Help me out on Olympic Basketball ... please (only if you are familar with any of these teams)

Question

I'm in Vegas and want to put some money down on these games...who do you like? --- side and/or total

Spain favored by 16 over New Zealand..... the over/under is (136.5)

Czech Republic is favored by 23 over Mali..... the over/under is (135.5)

Russia is favored by 15 over South Korea..... the over/under is (137)

Please help if you know about these teams...thank you so much!

Answer 1

For Russia against Korea, I would go for Russia to win BIG.  The Koreans have arguably the best women's hoops team in Asia, but they don't have the size or athleticism to get off on Russia, who are led by WNBA star Becky Hammon.



Czech vs Mali.  The Czechs showed some good shooting against the US despite getting their asses handed to them, so I would expect them to be fired on all cylinders here. (African teams are generally not very good against anyone else outside of the continent.)

Spain vs New Zealand (not so sure about a margin of victory for this one...)

They didn't offer the US vs. China (women's game) for this?