USA vs Australia Preview & Prediction | Paris 2024 Olympics | Women’s Basketball | Semi-Final

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Australia put in arguably their best all-round performance of the tournament so far to beat Serbia by 18 points and their reward is a semi-final against perennial gold medalists USA, who will be firm favourites to advance.

START DATE/TIME: Friday 9th August, 2024, UK – 4:30pm / US ET – 11:30am / US PT – 8:30am

HOW TO WATCH THE PARIS OLYMPICS ON TV: UK – BBC is the main broadcaster while some event will be televised on Eurosport / US – NBC is the main broadcaster while some events will be shown on NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network and Telemundo

HOW TO WATCH THE PARIS OLYMPICS ONLINE: UK – BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website & Eurosport Player / US – Events can be streamed on the relevant streaming platforms of NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network and Telemundo

USA VS AUSTRALIA PREDICTION

Can Australia be the team to stop the relentless USA juggernaut and prevent the seven-time back-to-back Olympic gold medalists to take their place in another final? If so, they’ll need to put together something out of the ordinary, combining clutch offensive with lights out defence to stop what is a relentless, world class American squad with strength-in-depth that is the envy of every other nation.

You certainly wouldn’t expect a blowout here as the quality of Australia’s offence should see them put up a significant score over four quarters. However, it simply doesn’t look like being enough against a team who knows how to turn up when required and hold their nerve in crunch moments. Pressure doesn’t affect the USA and it’s hard to back against them booking their place in yet another gold medal match.

USA VS AUSTRALIA TIP: USA TO WIN