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The two best international women’s hoops teams clash on Saturday night for an Olympic gold medal when the United States takes on host Japan. During these Olympics, the Japanese and the Americans have left no question. They’re easily the two best women’s teams in the world. But does Japan have any chance versus the strong U.S. side? Or will the United States dominate from beginning to end and deny the home side a gold medal? Check out info, analysis, and a free pick for Japan versus the United States so you can place your bets against their Olympics Betting odds.

Olympics Basketball Women’s Gold Medal Game

USA vs Japan Match Info

When: Saturday, August 7 at 10:30 pm ET
Where: Tokyo, Japan
TV / Streaming: NBC / Peacock

Why bet on Japan versus the United States

The Japanese had a tough time against the USA in their second game, but since then, they’ve rolled. The 102-83 victory over Nigeria was a great bounce back performance. Belgium tested the Japanese and they responded with a fantastic 1-point victory. In the rematch with France in the semifinals, Japan showed why they’re dangerous. The host squad beat France by 4 points in the fist contest. They learned in the second contest. How else to explain the 16 point victory?

Japan Last 5

W – 87-71 vs. France
W – 86-85 vs. Belgium
W – 102-83 vs. Nigeria
L – 86-69 vs. USA
W – 74-70 vs. France

Japan Predicted Starting Lineup

Y. Miyazawa
M. Takada
S. Hayashi
H. Akaho
R. Machida

Why bet on the United States versus Japan

The United States is loaded in every way imaginable. Not only has USA dominated, but they’ve dominated on the defensive end. The win over Serbia to notch a trip to the gold medal match proves it. Team USA held Serbia to 30.3% from the field and 21.1% from three. We know the Americans can score. If their defense continues to lock down like it did versus Australia and Serbia, Japan has no shot.

USA Last 5

W – 79-59 vs. Serbia
W – 79-55 vs. Australia
W – 93-82 vs. France
W – 86-69 vs. Japan
W – 81-72 vs. Nigeria

USA Predicted Starting Lineup

A. Wilson
B. Stewart
B. Griner
S. Bird
D. Taurasi

Olympic Women’s Basketball Gold Medal Game – Final Prediction

The Japanese are a good basketball team, but they’re going to have to pick it up big time versus Brittney Griner, Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Aja Wilson, and Diana Taurisi. Oh, and those are just the United State’s starters.

In the first head-to-head, the Americans dominated. The U.S. held Japan to 34.6% from the field and 26.3% from three. Japan went 10-of-38 from the three point line. The host team went 27-of-78 from the field.

The Japanese struggled when the United States had yet to gel on the defensive end. Since a 93-82 victory against France, Team USA has played flawless defense. The D the Americans displayed in wins against Australia and Serbia were downright awe-inspiring.

Don’t expect the Americans to fall apart in the gold medal match. Japan has played great to get to this point, but the United States should win another Olympic Women’s Basketball game by 20 points or more, meaning if the spread is less than 20, back the U.S. against the spread.

Basketball Pick:

USA

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The men’s Olympic basketball tournament is getting close to the end, and we now know who will play who in the semi-finals. The US team came in as overwhelming betting odds favorites to tale the gold, but if truth be told, they have looked a little shaky at times. They have a tough road ahead, and it all starts with a game against Spain in the semi’s. Let’s take a look at the remaining games to see if we can’t pick out the medal winners.

Analyzing The Rio 2016 Men’s Basketball Gold Medal Expert Predictions

Semi Finals:

USA vs Spain:

While the USA came into this tournament without the likes of LeBron and Stephen Curry, they still brought more than enough talent to secure the gold medal. As I said already, though, they have not been at their best, and Spain represents their toughest challenge yet. The Spaniards were pegged as one of the medal favorites heading in, thanks in part to a strong line-up that includes the likes of Ricky Rubio, Nikola Mirotic, Pau Gasol, and Jose Calderon. In the group stages, it was believed that the meeting with France would be the toughest for Spain, but they ended up winning that one by 25. They are looking to spring the upset here, and will be facing a US team that manhandled Argentina in the quarter-finals, winning by 27 points in the end. This will be a whole lot tougher for the Americans, but I just don’t see the upset happening in Rio.

USA 92-83 Spain

Australia vs Serbia:

Serbia came into the Olympics as a medal hopeful, despite the fact that they are devoid of NBA talent on their team. The Serbs gave the US a legitimate scare, only losing by 3 in their match-up with the gold medal favorites. That said, they did little else to impress during the group stage, losing to both France and Australia, their semi-final opponent. The beat out Croatia 85-83 in the quarter-finals to book their place here, and now have a shot at revenge against the Australians, who also performed well against the USA. In the group stages, Australia had double digit wins against France and Serbia, and hammered Lithuania by 26 points in the last round. They have NBA stars Andrew Bogut and Patty Mills in their starting 5, and are a legitimate medal contender.

I give Australia the advantage in this matchup 93-72.

Finals:

USA vs Australia:

If this does indeed end up being the final, you can bet that Australia ae going to come out fast and try to jump on a US team who may be a little complacent. I don’t think the Americans will be that way, though, as their sole focus coming into this tournament was gold, and this is their chance to take it. Andrew Bogut will battle down low for the Australians, but at the end of the day, it’s going to be nigh on impossible to keep a handle on guys like Kyrie Irving and Carmelo Anthony. Even if the Aussies can keep the US out of the paint, they still have to deal with the 3-point shooting of Klay Thompson. It is for those reasons that I believe that it will be the Star Spangled Banner that gets played at the medal ceremony.

USA 90-82 Australia