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The Australian Opals are through to the Olympic basketball quarter-finals after beating Games hosts France in a thriller on Monday morning . The two sides couldn’t be split at half time, but a 25-16 third quarter set up a famous win for the Aussies, who went on to win 79-72. “Their Olympic campaign was almost over, but the Aussies dig deep to show some fighting spirit and beat the hosts,” Adam Papalia said on commentary for Nine.
Needing to win by six points to jump Nigeria and finish second in the pool, they had built an 11-point lead in the final quarter but had it cut to one with four minutes to play. The margin then danced around the magical figure, Sami Whitcomb’s superb drive to the bucket cancelled out by a Marine Johannes triple. Up four with 33 seconds to play, George rescued a broken offensive play, her off-balance mid-range shot on target.
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