France vs USA - Basketball Olympic 24 July 2021

Gold medal quality duel at the very beginning of the Olympics?

Tomorrow you have a chance to enjoy the fantastic Olympic clash between the great basketball nations of France and the USA. The best French achievements in the history of the Olympics are the two silver medals from 1948 and 2000. The USA on the other hand has won fifteen gold medals, one silver, and one bronze medal placing them at the very top of basketball dominance in the world. So tomorrow every basketball lover will be focused on this game in Tokyo, where they’re going to find out if this American team is worthy of having the traditional ‘Dream Team’ nickname. 

France’s national basketball team has played three warm-up games, and lost all three of them. Their coach Vincent Collet used these games to try some different tactics and experiments in the gameplay, so hopefully, they will set the right course and compete for the medals at this tournament. They went through a transition period since the great generation that was always at the very top of the big tournaments, so now the French team needs to find out the next generation of players that will continue to make their fans happy and proud. So this Olympic tournament will definitely be a good chance to find out more about their basketball capacity at the moment.

The US national basketball team on the other hand has always been a gold medal competitor, and only the gold medal was considered a success at the Olympics. But at the moment many believe that it is going to be very hard for them in this tournament to win the gold medal because they just don’t dominate the games like they used to. For instance, out of four friendly games this month, they only won two games, losing the games from Nigeria and Australia. So Greg Popovic must find the right approach and mindset if he wants to make this team compete for the highest position at this tournament in Japan. The basketball quality is absolutely part of this great national team, so if they manage to get in the right rhythm, it would be very hard for the opponents to stop them.

We are expecting a very exciting game, with great basketball moves and attractions, where the US national team will be the favorite for winning the game.

So you must tune in and enjoy this great basketball show at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.