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International Friendly Basketball: USA vs. Australia Picks and Bets, Monday July 12, 2021
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Written by Dimers Staff
In the pursuit of their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal, Team USA were shook, going down to Nigeria on Friday night in their first tune up ahead of the Tokyo games in Las Vegas. Tonight, they look for redemption against an Australia team that is a legitimate medal chance.
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Here are our best picks for USA vs. Australia ⏬
BET: Australia at the spread with FanDuel Sportsbook (-111)
At the time of writing the spread for this game sits at 16.5 in favor of KD and his Team USA boys.
Although USA should come out firing after their disappointing loss to Nigeria, the 'Boomers' are an extremely hard-working team that will be out to not only cover the massive spread, but cause yet another upset against the Americans.
Australia are actually the equal-second favorites to win gold at the upcoming Olympics and will see this game against Team USA as the perfect chance to prove themselves, even without Ben Simmons.
BET: Total points OVER 190 with FanDuel Sportsbook (-113)
Despite the loss, Team USA had previously enjoyed good times when playing against Nigeria, including the below game where they put up a simply ridiculous 156 points (we just wanted an excuse to use the video!).
Based on that, and coupled with Australia having natural scorers such as Patty Mills, Dante Exum and Joe Ingles, we should be in for a high-scoring affair, even in the shortened time of an international matchup.
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