Japan vs USA Prediction & Picks - Olympic Matches Women

Prediction published on 7/29/24, 3:49 AM  by Tyler Doty | Modified on 7/29/24 at 3:52 AM in Basketball Picks

The United States take on Japan at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on the first day of the group stage of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Group C. Germany and Belgium complete the group. The last time the USA and Japan met was in the final of the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. That match was won comfortably by the Americans. The Americans have won gold in the last 7 editions! The last time a nation other than the USA was crowned was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. The objective is clear: make it eight! To achieve this, Team USA will be able to count, as usual, on a squad brimming with some of the WNBA's biggest stars: A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu will all be making the trip to France.

3 years ago, at home in Tokyo, the Japanese women surprised the world with a silver medal, the first ever Olympic medal for Japanese women's basketball. It was a wild ride, with Japan eliminating Belgium and France to reach the final. In their sixth Olympic Games, Rui Machida's teammates will be aiming to repeat the feat and win a second consecutive Olympic medal.