Even deprived of their best players (James Harden, Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard), the Americans, who beat the Brazilians Monday (89-73), are present in China with a team 100% NBA and remain the big favorites of the competition.
The Americans made a big scare in their second match of the first round, defeating Turkey after extra time (93-92), but have been gaining momentum since, including two big wins in the second group stage, against Greece's MVP NBA's Giannis Antetokoumpo (69-53), then against Brazil.
Faced with Australia, in a very tight and spectacular match, the Blues have failed to escape the trio of "Boomers" Patty Mills (30 points), Joe Ingles (23) and Aron Baynes ( 21), while they created the only margin of the match, nine points ahead in the third quarter (70-61, 28th).
They had a final possession four seconds from the end of the match, while they were led 99-98, but failed to find Nando de Colo on the throw-in, leaving the win to the Australians.
The 31 points of Evan Fournier and the 26 points of Nando de Colo will not have been enough.
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