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Team USA was spared the shock of an upset loss to South Sudan in London during their 5-0 run through an exhibition season spanning three countries leading into the Olympics.
LeBron James made the game-winner in a 101-100 win this month that opened a lot of eyes to the style of attacking play from South Sudan, which connected on 14 3-pointers.
Team USA was a 40-point favorite in the win. Let’s take a look at the picture ahead of the rematch on Wednesday afternoon.
OLYMPICS men’s basketball: Team USA vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. ET
Team USA is a 28.5-point favorite, and the tone around the matchup indicates there will be no lapse in focus or effort, the primary issue head coach Steve Kerr called out in a film session before the Olympics began last week.
South Sudan shot the ball well and played with energy, a combination that Team USA did not match when they played on July 20. The Americans trailed by as many as 16 and looked exasperated during a 17-6 run in the second quarter.
Covering a nearly 30-point margin isn’t entirely impossible for Team USA after a 26-point victory over Serbia on Sunday.
We’re dodging the spread and turning to the star power of Team USA.
Kerr has decided to keep the ball in the hands of James more frequently, and he has the size and will to attack the South Sudanese defense that shut down Puerto Rico in their opener.
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Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. ET
The White Sox subtracted a big bat and more at the deadline, shipping Eloy Jiminez to the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago is facing a franchise-worst 16-game losing streak. On Wednesday afternoon, they’ll attempt to avoid a pair of 17s: a 17-game losing streak and falling victim to a 17th series sweep this season.
Kansas City’s Brady Singer (7-6, 2.82 ERA) has been dealing of late. He threw seven shutout innings to beat the White Sox on July 20 in Kansas City and blanked the Chicago Cubs for seven more on Friday.
Singer’s career ERA against the White Sox of 3.68 ERA in 15 career games against Chicago implies a big offensive effort is unlikely.
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Oakland Athletics at San Francisco Giants, 9:45 p.m. ET
The Bay Bridge Series comes to an end in the finale of a two-game set before Oakland pulls up the stakes and shifts to Sacramento while awaiting new digs in Las Vegas.
We’re siding with San Francisco in a series where Oakland is bereft options at the back end of the bullpen. Mason Miller (injured list) isn’t available and fill-in Lucas Eberg, the A’s set-up man most of the season, was traded to the Royals on Tuesday. The Giants scored all of their runs in the eighth and ninth innings on Tuesday.
But more than anything, we’re focused on runs.
Giants right-hander Logan Webb has lost two consecutive starts and has a 1-2 record and 5.68 ERA in his career against Oakland. His opposition is former teammate and right-hander Ross Stripling (2-9, 6.02 ERA), who went 0-5 with the Giants last season.
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