Basketball: Australia's thrilling 83-82 win over France has been marred after Dante Exum suffered a dislocated finger.
Boomers win soured by Exum injury | 01:04The warm-up games are done. Now attention turns towards the group stage and Australia’s tournament opener against Spain as the Boomers look to open their Paris Olympics campaign on a winning note.
After all, just getting out of the group stage at this year’s Games will be an achievement for Australia, who play Spain, Canada and Greece in Lille.before the warm-up games that a podium finish would be “very hard” to achieve given not only the strength of Australia’s opponents but the do-or-die nature of Spain and Greece’s preparation.
For starters, they helped Josh Giddey and Jock Landale build a pick-and-roll combination that could be one of Australia’s greatest assets while Patty Mills is certainly better for the run after starting to find his shooting rhythm. Giddey said in his exit interview before being traded by the Thunder that he was going to have the ball in his hands “a lot more” with the Boomers, “initiating the offence and setting guys up”.The expectation is Giddey will be able to lean into his strengths more in Chicago too and, as a result, this year’s Olympics could serve as a reminder of just how effective the 21-year-old can be in that more ball-dominant role.
Daniels, on the other hand, was still a question mark of sorts after his second season with the Pelicans. At times Daniels still needs to be more assertive but that will come with time and the signs are still there that he is definitely on an upwards trajectory. There was a genuine reason to be concerned about Mills’ performances in the exhibition games against China, while he was equally out-of-sorts against Team USA, going 2-for-8 from the field while committing five turnovers.
“I think throughout this campaign, we probably just need more consistency from him. I don’t think we need him to score 28 every game. That’d be nice. Like if you can do it every night, fantastic. We take it right. There is no doubt the Boomers are going to create plenty of open looks but that doesn’t mean much if they don’t have guys who can capitalise on that.Source: Getty Images
Ingles plays at a slower pace that doesn’t suit the up-tempo style the Boomers will be largely looking to operate in, generating stops on the defensive end and immediately pushing the pace.
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