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Australia vs. United States Olympic Women’s Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 8/4/21

United States vs. Australia
August 4, 2021 12:40 am EDT
The Line: United States -15.5 / Total: 159.5
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Australia and the United States face off early Wednesday morning in a women’s basketball Olympic quarterfinal. The winner of this game moves onto the semi-finals, with the loser being eliminated. 

Australia comes into this game with a 1-2 record overall, but they have still advanced to the knockout round of the Olympics. The one win for Australia was against Puerto Rico, but they almost pulled off a big win against China. In the last game against Belgium, Australia gave up 85 points and that led to the loss. In that last game, Australia scored only 13 points in the 4th quarter and that led to the loss. Ezi Magbegor was the best player for Australia in the last game finishing with 20 points and eight rebounds. In this game if Australia wants to win the defense is going to need to be better in this game. If the defense struggles in this game, this one will get ugly early. 

On the side of this matchup is the United States who have won each of their three games so far in the Olympics. The United States opened up their Olympics with a win over France, and followed it up with wins over Japan and Nigeria. The offense has been strong so far during the Olympics scoring at least 81 points in each of the games. And in this game it’s going to be about the offense running up the score again in this game. A’Ja Wilson has been the best player for the USA and in the last game she finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Up and down the USA has the most talented roster in the league, they just need to use that to their advantage in this game. The more scoring from the bench, the better in this game. 

There is going to be very little defense played in this game by either team. Look for this to be an up-tempo game that this game is going to be a shootout. This game is going to end up being a shootout, and the over will cash.

Shane Mickle's Free Pick: Over

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Shane Mickle

Sports is about all Shane knows in this life! He has a passion for sports and writing, which makes working for Sportschatplace a perfect job for him! If you find him cheering for a team it's usually a Minnesota team, or the Kansas Jayhawks!

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