Puerto Rico vs USA Preview & Prediction | Paris 2024 Olympics | Men’s Basketball | Group Stage

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USA have unsurprisingly already booked their place in the quarter-finals but will want to ensure they arrive there on the back of a flawless group stage campaign by beating Puerto Rico.

START DATE/TIME: Saturday 3rd August, 2024, UK – 4:15pm / US ET – 11:15am / US PT – 8:15am

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PUERTO RICO VS USA PREDICTION

The biggest mismatch of Group C sees Puerto Rico taking on USA and their formidable squad. The latter have already racked up 213 points over the course of their two matches so far compared to Puerto Rico’s 145 across defeats against South Sudan and Serbia respectively. Puerto Rico have also conceded 197, an average of almost 100-per-game.

USA won’t want to step off the gas, even if they do opt to give the likes of LeBron James and Steph Curry a rest ahead of the quarter-finals. But whatever team Steve Kerr starts with, they will be expected to overcome Puerto Rico by a substantial margin, which should be backed as appropriate.

PUERTO RICO VS USA TIP: USA TO WIN WITH -33.5 POINT SPREAD