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What started out as a golden opportunity to show the world that Australia shouldn’t be taken lightly instead ended abruptly with a 29-point beat-down at the hands of the Slovenians.
What started out as a golden opportunity to show the world that Australia shouldn’t be taken lightly instead ended abruptly with a 29-point beat-down at the hands of the Slovenians.
The Golden Star Boomers Australian men’s national basketball team have been eliminated from the 2010 FIBA World Championships after suffering an 87-58 defeat at the hands of hot shooting European power Slovenia at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey.
Illness has again struck the Australian basketball team with Aleks Maric and Steve Markovic failing to train ahead of Sunday night's knock-out match against Slovenia at the world championship in Turkey.
Australian coach Brett Brown has "haunting memories" of Slovenian point guard Goran Dragic and needs to find a way to stop the Phoenix Sun if the Boomers are to reach the world championship quarter-finals.
The Boomers feel they belong at the business end of the world championships and are simply not ready to pack their bags and leave Turkey.
Brett Brown is missing his family terribly while he pulls the strings of the Australian team at the basketball world championships in Turkey. But he hopes he doesn't have to see them again just yet.
The Golden Star Boomers Australian men’s national basketball team have defeated their former bogey team Angola at the 2010 FIBA World Championships in Kayseri, Turkey this morning, 76-55, to finish third in Group A and advance to a second round clash with Slovenia on Sunday (0100 Monday AEST).
Australia missed a huge opportunity to grab a top-two finish in Group A at the basketball world championships after a costly 94-79 defeat to Serbia in Kayseri, Turkey on Wednesday.
The Golden Star Boomers Australian men’s national basketball team have suffered a heart-breaking 93-79 loss to world number five ranked team Serbia at the 2010 FIBA World Championships in Kayseri, Turkey.
Australia will try to secure passage into the second round of the basketball world championships when they take on European powerhouse Serbia in Kayseri, Turkey on Wednesday (2330 AEST).
Adam Gibson and Damian Martin, the only two Boomers currently competing in the NBL, have come a heck of a long way to end up on Australia's basketball world championship squad in Turkey.
The Golden Star Boomers have opened the World Championships and showed the world what they themselves already knew; the depth of this team will cause a tonne of problems for their opponents.
Australia had identified their clash with Germany at the basketball world championship as the key preliminary round game for their hopes of making an impact at the tournament in Turkey.
Australia produced a sensational display of international basketball to beat Germany 78-43 and put them within reach of the knockout stage of the world championship in Turkey.
Argentine coach Sergio Hernandez believes Australia can develop into a superpower in international men's basketball after the Boomers gave his world No.1-ranked team a huge scare at the world championships in Turkey.
Australia need to quickly pick themselves up for a vital match against Germany in less than 24 hours' time after suffering a heart-breaking 74-72 loss to world No.1 Argentina at the basketball world championships in Turkey.
Australia fell agonisingly short of taking a huge scalp at the basketball world championship on Sunday, pipped by world No.1 Argentina 74-72 in Kayseri, Turkey.
After pulling off a great escape to beat Jordan in their opening basketball world championship match in Turkey, Australia will need to lift considerably to have any chance of upsetting world No.1 Argentina next up.
