Nikola Jokic leads Serbia into the bronze medal game in the final days of the Paris Olympics.
The pregame narrative: Serbia led in its semifinal game against the USA for most of the contest but ultimately fell short in the final minutes and will now play for bronze. I'm predicting the offence to once again run through Jokic and taking the over on his assist prop as my best bet.
Check out these Jokic Olympics props for the Aug. 10 bronze medal game between Serbia and Germany.
Jokic Olympics props vs. Germany
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| Jokic markets | Betting odds |
| Over 20.5 points | -118 |
| Under 20.5 points | -118 |
| Over 10.5 rebounds | -118 |
| Under 10.5 rebounds | -118 |
| Over 7.5 assists | -139 |
| Under 7.5 assists | +100 |
| Over 1.5 blocks | +165 |
| Over 3.5 steals/blocks | +100 |
| Over 38.5 points/rebounds/assists | -139 |
| Under 38.5 points/rebounds/assists | +100 |
| To record a double-double | -250 |
| To record a triple-double | +400 |
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Best Jokic prop bet
Best bet: Over 7.5 assists (-139)
Jokic was the focal point of Serbia's offence in its close game with the USA. The Serbian star didn't necessarily fill up the bucket with 17 points but he created for others and recorded 11 assists.
The US fields one of the bigger rosters at the Olympics and Joel Embiid was able to lead the charge in defending Jokic — but his required attention led to chances for others.
Germany is another team in this tournament that has some size. In the semis against France, the German defence held Victor Wembanyama to 11 points on 4-of-17 shooting. The big man did, however, lead his team in assists with four.
Jokic is a true unicorn who exploits anything the defence leaves him. I predict Germany to put more effort into slowing down the NBA MVP which will force him to lean into his tremendous passing ability.
The Serbian star is averaging 8.2 assists per game at the Olympics. That average is weighed down by his four-assist outlier performance against South Sudan.
He didn't play a full workload in many of those games either. For example, he dished out nine helpers in 23 minutes in his game against Puerto Rico.
If Serbia wants to come away with a medal, Jokic needs to be on the floor as much as possible.
The elevated minutes should give him ample opportunity to rack up assists.
Key stat: Jokic has dished out eight-plus assists in all but one game at the Olympics.
