It was a street ball scrap, fuelled by a delirious home crowd, with England edging out Australia's men in a classic. Australia's wheelchair men's team then won gold and women bronze.
That's how everyone was left feeling after one of the best advertisements you could see for 3x3 basketball.England's men rode an incredible wave of home crowd support to beat Australia in overtime, 17-16.The four gold medal matches played out in fast and furious fashion at Smithfield, and Australia's 3x3 men's wheelchair basketball team started off with a tense match against Canada.
After an intense, physical showdown, where both sides racked up the fouls, it went to overtime where the first team to score two points would win.After Australia scored first, Birmingham's own Myles Hesson got himself in two-point range, and swoosh, the capacity crowd exploded."This is where I used to catch the bus, just here. This is where I went to the markets with my gran. I am from Birmingham. I am Birmingham.
"To go down in a game winning shot to a super talented side in front of the home crowd, I'm immensely proud," Hire said."It's just a privilege to play in front of a crowd like that," Jesse Wagstaff added.Hire played the match with a torn groin and was the ultimate street-fighter, scrapping and jostling, and attracting plenty of attention from the referees — Australia ended up with 11 team fouls and England nine.
"Obviously the refs swallowed their whistle towards the end of the game, which is a shame, but that's the style, that's 3x3 basketball. I think that's why it's a sport that as you can see, everyone loves." "What we're seeing is the first step. In the past, and no disrespect to the players that played before us, but it's guys that specialise in 3x3.
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