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Saturday Aug 07, 2021
EPISODE 22: Australian Boomers vs. Team USA Recap | Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Saturday Aug 07, 2021
Let us paint you a little picture. A recap, if you will.
2020 Tokyo Olympics, Men's Basketball Semi Finals. The Australian Boomers vs the might of Team USA.
The Boomers are led by Patty Mills, Dante Exum, Jock Landale, Matisse Thybulle, Nick Kay, Joe Ingles. Team USA have the likes of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Damian Lillard, Bam Adebayo, Jayson Tatum, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday.
Australia were up by 15 points midway through the second quarter. Ball movement, outside shooting and stout defensive plays had Australian fans dreaming of the biggest upset in their country's basketball history and the certainty of their first Olympic medal. Chris Goulding hit 2 threes in what seems like as many possessions.
Australia was rolling. But Kevin Durant was also rolling. KD kept Team USA in the ball game and evaporated the Australian dominance for the first quarter and a half. After half-time, it was one way traffic for Team USA on the way to another gold medal game.
Whilst for the Boomers, the uncertainty of playing in another bronze medal game has left us all with nightmares about finishing fourth for the 6th time in international competition. The task doesn't get much easier for Australia as they now play in the Bronze medal match against Luka Doncic and Slovenia...
Some of our discussion includes:
- Australia's fast start
- Disappointing second half
- Potential Boomers for 2024 Paris Olympics
- What we would have done as armchair coaches
- How to stop Kevin Durant
- How to stop Luka Doncic
- The aura of the American teams
- The crafty coaching from Gregg Popovich
- How much Australia missed Aron Baynes
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