Go u Boomers !

Come on Boomers let's get it done.

"Australia has just come out for layup lines. Bogut and Ingles are there. Expect a full-strength lineup for tonight's game vs Canada."

I'm not sure about these commontators... it's like they don't even know what Shane Heal did when he played at the world champs. They know too much about the game and current players. So frustrating!

Yes, Lots of jeers for Bogut. Not sure what that is about. Is there a Canadian that he took out in the NBA?

Ok. The Sun Yang tweets!

I'm not sure about these commontators... it's like they don't even know what Shane Heal did when he played at the world champs. They know too much about the game and current players. So frustrating!

Goulding showing that he really does belong at this level. Full credit to him and what an extra weapon to have.

Liking the start. Up early despite Canada shooting it well. Big shot by CG4 to finish the quarter

I remember after Bogut made those comments he got bombarded by tweets from people in China calling him an Aussie dog etc.

Nice work, Mitch. Quality instigation :)

How stupid is Joseph

Really loving how aggressive our boys are.

Still better than Heal.

Canada might as well go home. Boomers all day baby.

The jeering of Bogut is definitely related to his joke on Twitter. Nationalism is absurd in China right now.

Not sure who the guy is, but the woman is (ex Canadian national team, and WNBA, player) Shona Thorburn and she is a pretty good commentator

Great 2nd Quarter by the Boomers other than the dumb late foul from Ingles

Most people covered in tats look ridiculous but good luck to them.

Low self esteem!

Boomers with 9 turnovers in the first half. Our offense is flowing well otherwise.

What was the Bogey/China tweet about?

Creek had to add extra tatts to over compensate for not being an NBA player anymore.

WTF this third quarter start of ours.

Sure didn't take us long to squander that lead :/

It sure didn't take us long to squander that lead :/

WTF Delly

Then 3 more turnovers to start the 2nd half. Need to cut that down

How is this happening.

Why do we whip the ball around with such abandon....it looks chaotic...like we're panicked. Is this the Lemanis influence....we seemed to do it in the warm up games also....it looks like they are continually looking to make home run, highlight reel type passes.

Delly is absolutely awful, why is he still on?

Bullshit call on Landale.

I thought it was the right call. Clearly intentional IMO.

We were up by 17 at one stage.

Shades of the Bullets under Lemanis in the NBL with no lead ever being safe.

Meanwhile NZL are leading in their game.

Olympics could be gone for us.

Is that commentator calling him Bellavedova?

Pangos does whatever he pleases against us

Why isn't Ingles on?

WTF LOL @ the FIBA president. No wonder they're a basket case.

WTF is happening!!!

Bogut doesn't even attempt to close out. Lucky the three didn't hit.

NBL players keeping us in it.

Its funny how the international game appears to have gone by delly. It used to be his bread n butter.

Scrubbs are owning us.

Delly very nice there.

We've done pretty well to fight back while Pangos has been sitting.

Ugly by Kay - never going in.

What a quarter, pissed away everything in three minutes. Amateur hour.

Never underestimate the heart of Delly.

or the choke of Lemanis.

or the fragility of Bogut

CG4 is coming up BIG this game

... shooting 6/7

Clutch Delly

18 so far for Dellavedova yet people think he is trash.

Great few minutes by the Boomers! Back out to 13.

Told yall delly was shite

Delly turning this game. Lemanis great work not taking the advice of some on here and sticking with the great man.

Delly's shot doesn't look ugly as before.

Delly the man, the myth, the legend.

Get that Scrubb trash outta here

Funny how it goes so quiet in here when the Boomers build a lead yet everyone piles on after a few minutes of poor play. Big response this quarter boys, well done.

Handy period of Canadian sloppiness here

Exactly. Still worrying what happened in that third quarter.

Jinglin

Over 100 points in a 40 minute FIBA game. Very nice.

I can confirm the pom calls him 'Vellavedova'

Dellaveshoveitupyahaters

The woman is too busy being talkative to correct him.

Never in doubt says Nostraballmus

Massive 4th quarter by the Boomers. Golding huge in keeping us afloat and the vets sealing the deal

Yet you were no where to been during the third. Aftertimer.

Pay back for 2000. Only took 19 years but still nice.

seen*

Meanwhile NZL are getting blown out. #Olympics

Good composure by the boys to steady in that third quarter and step up the D. The points differential could come in handy too

+16 point differential is very solid. Really helps us in the event of a 3-way tie. Great work.

I wonder if in the modern world of commenting while watching, we're prone to rushed judgements. Intra-game or even game by game. Read the comments here and you’d think Delly would be unemployed by tomorrow. Finished with 24/4/5!

Boomers should have won by 30 - those turnovers were shocking. Good stuff getting back into it, hopefully Aussies will be more diligent with the ball going into next games

Feel free to beat Lithuania, Canada.

^^^ If Delly didn't hit 24 points then they would be -8

Nostraballmus can ride a bandwagon like anyone. He sees the Tsunami of how great are the Boomers starting already and the howling down of anything constructive. A great win by the boys in the back of an unsustainable shooting % and despite some glaring defensive lapses in the third. And before you start tearing Nostraballmus a new one- this is a good thing, a ground out win with lots to improve on is a good sign. We don't wanna peak in the group a la Rio. Go Boomers.

"If AL didn't empty his bench would have been a +26 differential and we'd be laughing."

Heslip hit some tough shots in the last 90 seconds. Had little to do with Lemanis playing the bench: moreso Heslip just playing freely as they had nothing to lose at that point.

Thanks for box score Luuuc

What a turnaround from the mid-3rd period.

I had lost faith in Delly as a shooter, then he goes 6/9 for set 3s. Delly's game doesn't look pretty, but he continues to find ways to be effective.

Goulding was brilliant at the offensive end. Kept us in the game. He looks to be in great form. A vital counter to a defense aimed at minimising Mills.

Ingles was the cool headed general that brought the lead back out. 10 assists (possibly later amended to 9 assists).

You've got to be happy with 108 points.

It was an ugly and scrappy game but here are the pros and cons as I see them:

Pros:

* Goulding is a gun. No one could have imagined last NBL season that he would give us what he is giving us in this campaign.

* Dellavedova has found his shot.

* Ingles as a play maker

* We managed to pull out by 20 at the end despite playing a pretty ugly and generally poor game given our comparative talent.

Cons:

* Pick and roll coverage leaving three-point shooters open. Some teams out here will murder you for that.

* Giving up a 17 point lead within a single quarter. More defensive lapses that need to be addressed coming into tougher games against Lithuania and likely France and Germany.

* Moments of lacksadaisical effort. I don't think the "favorites" tag in any game does the Boomers any good. They always play better with their backs to the wall and nothing to lose, al a the win over Team USA.

* Mills was completely taken out of the game by the Canadian defense (although this probably opened things up for Delly and Goulding)

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Some improvements to be made but still early in the competition. I think we're on the right track but still have work to do.

I didn't realize until just now: we only had 4 turnovers in the 3rd (felt like more), and had 0 turnovers in the 4th. Very nice execution down the stretch.

Delly's also been working on his shooting technique: it looks like far less of a catapault-type motion that it was a year or two ago.

Commentary did say he had worked on his shot with a new coach this off season.

Perthworld, at the time I assumed that was a nothing comment essentially implying that he put work on his shot during the offseason because he shot so well this game. I could be wrong, but I'm not convinced she had any real basis for saying that.

In saying that, I AM convinced her comment was accurate, however baseless it may have been coming from her.

Heal and Gaze talked about Delly working on his shot in the off season during the warm up games. It still isn't pretty but isn't as ugly as before where he shot it off his shoulder.

Landale took a lot of physical punishment but still kept his cool and played well. Such a find for Australia!

Both our new 4-men had a solid start to the tournament. Good to see.

Worth getting up at 2:30 in the morning to watch it in the states. ESPN Plus for $5. Once they cleaned up the turnovers in the second half and allowed Canada to run out of steam, it was clear sailing. I like their chances. And Canada is no cupcake League. Well done Australia.

Gotta love Bogut, just casually wandering over to the medico, with his nose pointing at his right ear.

Goulding on fire, really saved our bacon, hope he can keep that up. That's the thing with him, when on song he can win an NBL game off his own bat.

But our lack of depth at the 3 is a worry. Ingles had an absolute blinder, but God help us if he goes down.

I hope Kay improves. Looked overawed at times.

This is why there is excitement for next year with Olympics if Boomers have a full team.

We know other countries have NBA/Euro outs, but Australia has the most to gain from a full roster.

The major risk is how these players age one year on, if they get a step slower. If they don't, imagine adding that critical three point shooting in with Broekoff, Cooks etc

Delly's three ball still sails through the air like a wounded duck, but hey, if he can knock them down like last night (or even 40% of the time), who cares.

Good game yesterday, caught the replay on Kayo which was fine, a couple of buffering issues aside. 3rd Q was woeful and some bad turnovers overall, but generally our defense was improved versus our warmup games, although our offense didn't look as polished. Goulding played out of his mind and Delly bailed us out. Looking forward to tomorrow's game.

re: Kay he got a few good looks off of other's penetration and had one nice finish in traffic, but I didn't see anything to change my mind of him at this level. Doesn't seem to have the length, strength, or athleticism to be a factor in the halfcourt. He does work hard though, especially on D when a shot goes up. Sometimes that's enough, but if we are forced to play him bigger minutes against teams like Lithuania and co. there's a good chance he might get exposed.

I'd be more inclined to play Barlow than Kay tbh but I am open to the thought that Kay may continue to improve throughout the cup and may show some worth at some point.

Hahahaa all the hot takes.

Also let's not forget. sACk lEMonASs. wE wOnt EvEn quALify oVeR nZ!!!!!!!

Good win. Was cursing up a storm during that third quarter. Absolute stinker of a patch. Goulding really kept us in it there - the guy is playing some great basketball at the moment. Delly's shooting was gold. Hopefully we don't need him to hit 6 threes to play well again, but it was fun to watch.

We definitely look better with Ingles running the show. He still throws the odd loose pass, but just gets us into our offense well. Thought everyone who hit the floor contributed well.

Need to take care of business in the next game and set up a big one against Lithuania in the final game.

Not sure why people want Canada to beat Lithuania. That would set up a potential 3 way tie and a desperate Lithuania. I'd much rather us and LTU go in 2-0 and assured of progressing and play for top spot and the advantage in the second round.

I don't know what game most of you were watching but Nick Kay played great. 8 pts, 3 rebounds and a whole lot of hustle in only 17 min.

I love Kay, I just hope he improves. Simple.
He's had some good games, but this is the real deal. And, apart from Senegal tomorrow, each game just gets tougher.
We've got Lithuanian, then France & Germany. We probably need to win all 3, to avoid USA in the QF.
Landale's performance at the 4 has saved this team from ignominy. All we need is an injury to B1 or B2, and Kay will be playing starter minutes