Player Props and Best Bets: USA vs Serbia Olympic Basketball
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00:00At the Olympic Games on this Thursday, semi-final action in the men's basketball tournament.
00:11The United States will take on Serbia for the third time in the last month, once in
00:16the exhibition series and then for real in the Olympic opener a couple of weeks ago between
00:22these two nations.
00:24The Americans dominant in that first game, 110-84, hammering Nikola Jokic and Serbia
00:30by 26, easily covering as a 13 and a half point favorite.
00:35The spread today, a little bit more, 16 points in favor of the United States, 188 and a half
00:42is the total.
00:43The U.S. one win away from playing in the gold medal match in the hunt for a fifth consecutive
00:50gold.
00:51Will the Americans get to that stage with a victory over the Serbians today?
00:55Oh, no doubt about it.
00:57We're looking for a nice little easy victory once again.
00:59By the way, if they do win, is the gold medal game going to be played Saturday, I would
01:03assume, or that pushback to Sunday?
01:04Do we know when the date of that is?
01:06Saturday.
01:07So, okay.
01:08So, if they'll be in that game Saturday, be able to watch it, everybody be able to celebrate
01:10that victory.
01:11But today, I'm looking for an easy one.
01:13Also, sometimes you look at low hanging fruit, man.
01:15We take a look at some of the odds to maybe, you know, 16 and a half.
01:18Do I want to take that?
01:19I think they cover it.
01:21So, 187 and a half, your guess probably as good as mine on that one.
01:24But from a points perspective, I like when a game previous, a guy's a good game.
01:28You take a look at Devin Booker.
01:29Now, this is juicy to score 10 or more points on the FanDuel Sportsbook for Devin Booker
01:34today.
01:35That's a minus 152 price.
01:36It is expensive, but I think he's going to hit double digits once again.
01:39I always like to say a professional athlete that's wired in from three-point range and
01:42scoring points, doesn't the next game go like, all right, I had my turn.
01:46Now it's your turn.
01:47They just like to get out firing early on.
01:48But I do believe he gets double digits and I'll pay that minus 152 for Devin Booker to
01:52get that.
01:53Devin Booker, the team's leading scorer against Brazil with 18 points.
01:58A lot has been made and correctly so of the United States balance throughout these four
02:03Olympic contests over in France.
02:05A different leading scorer in all four victories, including Kevin Durant in the opener against
02:11Serbia that featured a perfect eight of eight opening half from the floor, a perfect five
02:15of five from three, led Team USA with 23 points.
02:20LeBron at 21 in that matchup, Steph Curry, who has been highlighted a ton here to finally
02:26break out in the Olympic Games, had 11 points and was three of seven from three in the opener.
02:32DRS, I shared earlier that Nikola Jokic, this courtesy of our stat man and producer Joe
02:37Frizzo had an even plus minus despite a 26 point loss for his country against the United
02:44States.
02:45That's been confirmed.
02:46Correct.
02:47He had 20 points, eight dimes in five boards.
02:49So when he was on the floor, everything was gravy.
02:53When he left the second unit led by Kevin Durant took advantage.
02:57I would expect to see much of the same today.
03:00You heard from Carlin Gay of Sporting News earlier on to expecting Serbia to keep the
03:04game closer from the very jump, the United States, a five and a half point favorite in
03:09the opening quarter against the Serbians.
03:12Yeah, we look for a good jumpstart here.
03:14And that's pretty much what Team USA has been able to do throughout this process here.
03:17But if Team Serbia does lose, how fast does Nikola Jokic get out of it?
03:22Does he ride a horse out of there, out of the press conference?
03:24Does he just skedaddle right away?
03:25Does he actually ride his horse from France all the way back to Serbia without even taking
03:29a plane?
03:30That's the questions I need to know.
03:32I would agree with that.
03:33I think he's on a horse as quickly as he can.
03:36Back in his hometown of Sambor, has spent way too much time playing basketball during
03:41his summer vacation.
03:44Oh, good point.
03:45Good point.
03:46Would he stay for the bronze game?
03:47He'd be so upset.
03:48You would think so.
03:49He'd be so upset if he had to stay for that.
03:51But he has no choice.
03:52So it's either win or lose.
03:54He's got another game in Paris.
03:55That's well said, Joe Friese.
03:56So 20 and a half points.
03:58The points brought for Nikola Jokic, 11 and a half rebounds, 7 and a half assists.
04:03Bogdan Bogdanovich, 16 and a half points.
04:05He did score in double figures against the Americans in the Olympic opener.
04:10You see the prop perspective for the United States as well.
04:14The U.S., 2 and 2 against the spread.
04:16A perfect 4 and 0 straight up record at the Olympic Games.
04:20Both Donnie and I thought the total against Brazil in the quarterfinal round would stay
04:25under because the point differential in the scoring flurries we had seen at the end of
04:29games didn't really matter, skied way over.
04:32The Americans scored 122 points.
04:35The United States has scored at least 103 points in all four of their games in the Olympics.
04:42The first game up on semifinal Thursday at the Olympic Games in men's basketball.
04:48Germany, a 6-point favorite against the host nation, Victor Wimanjama in France.
04:54Again, you saw the total for U.S.-Serbia, 188 and a hook.
04:57This one just 156.
04:58How about this?
04:59We've got some movement too now at the Fanblue Sportsbook.
05:03That line now down to 5.
05:04People buying in on the home nation's home court advantage.
05:09Could that be just too much for Team Germany?
05:11We'll find out shortly.
05:13Line opened at 4.5, moved to 5 yesterday, up to 6, now back down by a point.
05:18You would think in a game that features just a total of 156, it might be hard to cover
05:23as the favorite.
05:24More on the early line coming your way next.