FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 - Betting and Discussions

[danherbias07]

This World Cup is extremely exciting and enjoyable in my opinion. I can't wait for tomorrow's games. I actually lost my bet on Canada, but it was an amazing surprise. Groups I and L are amazing to watch especially. Possibly the biggest surprise is Latvia but as they defeated my country horribly in the World Cup Qualifiers, I knew their potential. Even without Porzingis, they are amazing. Kudos to them. For tomorrow, I see a very interesting odds. Spain 2.96. I don't think it will be a that much of an easy game for Canada. I will bet on Spain.

It got more exciting because of the upsets. Some teams that are underestimated are stepping up their game. Others got so relaxed because of history.
A lot of countries today are getting better at basketball and I think it will just a matter of time until we see a very unpredictable FIBA and Olympics.

Since Gilas is already eliminated and they don't have any more games in this tournament and i think people in the Philippines will surely be rooting for the USA to be the champion of this year's FIBA World Cup. They have a game today against Lithuania and i just wanted to ask the opinion of some users here if USA will be able to cover that -14.5 spread as I'm hesitant to put my money on them with that wide spread.

I am rooting for a different country. Although it will be a hard task for them, I can still see some light at the end of the tunnel. What Brazil did against Canada surprised me a lot and then the other upsets like Slovenia against Australia and Latvia against Spain. The USA team cannot just stay relaxed because these teams although without NBA players or just 1 or 2, will be playing harder as we get near the championship. Every win will count and every score too.

About that -14.5, I am actually doubting and might just go the other way around and take the +14.5 for Lithuania @1.88. If Lithuania badly wants to win this game they need to start in high spirits and take the lead first. Then control the pace of the game from there.

Spain against Canada is also a hot game. Canada is the favorite at -6.5 @1.91. I think they can cover that.

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[AHOYBRAUSE]

Well, you won't see player making 5 3-pointers in a row every day, Clarkson was on fire today. It's nice to see hosts ending on a high note and finally taking win. And congrats to Japan and South Sudan for taking spot in 2024 Paris Olympics.
Can't wait for Sunday's games. In groups I and L we have crazy interesting situation when all teams have chances to got further. But everything is simple - you win your game and you go to 1/4 finals. It's crazy that either Spain or Canada will end their tournament after this stage. My prediction that from group I Italy and Serbia will go next. In other group I go with Canada and Latvia. Latvia is considered as underdog, but after they kicked asses to France and Spain, I don't see why they would would stop on Brazil. And I couldn't resist from making bet on Latvia win @2.25
USA - Lithuania should be very interesting. We (Lithuania) come to this game relaxed, it's not do or die game for us, but if we would manage to beat USA, that would be such huge boost for us before 1/4 final. I'm thinking about making small bet on our win.

My thoughts exactly.
Slowly the odds between Brazil and Latvia go towards even, after opening with Latvia being a 2,5 point underdog.
I don't understand why Brazil is the favourite here. ok they beat Canada, but Latvia beat France and Spain, which is also a strong statement.

It's gonna be a close game but in the end I see Latvia winning.
Both teams had some nice wins but all in all those games they made big comebacks, both Brazil and Latvia.

For 1 half Latvia also had a great game vs Canada, which at the end they lost big but in the first half they were up by 12 before falling apart.

Brazil on the other hand never had a chance against Spain.

Let's see what happens, I'm rooting for latvia for sure!!

[casperBGD]

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And I couldn't resist from making bet on Latvia win @2.25

USA - Lithuania should be very interesting. We (Lithuania) come to this game relaxed, it's not do or die game for us, but if we would manage to beat USA, that would be such huge boost for us before 1/4 final. I'm thinking about making small bet on our win.

how the hell I didn't saw odds on Latvia to be that high, they were favorites for a win IMO, and close to one at the moment

Lithuania played very good so far, it is a group stage so win over USA will not have some big matter, but good luck today

Canada vs Spain will also be a great duel today, and Serbia is playing Dominicana for next round, should be easy to win, but after lose against Italy, one never know

[stadus]

Canada vs Spain will also be a great duel today, and Serbia is playing Dominicana for next round, should be easy to win, but after lose against Italy, one never know

It's a great matchup, and Canada is the heavy favorite. I'm not sure if they are just overrated, but Spain is a great team. The odds now are 3.35 for Spain, with a +7 handicap. I'd like to take a risk here, so I'm going to bet on Spain to win the game.

As for Serbia vs. the Dominican Republic, I don't want to take chances. I believe Serbia will be able to dominate KAT's team.

[goaldigger]

Canada vs Spain will also be a great duel today, and Serbia is playing Dominicana for next round, should be easy to win, but after lose against Italy, one never know

It's a great matchup, and Canada is the heavy favorite. I'm not sure if they are just overrated, but Spain is a great team. The odds now are 3.35 for Spain, with a +7 handicap. I'd like to take a risk here, so I'm going to bet on Spain to win the game.

As for Serbia vs. the Dominican Republic, I don't want to take chances. I believe Serbia will be able to dominate KAT's team.

Canada is the favorite to win on this game and take the title actually, 2 more hours and we will witness this two power house team fight for the next round.
With Serbia I think they are still too much for Dominican so they can get the win without any doubt. I'm already in position for Canada, hope its worth the odds. 

Since Gilas is already eliminated and they don't have any more games in this tournament and i think people in the Philippines will surely be rooting for the USA to be the champion of this year's FIBA World Cup. They have a game today against Lithuania and i just wanted to ask the opinion of some users here if USA will be able to cover that -14.5 spread as I'm hesitant to put my money on them with that wide spread.

There's no doubt about this, but I think Filipinos will have a different teams to support with especially if the Slovenia advancing to the next round as well.
USA still the top team to compete with despite of their younger roaster, its good to see great basketball again.

[Ziskinberg]

Canada vs Spain will also be a great duel today, and Serbia is playing Dominicana for next round, should be easy to win, but after lose against Italy, one never know

It's a great matchup, and Canada is the heavy favorite. I'm not sure if they are just overrated, but Spain is a great team. The odds now are 3.35 for Spain, with a +7 handicap. I'd like to take a risk here, so I'm going to bet on Spain to win the game.

As for Serbia vs. the Dominican Republic, I don't want to take chances. I believe Serbia will be able to dominate KAT's team.

Canada is the favorite to win on this game and take the title actually, 2 more hours and we will witness this two power house team fight for the next round.
With Serbia I think they are still too much for Dominican so they can get the win without any doubt. I'm already in position for Canada, hope its worth the odds. 

Both Serbia and Canada are heavy favorites, but let's see. Spain has been consistent on the big stage, and they thrive in crucial games. I might also favor Spain, but I will gladly take the handicap so I can win even if they lose but the game ends up being close.

Since Gilas is already eliminated and they don't have any more games in this tournament and i think people in the Philippines will surely be rooting for the USA to be the champion of this year's FIBA World Cup. They have a game today against Lithuania and i just wanted to ask the opinion of some users here if USA will be able to cover that -14.5 spread as I'm hesitant to put my money on them with that wide spread.

There's no doubt about this, but I think Filipinos will have a different teams to support with especially if the Slovenia advancing to the next round as well.
USA still the top team to compete with despite of their younger roaster, its good to see great basketball again.

USA will be the favorites in their upcoming games, so it doesn't interest me as a gambler. Personally, I've already decided that I will bet on their opponent once they reach the final game to win the trophy.

By the way, Serbia is already leading by 19 points.

[Yogee]

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Kidding aside. China roster seems very week compared before when they a lot of sharp shooters and 7 footers.

That's definitely not their best roster but I read that their head coach doesn't speak their language so that may have contributed to the team's poor performance in this WC. I think he's great but language barrier is usually a huge factor and I blame whoever is in charge of their basketball program for hiring Dordevic in the first place.

[Distinctin]

Big win by Germany against Slovenia; I think they are the real deal in this tournament.

The spread was -4.5 in favor of Germany, making them slight favorites, but it turned out to be a massacre as they routed Slovenia.

The final score was 100-71, with Dennis Schröder still leading the scoring for Germany with 24 points. It's a significant statement win, and if I'm not mistaken, they remain undefeated.

[Russlenat]

Big win by Germany against Slovenia; I think they are the real deal in this tournament.

The spread was -4.5 in favor of Germany, making them slight favorites, but it turned out to be a massacre as they routed Slovenia.

The final score was 100-71, with Dennis Schröder still leading the scoring for Germany with 24 points. It's a significant statement win, and if I'm not mistaken, they remain undefeated.

They had a slow start yet it became a good game when both teams are already warm enough until they both get hot, and eventually, Germany handed Slovenia its first loss after having four win streaks. I honesly thought that this will be a tight game but it wasn't the case because Germany dominated Slovenia and ended in a 29 point game.

So now, Schroder and Germany will now proceed to the quarterfinals of this tournament and yes, still an undefeated. Things are getting pretty interested folks and congratulations to all who wagered in favor of the Germany.

[LTU_btc]

Lithuania beating USA 110:104. At one moment we had over 20 points lead, but as expected, USA come with bigger intensity, especially in defense after halftime. But we managed to stay in lead until the end. And again, our 3 point % was way above 50% like in whole tournament, what is crazy. And this photo instantly becomes one of the most iconic in our basketball history. Player who got lot of hate before tournament made career performance against USA:

Though, I'm not sure that this win is such good thing for us. Instead of Italy, now we got Serbia in 1/4 final, what is much more difficult opponent IMO. So, seems that we will have another classic clash with our historical rivals.
I expected Latvia win, but it was difficult to predict that it will be so easy, +20 against Brazil and what a 3rd quarter with 36 points.
Spain - Canada, espic game. Spain had control of game maybe until 37th minute, but then Canada turned on elite defense. They go to 1/4 finals and 2024 Olympics, while 2019 World Champions is eliminated.

[danherbias07]

What a day! Surprise, surprise once again.

Latvia had no problem defeating Brazil.
Lithuania is the big news today after defeating the heavy favorite. So my prediction was right, took the +12 for them and hit it. Who took the money line? You are rish now!
I bet their confidence is soaring right now. At the Olympics before, they were also the country that defeated the USA, and now here we go again. Thumbs up for the Lithuanians.

Spain versus Canada was the most exciting. Spain rallied in the 2nd quarter trying to get away from Canada but damn, SGA and Brooks are in their zone in the last minutes of the 4th quarter where they got their first lead. The last 43 seconds is where the real fight begins and I thought the last shot of Spain was going to sink in, unlucky.
Canada did not cover the spread, lucky are those who just took the money line. 

[dothebeats]

Spain versus Canada was the most exciting. Spain rallied in the 2nd quarter trying to get away from Canada but damn, SGA and Brooks are in their zone in the last minutes of the 4th quarter where they got their first lead. The last 43 seconds is where the real fight begins and I thought the last shot of Spain was going to sink in, unlucky.
Canada did not cover the spread, lucky are those who just took the money line. 

Canada edging Spain is really expected, though I thought the spread would be huge. I tried betting for the money line on Canada but failed to get the funds on time. SGA just gets basket after basket in the third and fourth quarter which helped team Canada close the gap before sealing the deal. 14 out of 16 free throws is something impressive, especially in a game wherein another superstar is expected to carry the game.

Sadly for Spain, they'll be missing the quarter finals. The number 1 team in terms of points just got knocked out by the rank 15 Canadians. I wonder how Canada fare against Slovenians, especially with Doncic on the other side.

[dimonstration]

Sadly for Spain, they'll be missing the quarter finals. The number 1 team in terms of points just got knocked out by the rank 15 Canadians. I wonder how Canada fare against Slovenians, especially with Doncic on the other side.

The previous ranking doesn’t matter now since Canada roster is far better upgrade that their previou roster since they already recruited young star players from NBA compared their previous roster. Canada is on par with USA or a bit better when we compared their current gameplay.

Slovenia recently lose to Germany while Canada beat Germany on a tune up match recently.

[blockman]

Well, you won't see player making 5 3-pointers in a row every day, Clarkson was on fire today. It's nice to see hosts ending on a high note and finally taking win. And congrats to Japan and South Sudan for taking spot in 2024 Paris Olympics.

He's really lit and on fire together with the other local players like Abandon. I've just read recently that Philippines is going to play with the Olympic Qualifying tournament. That means that the hope and dream for Olympics isn't dead yet. They have to win the Olympic qualifying tournament for which they're going to participate. I know that it's going to be hard but maybe from there, they can give all their best shots. While Bahamas is already qualified for the Olympics and doesn't have to go through with the Olympic qualifying tournament, their team is where probably Klay Thompson is going to play with. And for Japan's growth in basketball, without even Rui Hachimura but only Yuta and one localized player, they are really a strong team and congrats to them as well.

I think this guy Abando should have played more minutes in the FIBA, I mean he is so electrifying that it could affect his team mates and that's what happen here. Clarkson is on fire, Kai Sotto had a good game. I thought it will be close because at the start of the 3rd quarter, Japan took the lead by the Philippines doesn't want to lose this one.

And suddenly Clarkson, he is on fire, hitting those 3 pointers and in matter of minutes he had like 20 points and then the Philippines pulling off a double digit lead. Hopefully this will carry the momentum of Gilas in order for team Philippines to qualify for the Olympics.

He really should have but the coach didn't give him that much playing time on their first matches. If he was just given a lot of playing time, I am sure that the chemistry of him and JC would have been great. He's just the recent MVP of KBL and that's why he's got a title and proved it to the world. Japan? Maybe you mean China, mate. 

Since Gilas is already eliminated and they don't have any more games in this tournament and i think people in the Philippines will surely be rooting for the USA to be the champion of this year's FIBA World Cup. They have a game today against Lithuania and i just wanted to ask the opinion of some users here if USA will be able to cover that -14.5 spread as I'm hesitant to put my money on them with that wide spread.

Lithuania won against USA and every fan has their own other team to support but don't forget that Gilas is qualified for the Olympic Qualifying tournament.

[el kaka22]

The quarter finals is almost here, and I can't really say which team is obviously better or not. I can't really say USA because they lost to Brazil twice not really that long ago, obviously not the same team as we all know because that was NBA period and all that but still, it happened.

I think USA will do fine as everyone knows and expected but I can't really say that it will be easy for them to get it, someone else might. I hate tournaments like this, there is no clear favorite, some people may claim that there is, but there is really not, not to me at least. I still think that it is anyone game and there are at least 4 teams that I think could end up getting it. Lets see how it happens but I am not going to continue to bet from now on.

[wheelz1200]

The quarter finals is almost here, and I can't really say which team is obviously better or not. I can't really say USA because they lost to Brazil twice not really that long ago, obviously not the same team as we all know because that was NBA period and all that but still, it happened.

I think USA will do fine as everyone knows and expected but I can't really say that it will be easy for them to get it, someone else might. I hate tournaments like this, there is no clear favorite, some people may claim that there is, but there is really not, not to me at least. I still think that it is anyone game and there are at least 4 teams that I think could end up getting it. Lets see how it happens but I am not going to continue to bet from now on.

This team is not the team that lost to Brazil, wildly different team.  With that being said Lithuania has the team that can beat the US.  With no real big man any team that runs out a large team can use that to theor advantage and they did. This team is small and plays small.  It showed on the rebound advantage.  Will see how they rebound after this.

[carlisle1]

Big win by Germany against Slovenia; I think they are the real deal in this tournament.

The spread was -4.5 in favor of Germany, making them slight favorites, but it turned out to be a massacre as they routed Slovenia.

The final score was 100-71, with Dennis Schröder still leading the scoring for Germany with 24 points. It's a significant statement win, and if I'm not mistaken, they remain undefeated.

They had a slow start yet it became a good game when both teams are already warm enough until they both get hot, and eventually, Germany handed Slovenia its first loss after having four win streaks. I honesly thought that this will be a tight game but it wasn't the case because Germany dominated Slovenia and ended in a 29 point game.

So now, Schroder and Germany will now proceed to the quarterfinals of this tournament and yes, still an undefeated. Things are getting pretty interested folks and congratulations to all who wagered in favor of the Germany.

Yup, slow start but when Germany starts to fire up we see the outcome, the win over Slovenia will add up confidence moving forward
to the quarterfinals.

It's interesting how the teams are playing and how upset is happening. Anyone's game is for those who got qualified to move up to the next round.

Looking to see both US and Canada to make it to the finals, still far but we really don't know who will take that final spot.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Sadly for Spain, they'll be missing the quarter finals. The number 1 team in terms of points just got knocked out by the rank 15 Canadians. I wonder how Canada fare against Slovenians, especially with Doncic on the other side.

The previous ranking doesn’t matter now since Canada roster is far better upgrade that their previou roster since they already recruited young star players from NBA compared their previous roster. Canada is on par with USA or a bit better when we compared their current gameplay.

Slovenia recently lose to Germany while Canada beat Germany on a tune up match recently.

Canada was dominated by Germany twice and came back to win it by 1 point in overtime in the 2nd game. Germany had a 5 point lead with 30 sec to go in this game. Before they dominated Canada like I said.

This Canadian team is strong, but only individually, not as a team. That's why in the last 2 games they had big problems.

Germany now has it's hardest game of the tournament vs Latvia.
Everybody expects them to win, and these are always the most difficult games. Latvia has no pressure, they already achieved more then most people expected from them.
In my eyes this is gonna be a close one, of course I hope though that Germany will dominate. In a couple of days we will know more. The quarterfinals will be lit!

[MK-74]

To be honest, I was surprised that America lost.

In Germany, there was a dispute between Dennis Schröder and the team's coach, but they still managed to win.
I think the coach will get a warning.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

To be honest, I was surprised that America lost.

In Germany, there was a dispute between Dennis Schröder and the team's coach, but they still managed to win.
I think the coach will get a warning.

Yeah that was kind of funny.
For everybody that wants to see it again, here you go: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/julaKb1mzqQ

Our coach is kind of a joke in my eyes, treating the players without respect. Well, as long as we are winning he does something right I guess.

Public opinion in Germany by the way is the coach shouldn't act like this.