France has been forced to adapt its lineup throughout the tournament, finding success in limiting Rudy Gobert's minutes as well as Victor Wembayama's shots taken. Our Olympic betting picks expect more of the same on Saturday.
France has been forced to adapt its lineup throughout the tournament, finding success in limiting Rudy Gobert's minutes as well as Victor Wembayama's shots taken. Our Olympic betting picks expect more of the same on Saturday.The gold medal game in Olympic men’s basketball is set, and it has a lot to live up to after two incredible semifinal matchups.
My France vs. USA predictions for the gold medal game take a look at why Victor Wembanyama hasn’t been producing on offense.I have been skeptical about France for two straight games, and they have proven me wrong with convincing wins over Canada and Germany. Wemby is down to just 37.5% shooting overall in the Olympics and a grisly 26.7% from deep. As a result, Wemby is averaging 13.8 points per game in the tournament. Despite this, his points prop has come in at 16.5 with negligible juice on the Under.
Anthony Davis is an outstanding defensive option against Victor, as is Bam Adebayo. If Wembanyama is playing a traditional center role, it doesn’t get much harder to move a player on the block than trying to go through Joel Embiid. Embiid finally had his breakout game against Serbia and Nikola Jokic, his biggest rival. It was arguably — given the stakes — the biggest moment of his career, which is saying something for a perennial MVP candidate.
What makes me even more confident is that Embiid’s game against Serbia wasn’t perfect. He still got caught baiting for fouls a couple of times and calls did not go his way. But instead of hanging his head, he went about his business and dominated inside, scoring around the rim, but mostly as the elite shooter that he is.
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