It's an Olympic year, and that means we get even more high-level basketball to fill in the void between NBA seasons. So far, this has been a tournament filled with intoxicating basketball and we now get to narrow the field down to the best of the best. But before we can get to the medal rounds, we have a quartet of fascinating games to enjoy on Tuesday as the quarterfinals unfold. In group play, the United States continued to establish itself as the overwhelming favorite in this event, but the likes of Germany and Canada look like very worthy challengers if they were to get to the Gold medal game.
With the quarterfinals getting underway at 5:00 am ET on Tuesday, let’s take a look at the odds and my best bets for each of these four matchups at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Greece vs Germany men’s basketball best bet: Germany -8 (-110)
With Denis Schroder and Franz Wagner at the controls, Germany's offense has been a nightmare for opposing defenses this tournament. This is a unit that runs beautiful motion offense, often leading to open shots and layups off back cuts. They also excel from the outside, thanks to'lethal sharpshooter Andreas Obst, who has five made threes on 12 attempts through the first three games of this competition. This is a balanced attack that can make life miserable for opposing defenses, as we've seen in each of the first three games of this competition. Germany has often taken a lead and never looked back, and we could see a similar script in Tuesday’s contest.