In a group that featured gold medal favourites USA, along with international powerhouses France and Serbia, Australia was expected to be faced with an extremely tough test. Instead, the Boomers have emerged as one of the tournament’s most revered teams, en route to a second-place finish in Group A.
2016 RIO OLYMPIC
AUSTRALIA VS. SERBIA
EVENTS: Full Game Replay
Where: RIO DE JANIERO BRAZIL
When: FRIDAY AUGUST 19, 2016
When: FRIDAY AUGUST 19, 2016
Two easy wins over China and Venezuela rounded out Australia’s group games, earning the No. 2 spot in Group A, only behind Team USA.
The Boomers’ quarter-final matchup was against Lithuania, and behind an impressive shooting performance from Patty Mills, Australia made easy work of their opponent.
Mills remains second in the tournament in scoring – averaging 21.2 points per game – while Dellavedova leads the tournament in assists; averaging 7.7 dimes, to go with his 10.3 points per game.
Final Box Score Result:
TEAM AUSTRALIA: –
P. MILLS , A. BOGUT , J. INGLES , M. DELLAVEDOVA , R. BROEKHOFF , A. BAYNES , D. ANDERSEN(C) , B. MOTUM , D. MARTIN .
TEAM SERBIA: -
M. Raduljica, N. Jokic, M. Teodosic, N. Kalinic, M. Raduljica, Milos TEODOSIC, Bogdan BOGDANOVIC, Stefan MARKOVIC, Nemanja NEDOVIC, Stefan BIRCEVIC, Miroslav RADULJICA, Miroslav RADULJICA, Vladimir STIMAC, Milan MACVAN.
Final Box Score Result:
TEAM AUSTRALIA: 61 –
P. MILLS 13, A. BOGUT 4, J. INGLES 12, M. DELLAVEDOVA 3, R. BROEKHOFF 6, A. BAYNES 7, D. ANDERSEN(C) , B. MOTUM 13, D. MARTIN 0.
TEAM SERBIA: 87 –
M. Raduljica, N. Jokic, M. Teodosic 22, N. Kalinic 6, M. Raduljica, Milos TEODOSIC, Bogdan BOGDANOVIC 6, Stefan MARKOVIC 14, Nemanja NEDOVIC 1, Stefan BIRCEVIC, Miroslav RADULJICA 11, Vladimir STIMAC 4, Milan MACVAN 12.