The Boomers' knockout loss to Serbia had all the hallmarks of the pre-2021, including some brilliance from Patty Mills and, of course, a result as heart-pounding as it was heart-breaking.
The Boomers have reverted to type at the Paris Olympics , knocked out of the men's basketball tournament with another heart-breaking loss, this time to Serbia .
Inspirational Boomers captain Patty Mills forced the game to overtime when he tied the scores at 82 with a remarkable fadeaway jump shot over three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic with a second left in regulation.But Jokic got his revenge, hitting a trademark off-balance dagger in the post to give the Serbs a 93-90 lead.
"We threw everything at them, it just wasn't our day. They played a hell of a game," Mills told Channel Nine."We've had a blast, this journey's been fun," he told Nine."This is the Olympic Games. These are the games you want to play. It was fun."
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