U.S. Women’s B-ball Team Going for Gold & Olympic History

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August 6, 2021

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Team USA has a chance to tie the Men’s record for most consecutive gold medals in basketball when they go for their seventh straight Olympic championship on Saturday night.

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But that’s not the only history on the line…

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Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are both looking for their fifth gold medal, which would be the most ever by ANY ball player in Olympic history.

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The only thing standing in America’s way…is the host nation, Japan…a team that they already dominated in the Preliminary Round.

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So, the question really isn’t if USA will win…the question is, by how much?

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And the answer appears to be ‘by a lot’…because the U.S. held Japan to under 17 points in each of the final three quarters of their last matchup…and I expect that domination to continue with the gold medal on the line.

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So, here are the picks: