WC: Boomers show their true colours
A RELENTLESSLY focused Aron Baynes and some Patty Mills late-game heroics tonight sent Australia flying through to the second phase of the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China with an 87-82 win over international rival Lithuania.
WC: Green and gold, as foretold
IS the current Australian Boomers team at the FIBA World Cup in China destined to go down as our greatest ever? Or will they just go down tomorrow night when facing arch international rival Lithuania?
WC: Senegal sends an Angola shiver
AUSTRALIA needed a Joe Ingles near-triple-double tonight to inch past Senegal 81-68 in a lack-lustre FIBA World Cup performance by the Boomers in Dongguan.
WC: Short cut on the long road
LAST night's opening 108-92 win by Australia over Canada has the Boomers on the threshold of advancing to the second round of the FIBA World Cup in China, contingent on tomorrow night's results.
WC: Delly delivers as Canucks plucked
MATTHEW Dellavedova tonight produced his greatest shooting performance in an international game for Australia as the Boomers weathered a Canadian storm to open their FIBA World Cup campaign with a 108-92 win in Dongguan.
WC: Beware canny Canadians
CANADA has proven something of an international nemesis for Australia, going into today's FIBA World Cup opener in Dongguan, China holding a 6-2 edge in tournament play.
FLASHBACK 131: January 12, 1967
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe or post whatever I find for you.*
WC: Here we go, here we go
FIBA World Cup Gold Medal contender Serbia today tips-off the 18th men's world basketball championship against Angola, with teams in Groups E, F, G and H - Australia in the latter - not due on court until tomorrow.
WC: Ambitious TV coverage by FIBA
FIBA is launching its biggest and most ambitious TV, digital and social media coverage global production plan ever for the 18th World Cup, which tips off tomorrow across China.
WC: Bogut blip as Boomers ranked at #3
BOOMERS centre Andrew Bogut yesterday in China rolled his ankle as Australia lost its final warm-up match ahead of the FIBA World Cup 64-74 to Germany.

