2019 FIBA World Cup

[Gozu]

Good effort tonight Goulding was great but the USA have a bit too much depth.

USA 102 (Walker 23, Turner 15, Mitchell 13, Kuzma 12, Brown 11, Tatum 11) def Australia 86 (Goulding 19, Mills 19, Dellavedova 10, Landale 10)

Game 2 Saturday 1:30pm

[king neptune]

Can't stand Goulding personality wise but he usually does pretty well for the national team.

End result was about as expected. I feel for all those who paid $300+ to sit in a crappy plastic chair and look up at the court

[Brodlach]

What the hell did I just watch. BOOMERS WIN!!!!

[Brodlach]

First time the US have lost in 13 years

[Gozu]

Boomers won 98-94!

[Gozu]

The USA's 78 game winning streak with NBA players has now come to an end. Australia's first win ever over Team USA and the USA's first loss with NBA players since the semi-finals of the 2006 World Championships.

Australia 98 (Mills 30, Bogut 16, Ingles 15, Baynes 13) def USA 94 (Walker 22, Barnes 20, Mitchell 12)

The Boomers now head to China for the WC and the USA play one last warm up game against Canada in Sydney on Monday night live at 7pm on SBS Viceland HD.

[Gozu]

[Gozu]

The International Basketball Series concluded tonight with the USA bouncing back to beat Canada 84-68 in Sydney. Top scorers for the USA were Jaylen Brown with 19 and Donovan Mitchell & Kemba Walker each scored 12 and for Canada Kyle Wiltjer scored 21 and Khem Birch added 13 points.

[Gozu]

Overnight the Boomers lost a practice game to Germany 74-64 in China. Information is scarce no top scorers announced supposedly Patty Mills & Aron Baynes didn't play after quarter-time, Landale didn't play at all and Bogut tweaked his ankle late in the game.

[Gozu]

Day 1 results:

Serbia 105 def Angola 59
Poland 80 def Venezuela 69
Puerto Rico 83 def Iran 81
Russia 82 def Nigeria 77
Italy 108 def Philippines 62
China 70 def Ivory Coast 55
Spain 101 def Tunisia 62
Argentina 95 def South Korea 69

The Boomers play their opening game against Canada at 5pm today.

[DOC]

Would like to see us win this (obviously) comfortably.

Lost by 20 ish recently to them and I would like to think we are far more cohesive now.

[Gozu]

Would like to see us win this (obviously) comfortably.

Lost by 20 ish recently to them and I would like to think we are far more cohesive now.

I don't think that was a true indication of anything we beat them by 8 points in the next game, we looked like a rabble in that first game.

In saying that if we lose this game it will become pretty difficult to see us advancing to the second round.

[DOC]

We have often made life difficult for ourselves in worlds, olympics etc by dropping a pool game and getting harder finals opponents.

[Brodlach]

Anyone else think it was odd to take on another team from your group in practice games so close?

[Gozu]

We have often made life difficult for ourselves in worlds, olympics etc by dropping a pool game and getting harder finals opponents.

It's almost mandatory for us.

Anyone else think it was odd to take on another team from your group in practice games so close?

Yep I found it a bit odd.

[DOC]

You see as much of them as they see of you.

That said sometimes you have to organise these things well in advance, maybe before the pool draw was done.

[Gozu]

Plus Euro teams usually just play games against each other too.

[DOC]

Nice to listen to a special comments person who has done her research, watched the games and knows her stuff.

[Gozu]

Although it was Pangos not Nembhard that torched us in that first game.

Qtr time

Boomers 29
Canada 20

[Gozu]

H/T

Boomers 52
Canada 40

Pretty impressive first half from us but plenty of work still to do.