Team USA Women's Basketball Faces Japan, Aims for a Big Win
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00:00the next game.
00:04Women who also open up here taking on Japan today at 3pm Eastern, a heavy favorite at
00:10minus 22.5 here at the FanBull Sportsbook and a total of 160.5.
00:15We saw Team USA play their exhibition round technically against the WNBA All-Stars and
00:20lost that, maybe a chance to gel as a team moving forward.
00:24What are the expectations in this game against Japan and also moving forward for you, Jacob,
00:28for Team USA from the women's perspective?
00:32My expectations in this game against Japan is that they're going to come out and I kind
00:36of think they're going to be ready to punch their opponents in the mouth a little bit.
00:39I think that WNBA All-Star game was sort of a situation where the WNBA All-Stars had a
00:45lot of people who were viewed maybe not as snubs for the Olympic team because there are
00:49just so many good players that could have made that team.
00:52But you know, they're a little myth that they weren't on there.
00:54You have Kaitlyn Clark and Angel Reese on that team.
00:56Both of them could have gotten consideration for a roster spot, didn't make it.
01:00So I think the motivation was there for the WNBA All-Stars and less so for the U.S. basketball
01:05in just an exhibition.
01:07But I think you have so many veterans on this team from Diana Taurasi to Brianna Stewart.
01:13All of these players are going to come together and they just have such a size advantage over
01:17other countries.
01:18I mean, you have Brittany Greiner and Asia Wilson, who's the best player out there right
01:22now, and you can just throw them at opponents.
01:25Good luck trying to defend that on the Olympic stage.
01:27So I think the USA women are going to have maybe an easier time racking up these big
01:32wins than the men, and they could have some big blowouts on the schedule.
01:35I'm expecting them to do very well in this tournament.