FIBA: Australia vs Turkey - - Sept 7, 2014 - - 1 PM CST

Baynes and Ingles time!!!

they got to this game after a world class tank vs angola!

Hey when the USA are a level above any other competition and their goal was to be on the podium, up to this point Oz mens basketball has not achieved and have been hammered for it, they gotta do what they gotta do..... even if it means having a Pop inspired rest loss to avoid the US.

Really wish Patty could have played, though I'm glad he is rehabbing and getting his rest. Was cool to watch him go off in the Olympics last year, and would have been fun to watch him play with the green light during the World Cup this year.

Hopefully Baynes brings the goods for the Aussies.

#comebackpatty

This should be a really good test for Baynes going up against a great defender like Asik.

we have sinan can they don't!

lol if you are watching this on opening weekend

I say Baynes ends up with zero points, I can't see him score on Omer...

what's baynes status now?

game about to start

lol Baynes just pulled an Errors

Baynes hook shot off the glass has been very good in the 2nd quarter.

STARTERS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Aron Baynes, F	4-11	0-0	0-0	2	5	2	0	1	1	1	8
David Andersen, F	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	6
Matthew Dellavedova, G	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	5
Ryan Broekhoff, G	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3
Joe Ingles, G	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	3
BENCH	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Cameron Bairstow, F	2-3	0-0	2-2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	6
Brock Motum, F	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Brad Newley, G	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
Nathan Jawai, C	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Dante Exum, G	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0

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Turkey 34


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Australia 35

Baynes rushing a lot. Looks OK when he's not.

Aussies extending the lead in the 3rd:

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Turkey 36


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Australia 46

Turkey back in it:

In Progress - 9:37, 4th Qtr

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Turkey 49


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Australia 50

3 by Turkey gets them within 1

In Progress - 4:31, 4th Qtr

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Turkey 56


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Australia 57

Ingles is very crafty passer around the basket.

big 3 for Turkey, gives them the lead, wow

Turkey wins

Karma for the shameless tanking tbh.

Thank you Emir Preldžič you Slovenian traitor for knocking this tankers out.

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Turkey 65


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Australia 64

Australia
STARTERS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Aron Baynes, F	7-15	0-0	1-3	3	7	2	0	2	1	3	15
Matthew Dellavedova, G	4-9	2-6	3-4	0	3	5	0	0	2	1	13
Joe Ingles, G	4-5	1-1	1-3	1	6	3	1	0	4	1	10
David Andersen, F	3-6	0-0	0-0	1	6	2	0	0	3	5	6
Ryan Broekhoff, G	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	4	0	0	0	2	4	5
BENCH	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Cameron Bairstow, F	3-6	0-0	4-4	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	10
Brad Newley, G	1-7	0-3	1-5	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	3
Brock Motum, F	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Nathan Jawai, C	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
Adam Gibson, G	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Dante Exum, G	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
TOTALS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
	25-58	4-15	10-19	13	44	15	3	2	14	23	64
	43.1%	26.7%	52.6%

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Originally Posted by BG_Spurs_Fan

Karma for the shameless tanking tbh.

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:lol yeah that was pretty shameless. ah well. Baynsie did pretty good against Asik

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

effin turks...they pull off that shit every second game. lucky basktards.

With patty aussies advance but baynes be in shadow. Would they have played Americans if they won last game? If not maybe theyd have gone farther. Well hopefully baynes makes a freakin decision now.

Who committed the turnover at the end for the Aussies? PBP doesn't say who did.

:lol Exum
:lol Jazz

What's the deal with Exum, is he as bad as some of those box scores indicate?

Also, how did Baynes play?

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Originally Posted by Solid D

Who committed the turnover at the end for the Aussies? PBP doesn't say who did.

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I did get to see the end of the game. It was inbounded to Baynes, who held it for a second while one of his teammates went over top of him for the hand off. Baynes set the pick, but then the guy with the ball went Tony Parker and, well, we all know how that ends. Dribbledribbledribbledribble, get surrounded by 3 guys, flail, lose ball, game over. :lol


And for the Dante Exum question, yeah he does suck as much as the box score indicates. There's a reason why he doesn't get much playing time; I don't get the draft hype about this guy. He's almost Errors-awful. Almost.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

What's the deal with Exum, is he as bad as some of those box scores indicate?

Also, how did Baynes play?

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Yes. Perhaps NBA stlye will suit him better, but right now he looks like a 10 year old there.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

What's the deal with Exum, is he as bad as some of those box scores indicate?

Also, how did Baynes play?

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What little i saw of Exum, he was terribad. Baynes was good to great, but to be honest he didn't exactly face top notch competition at his position.

Sucks for the Aussies. Glad Baynes made it through the tournament healthy (and doesn't have any more games to drive up his value :lol)

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Originally Posted by jeebus

I did get to see the end of the game. It was inbounded to Baynes, who held it for a second while one of his teammates went over top of him for the hand off. Baynes set the pick, but then the guy with the ball went Tony Parker and, well, we all know how that ends. Dribbledribbledribbledribble, get surrounded by 3 guys, flail, lose ball, game over. :lol

And for the Dante Exum question, yeah he does suck as much as the box score indicates. There's a reason why he doesn't get much playing time; I don't get the draft hype about this guy. He's almost Errors-awful. Almost.

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Thanks, jeebus!!! Baynes has improved his game plus his confidence has clearly increased over the past year.

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Originally Posted by Solid D

Who committed the turnover at the end for the Aussies? PBP doesn't say who did.

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Ingles

There is absolutely no doubt that Australia tanked against Angola, but any other team in the same situation would do the same thing and try to avoid the USA. The problem is actually that the World Championships aren't structured properly - the group cross-overs should be randomly determined as soon as the group stage is finished. That way there would be no incentive to tank in any game.

People love to rip on Exum, but the kid was always going to be a project! He's very young and his body is nowhere near strong enough yet, but he does show flashes of basketball excellence. Give him four years and he'll be a very good player.

I wish we'd re-sign Baynes already. :rolleyes