Australia’s Olympic basketball hopes were ended by Serbia after Patty Mills forced overtime in the quarter-final at Bercy
Patty Mills and the Boomers are out of the Olympic basketball tournament after Australia lost to Serbia in the quarter-final.Patty Mills and the Boomers are out of the Olympic basketball tournament after Australia lost to Serbia in the quarter-final.Patty Mills hit the floor and slid backwards, his turnaround jumpshot arcing over the world’s best basketball player Nikola Jokić on the way to the basket.
Based on what had just happened on the floor, Australia were very lucky he was still there. Mills had kept his team’s medal dream alive with a desperate shot that tied the match with 1.4 seconds left and sent it to overtime. And he was largely the reason the Boomers were even in the contest. A 20-point first half explosion gave the Boomers a foothold that only the might of Serbia – widely considered the second best team in the world – could dislodge.
His effect was rubbing off on Josh Giddey, too, who was Australia’s other attacking threat. And while he was effective as a shooter and showed promise as a creator, the 21-year-old’s contribution – of 25 points and four assists – was undermined by seven turnovers.
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