The U.S. men's national basketball team and Brazil play on Tuesday, Aug. 6, in Paris in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Which team will win the basketball game and advance to the semifinals?
Check out these2024 Paris Olympics picks and predictionsfor the Team USA-Brazil game, which can be seen at 12:30 p.m. MST (3:30 p.m. ET) on USA Network, Peaco*ck and NBCOlympics.com.
Team USA is a 26.5-point favorite over Brazil in 2024 Olympic odds for the game, courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook.
The United States is -10000 on the moneyline. Brazil is +1600.
The over/under (point total) is set at 186.5 points.
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Kyle Irving writes: "Brazil hasn't produced enough offense to challenge Team USA, though. Its 80.3 points per game is the third-fewest in the tournament. The United States has posted 105.7 points per game — over 25 more than its opponent. As good as Brazil has been defensively — holding all three of its Group Stage opponents under 90 points — it will be overmatched trying to keep up with Team USA's scoring."
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Andy Bailey writes: "Brazil deserves some love for getting to the knockout round. It was far from a given to make it here, but its run will almost certainly be over after playing Team USA. The Brazilians' best player is Bruno Caboclo, who last played in the NBA in 2020-21 and had a career average of 4.2 points there. Team USA, meanwhile, boasts multiple future Hall of Famers, including LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. It went 3-0 in group play, which included a dominant win over (Nikola) Jokić's Serbian side. It led group play in point differential. It has the deepest collection of scoring talent, playmaking talent and defense. The only real question about this game is whether the Americans will win by more than that gaudy (point spread)."
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Bailey Bassett writes: "Brazil, on the other hand, only has one current NBA player. Gui Santos is a bench player on the Golden State Warriors. Even so, Team USA won't take their game against Brazil lightly. Head coach Steve Kerr knows Santos is a threat better than anyone, considering he coaches the Warriors, and theBrazilians play a physical brandof basketball that could pose as a problem for Team USA. Still, we think the United States will win this game handily."
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It writes: "The United States didn’t hold back in the last round, topping 100 points in each of their group victories. With so many stars to choose from, they’ve got no shortage of firepower going forward. Their star-studded roster means there’s little drop-off from their first unit to their second, so Brazil need to be at their best for 48 minutes. Keeping the US at bay has proven difficult, as they finished group play with a +64 points differential. The only thing that really held them back in their second and third games was the lack of a real rally from South Sudan and Puerto Rico down the stretch. Serbia kept coming at them, pushing the US to 110 points."
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