embarrassed by their play barely beating Serbia by single digits the offense looks like shit all isolation play and no ball movement most of players are playing one on one instead of team ball. This teams needs leadership badly players like CP3, Lebron, Wade and Kobe.

Final Score 94 - 91 USA Win.

Looks like the United States is whipping butt and taking names!!!!  I had my doubts that we would do this good this year!!  From what I can see I think we are going to take the gold!!  Go USA!

If there is anyone who thinks that France will kick our (USA) butts on the 14th of this month, please PM me and we can play for a friendly wager!!

US offense and defense looks like shit. I'm not sure what the defense is doing. They're overplaying on guys who can't shoot. Fouling way too much. Our front-court are giving up wide open dunks and layups to defend mid-range shots. When the defense isn't forcing turnovers, they're getting picked apart.

sure in lat two games they play awful Serbia almost got extra time but bogdanovic missed last shot

It will be an interesting match between the USA and France to see if the USA play better then what they have been the past couple of games. Australia will most likely win against Venezuela and hold 2nd spot in the group unless France can cause an upset. Argentina had a tough game with Brazil just winning in the end 111-107. Spain is easily beating Lithuania and will most likely win which helps keep Argentina on top of group B.   

Argentina vs Brazil - amazing triller with 2 overtimes. Amazing performance by Campazzo and Nocioni. Strange, but Argentina veterans in overtime looked more fresh than Brazil team.
Spain vs Lithuania - unexpected total domination of Spain and Gasol. This victory was neccessary for Spain to keep alive in fight for quarterfinal. What about Lithuania, it looks that players think that they can't fight against Spain. This is the reason why we didn't beat Spain since 2010. Today we saw that Valanciunas can't defend players who can shoot 3-pointers like Gasol.
Last tonight game will be Nigeria vs Croatia. I think it will be close game, Nigeria want to win their first game, but I think Croatia will win this game.

spain is good team i hope in quarter final spain not meet USA
next match and last match in qualificaton spain meet argentina, my prediction and i hope spain win

They could just be slacking off because they know they are the dominant ones in all the world teams in basket-ball.
Anyone know if they will be sitting any of their players for the finals if they make it this far from what everybody is saying about them lately,

That is true, but it might be annoying to us if team USA show how they underestimate other countries here in Olympics.

I took Australia to win at 23/1 from directbet last night. i dont see how the americans are so favored when they havent played great. that said i am sure
usa wins but thought the odds were worth betting against it

I think they will not underestimate them but the perfect words we can call it is they are confident to win and brought home the gold, and im sure that other countries will do their best to compete and do hardwork for more since they dont want their score to be buried down, it can be a shame for them since it will be listed in history if that really happens, but im 100% sure that USA will replinish the barricade who attempts to stop them to get the gold :)

Unstopable in USA team to gold medal
during olympic game is play use NBA player, USA untopable to gold medal

They are unstopable because they are at pro level of basketball at look at what lineup what USA have they got superstars on there respective teams and that is unbalance play foe their opponent since its pretty obvious thay they can be beaten by allstar since they got different skill set levels thats why theirs no doubt,debate nor any negative specalution that USA will take this because they got a high potential to nailed their opponent and burried the score behind. They will just give a wink to their opponent if they made a shoot in the basket.

Fully support you, USA is so strong, they have best, first-class professional players, definitely they will get the gold medal.

They are good odds my friend and i may also put a small bet on Australia to win gold. The USA just beat France in another close game for the USA winning 100 - 97. The USA are just winning without playing good basketball and the question is will they get it together in the finals? This may be a great chance for other teams to finally upset the USA and win gold, everyone here is so sure that they will win but as I always say anyone can win on there day and right now the USA team are not playing that well so anything can happen and in my opinion they are not worth the short odds they are currently at. There is better value elsewhere and Australia is great value at 23/1 and should be a 10/1 shot as they have been playing very well during the group stage.

before play  Asutralia Vs venezuela iam pick australia
and now australia lead over 10 point

Quarter ke-3
Australia   41   16   16   9           
   
Venezuela   30   6   19   5   

I like this game    

Many experts don't understand why USA plays so weak in last 3 games. Remember that USA this year don't have brightest stars Lebron and Steph Curry. And I think USA players don't look seriously at group stage games. Today they hardly beat France which played without Parker. But I think we will see new face of dream team in quarterfinal.

It works cause we usually put a team with top tier talent. Besides Kevin Durant, none of these guys are top 6 in the league.. Cousins cannot defend pic and roll and that is a killer with a shorter three..
Lebron, Curry, Durant, Westbrook, Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard are the top 6 players for USA
They better get their defense in order if not they will be lucky to medal.. Big mistake with this team is the lack of play makers.. They can't finish either. The ball movement is horrible while their competitors have a fluid great brand of basketball. GO USA!

Lebron is not playing on the USA side this year? Why not he won the championship and decided not to play? Too worn out from partying too much.  :D
Or maybe he was one of those slew of athletes that did not want to go to Brazil due to the outbreak of zika and fear of bringing it back with them and their families. :-X

Lebron doesn't have much to prove and already has gold.

The NBA season is also so dam long if you win the championship also he
may be tired. He isn't that young anymore and the season doesn't end til
late June nowadays.

They should shorten the baseball and nba regular season cause its all about
the playoffs and season is to long.

USA super team because is all player is profesional player in play NBA
before year 2000 is basketball in NBA is only team amateur not profesional
USA play not NBA player only NCCA competition and unde NBA league competition
basketball, at the Olympics when it was very exciting and interesting, no super team, but the NBA players lose profits increasing interest of the audience, so the audience always fill stadiums

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Today Group B have some interesting matches Brazil vs Nigeria and Spain vs Argentina, result of these matches will decide who will qualify to quarter finals, I think Spain has high chance to qualify than Argentina but I will pick over 167.5 points for this, Brazil vs Nigeria is still hard to predict about this match.

History will prevailed they will got this gold for sure, USA professional team lose only once and that happen when there are only few nba stars are playing at their side but look at today, they are fully jump pack and loaded with full talent and thats the reason why opponent country cannot beat them since they got underdog rooster on their lineups.

has anyone tough about it what will happen if they lose now in knock out phase
anyone have option on that or is it possible

USA almost lost one game in this olympics, they will make sure it will not happen again. It is crystal clear in my radar that the team USA will bag the gold medal, and it will surely be a convincing win, hopefully it will be against the Spain, fun to watch bro.

nigeria vs brazil inplay bet under 155.5 points would be a good bet ;)

better go over it will be with lot of points for sure

Dude, this game ended 3 hours ago, Brazil won this match 86:69.

last match

Spain    Vs  Argentina   -   my bet spain                
Lithuania Vs croatia   -                   
 
croatia and spain must win to next step quarter final

This bet is won, good job Bias! On that game (Nigeria v Brazil) Total Score of Brazil I bet on under 85.5 . Lost very sad. :( Next match for RIO Olympic Basketball Group B, Lithuania v Croatia .

For our future bet of total score for USA, check this previous games of Team USA.

USA 119 v China 62
USA 113 v Venezuela 69
USA 98  v Australia 88
USA 94  v Serbia 91
USA 100 v France 97

Next match in quarter final

USA Vs argentina  , my prediction USA win
Spain Vs france , my prediction spain win
Australia VS lithuania , my prediction australia win
croatia vs serbia , my prediction serbia win

Honestly, I think the USA can go all the way to the finals and win the gold medal, as USA has the best basketball team around in my opinion. I think the only way they would lose is if they get too arrogant, and accidentally let the other country get too many points ahead of them. My bets are on the USA.

I think however, that France can win against Spain in the quarterfinals. Might be a long stretch, but I think they can do it, so I'm betting a small amount on them.

Out of the topic but where you guys watching live basketball games (pref. the ongoing RIO olympics) on the web?

Don't have some TV coverage here in my crib so I will use my internet to watch live.

Just Type Sport5 in YouTube, and go to there channel, there was a live streaming. I think 10 channel different games. or just click this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZYYkwC60tQ and go to there channel.

in your write link only higlight not live streaming
not live in play this game

Now we are on to the quarter finals and there are some interesting match ups. The USA v Argentina will be a great game to watch and can Argentina sustain the intensity wit the USA team. Spain v France will be another tough battle with both teams about even. And the Australia v Lithuania will be an interesting game to see if Australia can preform as well as they have in the group stage. I can't wait for Thursday to come around.

High posibilities it would be happen and since they almost betten all the powerhouse nationalitist out there well provably they are one step closer ahead for the gold, and teams like argentina and australia needs to prefer more and do brainstorming on how they could dominate the surging USA squad.

I am really excited to watch the final match of the olympics, I predicted this will be a blowout win for the USA but I have change my mind now, I like to see a close competition to whoever will match the USA.

WORLD: Olympic Games Women - Play Offs :

Australia W   -   Serbia W => Australia win.

Spain W   -   Turkey W => Spain win .

USA W   -   Japan W => USA win .

This is good pick only in first match it may be surprise but that is only maybe rest will win for sure

For man competitions i pick really interesting match

Croatia - Serbia

shame that they have to play but only one team will go trough

I would prefer to choose Serbia between the two, I have seen how the serbians play and they are really a threat in this competition. On the other hand, I am also rooting for the USA regardless who they will be facing with.

My predictions for quartefinals :
Australia - Lithuania. I pick Lithuania. Both teams are not very talented and don't play nice basketball. Lithuania looked terrible in last two group games. But we have good experience few last international tournaments playoff stage. I believe we can play better.
Spain - France. I pick Spain. They started group stage hardly like everytime, but then trashed Lithuania and Argentina. I think Spain only team which can beat USA.
USA- Argentina. Offcourse I pick USA. They will start to play seriously. It's a bit sad that era of Ginobili, Scola, Nocioni and other Argentina stars will end only in quarterfinal
Serbia - Croatia. Hardest predictable game, but I think Serbia will win. It's more stable team than Croatia and Croatia gave very bad luck in mostly tournaments playoff stage.

I agree with your analysis except for the Australia -Lithuania match . The Australia is playing very well with a perfect organization. Australia has clearly beat both France and Serbia. I am convinced that Australia beat Lithuania

I would bet on Croatia. Maybe Serbs are slightly better but Croatians will play very motivated and fully engaged so they have big chance to win. Also so far they have shown that they know how to play with strong teams. Remember their game with Spain?

I agree that Australia have better chances to win, I think chances for Australia to win is 60%. Lithuania didn't showed all what they can. Australia looking strong, but they not so much better than Lithuania. But maybe there only my emotion talks, because I'm from Lithuania.

In quarter finals rounds I think Spain vs France will be tough match because both teams are looking at the same level into this event, rest of the matches will be won by favorite teams easily like USA, Australia and Croatia, USA is still much strongest team and will win Gold Medal.

game will be hard and tough but if game must be decided in last seconds then Serbia will win with 3 point score
Croatia lost to many times like that from Serbian in National and team competition in past

My prediction on women Serbia basketball team they won
now they can do maybe final cuz no one expect that from them

looking at the votes of the basket ball team to win in Rio am starting to doubt the USA fire power after struggling against France winning 100-97....I think this team is fatigued a proper challenger should come through for that gold medal

I also agree that Australia will beat Lithuania as they have been playing some good basketball during this tournament and are out to prove to the world that they can match it will the top teams in the world. Too bad the Women's Australian basketball team lost and it's the first time in 6 Olympic games that they won't be playing for a medal.

WORLD: Olympic Games - Play Offs :

Australia   -   Lithuania => Australia win .

Spain   -   France  => France win .

USA   -   Argentina => USA win .

argentina +22.5 vs usa

usa is not that far ahead of the other elite teams. game should be within reach throughout. maybe usa pulls away at the end, but not by more than 20.


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        17.08. Australia Vs Lithuania      , my bet australia win
   18.08. Spain  Vs   France      , my bet spain win
   18.08. USA    Vs   Argentina      , my bet USA win
   18.08. Croatia  Vs   Serbia   , my bet serbia win   

It depends where you are located really, maybe try www.nbcolympics.com or nbc.com instead.

Also, sports5 does work for live streaming, maybe try it again? Again, it depends on where you're based, it's possible that sports5 only works for people in certain locations.

Yea Australia (https://nitrogensports.eu/betslip/b16d2eeM3J2Z05OOG11dVVTNGVyV012WGZtZz09/r/545803/) has only lost 1 match so far during the preliminaries and its against USA there's no way they would lose against Lithuania
I feel Australia can win by 5-10 pts.

Serbia will win this match easily ,they have 10x times a better team then croatia,also serbia almost won against USA while croatia losses to nigeria

I think that could be risky because USA has very solid record against Argentina, from my point of view USA will win this match without any serious resistance because average of winning points is around 25 points and on other side USA is looking nice for betting, anyway good luck with this bet.

USA will take this game seriously and 21.5 or 22 points is manageable for them to cover it. They are a solid team and they can dominate any team in this competition, by the way how did you have that betting in nitrogen without risking anything?

Serbia seem to start playing when knock out phase is starting and they play very good

mens Usa team needs to take notes from the ladies USA team on
how to move the ball and play with effort.

USA definitely not the dream team, it looks like a poorly formed team imo.
JJ redick would of helped with his outside shot.

Argentina vs USA, this match will be very entertaining and worth to watch it, USA has very good average to score points near about 100 in each match into this event, that is why I will pick under 188 points for this match because from my opinion this game will get finished around 175 points.

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USA Vs Argentina

Over 187.5 points is a good bet as Argentina can score lots of points and they have weak defense. It will not be difficult for USA to score more than 110 points in this game. USA have been winning by close margins lately so I believe USA will focus on offense to outscore their opponent.

nitro have over 188 so i decided to bet on it  i think usa will win with a huge margin to prove their stability as a winning team and also argentina will try to cope with it and the score will be over and our bet will win mate, just hoping that this prediction will came out good
buddy good luck us dream team win for us.

i saw the match with Rafa Nadal and it was unfortunate that he lost, he then lost again and didn't manage to get the 3rd position medal. Well at least he won the doubles Gold, I made some money thanks to that in a bet, but lost in the bets where I bet win for him in individual.

Why are you talking about tennis in a basketball thread?  ::)

Thats in another thread bro! :D

what to say but i will make all bets same except in first game it will be hard to predict both can pass

Australia has destroyed Lithuania 90-64 ( +26 ). Fantastic tournament for Australia that deserves to play in the final for the gold medal !

I'm very sad for Lithuania. I never saw this team playing so weak, without defense many mistakes. Australia deserved to win. I think they really can beat Serbia or Croatia in semifinal. But to beat USA and win gold can be impossible, they would need a miracle.

Honestly, I haven't expected such bad result for Lithuania. I know that Australians are good, they play excellent all the tournament and now they've shown that they could fight with Americans for the gold medal. Americans are favourites and all have fear from them but let's be honest, they haven't shown that much of a game so far.

Same is spain with france
This tournament is good

Yes, incredible victory of Spain against France ( 92-67 +25 ) , also here a landslide victory.
I think that the only quarter-final will be balanced between Serbia and Croatia

Excellent end result for Spain.
France losing again and again is becoming a common fair and a stark reality for all Parisans to face now. ;)

I agree and as I have been saying since the start of this Olympics Australia are here to try and win the gold medal and I think they will go very close to achieving this. Australia this time has the right mix of players and many of them play in the NBA with the top teams and that's why I believe that this Olympics Australia has a very strong chance at beating the USA for gold.

Spain had a good win over France smashing them 92-67 and the USA are currently easily beating Argentina.

It is very likely we will see an Australia against the USA finals with the way they are have been playing the game.
USA is such a dominant team that there is no denying them to make it to the final game for the gold medal.
THIS WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE MATCH UP FOR THE MENS BASKETBALL GAME NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! ;D

the USA too easily won their quarter-final that destroys Argentina 105-78 (+27) .

In summary:

Spain-France: 92-67 +25
Australia-Lithuania 90-64 +26
Usa-Argentina 105-78 +27

All 3 teams won easily so far but I'm expecting the 4th game to be closer then these past 3 games. But that's what I thought would happen with the Spain v France game but Spain won easily in the end. The semi finals are going to be great to watch and it looks like it will be the USA v Australia for the gold medal.

I think another Team USA, is batle only hope silver medal not gold medal
because USA team with big star NBA player very dificult unstopable
gold medal still have USA

Provably that would be happen since the powerhouse teams are been defeated already but come to think of it, does australia have an x factor to beat USA? i think theyre faith will be come the same to those other team who was been burried alive by them, but let see how far australian basketba come to replinish and giving a hard time for USA to get the gold.

Deandre Jordan says that Gold Medals are above NBA Rings

https://twitter.com/bleacherreport/status/766008161757196289

This is what happens when you know you'll never win a ring. LOL

I'm hoping that the semifinal games are going to be tighter than these ones. There's a lot more at stake in those games and certainly the teams are going to even take their game a notch higher. That US-Spain semifinal match is could have potentially been the gold medal match. These Euro teams are really giving Team USA a run for their money.

great prediction 3 match 3 win, and now is play match croatia vs serbia
in match win again is all match win and i think your much profit in your bet

It's funny watching USA perimeter guys play defense, because in the NBA, they don't try and stop PG/SG penetration, because it's impossible. Instead, what the best NBA defenses do is shade the PG to the left or right, and use the post defender to isolate the PG/SG.

For Semifinals Games, [Spain vs United State, Saturday August 20, 2016 @ 6:00 A.M] and other bracket [Australia vs To be determined, Saturday August 20, 2016 @ 2:30 A.M] 

until now is batle croatia and serbia is half time
in result halftime croatia is win

Croatia   38   19   19               
   
Serbia   32   20   12   
wait secon half match third and fourth quarter       
 

Hahaha. He never won any ring at all. Maybe if he trade at a good teams like Cavaliers ir Golden State, there is a chance hecan taste a NBA ring. How does he say that if he never won a NBA title. Gold medal, thats all he can taste.
Deandre Jordan is a great player. But still he needs improvements especially his shooting. Man, he shoots very bad at the free throw area. He is good at defense, no doubt about that. But he improves his shooting, thats better.

your prediction fantastic Man
all your bet is win, congratulation

RIO Olympic Basketball Quarter Finals, Croatia vs Serbia game has the best game I've been watched in Rio Olympics, That was too close to beat the Serbia Team, Nice try to Croatia. Final Score 86-83 Serbia Wins.

looking the only team have chance to beat USA this year is Australia...

I think they will both reach to Final  ;)

That's my prediction too, Australia just dominated Lithuania in their match up and I think they have the chance to compete with the USA, and I would like to see a very good points spread in that even so I can go all in in USA. Durant my man is very eager to get the gold so they will win but the only problem now is the point spread to cover.

Just what I expected the Croatia v Serbia game was a close one with Serbia winning by 3 points. Now they must play Australia which they have both played each other in the group stage so it will be interesting to see if Serbia can bounce back and beat Australia. Not sure if they will but I think it will be a lot closer this time. The USA v Spain will also be a great game to watch.

Really a lol one. There are lots of strong players in the NBA rather than in the international game (only applied for USA team), so for an NBA player, a NBA ring is really the peak highlights of one's NBA career rather than Gold Medals.

i think that in first game, australia will win as they played very, very well versus lithuania.

and in other game, of course that USA will win, but of course spain will be good enemy for them, but USA should win

Kobe Bryant should play very good in the semis. For_ sure.

I like Australia -3  and lean to the under 165.

Thinking about a 82-75 type game. Just going to lay
off it though because I have Australia as I posted earlier in
the thread 22/1. So gonna hope they win then hedge the bet.

USA will win for sure versus Spain and i also think USA have a high chance to get gold medal. Pick USA Spread and under points should be a good picks.

When the stakes are higher, we can expect both teams to feel a bit nervous, especially in such a big stage as this. I think if Spain can keep it close, they might have a fighting chance of upsetting Team USA. They would need to play a near perfect game and memorable games from their top guys, specifically Pau Gasol.

Australia vs Serbia (Aus)

United State vs Spain  (USA)

My bet is Australia vs USA in the final, let's see.  ;)    They both have many NBA players, that's why I prefer Australia and USA.

against Spain i'm pretty sure USA will win but i have a problem regarding their odds because i have just seen at directbet that for these match USA only 1.07 and i think that's not good odds however i think i will looking for another sites who give the best odds for USA

honestly speaking this is one easy bet and just to spice things up medals are as follows:

United States - Gold
Australia - silver
Spain - bronze

Can't be too sure this time, USA is not doing a consistent job this competition, they are not the dream team like in the past. I love to see how the spain will compete with the USA although I like to see USA win this match but I can't help but worry about the ability of the Spain to pull a big upset.

Spain is a better team than Australia in my book. Spain has one of the best players Pau Gasol. Spain already won United States in other matches so the team has a chance. Of course USA remains the king of basketball so it will be a close match.

has anyone expecting miracle here i sure would like to see spain to beat USA hard but i would like to
i know that they are having small chances but i still have hope for it cuz they are only team that can do it

High pick but it will take huge luck for spain to win USA
im from europe i would like that

That would be a high pick and a miracle if it were to happen.
Everybody and their grandmothers know that USA are the top when it comes to basket-ball.
No denying them the gold this time around either. :)

Now basketball is getting more clear to predict about the winner of Gold Medal, USA is in wonderful form and playing awesome with its natural style of game, I am pretty sure final match will be played between USA and Australia and USA will get another Gold Medal after winning this match.

USA seems to me any kind of favorite. Even when you look at a star-studded Reserves Paul George it seems to me doing a very good job this year, the other two teams no chance. I think that the US gold medal Australia silver and bronze is in Spain.

Yeah, USA will definitely be the winner unless some unexpcted result happen, for silver medal, I prefer Australia, because I like Australia more.

Spain vs USA and Australia vs Serbia both semi finals are very easy to predict favorite teams USA and Australia will win their matches into this knock round easily, so Australia and USA will face each into final match to win Gold Medal, overall USA is looking more stronger team as like it playing into this Olympics edition.

Australia vs Serbia , australia can win the batle
United State vs Spain  , USA win to spain

and medal
USA gold medal
Australia silver medal
and spain bronze medal

Any one have a schedule when these games are going to be played? I know the games run until Sunday but i am in a different time zone so don't know when the games are going to be played or even if I will be awake to watch them. :-[

My predictions for semifinals
Spain - USA. Game will be like final, because both teams are worth to play in it. But I think USA will win after hard fight. Spain is looking amazing in last 3 games, but I think it's too hard to beat USA. This year USA is not dream team, but in playoff stage they started to play better than in group stage.
Australia - Serbia. Australia I think will win by few points. Both teams are similar strong, but I think Australia is playing better in this tournament. But offcourse, everything can happen in single game.
Let me Google it for you. All times converted to your local time.
https://www.google.com/search?q=olympic%20games%202016&oi=ddle&ct=2016-doodle-fruit-games-day-14-5645577527230464-hp&hl=lt&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCqqP548vOAhUoKpoKHUU9DPAQPQgE&biw=320&bih=260&dpr=1.5

Australia vs Serbia , Serbia win
United States vs Spain  , USA win

Final Serbia vs USA, USA win

USA gold medal
Serbia silver medal
Australia bronze medal

my prediction

Australia is hoping to win there first ever medal in Men's basketball at an Olympics and I think this is the year and it could even be the gold medal. The best they have ever finished is 4th a few times before. Australia has a strong bond between the players and they work well with each other which is whats needed to challenge a team like the USA but first they must get through Serbia which I'm sure they will and the USA must also get through Spain to set up which in my opinion the best 2 teams of these Olympics.

I just want to share my prediction of RIO OLYMPIC BASKETBALL.
Australia vs Serbia - Australia Win
United State vs Spain  - United State Win

Battle for Bronze Medal
Serbia vs Spain - Spain Win Bronze Medal
Battle for Gold Medal
Australia vs United State - United State Win Gold Medal while Australia Silver Medal

My prediction in RIO OLYMPIC BASKETBALL. Australia vs Serbia - Serbia Won in other bracket - United State vs Spain  - United State Win
Battle for Bronze Medal Australia vs Spain - Spain Win Bronze Medal. In other bracket Battle for Gold Medal Serbia vs United State - Serbia Won Gold, United State Won Silver Medal

Maybe if this team was from 90s i mean on serbia
But for spain i hope they will win cuz i think that is onlybtea that can

are you sure about this result? can you give me the link of your source or do you have a replay link. i can't see any result in google. disgusting slow internet.
i thought spain will give a close fight against USA. btw what is the score of both team?

to many surprises already in this tournament for me Spain is good team and they can play with USA excellent on other game this that it will be decided in overtime cuz Serbian team raise form in last few games

Over 185.5 points is very attractive pick for 1st semi final match Spain vs USA, USA ML has very poor odds that is why I think bet on over points has good chance, USA has very good average into this event and moving forward with wonderful streak and that is why it will be easy for USA to win this match.

this is what i've got when i am searching on search engine.

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USA is is number one, Great Britain and China is only difference by 2 point on medals. maybe USA will be on number one at the ends.

and for basketball on this image :

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i choose Australia will win from Serbia, and USA will win from Spain, and then on finals, Australia will meet USA and then i think USA will be the winner.

Well, that's what every are expecting to happen because USA and Australia are both favorites against their rivals, I hope I will be seeing another good action and a close game between the USA and Spain, upset could happen anytime, so don't miss the game.

I will not miss any games from the United States, because the U.S. is very nice and I'm sure the US will be the winners in the competition in RIO, because I see that the U.S. game this time was much better than Australia. so this is something that is very boasts for me and give a new spirit to I can do a good bet

I think USA will win gold medal, followed by Australia for silver. I know you may have different opinion. However, I like to see if my prediction works. I'm predicting for the first time.

My prediction is same as yours. You never walk alone. And Spain will acheive Bronze medal.

Picking Australia (https://nitrogensports.eu/betslip/f68ae3dZ1pRZUJka1krZzRGRnU3aTZZNTR1QT09/) over Serbia today because they are looking the 2nd best team for me so I'm confident that they should cover the spread for this match later today.

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Surprise didnt hapoen anyway
But they tried
Congrats to USA team after all they are best here

USA again doesnt cover. Man these guys are ripe for getting knocked off. Hopefully it doesnt happen but the writting is on the wall. They may
sneak away with gold but if they played with this team for a couple more weeks they would lose for sure

Half time serbia is in the lead over australia with good lead seem like they will play usa in final if australia dont start playing

Yeah Australia are playing crap right now and it doesn't look like they will win this game unless they pick there game up. Currently down by 18 points in the 3rd quarter with just over 5 minutes to go. This was Australia's best chance to play for the gold medal in an Olympics but it doesn't look like it now unless a miracle happens. Congrats to the USA on reaching another gold medal final.

USA - Spain game was worth final. Main reason of Spain loss I think is bad fight for rebounds. USA had too many second chances. And I think referees maked some important mistakes.
Australia - Serbia. Serbia destroyed australians. I thinked it's almost equal teams, but final score is very unexpected. I think Australia showed their best play too early, and now they where tired.

3rd place final Spain - Australia. I think Spain will win. They want to end era of Gasol with medals. For Australia it will be hard to play after such terrible performance.
Final USA - Serbia. Win for USA. Serbia is a good team, and deserved final, but I don't think they can fight equal all 4 quarters. Serbia is very lucky to be in better bracket size and avoided Spain, France and now they in the final.

Spain for me this time, I like them to win at least bronze medal and I am pretty sure they are gonna take this seriously. The line is too low now in favor of the spain, so I think I will be taking this one early.

USA going to win this look there line-up they are more  professionals to that sports.USA take the gold medal in mens basketball I think.
Good luck for the players and to the other sports contestant.

Spain? Provably yes they are the stronger and potential team to get that, and also i can see that USA will take the gold, silver for Australia and bronze for spain and thay 3 teams would surely will prevail since they are the big names of this contest and they are still complete and healthy aswell as they have the same squad facing for their opponent country, although serbia and croatia is a strong team but it will remain there and nothing else more, i am not closing down the doors for other team but i think they are lacking of X factor so they can beat those power team in this contest.

i think the betting would be on who would get bronze. cause in what i see, usa would get the gold and serbia will be silver. and it still isnt clear for bronze. i would bet australia for bronze.

Yeah thats right. They already picked elite players that are extreme talented. USA should pick youngsters so they have enperienced players in the future. Its amazing how Australia make it ip to this stage. They doing great so far. Spain and Serbia are good teams. I will go Spain coz have potential.

I think now that Spain and Australia are eliminated, there is no way USA loses in the finals. Those were the only 2 teams that really would've given the USA a run for the gold medal. I think Australia made Serbia look really good through how poorly they played today, and there's no way the USA will play as poorly as the Aussies did today. However, from a sports betting standpoint, I might put a wee bit of money on the Serbs to cause a major upset, simply because in the finals of any game, anything can always happen and the "impossible" happens all the time.

USA I more elite players and well trained.Im think and very sure that USA take the Gold medal In Men basketball.And the others team is also good to this sports they are reach the semi-finals its hard to team to reach this.

WORLD: Olympic Games Women - Play Offs :

France W   vs   Serbia W   => France Win.
   
USA W   vs   Spain W    => USA win.

My prediction is usa gols spain silver serbia brose

USA will probably win, I agree with a silver for spain but im not sure about serbia vs france, both teams are good and have decent chances for third place. Also spain has also realistic chances to actually win, but USA has the higher odds.

My country won 3rd place against France @women basketball and now we are all waiting tomorrow game against USA. Ofc thary are fsvorite, all stars, all best NBA palyers, at for 3 class better players, but, we, Serbs, we got that moral, we show that againat Australia in semi finals. USA till now beat every single team with 20-40 points spread but againat us we show that we can play in their tempo and we lose, but only with 3 points (94-91). So, yes, lets try to get that gold medal! Go Serbia

USA will win for sure. Some WNBA players can make their games dominant and aim for the gold medal for sure.

The woman won for the USA in basketball, and I believe that the USA men can win it as well. The USA team has so many talented people on their team; the only way I can see them losing is if they get too arrogant and mess up later in the game. 

usa will definitely win the gold medal as they always wants to dominate this Olympic game to prove to the world how good they are as a team, hope they play as it is. team effort and aggressively grab the win.

Any tips on the last 2 games of the Basketball. I know the USA will win and most likely Spain will beat Australia but what are the best bets to place? I was thinking the total points over/under but not sure which to choose and for which game. Even Serbia at +14.5 points might be a good bet? I'm just not sure as I'm looking for some value as the h2h are too short to bet on.

What betting options are available and in what site? I might take a look to your preferred betting site and will give some betting insights too depends on the odds given if it's worth to bet.

Yes Serbia +14.5 points is a good choice but please consider the odds before taking such bets. We all know that Team USA sometimes just playing like a practice game like what happen to those close game ball.

For USA vs Serbia would be risky to place any bet against USA there, because USA have ability to win this match most like 20+ points margin, I have my bet my bet on USA -14 for this final match, odds are ML always very poor as usual so that handicap is the best option for betting.

You will lose :) if you play with handicap then put your bet on Serbia+14 . It is finals and i dont think that USA can win with a high point spread. In group phase they beat Serbia with only 3 points, so this will be tight game

That's a good bet because I can say the only real competitors of the USA here are Spain but they beat it already so they are facing serbia now which I think not really a strong team. I hope USA will cover so you will win mate, and actually I have spain ML parlay with other games.

 Australia   +6.5 -110

Trying to find a money line on this cause i think aussies win this one straight up

Against the Spain? No way man, they cannot beat the Spain because only Spain is the threat of the USA in this competition. Maybe Austrilia just got lucky on their previous games that's why you see them a good team but they were already exposed by the Serbia so in my opinion, no chance.

That is very crucial game so never underestimate the USA team, final always encourage the players to show their best performance, USA is more familiar by playing on these kind of courts, I am also pretty sure this has very high risks to lose money while you are playing on Serbia +14.5, USA will win this match by more big margin. 

i know buddy you understand the game and you know your players capability but we are talking about usa and the team can eat everyone alive in terms of power and it is really hard to predict if they will allowed serbia to get closer to them i guess they will make a huge run and win this in a big diff just saying mate good luck.

Yup, we need to be realistick..I am optimistick about this game, coz  my national team play in finals, also we loss against USA on last World Championship also in finals. I have fate in my team and just can wait till game start. Dont take me my hope :)

USA gambling line doesnt seem as big as i thought it would be. Do you guys think they are trying to trick people into taking Usa by making the line not
as big as it should be?

i want to take usa but afraid they barely win again like most their other games

WORLD: Olympic Games - Play Offs :

Serbia   -   USA => USA win .

Australia   -   Spain => Spain win First Quarter .

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USA won the spain women medal as well, they are the best in basketball. Spain is the 2nd best in the world in basketball, they won the silver medal.

Spain men also deserved silver but had bad luck to face USA. I think it's a safe bet to go for a Spain win for bronze medal.

Im taking the point spread for serbia (https://nitrogensports.eu/betslip/19c6461NXBKcUkwT2NHMXJiejRCOEIweE5lZz09/) I have a feeling that the match might be close enough to cover the spread but I know serbia wont win this match though.

This final happen 20 ago and yugoslavia then was close and they plqy back then with 1 center now also were close in group stage expect same match and maybe surprise

As the Olympics in Rio concludes I thought Australia should have won the bronze medal against Spain as they played  a good offensive game.....All in all great competition

I bet on Australia in the first half and it was close by 4 points.
Then I bet on Spain to win it after losing that one. So I got that win but barely.
Both team captains had to make free throws in the last 2 minutes of regulation so that's why it was so close.
Disappointing loss for the Aussies though. :-[

Wow, what a match. It was very exciting and more entertaining match. I am totally confused who is going to win this match, till the end match was unpredictable. I thought to bet on the live game. But while playing the game, i am not sure who is a gone win. So safer side I am not placed my bet. Congrats Spain and bad luck Aus.

Good 1/4 for Serbia. We show that we can play against USA, after 1/4 only 19-15 for giant USA.
GO SERBIA FOR GOLD MEDAL!!!

USA is domianting serbia. no chance up 30 points in 3rd

Not a chance, the Americans are better at the moment. But despite this Serbs are stil fighting and showing that they are a good team.

The blocking foul called on Australia with 5 seconds left was a ridiculous call!

the refs stole the bronze from the aussies. Otherwise it would of been Aussie
ball up 1 with 5 seconds left (game over) they would of had to foul or time runs
out.

I agree and it was unfortunate for Australia. They played great basketball and was so close to winning there first ever Olympic medal. Overall they had a great tournament.

Congrats to the USA who were just too good and there were no doubts that they would win the gold medal and in the end I just put them on to win even though it was short odds @ 1.03 

   They lost with big difference, and Serbia was destroyed in this finals. They didn't had a chance against USA, they are too strong for them and they showed that on court. Serbia need to practice much more to be able to play and maybe win one day, for now they are don't have power for that.
   USA is the best basketball nation on the world, and when they are in good mood for playing nobody can beat them. Once again they proved they superiority, and I don't think that soon someone will be able to move them from that throne.

Did you have any doubt that USA would not have dominated in Basketball!!  I do not place large bets often, but if I could have placed a larger bet than what I did, I would have had some extra spending money tonight!! 

It defintley was more entertaining than the USA match.
They massacred them by 30 points when all was said and done for the Gold medal.

Even say someone's bet slip that won $10k on just that match. They must of put down $8k just to score that much, :D

serbia lost with much gap point
gap point is 30 point, final score USA Vs serbia 96 - 66

Congratulations to the USA for winning the gold medal, they deserved the win because they work hard for this competition. I think the USA will dominate the Olympic basketball and even with the new rising stars can play and win the championship. I won my bet on the game at -15 so congratulation also to me.

Yes congratulation to USA basketball team and to you, from the beginning USA already show a great candidate to take gold medal, their team is so superior and the final match prove that their skill is far greater than the enemy, the gap is 30 points, its such a big gap consider its the final match

What a come back from the USA. One point of time Serbia is looking to take this match. But the USA played superbly. 30 points lead win is not a small matter that too in the final match. I enjoyed this game thoroughly. And hearty congratulation to the USA. One more gold medal added to USA gold medallist.

as I expected usa will show domination and congrats mate for winning too.
the last game against Serbia is easily forgetten usa show different in the finals
proving how strong they are. congrats team.

Intense game brought to us by Australia and Spain. I considered this game as one of the most exciting game throughout the Basketball game in Rio Olympics. Really a close and you can't really read well who will dominate until the end.

On the other hand, USA game is an obvious result. But well Serbia deserves the Silver medal. Congrats to all the teams.

I think USA should consider going  back to college kids or maybe do
a 24 year old and under team.

Its just not cool sending the "dream team" anymore. I would rather they give
the young kids a shot.

agree with you always sending the "dream team" make easy to prediction who will win the game
USA should consider about the new generation basketball player give the young kid a chance to show his ability

That should really be consider by them and they should change their rule and dont allow pro nba player on the list since USA got a high caliber line up in their rooster. And they should pick those rising stars so the olympic contest will be balance and more exciting to watch with. Because as you can see if they continue to accept nba players will theirs no doubt provably that USA will dominate all the olympic gold medals.

USA won this match as expected and winning margin was so big, it was great decision to pick USA -15 because under/over points were looking risky, but that is good achievement for Serbia to get silver medal into this world biggest event, it was one sided match and USA go through superb and won easily.

I don't agree with you. I think in Olympics should play best athletes. And don't forget, that not only USA have NBA players. Without best players Olympic basketball would become boring. Look what happened to olympic football tournament, where brightest stars can't play, only young players allowed.

congrats to USA team they were favorites and they won
Serbia only made some effort in first quarter then USA got shooting right and then it was over

Yes Congratulations to the USA team. It was the best team and deserved to win.
It would have been nice to see Lebron James  and Curry togheter.

Serbia couldn't get a single rebound so they gave up .
Most of Serbia PHX Suns NBA player are too soft to box us out and too stiff and nonathletic to out jump us. They look scared while our players are just messing around.

congratulation to get gold medal USA, and very bad performance is last macth in australia

olympic game is end, so is thread replace make tittle or lock thread, and don't deleted thread

Durant is officially the best player in team USA history. MVP of Rio.

Does anyone have his stats for the Olympics? Pretty sure he shot damn near 70%

thread still open but is olympic game is over and end
i like this is basket ball in olympic game, USA not superior, australia, spain , france and more not defeat far in scor batle with USA