Joe Ingles spoke briefly this morning on radio with SEN and admitted he had been in discussion with his management about interest from some NBA teams who had inquired about his contract situation. Whilst the NBA certainly sounds like a goal for Joe, his stellar play at the Olympics has caused his current team, Barcelona, to … Continue reading »
119-86 LOSS. When the USA came out and hit their first 4 shots of the game it was trouble. What didn’t help though was the fact that we missed 7 free throws in the first quarter alone, along with failing to convert on some crucial lay ups and easy scores in transition, therefore we trailed … Continue reading »
82-80 WIN It was fitting that Joe Ingles was the man that made the decisive pass to Patty Mills to drain the game winning shot. Coming up against one of the best FIBA tournament players in the world in Andrei Kirilenko, it was Ingles who once again took the defensive task early. Offensively, Ingles … Continue reading »
106-75 WIN Trailing 51-35, the Boomers were on the brink of a devastating defeat, but credit must go to coach Brett Brown who got his team to manufacture a remarkable second half. Australia are becoming known in this tournament for their solid defensive play with a gritty toughness evident, rather than the flashy shot blocking … Continue reading »
81-61 WIN. Shipeng Wang carried China’s offense early, with 4 three pointers in the first quarter alone, giving his team a 1 point lead at quarter time. The Boomers have played some pretty good defense this tournament and blew the game open in the second quarter keying in on Wang’s outside shooting. The Australian defense … Continue reading »
82-70 LOSS Spain moved the ball well early but failed to capitalise on their good looks, especially around the basket with Pau Gasol in particular, and they finished with just 14 1st quarter points. The Boomers were primed to make a move in the quarter but their lack of shooting let them down once again … Continue reading »
71-75 LOSS Patty Mills copped a lot of criticism for his 9 of 24 FG effort but for the most part he used his quickness and aggression well, and at stages when it was needed, as Australia looked at its best playing at a fast pace early. Matt Dellavedova started next to Mills to allow … Continue reading »
Heading into the knockout stage with eight teams remaining it looked as if Russia, Greece & Lithuania would have too much for the rest and therefore qualify for London. The knockout stage was bound to throw up a surprise though and Nigeria became that Cinderella type story knocking out Greece in the quarter final before … Continue reading »
The group stage is complete and consequently four teams had their Olympic dream ended – Venezuela, New Zealand, Jordan and Korea. The winless teams of Korea and Jordan come as no surprise as they weren’t in the class of the nations grouped with them. New Zealand on the other hand were going into the tournament … Continue reading »
