USA vs. Japan Women’s Basketball Preview
Where: Rio de Janeiro, Carioca Arena 1
When: Tuesday, August 16, 7:75 PM ET
Line: USA (-37.5) vs. Japan (+37.5); total: 173.5 – view all women’s Olympic basketball lines
TV Broadcast: NBCSN / NBCOlympics.com
Writer’s Pick: USA
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Betting on USA (-37.5)
Tina Charles and Brittney Griner were simple untouchable against the Chinese. Charles went off for 18 points on 9-for-13 shooting, while Griner also scored 18 points while hauling down 13 rebounds. This frontline tandem of Charles and Griner should remain a headache against Japan, which is second worst in the tournament in rebounding with just 22.6 boards per contest. The US, on the other hand, is racking up 31.6 RPG.
Furthermore, the US can score from anywhere on the floor. They’re hitting 42.5% of their shots from beyond the arc while averaging 58.0 points in the paint per game.
Betting on Japan (+37.5)
Japan can certainly play basketball but the question is whether they can hang around Team USA? Japan are the surprise of the tournament so far, having defeated higher ranked opponents like Brazil and France.
Ranked 16th in the world, Japan was also able to make Group A leader Australia sweat with a close 92-86 loss. Japan had a 12-point cushion entering the fourth period of that match before collapsing.
Nevertheless, Japan’s a pesky team that could give USA fits. What they lack in size, the Japanese make up in speed, as they average 11.6 fastbreak points per game.
Japan also have one of the best scorers in the tournament in the form of Ramu Tokashiki, who is fourth in Rio with 17.6 PPG.
Writer’s Prediction
The USA blows Japan to bits and covers the -37.5 spread easily.
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