Olympic Games 2021 3rd Place Game Australia vs Slovenia 8/7/2021

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Team Slovenia is facing Team Australia at the Saytama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, August 7, at 07:00 ET in the 3rd Place Game of the 2021 Olympic Games. Both teams were eliminated in the semifinals and saw their perfect runs end. Team Slovenia got eliminated by Team France in an extremely close game that was decided in the final possession. Team Australia gave Team USA a hard time for the first half but could not keep up in the second and got eliminated.

Team Slovenia finished the group stage of the tournament with a perfect 3-0 record and were placed first in Group A. They are coming off a defeat against Team France with a 90-89 score. They shot much better than their opponents from the paint, making 54.5% of their shots and holding their opponents into just 38%. They had five players in double digit scoring, led by Mike Tobey with 23. He also added 8 rebounds, while Klemen Prepelic added 17 points and 3 assists.

Luka Doncic leads the team both in scoring with 24.2 ppg and in assists made with 10, adding 10 rebounds per game. Prepelic follows with 15 ppg, 2.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

Team Slovenia have the best offense in the whole tournament with 102.4 ppg, while allowing 85.6 ppg defensively. They have the second-best field goal percentage with 49.1% and a 36.8% 3-point percentage. They are first in the tournament in rebounding with 48.8 and fourth-best in assists made with 22.6 per game.

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Olympic Games 2021 3rd Place Game Australia vs Slovenia Predictions 8/7/2021

Team Australia finished the group stage of the tournament with perfect 3-0 record and were placed first in Group B. They are coming off a defeat against Team USA with a 97-78 score. They relied on their perimeter shooting, as they connected in 42.3% of their shots from behind the arc. Only three of their players reached double digits, led by Patty Mills with 15. He also added 5 rebounds and a team-high 8 assists, while Dante Exum added 14 points and 4 rebounds.

Mills leads the team both in scoring with 19.6 ppg and in assists made with 5.8, adding 3.6 rebounds per game. Jock Landale adds 12.6 ppg and 5.2 rebounds per game.

Team Australia have the third-best offense in the whole tournament with 86.8 ppg while allowing 77.2 ppg defensively. They have a 45.2% field goal percentage and the second-best 3-point percentage with 40.4%. They are fourth-best in the tournament in rebounding with 37.8 and second-best in assists made with 24.8 per game.

In their four previous meetings in any competition ever, Team Slovenia has a 3-1 lead over Team Australia. Their most recent matchups have been a pair of friendly matches back in 2015, where each team won once. Australia won with a 79-70 score and Slovenia with 51-66. Slovenia looked a bit better throughout the tournament and have a bigger incentive for a medal, so pick them to beat the odds in this one.

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