Nice one!

Thanks for the info guys. I'll be tuning in at 9pm.
Hope the boys play well and get another Stankovic title under their belts!

im watchin the China vs Iran an the quailty of the fiba link is awesome, cant wait for the Boomers game

Is the picture quality a bit "stuttery" to others, or is it me?

its on in 20 minutes guys

yup

how do i get the fiba game free, i have just registered and they are saying i cant get anything cause i havnt paid?????????????

click on the home link of fiba

keeps cutting out?

Mine is freezing for a split sec fairly regularly. Image quality is good though. Hope it smooths out soon.

Anyone know why Barlow hasn't played a lot yet? I have this feeling he is coming off an injury recently but I'm not certain.

buffering heaps on 500 as well for me...

Aussies up 5-2 7.37 to go in 1st

Ingles scores. 9-2

Sorry 7-2

Slovenia Score 7-4 6.13 to go

5:30 to go in 1st quarter.

Boomers 9 Slovenia 6

4:30 to go in 1st quarter

Boomers 12 Slovenia 6

3:30 to go in 1st quarter

Boomers 13 Slovenia 8

where are you guys seeing this? the FIBA link just wanted me to join?>

2:00 to go 1st quarter

Boomers 13 Slovenia 12

www.fibatv.com and registered. Don't have to pay to watch either.

minute to go in 1st quarter

Boomers 15 Slovenia 12

End of 1st

Boomers 16 Slovenia 12

9:00 to go 2nd quarter

Boomers 16 Slovenia 13

8:00 to go 2nd quarter

Boomers 18 Slovenia 13

7:26 to go 2nd quarter

Time Out

Boomers 18 Slovenia 15

3 Aussie big guys dribbling on perimeter = 3 TO's in last few mins. D'oh think about it guys!

Like Baynes he is one badass looking dude! Would like to see Ogilvy catching the ball somewhere useful instead of setting poor screens on the perimeter too!

6:00 to go 2nd quarter

Boomers 21 Slovenia 17

5:00 to go 2nd quarter

Boomers 23 Slovenia 19

We look so much better when we're pushing the tempo. Can't let Dragic do the same though. As soon as he gets in the open court he starts looking like he plays for the Suns instead of some scrub Euro team.

4:00 to go 2nd quarter

Boomers 23 Slovenia 23

3:00 to go 2nd quarter

Boomers 23 Slovenia 24

fuck the fiba feed is shitr

2:00 to go 2nd quarter

Boomers 25 Slovenia 26

With a jitery feed, you would not be paying good money for the privilege full time for fibatv.com

thats what im thinkin.. i hope this isnt how theyre trying to sell there product, cos sorry.. its shit, im sure i couild fluke better somehow.

1:00 to go 2nd quarter

Boomers 27 Slovenia 28

Stream working fine for me

btw, anderson... wtf was that shit?!?!

streams only just started to roll properlya s half time is approaching..lol, hopefully i get the rest undisturbed..

Half Time

Boomers 27 Slovenia 29

I have high speed cable broadband and whilst the picture is great, the feed keeps dropping in and out.

Not a great advertisement at all for fibatv.com from my point of view.

My feed from FIBA is working perfectly. No complaints here. Actually I have one. The Boomers offence is terrible!

im in perth and my coverage is awesome

This boomers teams got alot of work to do to compete against them top teams this year I think. I think we have a team that, on its night could knock off a big dog... but, i think inj the same sentence.. we could get knocked off by a 'puppy' (ie, it wouldnt completely surprise me if Jordan oir Angola get a cheap one over us) ... its all a luck thing, we should be a top 16 team, may get luck and make top 8... thats what were lookin at I think.

Ugh. That was a horrible half of basketball. I can't think of anyone who played well other than Marto.

Ingles did some decent stuff early, but then forgot how to dribble in the 2nd quarter.

Whoever is out there wearing number who are you and what have you done with Newley?

As always, Andersen looks good for a bit but then goes and blows certain layups or misses wide open shots.

Mills has not got into the game really.

Wortho has been ok but still committing stupid fouls.

Barlow totally out of synch. Was completely out of position for Mills kick out late in the 2nd qtr. (Mind you, Mills didn't do a very good job of exploiting the fact Brezec was on him out near mid court!)

Ogilvy has lots to learn. Setting poor screens, never in position to be a threat on offence (which is his strength) getting manhandled by Brezec.

Baynes hasn't done a lot, but at least he attacks the rim and scares the crap out of the opposition! Did run the floor nicely for a layup on one break.

Gibson has been ok in his role as a defensive stopper, but otherwise anonymous.

Markovic - nothing to see here really

Hope Brown can straighten the guys out at half time and we see some decent ball in the 2nd half.

p.s. - do these refs know what a moving screen is? Or that breaking into the keyway before the free throw shooter releases is illegal?

Good sign on the first play. Looks like Brown told them to drive the basketball! Good call Coach!

9:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 29 Slovenia 29

8:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 31 Slovenia 34

7:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 32 Slovenia 34

6:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 34 Slovenia 34

5:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 34
Slovenia 37

4:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 34
Slovenia 38

thoes last 2 plays were absolute dogshit

3:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 34
Slovenia 46

Getting killed with these 3 pointers!

we're very lucky to not be down by more! Playing like crap!!!!

2:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 36
Slovenia 46

1:00 to go 3rd quarter

Boomers 39
Slovenia 48

3 Quarter time

Boomers 42
Slovenia 49

well done gibbo on the buzzer again,!!!!

9:00 to go

Boomers 44
Slovenia 52

Giving up way to many open 3's

lol gibbo's startin to look like thge NBA guard on the team..lol.,

8:00 to go

Boomers 47
Slovenia 52

Gibbo's the best TEAM player

7:00 to go

Boomers 49
Slovenia 55

6:00 to go

Boomers 49
Slovenia 58

5:00 to go

Boomers 51
Slovenia 58

4:00 to go

Boomers 55
Slovenia 58

we commin back, i hope..

3:22 to go

Boomers 55
Slovenia 60

Time Out

so, how good is slovenia meant to be?

wtf Mills

2:45 to go

Boomers 55
Slovenia 60

FIBA has them ranked 20 in the world

2:00 to go

Boomers 57
Slovenia 60

FYI Angola is #12...just saying

stuff me!!!!!!!!

1:00 to go

Boomers 57
Slovenia 65

Time Out

:36 to go

Boomers 57
Slovenia 65

pfft,... we suck

Mills becomin too hungry

ARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! That is all....

Boomers V Lithuania 2008

the last game where boomers played up to there potential

:30 to go

Boomers 57
Slovenia 68

Missed Matty Nielsen tonite

So, how good is this slovenian team internationally? ive never really heard of them... is it a worry that we are losing to them?

:23 to go

Boomers 60
Slovenia 68

Game Over

Boomers 63
Slovenia 71

Congratulations to Slovenia.

looked up the slovenian team, only thing i could find out about how good they are is that apparently they are ranked 20th... however, I believe in 06, so was croatia and they did well. I want to Get a guage on how good the teams we are playing are in comparison to our pool games at least.

Slovenia outrebounded the Boomers and had a better field goal percentage. Turnovers didn't help the Boomers much either.

We arfe really missing an experienced guard in bruton,... if we had all the big guys in, we wouldve probably knocked em off by 20. shit, I think this might eb a harsh WC's... lets hope it steadys the boys for the olympics. , seems like every tournament we do, were doing for the next one.

Maybe they shouldn't have had the day off yesterday! Looks like they have plenty of work to do in the Melbourne camp before the WCs.

Thanks for posting the stream link.

The slovenia coach is a heartattack waiting to happen.

Game over. A lot of guys had very poor nights tonight. Chief man MIA was Newley. I don't mind if he misses, but he should at least drive to the basket half a dozen times a game. I can't remember one drive from him tonight.

Gibbo and Marto were both good. Mills was horrible. When his shot isn't dropping, he really struggles to create for anyone else.

Ingles was our best player IMO. He still mishandles the ball too much, but he is the only guy on the team who can really create for himself and others.

Andersen was ok, but he still blows hot and cold. Was by far our best big man though.

Ogilvy did come and do a solid job defensively for a bit in the 4th, but seems to have zero confidence around the basket on offence these days.

In the end, that game came down to the fact that our guys don't know how to set up scoring opportunities. Hope Brown can get enough time with the team to actually drill some decent plays into them.

dont mind my sayin but, amused by the mills hate...
he did have a shit game, but add a few more assists and a reverse lay up and you's wopuld be mod edit lapping it up.

just like the good(bad)old days,boomers cant consistently win world games unless they shoot above 50 percent from the 3 line.

Hurley, please watch your language.

Let's put this loss into a bit of perspective.

First of all, Slovenia are a very good team and were missing a couple of players from their best possible outfit as well. Slovenia finished 4th overall in the 2009 Eurobasket, behind only Spain (1st), Serbia (2nd) and Greece (4th). Slovenia lost the bronze medal game by just 1 point to the Greek's. So a 1-1 record at this early stage of prerations with the one of the 4 best team's in Europe is not that bad really!

Yes we would have all loved to win and successfully defend our Stankovic Cup title. But with the WC's just around the corner, I would rather that we get the bad games out of the way now, and our flaws addressed exposed now so that they can be addressed and corrected by the time we arrive on the WC stage.

What is certain is that we need to address our rebounding, and hopefully with a fit Nielsen (who missed the last 2 games) and the addition of Maric this area gets addressed.

We also need to finetune our offensive structure. It is great to have movement, but movement for movement's sake is not going to get the job done. the movement needs to have better purpose and until the players adapt or buy-in to this system, we will continue to struggle offensively if we keep missing the 3-ball like we did last night.

We are also being exposed at the popint guard spot. Mills has been erratic, brilliant one moment and then making a clumsy turnover the next. Ingles' has shown some great play making skills, but he often tries to force it too much leading to costly turnovers. Bruton's retirement will hurt us badly at this WC I'm afraid, although his absence could have us better positioned for London due to the experience guys like Mills and co will get this time around.

Basketball Australia Recap: http://linky.com.au/bg49t

Joe Ingles and David Andersen top-scored for the Boomers with 14 points apiece. Mark Worthington and Aron Baynes each added six points and Damian Martin and David Barlow five apiece. For Slovenia Sani Becirovic had a game-high 20 points.

Tournament MVP: Goran Dragic (Slovenia)

All-Tournament Team
Dragic (Slovenia)
Mills (Australia)
Jianlian (China)
Becirovic (Slovenia)
Andersen (Australia)

Andersen shot 14/45 for the tournament (although his rebounding and defence was solid), while Mills wasnt his team's best point guard! The meeting to decide the All Star Five probably went something like this - "Who in this tournament plays in the NBA? We should probably put them in." “But Wang Zhi Zhi didn't have a good tournament and China missed the final.” “OK, isnt this Becirovic fellow a Euroleague All Star?" "Yep, and he was drafted by the Denver Nuggest." "Great. We’ll put him in instead.”

Knowing how mercurial Nielsen was when we beat them a coupla days ago - the hype led to letdown.

now we have 20 days until the four nations tournament in france where we will be playing France, Ivory Coast and Brazil. The Brazil game is justr before our opener Vs Jordan and will be a good test for us, and really the best guage for how we might fare come World Championships. With Maric and Neilson to come back, the team should be looking a bit better, plus from what i am reading, we have one oif the few teams that is actually playing right now, and gettin some momentum. (altho we just lost to slovenia i guess) Ballingeurope expects us to go 10th this year http://www.ballineurope.com/national-teams/power-ratings-fiba-world-championship-6039/

I think that is probably about right..

I watched the game and was disturbed at how inept Australia looked. We just can't score, even the three games we won was more a case of our defence prevailing than any great offensive night. The game against Iran was probably worse, just really terrible finishing....it is so worrying, we really looked awful. The offense had no confidence, really stunted, lots of pulling up, no fluidity. Mills can't run a team, he is more an undersized off guard, good ball handling, decent enough scoring (not great, takes a lot of shots to get his points) terrible passer. Newley, although he played poorly in the final is our best offensive weapon, David Andersen was average. I just had a look at Mills' box score 1-10 shooting and 6 turnovers, and just one assist, no where near good enough. I think Brown may have to make a point guard change perhaps Gibson or Martin.

As bad as the Slovenian game was, I think in many ways the Iran game was worse. So that is two very ordinary performances in a row.....one positive Australias defence seems pretty...in all four games.