Tokyo 2020 Men's Olympics Basketball Tournament

[freedomgo]

Iran vs France later.

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

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

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

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

So what happens here?

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

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

[ChiBitCTy]

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

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Iran vs France later.

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

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

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

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

So what happens here?

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

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

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

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

[Pamadar]

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

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

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

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

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

[LTU_btc]

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

[stadus]

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

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

[dwyane36]

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

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

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

[CLS63]

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

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

[gagux123]

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

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

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

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

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

[morvillz7z]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[boltz]

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

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

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

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

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

[stadus]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[LTU_btc]

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

[morvillz7z]

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


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

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

[freedomgo]

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


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

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

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

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

[Jating]

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


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

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

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

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

[danherbias07]

How about that for Slovenia. Close game against Spain until the 4th quarter.

I made a mistake last time putting a bet for Japan +18.5 but now I corrected my mistake, should've trusted him the first time and avoid the loss.

For those who are confused why Germany and Argentina will enter the quarter finals despite being tied with Czech Republic at 1-2. It's the point system (total) that was followed if a tie breaker will occur. That's why all teams continue on playing hard even with a blowout game unlike in NBA.

[dwyane36]

It looks like Spain is not lucky, considering that they will play against the USA in the quarter-finals. Regarding other teams, I guess France and Slovenia might be playing against each other in 1/2 finals. So the USA vs Slovenia match in the final is quite likely.

[stadus]

It looks like Spain is not lucky, considering that they will play against the USA in the quarter-finals. Regarding other teams, I guess France and Slovenia might be playing against each other in 1/2 finals. So the USA vs Slovenia match in the final is quite likely.

They should play the USA, they have to prove that they are a good team, USA is not that good as they were in the past Olympics, they lose their opening game and loss a couple of games in exhibition matches, so there's a chance that they'll be eliminated by Spain.

[YuginKadoya]

It looks like Spain is not lucky, considering that they will play against the USA in the quarter-finals. Regarding other teams, I guess France and Slovenia might be playing against each other in 1/2 finals. So the USA vs Slovenia match in the final is quite likely.

They should play the USA, they have to prove that they are a good team, USA is not that good as they were in the past Olympics, they lose their opening game and loss a couple of games in exhibition matches, so there's a chance that they'll be eliminated by Spain.

I should say Spain is really a tough team that can sure make a dent in the USA, but in my opinion, the USA is a formidable opponent aswell, well Spain is consist of the Gasol Brothers, Usman Garuba, and Ricky Rubio I think the USA better watch out for those players, Spain had it's lost with Slovenia, while the USA team is consist of players from the NBA, and the USA had lost to France, their opening game, but I think the USA has beaten Spain in their Exhibition match, for me the USA will win their Aug. 3 match.