Previewing Team USA's Final Olympic Exhibition Match vs. Germany
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00:00Showed you the odds for the fifth and final exhibition match in Team USA's tune-up for
00:08the Summer Olympic Games.
00:10Again, updated number, now 14.5 in favor of Team USA.
00:14Fonseca, it was a scare against South Sudan.
00:18What do you want to see from Team USA in its final exhibition match before the Paris Olympics?
00:23Yeah, you get the sense that they're going to treat this more like the actual dress rehearsal
00:28as opposed to, hey, this is the last preseason game, let's just rest everyone and play like,
00:35you know, Nigel Hayes, for example.
00:37I don't think they're going to go that route.
00:40And Germany, you know, they're the defending world champions.
00:42They won the World Cup in 2023.
00:45So I think Team USA is going to particularly want to showcase themselves in this one, which
00:49has me looking at that minus 15.5 and thinking about it.
00:52But you know, it's also, it's scrimmage, so you don't quite know.
00:56What I want to see is, again, like them have a set rotation and see what that looks like.
01:03What are they going to commit to before the games actually start?
01:07Because after Germany, they're starting with Serbia.
01:10So you're immediately going into Nikola Jokic and a team that finished second in the World
01:14Cup last time in 2023 that lost to Germany, but again, did not have Nikola Jokic.
01:19Also did not have Sili Micic, who is now on the Serbian national team as well.
01:25So I think with Germany, you know, it's an interesting game because they have a bunch
01:29of players coming back from that World Cup championship team.
01:33Dennis Schroeder in particular, Franz and Mo Wagner, Daniel Theiss.
01:38So this is a good team.
01:39And Team USA, you know, has to basically treat this like this is the real deal now.
01:44Not that they weren't before, but now the Olympics are basically starting at this point.