The Gold Medal game of the men's 2012 Olympics in basketball will be played Sunday. The 2012 Olympics Basketball Gold Medal Game USA vs. Spain Start Time is set for 10 a.m. EST and it will be televised nationally on NBC. Currently the odds for the game have the Americans favored by 20.5 points and the total set at 189.5 points.

The Americans have boat-raced everyone to this point in the tournament, so it only seems fair that they should be playing for a gold medal. The United States drilled Argentina by 26 points to reach the gold medal game and it seems as if beating Spain for the top medal at the Olympics is the only option. Since having a bit of a scare against Lithuania way back in the pool play of Group A, the United States has been on a major mission. They've won games by 29, 33 and 26 points, respectively.

Spain has some big bruisers up front on their squad but only managed to squander 20 points in the opening half against Russia back on Friday. The question then becomes did Spain really want to play the Americans? One could argue the coaching staff probably did as the Spanish team was an offensive force in the second half. However, they're going to go up against the best defensive team in the tournament in the United States.

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony have willed this team to an impressive run at the Olympics, taking names and beating up on everyone in their way. It really doesn't feel like Spain has what it's going to take in order to compete in this game against the Americans, let alone beat them and pull off the absolute stunner.

Free Pick: Hard to go against the United States with the way they are playing right now. Whether it's the starting five or the reserves in the game, the Americans can put the best five players on the court at any time, regardless of who they are playing. It's been proven in this tournament repeatedly that the five "worst" American players are still better than anybody the other team can put on the floor. I think the United States is going to boat race Spain today and claim the Gold Medal everyone claimed was theirs dating back to before the Olympics started.

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