The US gained huge in a 110-84 victory over Serbia to kick off the Olympics.
The general public may need been even greater winners.
The 5 hottest participant props all hit in line with BetMGM as the general public closely backed the overs regardless of a ton of juice.
That doesn’t imply it wasn’t a sweat. In reality, many of the props cashed late, together with a miracle hit with just one second to go within the recreation.
However extra on that in a bit.
First off, Nikola Jokic eclipsing 18.5-points at -145 had the bulk tickets. Nevertheless, it took halfway by the fourth quarter for it to money. He sat at 16 factors after three and hadn’t scored for a 5:16 stretch. Luckily, he scored a pair of lay-ups in lower than a minute for his last factors of the sport to hit the over.
Steph Curry making 2.5 three-pointers had a ridiculous quantity of juice at -180. The general public pounded it nonetheless, assuming it was simple cash. They have been proper…however simply barely. And boy was it a main sweat. Curry didn’t make his final till a meaningless, look away three with seven seconds left within the recreation once they might have dribbled out the clock.
Steph hit a glance away three within the Olympics and the group went wild pic.twitter.com/ILUG9cRxNX
— Guru (@DrGuru_) July 28, 2024
LeBron James scoring over 15.5 factors was one other in style wager at +100. It cashed simply as he completed with 21, hitting the over with a lay-up with 5:31 to go within the third. LeBron going over 4.5 assists (-155) was the fifth-most wager prop. Not like the others, this one hit early with one second to go within the first half on a Kevin Durant jumper.
The opposite hottest wager was Jokic allotting over 5.5 assists (-120). He completed with eight dimes, although it didn’t hit till halfway by the fourth quarter.
The largest dud on the day was Joel Embiid. The 76ers’ star was favored to steer the USA in rebounds (7.5) however completed with a paltry 4. It’s additionally truthful to marvel if his beginning spot within the lineup is on shaky floor as Group USA was -8 with him on the court docket. In the meantime, they have been +34 with him driving pine.
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