Tokyo 2020 Men's Olympics Basketball Tournament

[bisdak40]

In fact, Spain finished the first quarter leading 21-19. They finished the first half in a 43-43 draw. Then, Kevin Durant's effective play made the difference. Even though Ricky Rubio scored 38 points by himself, he could not prevent Spain from being eliminated. We can say that the USA won the gold medal in these Olympics.

During the first half of the game, the bigs of Spain were so effective inside the paint but with their age, they can't endure the 40 minutes of play that is why in the second half, the US squad bounce back.

I think most of the users here have won their bets, may it be they are for the US or Spain as the former has covered the spread of -12.5.

Looking ahead on their game in the semi-finals against Australia or Argentina which both have defeated the US in the Vegas exhibition, I think they will have some trouble with Australia but I think the confidence of the US players are high at the moment so I think they can overcome this hurdle and go to the Finals as expected of them.

[Sanitough]

Rooting for Australia tonight.

Argentina is definitely a strong team, but the top two players on the team are probably Campazzo and Scola.

Australia simply has more youth. Scola definitely can't run full court as well as he used to, even though he can still dominate the paint.

Even at 1.26, it would back Aus. Although I'm 100% biased, that's for sure.

You are lucky to get that odds, right now the odds is only 1.14 and Australia is -8.5.. I think I will take the spread instead because that 1.14 is very small and too risky to put a big amount of bet although I'm so confident they'll win. Anyway, good luck to us, I hope Australia will win and cover.

[Reid]

Full of emotions for Luis Scola and the rest of the Argentina team.
This is big for them especially for Scola and this may be the last time we will see him in the Olympics.
3rd quarter was still fun with just 6 point lead until Australia got too far away making it harder to close the gap with Dante Exum's explosive 11 point run. 

Argentina's shooting percentage was low and the defense was not there. Next Olympic game, they know what they are missing. Shooters.

[ILuckyGuyI]

We didn't get surprising results today in the quarter final games. The results were like this:

Slovenia - Germany : 94-70
Spain - USA : 81-95
Italy - France : 75-84
Australia - Argentina : 97-59

I'm happy to see that Slovenia won the game easily. And it wasn't surprising though. Dragic and Doncic had a quite decent performance and carried their team to the semi finals.

The semi-final draws are like this:

France - Slovenia
USA - Australia

[Harkorede]

So attractive.
[..]
From sportsbet.io

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

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

[..]

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

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

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

Wow! That was pretty close, congratulations to you and to everyone else who won their bets.

I just knew USA would cover the initial spread, it was a big game from Rubio, but unfortunately there's no stopping them, Australia is up next ☺️

[carlisle1]

We didn't get surprising results today in the quarter final games. The results were like this:

Slovenia - Germany : 94-70
Spain - USA : 81-95
Italy - France : 75-84
Australia - Argentina : 97-59

I'm happy to see that Slovenia won the game easily. And it wasn't surprising though. Dragic and Doncic had a quite decent performance and carried their team to the semi finals.

The semi-final draws are like this:

France - Slovenia
USA - Australia

Very Balance semis, anyone is capable in winning depends now with how the coach will rotate their players and make sure to balance who's inside.

Both offense and defense is needed since this 4 teams have good players who can contribute outside and inside,
also a good challenge for team US to work and continue for their quest for the gold.

Aussie have enough quality players to work with the US, if France beats them it's also possible with Aussie as they've got those competitive stars inside the national team.

[acquafredda]

Italy tried the impossible against France (with 3 NBA stars).
In a game fought from start to finish, France held the lead the longest, even though Italy managed to tie the game midway through the last quarter. Fontecchio was the best scorer of the game with 23 points, followed by Gobert's 22, Fournier's 21 and Gallinari's 21.
Semifinals will be quite great considering there are Sloveni, USA and France: Australia will be the underdog IMO.

[dwyane36]

The semi-final draws are like this:

France - Slovenia
USA - Australia

The results of the quarter-finals were expected. Regarding the upcoming semi-finals, I guess France vs Slovenia should be a close game, but it's worth noting that Slovenia is considered a favorite. Also, I doubt that Australia might be able to win the USA twice.

[W Jr.]

In fact, Spain finished the first quarter leading 21-19. They finished the first half in a 43-43 draw. Then, Kevin Durant's effective play made the difference. Even though Ricky Rubio scored 38 points by himself, he could not prevent Spain from being eliminated. We can say that the USA won the gold medal in these Olympics.

During the first half of the game, the bigs of Spain were so effective inside the paint but with their age, they can't endure the 40 minutes of play that is why in the second half, the US squad bounce back.

I think most of the users here have won their bets, may it be they are for the US or Spain as the former has covered the spread of -12.5.

Looking ahead on their game in the semi-finals against Australia or Argentina which both have defeated the US in the Vegas exhibition, I think they will have some trouble with Australia but I think the confidence of the US players are high at the moment so I think they can overcome this hurdle and go to the Finals as expected of them.

The USA came to the Olympics with a squad that was strong enough to beat both Australia and Argentina. USA will go to the final no matter who their opponent is. I was thinking of Spain as the strongest competitor. They passed this hurdle easily. They will get the gold medal without any problems, as in the previous Olympics.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Well, it is necessary to emphasize that the USA was able to survive the outbreak of Ricky Rubio, the USA shows that it is a very complete team, in fact, Spain I consider it as a powerful team in basketball, it is a great job that these countries do with sport, I am not very knowledgeable about basketball but this is one of the highest paying sports in the world.

Kevin Durant led the Americans with 29 points in 31 minutes, but he got plenty of help. Four other players (Jrue Holiday, Zach LaVine, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum) hit double-digits in the scoring department, and Team USA shot 48 percent from the field overall with 28 assists.

Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/usa-spain-basketball-live-score-highlights-olympics/5oqzgiqmylsw10s3v4oihsdw9

[wheelz1200]

Dominating win for the US, they have to be the hands down favorite to win this year.  Durant has been looking great.  Would never bet on them since the odds are so slim but these games looks like a good time to bet on them.  Haven't looked but what are the odds of them taking the whole thing, anyone know what the curre t odds are?

[jakdanyel]

Today, I really liked watching Slovenia while they were destroying Germany in the quarter final game of theirs. Dragic got 27 points and Doncic made a double-double with 20 points, 11 assists. As long as these star players of the team play really good, it will be hard for their opponent to eliminate Slovenia. I think the most capable team among the others are USA. And they are also the absolute favourite in this tournament of course. I guess they would earn the gold medal at the end.

[justdimin]

The USA came to the Olympics with a squad that was strong enough to beat both Australia and Argentina. USA will go to the final no matter who their opponent is. I was thinking of Spain as the strongest competitor. They passed this hurdle easily. They will get the gold medal without any problems, as in the previous Olympics.

I am pretty sure that USA will beat Australia, not saying it is guaranteed since we have seen weirder stuff happen before but it looks like it is basically highly favorite. What I am intrigued the most is that this Doncic fella keeps on beating everyone, won the eurobasket as well right? And he is showing how awesome he is on NBA as well, France managed to beat USA so they are definitely a great team but if Slovenia manages to beat France and then beat USA as well, both of which are incredibly difficult, that will make people question Dallas a lot, like Doncic would win a ring easily if Dallas didn't suck as a general whole, but I think that won't happen.

I am guessing Slovenia will beat France, USA will beat Australia and then USA will beat Slovenia, that will be the way I bet but let’s see what is going to happen, anything could happen.

[W Jr.]

The USA came to the Olympics with a squad that was strong enough to beat both Australia and Argentina. USA will go to the final no matter who their opponent is. I was thinking of Spain as the strongest competitor. They passed this hurdle easily. They will get the gold medal without any problems, as in the previous Olympics.

I am pretty sure that USA will beat Australia, not saying it is guaranteed since we have seen weirder stuff happen before but it looks like it is basically highly favorite. What I am intrigued the most is that this Doncic fella keeps on beating everyone, won the eurobasket as well right? And he is showing how awesome he is on NBA as well, France managed to beat USA so they are definitely a great team but if Slovenia manages to beat France and then beat USA as well, both of which are incredibly difficult, that will make people question Dallas a lot, like Doncic would win a ring easily if Dallas didn't suck as a general whole, but I think that won't happen.

I am guessing Slovenia will beat France, USA will beat Australia and then USA will beat Slovenia, that will be the way I bet but let’s see what is going to happen, anything could happen.

I also think France can beat Slovenia. The USA and France will probably meet in the final. We know that France beat the USA in the first match. This can be counted as a rematch. The USA will probably win this time. Of course, everything is a possibility, it would be a big surprise if the USA is defeated.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Dominating win for the US, they have to be the hands down favorite to win this year.  Durant has been looking great.  Would never bet on them since the odds are so slim but these games looks like a good time to bet on them.  Haven't looked but what are the odds of them taking the whole thing, anyone know what the curre t odds are?

Dude, them not winning in this sport is a bit humiliating if you ask me because that's like their flagship sports plus, I think that they will probably continue to dominate the whole tournament, I have high hopes that other countries will be able to make a good fight against them.

[LTU_btc]

Found nice image on FIBA page:

End of era of two legends. We enjoyed watching them playing for maybe 20 years. It's sad that this day come, but that's life

[Hypnosis00]

The USA came to the Olympics with a squad that was strong enough to beat both Australia and Argentina. USA will go to the final no matter who their opponent is. I was thinking of Spain as the strongest competitor. They passed this hurdle easily. They will get the gold medal without any problems, as in the previous Olympics.

I am pretty sure that USA will beat Australia, not saying it is guaranteed since we have seen weirder stuff happen before but it looks like it is basically highly favorite. What I am intrigued the most is that this Doncic fella keeps on beating everyone, won the eurobasket as well right? And he is showing how awesome he is on NBA as well, France managed to beat USA so they are definitely a great team but if Slovenia manages to beat France and then beat USA as well, both of which are incredibly difficult, that will make people question Dallas a lot, like Doncic would win a ring easily if Dallas didn't suck as a general whole, but I think that won't happen.

I am guessing Slovenia will beat France, USA will beat Australia and then USA will beat Slovenia, that will be the way I bet but let’s see what is going to happen, anything could happen.

I also think France can beat Slovenia. The USA and France will probably meet in the final. We know that France beat the USA in the first match. This can be counted as a rematch. The USA will probably win this time. Of course, everything is a possibility, it would be a big surprise if the USA is defeated.

Australia is quite scary, but they are playing against the USA, the top favorite so they might still lose.

Everyone is probably backing the USA to win here, but it's a semi-final match, Australia is also a decent team although they are the underdog this time.
If Australia will upset the USA, it should be a big win by bettors as USA is heavily favored as usual.

The odds is similar to the game between USA vs France.

[goaldigger]

Dominating win for the US, they have to be the hands down favorite to win this year.  Durant has been looking great.  Would never bet on them since the odds are so slim but these games looks like a good time to bet on them.  Haven't looked but what are the odds of them taking the whole thing, anyone know what the curre t odds are?

Dude, them not winning in this sport is a bit humiliating if you ask me because that's like their flagship sports plus, I think that they will probably continue to dominate the whole tournament, I have high hopes that other countries will be able to make a good fight against them.

Compare to their last games, this is not a dominant game with USA after all, the score is not that far and Spain is a good team. Luckily, Durant want able to carry the whole team or else they’ll face an early exit. Anyway, USA will face Australia and this is not an easy one, I hope they work more as a team to make a more convincing win, many still believes on USA.

[magneto]

Rooting for Australia tonight.

Argentina is definitely a strong team, but the top two players on the team are probably Campazzo and Scola.

Australia simply has more youth. Scola definitely can't run full court as well as he used to, even though he can still dominate the paint.

Even at 1.26, it would back Aus. Although I'm 100% biased, that's for sure.

You are lucky to get that odds, right now the odds is only 1.14 and Australia is -8.5.. I think I will take the spread instead because that 1.14 is very small and too risky to put a big amount of bet although I'm so confident they'll win. Anyway, good luck to us, I hope Australia will win and cover.

Yeah, I think the odds might have changed closer to the start. But when I placed bets on Betfair it was definitely still 1.26/1.27 for back and lay respectively.

Anyhow, great win from Australia. Started quite sluggish but as the game progressed, their dominance definitely showed in terms of athleticism and experience. Campazzo was great at the start but fizzled out - too many risky passes.

Farewell to an absolute legend in Luis Scola, though. Still remember his days with Yao on the Rockets. Odds on Australia seem like a steal for the semifinals - granted they are not likely to win, but 6x odds definitely entices me enough.

[robelneo]

Compare to their last games, this is not a dominant game with USA after all, the score is not that far and Spain is a good team. Luckily, Durant want able to carry the whole team or else they’ll face an early exit. Anyway, USA will face Australia and this is not an easy one, I hope they work more as a team to make a more convincing win, many still believes on USA.

They were moving the ball nicely and Durant is in its best shape for this game, if not Spain could have stolen this one because of Rubio's hot hands, if they can keep up their form they can beat Australia who beat them in the exhibition game, they have a good chance to win the gold now that they have beaten Spain who is always a contender for the medal for the last three Olympics.