2024 Olympic BASKETBALL Thread (pt.4.2: Quarterfinals are set!)

[bisme37]

Olympic Men's Basketball continues with the Quarterfinal Round on Tuesday August 6:

Tuesday, Aug. 6:
Quarterfinals

Germany vs. Greece, 5 a.m. ET | Peacock (GER wins 76-63)
Serbia vs. Australia, 8:30 a.m. | USA (SER wins 95-90 OT)
France vs Canada, 12:00 p.m. | Peacock (FRA wins 82-73)
Brazil vs. United States, 3:30 p.m. | USA (USA wins 122-87)

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Weekend results:
Friday, Aug. 2:
Japan vs. Brazil, 5 a.m. | Peacock (BRA wins 102-84)
Australia vs. Greece, 7:30 a.m. | USA (GRE wins 77-71)
Canada vs. Spain, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (CAN wins 88-85)
France vs. Germany, 3 p.m. | E! (GER wins 85-71)

Saturday, Aug. 3:
Puerto Rico vs. United States, 11:15 a.m. | NBC (USA wins 104-83)
Serbia vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. | CNBC (SER wins 96-85)

(All times EST. Everything streams on Peacock. If it says something else, that event is on both Peacock AND the TV channel listed. Full schedule can be found later in this post, and also on the Olympics website: https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/basketball?day=27-july )

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How to watch men's basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics:

Olympic action will be broadcast across the channels on the NBC network: NBC, CNBC, E!. Spanish language broadcasts will be available on Telemundo. Streaming will be available on Peacock, NBCSports.com. Streaming will also be available on Fubo.

(All times EST. Everything streams on Peacock. If it says something else, that event is on both Peacock AND the TV channel listed.)

Saturday, July 27:
Australia vs. Spain, 5 a.m. | CNBC (AUS wins 92-80)
Germany vs. Japan, 7:30 a.m. | Peacock (GER wins 97-77)
France vs. Brazil, 11:15 a.m. | CNBC (FRA wins 78-66)
Greece vs. Canada, 3 p.m. | CNBC (CAN wins 86-79)

Sunday, July 28:
South Sudan vs. Puerto Rico, 5 a.m. | CNBC (SSUD wins 90-79)
Serbia vs. United States, 11:15 a.m. | NBC (USA wins 100-84)

Tuesday, July 30:
Spain vs. Greece, 5 a.m. | E! (SPA wins 84-77)
Canada vs. Australia, 7:30 a.m. | USA (CAN wins 93-83)
Japan vs. France, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (FRA wins 94-90 OT)
Brazil vs. Germany, 3 p.m. | Peacock (GER wins 86-73)

Wednesday, July 31:
Puerto Rico vs. Serbia, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (SER wins 107-66)
United States vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. | USA (USA wins 103-66)

Friday, Aug. 2:
Japan vs. Brazil, 5 a.m. | Peacock (BRA wins 102-84)
Australia vs. Greece, 7:30 a.m. | USA (GRE wins 77-71)
Canada vs. Spain, 11:15 a.m. | Peacock (CAN wins 88-85)
France vs. Germany, 3 p.m. | E! b](GER wins 85-71)[/b]

Saturday, Aug. 3:
Puerto Rico vs. United States, 11:15 a.m. | NBC (USA wins 104-83)
Serbia vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. | CNBC (SER wins 96-85)

Tuesday, Aug. 6:
Quarterfinals
Germany vs. Greece, 5 a.m. | Peacock (GER wins 76-63)
Serbia vs. Australia, 8:30 a.m. | USA (SER wins 95-90 OT)
France vs Canada, 12:00 p.m. | Peacock (FRA wins 82-73)
Brazil vs. United States, 3:30 p.m. | USA (USA wins 122-87)

Thursday, Aug. 8:
Semifinals
TBD vs. TBD, 11:30 a.m. | USA
TBD vs. TBD, 3:00 p.m. | USA

Saturday, Aug. 10:

Third-place game: TBD vs. TBD, 5:00 a.m. | USA

Final: TBD vs. TBD, 3:30 p.m. | NBC

Here's a link (to a link) to all the team rosters: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/mens-olympic-basketball-tournament-paris-2024/news/rosters-confirmed-ahead-of-tip-off-at-the-mens-olympic-basketball-tournament

And here's some info on the Women's Olympic Tournament:

Women's quarterfinals:

Wednesday Aug 7:

Serbia-Australia 5 am ET
Spain-Belgium 8:30 am ET
France-Germany Noon ET
USA-Nigeria 3:30 pm ET

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And here's a post from durden_tyler about the random draw that will likely come into play: https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2397427

Enjoy good pals and GO YOUR COUNTRY!

(thread continued from here: https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2398297 )

[sikma42]

US women should not be starting Gray or Taursi. Neither should be in the rotation and it’s really hurting the team. They may be able to keep overcoming those starts, but it’s a handicap.


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[CodeBreaker]

Really hard to predict the Semis winner when Germany faces Canada

[CodeBreaker]

Team USA lost in 3x3 lol

[GSWFan1994]

Bisme, we love you and everything you do.

[G R E Y]

Wow:

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[cdubbz]

US women should not be starting Gray or Taursi. Neither should be in the rotation and it’s really hurting the team. They may be able to keep overcoming those starts, but it’s a handicap.


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Surprise surprise -- they're letting the OGs start and get their gold medal. Getting the legacy treatment

[bisme37]

Bisme, we love you and everything you do.

[G R E Y]

Oof hometown heartbreak:

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[JasonStern]

Nice to see the USA Women's team get their shot back. They should steamroll competition if they keep it up.

Watching 3x3 while knowing how low quality the product really has me questioning my life choices. I hope they either change the eligibility rules or just cut the event entirely.

I remain adamant that, while Steph Curry is exponentially a better player, the team would have been better adding Josh Hart. Derrick White effect. 5 alphas on the floor that need the ball simply doesn't work as well as having some grind/hustle players that compliment LeBron/KD/Tatum/etc.

[RookieStar]

BTW.. to any helpful souls out there. Can anyone tell me how many hours from now the 1st game will be on?

[Slacktard]

BTW.. to any helpful souls out there. Can anyone tell me how many hours from now the 1st game will be on?

It's not until Tuesday so...
Germany vs Greece 5am EST (so 33 hours 35 minutes from the time of my post)

[RookieStar]

BTW.. to any helpful souls out there. Can anyone tell me how many hours from now the 1st game will be on?

It's not until Tuesday so...
Germany vs Greece 5am EST (so 33 hours 35 minutes from the time of my post)

33 hours... alright. Thanks!!!

[chudak]

Germany vs Canada
USA vs Serbia

Whoever does not medal it will be a shame, great teams

USA a gold favourite by far though

[durden_tyler]

Interesting that we have same/similar odds across all QF games (except for the US of course):
Greece +7.5 vs Germany
Australia +7.5 vs Serbia
France +7.5 vs Canada
Brazil +26.5 vs USA

[California Gold]

Interesting that we have same/similar odds across all QF games (except for the US of course):
Greece +7.5 vs Germany
Australia +7.5 vs Serbia
France +7.5 vs Canada
Brazil +26.5 vs USA

That's describes entire Olympics for Mens basketball in a nutshell. The US is the outlier and the rest of the next tier of teams are roughly on the same level.

[UcanUwill]

Interesting that we have same/similar odds across all QF games (except for the US of course):
Greece +7.5 vs Germany
Australia +7.5 vs Serbia
France +7.5 vs Canada
Brazil +26.5 vs USA

That's describes entire Olympics for Mens basketball in a nutshell. The US is the outlier and the rest of the next tier of teams are roughly on the same level.

Yes, Germany, Serbia and Canada are coin toss teams for me, all around the same level. Too bad for Serbia, they will have to play USA in semis if they are there, I feel that, when Lithuania was still good, draw ALWAYS had us playing USA in semis, 2004 being probably the only exception I can remember.

Someone recently said that USA is kinda bad for basketball, and I always thought kind off the same thing. It would be more interesting if USA wasn't such head and shoulders favorite, it would be more like Football, I think FIFA is always more interesting, not just because sport is far bigger, but also there never such overwhelming favorite, you never know who will win. Not like USA will win for sure here, but it would be shocking if they fumble this.

Serbia rematch in semis should be fun tho, I do believe Serbia would give a better fight second time around. But I don't know, Embiid probably wont be as bad again, he really played for Serbia in that first match, he was brutal. But speaking of quarterfinals, I would probably bet Brazil here, point differential doesn't matter anymore, and not like USA was counting that to begin with, but still, to win by 27 is a lot, if they get 15 point lead they probably take the foot off the gas, I think Brazil covers this.

[DWadeno3]

Canada and Germany are, to me, closer to the US than to the rest of the pack. Both teams’ players have more familiarity with one another and while Canada has better talent than Germany, the Germans are probably the team with the highest level of cohesiveness and thus teamplay, while their NBA guys in particular are performing very well.

With that being said, we should beat them but highly depending on the coaching staff‘s tactical decision but also pending a hot shooting night for one of the teams coinciding with a cold shooting night for the us, anything can happen.

While Serbia and Australia are not to be underestimated as well, I think we match up better with them.

Sleep-walking against anybody at this stage will be punished nonetheless.

[durden_tyler]

Interesting that we have same/similar odds across all QF games (except for the US of course):
Greece +7.5 vs Germany
Australia +7.5 vs Serbia
France +7.5 vs Canada
Brazil +26.5 vs USA

That's describes entire Olympics for Mens basketball in a nutshell. The US is the outlier and the rest of the next tier of teams are roughly on the same level.

Fun fact: The US are 3-0 but just 1-2 against the spread-- owing to them not really "on" for the entire game against South Sudan and Puerto Rico (curiously, the weaker teams). The only game they concinvicingly covered was against elite team Serbia...

[CodeBreaker]

Canada and Germany are, to me, closer to the US than to the rest of the pack. Both teams’ players have more familiarity with one another and while Canada has better talent than Germany, the Germans are probably the team with the highest level of cohesiveness and thus teamplay, while their NBA guys in particular are performing very well.

With that being said, we should beat them but highly depending on the coaching staff‘s tactical decision but also pending a hot shooting night for one of the teams coinciding with a cold shooting night for the us, anything can happen.

While Serbia and Australia are not to be underestimated as well, I think we match up better with them.

Sleep-walking against anybody at this stage will be punished nonetheless.

Serbia would probably beat Canada and Germany