Olympics Basketball - United States v Australia

Usa team easily took the first place of the 2nd group and by beating Spain and Greece by a huge margin showed that a surprise is not possible in this tournament.Australia after the bad start succeeded three consecutive impressive and easy wins against Iran,Russia and Lithuania.The thing is that by losing from Croatia at the opening game lost at the same time the 3rd place of the group and now has to say goodbye to the competition as the U.S. is an unbeatable opponent.In a different case Australia would have decent chances against the Spanish or the Greek team.

Before the start of the games i expected the Aussies to come out at the competition playing very tough and trying to lead the games in a control tempo.The truth is that most games went on a high score except this vs Argentina which by the way tends to a slow tempo here.

The two teams met each other in a friendly match during the preparation games and Australia lost only by 11 points there being quite competitive against the U.S.Maybe this is one more reason that will make the Americans to start the game in a quick tempo.The main reason that makes me to believe in a high score is that in Australia's roster there are not the guards who can control the opponent guards and force them in a slow tempo.Only the Greeks managed to slow down the tempo.I see Australia making a lot of turnovers tomorrow

My prediction is that the U.S. will clear the game from the first quarter and later we have to expect a quite good game as Australia without pressure at all can reach its very good stats she managed at the last games.115-70 is a possible score here.

Pick : over 178 points total
Odds : 1.95
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
Match Result : 116-85
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