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Can I interest you in a men's Olympics quarterfinal preview in our usual jam-packed Monday dispatch that is graced by Dirk Nowitzki?

Tuesday delivers a true hoopfest: Four quarterfinal games in the men's Olympic basketball tournament starting at 5 AM ET and spanning roughly 12 hours.

Win and you play for a medal. Lose and you are consigned to the fifth-through-eighth-place spots.

The matchups:

🏀 Germany vs. Greece

🏀 Serbia vs. Australia

🏀 Canada vs. France

🏀 United States vs. Brazil

The Las Vegas favorite in each of the four games is listed first. Onward with some pertinent Olympic musings (and revelations) from our nerve center on a TWIB Monday: