In Summer Olympics Men’s Basketball action Sunday, France and USA play in an 8 a.m. ET tip-off at Saitama Super Arena. Below, we preview the France vs. USA odds and lines, and make our best Summer Olympics bets, picks and predictions.
France will not be overlooked by Team USA. While the current roster of Americans had nothing to do with it, the French dispatched the USA at the World Cup. Nicolas Batum, Evan Fournier and Rudy Gobert are all legit NBA talents and threats to give the Americans fits.
There seemed to be a lack of chemistry with the United States during exhibition play, as it fell to both Nigeria and Australia before eeking out a win over Spain prior to the Olympics. We’ll see if it can turn it on now that the games count for real.
France vs. USA: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday at 7:05 p.m. ET.
- Money line: France +475 (bet $100 to win $475) | USA -700 (bet $700 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: France +12.5 (-115) | USA -12.5 (-105)
- Over/Under: 176.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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France vs. USA: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
USA 92, France 83
Money line (ML)
USA (-700) will cost you seven times your potential return, and that’s extremely risky business given what we saw from the Americans leading up to the Olympics. It looked anything like a Dream Team, but more like a nightmare at times.
France is a tempting play at +475, but you have to believe USA will turn it on now that the games matter.
AVOID.
PLAY: France vs. USA pick’em contest
Against the spread (ATS)
FRANCE +12.5 (-115) is the play , as Batum, Fournier and Gobert are legit NBA players who will give this team plenty of production. France should be able to keep this game within single digits.
Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 176.5 (-115) is the slight lean.
As mentioned above, France has some quality NBA bigs, led by Gobert, the NBA’s 2020-21 Defensive Player of the Year. This won’t be confused with a pre-shot clock era game, but the defense will still be good enough as these teams feel each other out early.
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