Group A, Day 1, Australia vs. Jordan

[Saskibaloia]

jordan almost upset australia. did you remember philippine developmental team beaten jordan by 11 & 5

Fair enough but Australia almost defeated Argentina.

[seigle42]

jordan almost upset australia. did you remember philippine developmental team beaten jordan by 11 & 5

[Saskibaloia]

Adam Gibson the starting 'two guard'? Not so much.

I don't understand why Coach Brown uses Adam Gibson at the starting 2 spot.

In my opinion, he needs to use Brad Newley and Joe Ingles at the starting 2 and 3 spot. These guys have experience in international competition and both are playing in European Leagues.

Hopefully, the Boomers can bounce back and I'm sure they will.

[redred]

awful game for the Aussies. Such a predictable gameplan to pound it into Maric/Andersen all game long. Sure it got them home in the end as they wore Jordan's big men down, but what a waste of Patty Mills (one of the fastest guards in the world), Brad Newley and Joe Ingles. Surely a Mills/Ingles pick'n'roll with Andersen should be a staple diet of their offence? We didn't see any of that!

If the Aussies want to advance, the guards have to get a lot more involved and find their rhythm early. Hopefully this was just shaky nerves for a very young Australian team.

On the plus side, this was my first time watching Maric, and he was damn impressive. Adam Gibson the starting 'two guard'? Not so much.

[Saskibaloia]

WELL DONE JORDAN!

Though it was not the result Aussies and Aussie fans wanted to see, it was great for international basketball that the gap between the traditional basketball powers and newcomers such as Jordan are shrinking.

For those who are familiar with Jordan basketball and those who watched the game, since I was not able to watch it, how much of a difference was ex-Angola Coach Mario Palma has been for the Jordanian Team and during this game?

I'm hoping that the Boomers can bounce back and try to grab wins against Germany, Angola and possibly Argentina to ensure their passage to the next round.

Australia now joins Canada as 2 over rated basketball teams. These two teams always get a pass to play the world championship or even the Olympics because of the weak Zonal they have to play with. Well, Canada will just have to beat Mexico to get to World champ because USA will always be there no matter what.

I would disagree with you that the Boomers are overrated but I do believe and I'm sure you would that there should ONLY be one spot for FIBA Oceania. It is unfair to rising basketball regions such as Asia and Latin America that another region where only two competitive basketball nations have immediate entry into the Olympics and World Championships.

The Boomers are a great team and without their NBA Star Player (Bogut) and key team member in former and now European based Nathan Jawai, the team definitely suffered greatly. I believe with Bogut's presence, Bogut would have obviously drawn a lot of the opposition's defence thus, opening things up in the perimeter.

It will be interesting to see whether the Boomers can bounce back immensely or will they crumble out of the competition.

Ummm, we've beaten Brazil, Slovenia, China, France, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan and Argentina's C Team this year... Oh yeah, we don't deserve to go to the World Champs ay!

Exactly!

Though the lads may have lost this game, it doesn't mean that the Boomers do not deserve to be here.

[aussieasker]

fact is your team lost and my point is while dozens of Asian teams fight for a few slots for the World Championship and ONE for the Olympics, While Aussie and NZ just have to play best of three every time and they still get a better chance of making it to World or Olympics every time. It's about time to either merge Asia and Oceana zones or allot more slots for the Asian Teams.

Lost what? We won by a point.

And I do agree that FIBA Oceania and Asia should combine...

[Tsar Josef]

Ummm, we've beaten Brazil, Slovenia, China, France, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan and Argentina's C Team this year... Oh yeah, we don't deserve to go to the World Champs ay!

fact is your team lost and my point is while dozens of Asian teams fight for a few slots for the World Championship and ONE for the Olympics, While Aussie and NZ just have to play best of three every time and they still get a better chance of making it to World or Olympics every time. It's about time to either merge Asia and Oceana zones or allot more slots for the Asian Teams.

[aussieasker]

Australia now joins Canada as 2 over rated basketball teams. These two teams always get a pass to play the world championship or even the Olympics because of the weak Zonal they have to play with. Well, Canada will just have to beat Mexico to get to World champ because USA will always be there no matter what.

Ummm, we've beaten Brazil, Slovenia, China, France, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan and Argentina's C Team this year... Oh yeah, we don't deserve to go to the World Champs ay!

[Tsar Josef]

Embarrassing that Australia only lost by 1. Aleks Maric and David Andersen('s offence) the only thing that kept us in it...

Australia now joins Canada as 2 over rated basketball teams. These two teams always get a pass to play the world championship or even the Olympics because of the weak Zonal they have to play with. Well, Canada will just have to beat Mexico to get to World champ because USA will always be there no matter what.

[aussieasker]

Embarrassing that Australia only lost by 1. Aleks Maric and David Andersen('s offence) the only thing that kept us in it...

[each way]

It was the Andersen and Maric show for Australia. They have no guards

[golebanon]

hard luck for our jordanian brothers,it's a tough game
hope u'll compensate this loss by a win against angola tomorrow
to be honest,i was surprised by australia's level,but this doesn't regret the great level jordan have had
best wishes

[weeso]

I am really proud of this jordanian basketball generation althoug am lebanese, but seriously congrats jordan for this fully entertaining game , too bad most of thier starting 5 are above 30, any way go Lebanon and Jordan all the way.

[pohani komarac]

i watched end and i'm very sad for jordan

[Jordan First]

We played a very good game ,, but we weren't lucky
hard luck for jordan team ,, and we have a chance to make it to the secound round.
Thank's all for supporting our team ,, good luck tomorro against Angola