women gold

Las Vegas - Gold medal game coming up and we're gonna buy the USA -18 points over Japan. Obviously, the Japanese women have home court/home country advantage, but the women that rep the Stars & Stripes are on ANOTHER LEVEL! The ladies opened up with an 86-69 victory over Japan in the preliminary round, followed by an 81-72 victory over Nigeria. They blew past Australia 79-55 in quarterfinals, then ripped Serbia 79-59 in the semifinal. The USA is on track for its SEVENTH STRAIGHT GOLD, and if the past six are any indication, it should be a breeze. Since we did the research, here are the final scores for the last six gold medal games. In 1996 it was 111-87 over Brazil. In 2000, it was 76-54 over Australia. In 2004, it was 74-63 over Australia again. In 2008, it was 92-65 over Australia once again for the hat trick. In 2012, it was 86-50 over France. And in 2016, it was a 101-72 blowout against Spain. My calculator tells me that's an average winning margin of 24.8 points per golden game. Gimme the USWNBT, and you can BOOK IT!!!

Looking at UFC 265 tonight in Houston, not prepared to lay $360 to win back $100 on the favorite, Ciryl Gane, but he does have the talent to get the W. Would rather take a shot with Derrick Lewis and his prolific punching power. Lewis is 4/1 to score a KO, and we'll stay conservative, throw down half a Benjamin, and look for a $200 return.

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