BASKETBALL: CANADA AND FRANCE IN A DOGFIGHT?

The host nation France will play Canada in the the third of four quarter finals today in the men’s basketball tournament. France And Canada is very solid defensively so it could become a true Dogfight. USA vs Brazil will finish off the quarterfinals.

FRANCE VS CANADA

These two teams are probably the two most solid teams defensively at the Olympics. The French Twin Towers of Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert fills up the paint and it is very hard to go through them. The rim protection is awesome and the perimeter is very well guarded Thanks to Billal Coulibaly from The Washington Wizards are doing a great job. The French problem is on the other end of the floor. France is neither effective nor versatile when they have the ball in their own hands. In the group phase they won against Japan in overtime, victory Over Brazil and lost to Germany. France will have the length advantage versus Canada. Team Canada won the Group of Death and they defeated Greece, Spain And Australia. Shai Gilgeous Alexander leads the team and the defence has been solid.

CANADA IS STACKED WITH GOOD GUARDS

Canada is stacked with good and versatile guards like Dort, Brooks, Murray, Alexander-Walker and Nembhard. For the French Guards like Fournier and De Colo will surely be a huge test against Canada. Team Canada is a bit undersized at the center position with Dwight Powell and Kelly Olynuk. It will be tough for Canada to deal with the great size of Gobert and Wembanyama. Canada’s three point shooting hasn't been Good at the Olympics so far. Often Shai Gilgeuos-Alexander has to bail them out. Team France does not have a weapon like that.

BRAZIL VS TEAM USA

For me it’s very impressive that Brazil has reached this point of the Olympic Tournament. The qualified earlier this summer as a underdog by beating Latvia in Latvia in one of the four Olympic qualifying tournaments finals. They finished third in Group B after Germany and France. Brazil lost to both of these teams but did win against Japan. A really great job done by the players and their head coach Aleksandar Petrovic. Now the United States awaits them in the last quarter final Of the day. Team USA are of course humongous favourites to win the match. Anything else Would be the upset of the Olympic games in ages. USA won all of their three Games in the group phase (Serbia, South Sudan and Puerto Rico). The 40 year old Lebron James is the leader of the team together with Kevin Durant. Devin Booker and Bam Adebayo have been great so far for Team USA. Steph Curry’s shots are not falling into the rim and Joel Embiid has been unable to adapt to the FIBA game. Anthony Davis could miss the game due to a minor injury.