USA Basketball loss odds

[Sanitough]

I can't find the line but does anyone here know what the ML line was for the Nigeria win over the US in the exhibition Olympics warmup game.  I would image the odds were huge in favor of the US. 

Then they lost to a very good Australia team.  I can see this version of the US team getting knocked out before the medal stages.  Kevin love as your center.   

You are talking about the match of July 11th where Nigeria won against USA 87-90 ? According to betexplorer odds for USA were between nothing and 1.02, and odds for Nigeria were between 10.00 and 27.80

https://www.betexplorer.com/basketball/world/friendly-international/usa-nigeria/4l5IH0JC/

Dang that would have been a good hit if you had Nigeria in a parlay.

Good thing to see the team come out strong against Argentina who has a pretty good squad.  I know the international tas have a leg up because they are used to playing with each other, this US team is built around shooters.  As long as they play like they did against Argentina they will be alright. 

I guess even if there's no parlay if you get x27 odds, that would be good enough, however, who would expect that as team US is a strong team and they are always the favorites in every game. Maybe we will not see this kind of opportunity again as team US will adjust? When is the next game if there's still one? Sorry, I was not following the event.

[wheelz1200]

The 1992 Dream Team was also lost in their exhibition match vs the USA college all-team. But they managed to beat everyone else in the actual Olympics where the coach didn't even attempt to call a single timeout in the whole Olympics no matter who their opponents were. Now that we have this new team and the other countries has already improved since then, they will gonna need some kind of huge motivation to even reach the finals in the Olympics, or else the other international teams will eliminate them in the first round.

Yeah the field has definitely caught up.  That 92 team was downright filthy.  There won't be another team like them.  Seeing how this team was built (perimeter shooting a priority) if they go up against a good perimeter defensive team with a strong inside precise they can own the paint.  This US Def has holes for sure.  One bad night of shooting and poof your out.  I like teams built from the inside out, always easy to Nad a 2 foot shoot then rely on 20-25 footers all night.  When the outside shot isn't going down you can always rely on your paint bangers to get it done.

[chaser15]

Surprise to see that just because it's TEAM USA, they should be an unbeatable team in the Exhibition match.

Just because of that loss in the Exhibition match, they are now called a weak team, a team with no chemistry and something like that. When the Olympics come, of course, they will play on it much seriously. That's the bad thing about USA Team, they are comfortable in the early quarters because it was just an exhibition match.

There will be a rematch tomorrow between the USA and Australia. I'm sure the USA will now own the team in their next exhibition match to silent critics.

[LTU_btc]

You are talking about the match of July 11th where Nigeria won against USA 87-90 ? According to betexplorer odds for USA were between nothing and 1.02, and odds for Nigeria were between 10.00 and 27.80

https://www.betexplorer.com/basketball/world/friendly-international/usa-nigeria/4l5IH0JC/

Well, 10.00 isn't that much . I thought that odds were about 50.00 or something similar.

I know it's just an exhibition match so we should not take their losses as a big deal. When the Olympics come, Nigeria nor Australia won't stand a chance at Team USA.

Let's not put a big issue on their 2 losses despite they are a TEAM USA that shouldn't be unbeatable by these countries.

We will see the real action in the actual event.

People were saying same thing before 2019 World Cup, but then USA ended even without medals. Offcourse, now their squad is better, but loss against Nigeria, who isn't even powerhouse in basketball is alarming signal. Before 2008 or 2012 Olympics USA trashed their opponents for something like 30 points and even won by 80 points against Nigeria. But times when they were able to trash opponents without even playing seriously is already in past. And Coach Pop told it after game.

[magneto]

Now they don't even have Kevin Love or Brad Beal.

US odds are still heavily inflated even after the exhibition games, imho. They don't have any closers from years past that would be able to seal the deal for them if the game was close. They also have never played together as a group.

Meanwhile teams like Spain, Nigeria and Australia have excellent chemistry that just can't be brought up in a few weeks. Definitely worth a punt imo for hte rest of the world to take home gold for this one.

[wheelz1200]

Now they don't even have Kevin Love or Brad Beal.

US odds are still heavily inflated even after the exhibition games, imho. They don't have any closers from years past that would be able to seal the deal for them if the game was close. They also have never played together as a group.

Meanwhile teams like Spain, Nigeria and Australia have excellent chemistry that just can't be brought up in a few weeks. Definitely worth a punt imo for hte rest of the world to take home gold for this one.

Honestly not having Kevin love is a plus for the US, I think international ball he will be a liability.  US played well against Spain they looked better.  The ball is going to go through Durant, Lillard and Tatum.  How they play and shoot will dictate how far they go.  I'm just worried they don't have a solid center that can protect the paint well.