It would've been faster to Google it.

3:55am on ABC (Monday Morning-8 September)

Except that's E.S.T.

What's the best drug to take at this time to ensure the alcohol you've been drinking all day wears off by work at 9:30AM EST???

Water

Clutching defeat from the jaws of victory

Gutted...

Im following the stats but not watching...what just happened???

Gutted.

Had the game and we switched off for a few minutes late in the 3rd. Missed FT's gave them a sniff late, and they hit 2 clutch 3's to sink us.

Our Pick and roll defence is a disgrace, and as they say free throws win games

In the end we got what we deserved after tanking Angola and honestly we dont belong among top 8, not yet, although we would probably beat dominican rep if we would finish 2nd, karma is a bitch!

Time for a complete over reaction on the thread......

Gotta hit those fts. No need to heap it on, but someone must really be hurting right now.


As Radiohead said "You do to yourself, you do, and that's why it really hurts. You do it yourself, you do, you and no-one else."

Aussies dominated the game, the only reason Turkey was in the game was because of free throws.
10/19 is not good enough at this level!

Free throws cost us

Foul shots is something we can improve.

Loved the experience of Turkey. Quick Tech from the coach won them the game. Complete referee change since.

Delly does not belong in NBA in my opinion, he will spent his whole career bench warming by staying there, he is a role player in Euroleague at its best...Missed Patty and offensive abilities...

LMAO. Watch Delly with LeBron. Will feed Cleveland point scorers better than most.

The times when we actually stuck to our game plan of pushing the ball in transition we looked the far superior team. Unfortunately this lasted, what, 5 minutes?

Missed free throws, lazy turnovers and I hate admitting this, but a purposeless half court offense cost us in the end. A 'motion offense' without sufficient ball movement, player movement or capable decision makers was never going to cut it.

Absolutely gutted.

Hahahahahahaha

I'm conflicted with Baynes. I like the mongrel in him but it seems to come out too early and often. Bairstow looks like he could be key part of the team for the foreseeable future though.

Should be interesting to see what if anything Baynes can parlay his wc performance into.

Haen't watched the game yet just checked out the box score.

Questions? Motum v Angola looked great offensively, demanded David Andersen's mins but only 1 min for Australia??? (clearly no one was playing much d that game)

Chris Goulding looks a much more dynamic and willing scorer than Broekhoff, but obviously Broekhoff buys into the system and is better defender, still after a very dominate offensive performance demanded mins especially in a game that Broekhoff scored 5 points in 18 mins?

Exum hasn't looked like a pro but a talented HS basketball baller. At these knockout stages should only be getting garbage mins if australia up by 15 or more. instead played 10 mins for 0 points 0 assists. Shouldn't those mins go to Goulding or even Gibson.

Ingles shot well but clearly has still has a roll player mentality as he shot only 5 attempts. Australia's half court offence against Angola (yes obviously they are not a defensive powerhouse) with Bairstow, Motum Goulding and Gibson. Bairstow and Motum were setting down screens to get goulding open who was money. and Motum and Bairstow are very good pick n pop players but Lemanis seems unaware of this???

Why did Delly shoot 6 3pt attempts?? surely the offense works better when the PG is getting to the reliable shooters?

Execution under pressure. That is all.

Can't help feeling we got what we deserved after 'intentionally losing' to Angola. I wonder how many players felt conflicted about the Angola game, and whether that played a factor. Hey maybe they chucked this as well.

I thought Exum Played well in the first half. He ran the team well and defended. I havent seen the stats but had to be about +10.. He never saw the floor in the 2nd half?

Hopefully the coaching staff have learned as well as the players.

Really need Mills - Baynes ain't ready to lead this group.

Hate to be the one to say it, but how far did we realistically think we'd go in this world cup without mills and bogut? We nearly beat Turkey, not a bad result really for this group. For me, thats why it was so necessary to tank the angola game, who wants to beat dom republic only to get smashed by USA... we had a fighting chance against turkey and lithos ... smart stuff from coaching staff and senior players

Interesting side note - listened to Zach Lowe and Fran Franchilla from ESPN talk world cup yesterday, Fran said he was surprised at the ingles NBA talk, commented that ingles was a average euroleague player who couldn't be relied on ever night to do his thing ... hmmm

Goodbye Andersen.
I think Mills and Bogut will be joined in Rio by Dellavedova, Exum, Ingles, Baynes and Broekhoff with all other spots up for grabs.