Olympic Games 2021 Japan vs Slovenia 7/29/2021 Picks Predictions

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Team Slovenia are facing the hosting Team Japan at the Saytama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, July 29, at 00:40 ET in the second game day of the 2021 Olympic Games. This is a Group C matchup between two teams coming off opposite outcomes in their opening games of the tournament. Slovenia are coming off an easy victory against Argentina, led by a dominating Luka Doncic, while Japan gave Spain a hard time, but did not avoid the loss.

Team Slovenia have a 1-0 record so far in the tournament and are tied with Team Spain in the first place of Group C. They are coming off a victory against Team Argentina with a 100-118 score. They were very efficient from inside the arc, making 63.4% of their shots and were led by a dominating Luka Doncic with 48 points which ties the second-best scoring performance in Olympic history. He shot with 80% from inside the arc and added 6 triples, 11 rebounds and a team-high 5 assists. Klemen Prepelic added 22 points with 4 triples and 4 rebounds.

Doncic leads the team both in scoring with 48 ppg and in assists made with 5 per game. Prepelic follows with 22 ppg and 3 boards per game.

Team Slovenia have the best offense in the Group with 118 ppg but the second-worse defense with 100 ppg. They have a 50% field goal percentage and a 37.2% 3-point percentage. They average 59 rebounds and 17 assists per game.

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Olympic Games 2021 Japan vs Slovenia Predictions 7/29/2021

Team Japan have a 0-1 record so far in the tournament and are tied with Team Argentina in the last place of Group C. They are coming off a defeat against Team Spain with a 77-88 score. They were efficient from behind the arc, making 40.7% of their shots, but had the same percentages in their shots from inside. NBAers Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe led the team with 20 and 19 points respectively. Hachimura made 4 triples, while Watanabe added a team-high 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Hachimura leads the team in scoring with 20 ppg, while Watanabe follows with 19 ppg and leads the team in boards grabbed with 8 per game.

Team Japan have the worse offense in the Group with 77 ppg but the second-best defense with 88 ppg. They have a 41% field goal percentage and a 41% 3-point percentage. They average 32 rebounds and 20 assists per game.

This will be the first meeting ever between those two squads in any competition. Team Slovenia have the talent and are led by a dominating Luka Doncic but Team Japan are playing at home and also have two NBA players in their starting lineup. Bookmakers give Team Slovenia a -21 spread and expect them to beat the odds today.

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