Australia will head to Paris with dreams of stunning the USA and winning gold. But with world basketball growing ever-stronger, the Opals and Boomers will be tested like never before.
The Opals’ hopes of returning to the podium at Paris 2024 are growing stronger by the day, while the Boomers still dream of that elusive gold medal – though they face the toughest men’s basketball tournament in Olympic history before they can make it a reality.
The points difference – how much teams win or lose by – will also be essential as it can be used as a tiebreaker. Presuming gold medal favourites, the USA – in both the men’s and women’s competitions – will be in pot one, the Aussies must avoid finishing seventh or eighth as those two face the top-two teams. Teams from the same group can’t play each other until the semis.
Tolo laid down exactly why she will refuse to let her teammates get too far ahead of themselves in their dreams of a medal.“I feel like we are right there where we want to be. But the Olympics are a whole other beast. Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and Matthew Dellavedova know this is their last chance at a gold medal and they will be desperate.
“We have a formula here that I think could be pretty special, and the coaching staff feels that way as well.”Injuries, fatigue from NBA Finals duo Green and Exum, and veterans like Mills andnot meshing well enough with their younger teammates could all be reasons for a possible green and gold demise.
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