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Smith a star as USA staves off gritty France
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FRANCE went down fighting but the USA held firm to win their women's Olympic Gold Medal match 67-66 in arguably the best such Final in decades, Gabby Williams' last basket, a floating jumper on the siren fired from just inside the arc, creating the closing scoreline when just a few inches back would have meant overtime.
Ezi stamps her mark as Opals claim Bronze
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WITH a personal performance as good as any produced for Australia, Ezi Magbegor tonight stamped herself among our women's basketball all-time Olympic greats with a 30-point, 13-rebound tour de force that drove the Opals to an 85-81 Bronze Medal victory over Belgium.
Curry long-range missiles end French resistance
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IF anyone can make a case for there being a greater long-range shooter in the history of basketball than Steph Curry, we'd all like to hear it. What he did for the USA against France in the Olympic men's Final had to be seen to be believed, and even then it took some believing.
Opals taught a lesson in US semi rout
ON what is now a 60-win Olympic streak, the invincible USA women's basketball machine last night simply flexed its muscles and rolled over Australia, taking the Opals out of any semblance of cohesive offence, destroying whatever gameplan they had, then sitting back to enjoy what Isobel Borlase will bring to their WNBA.
Brad&Boti: Opals can progress, give LJ a shot
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AUSTRALIA versus the USA in the Paris Olympic women's semi final. This is the match Lauren Jackson has to play in. At least that's the view of Brad&Boti podcast colleague Brad Rosen and myself as we review the Opals and Boomers' quarter-finals and prepare for the big one overnight.
Curry rescues US's 'best of all time'
IT took nine 3-point makes in a 36-point haul by Steph Curry, a 19-point game from Joel Embiid and a triple-double from LeBron James for the USA to escape Serbia 95-91 in their Olympic semi final, Nikola Jokic again showing he is the world's master basketballer in 2024.
African Olympic teams remind how to play the game
THE minor kerfuffle which closed the Paris Olympic women's quarter-final between USA and Nigeria was totally a result of American arrogance and a so-called "tradition" of not "disrespecting the opponent" by dribbling out the final seconds of any game already decided. The fact Ezinne Kalu decided to score instead was delightful to see.
Melbourne, Smith storm Opals into Olympic semis
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MIRRORING the old Beatles song "Getting Better All the Time", Australia tonight stormed into the Paris Olympic semi finals behind outstanding games from rookie Jade Melbourne and an Alanna Smith fulfilling the promise she first showed when breaking into the Opals alongside Ezi Magbegor.
Joker aces Boomers out of Olympics in O/T
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THE world's current No.1 basketball player, Nikola Jokic, today broke the hearts of Australian fans, further raising the level of his game in overtime to lead Serbia to a 95-90 quarter-final victory, bringing the Boomers' Paris Olympic campaign to a sudden and decisive end.
Brad&Boti: Time for a feast of Serbian soup
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BRAD&BOTI: The basketball at these Olympic Games finally leaves Lille, bound for Paris, and media mogul Brad Rosen and I both are revelling in the fact our Boomers and Opals made it through to the quarter-finals and twin showdowns with problematic Serbia at our Brad&Boti podcast.
