In NZ we are getting it live on ESPN, not sure about Australia though.

Definitely on Kayo in Aust.
Not sure about box scores though.

Live on Kayo and ESPN (Foxtel)

Will they rest some of the older guys as it is third game in 3 days and against a group team?

Could see a lot of Green and Giddey.

I'm not sure how good this will be for live scores but that's what I'll have on in the background while working :)

https://www.365scores.com/basketball/international/international-friendlies/match/australia-nigeria/2400-9422-338

These guys are in our group so don't want to give anything away and we should be making ourselves look like easy beats.

Thanks, Anon for the stats link. Will have to do, it seems.

Don't have Kayo and don't really want it for just one more game.

@Rob, if you havent done so before, you can get a 14 day trial!

Streams on YouTube via which channel?

I have, BeeGee.

Anon, I'll do that.

Thanks to you both, too.

It's not on ESPN.. Pardon the interruption is interrupting

The game hasn't started yet.

ESPN is off by half an hour in the guide - the game starts in 20 minutes.

Box scores available anywhere? Flashscores probably works, but can't see the player stats...

Cant find it on you tube??

usab.com

Some games were streamed on Twitch.

Come to think of it usab.com/Twitch probably only apply to USA games.

Yeah only USA games there.

This stream is currently working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzpibyexCk

Boxscore link: Boomers - Nigeria

Ah cool, it's on there, nice.

The stream is good, but damn those ads!

Are Nigeria missing anyone as well?

So we're resting 4 and knowing nothing about Nigeria are they sandbagging more?

Thank you!!

Boomers D is very good, though

The easily switchable defense we can play with Giddey on might compensate for Giddey's defensive deficiencies. Compared with Sobey, for example. Giddey showing he might be worth a spot in the 12 based on the present, not just the future.

Impressive with our main guys not playing. Malone was talking up the Boomers and talking themselves down, so they could be doing this on purpose.

Lights on backboard are the indicator, so that basket shouldn't count.

Nick Kay with the highest +/- out there.

Not watching only checking the box score. I guess Sobey and Giddey are filling the Mills, Delly roles.

What this says to me is Nigeria match up very well in the NBA style of game, but not the FIBA style of game.

Has CG43 actually missed during these warm up games? Unbelievable shooting!

Great to see Goulding on FIRE. But I kind of want him to save this fire for the tournament.

If Goulding can keep this up it will be huge for us during the tournament.

Especially while Mills is resting

Goulding's fire rating has been upgraded to CATASTROPHIC.

Nigerians paying $2.50 on Ladbrokes. Good if you want to bet with your head and not your heart. Not expecting Mike Brown to lie down and fair chance we rest players and don't give our best plays away.

Been impressed by CG43 on both ends - felt the same with his world cup campaign also when he got mins

"Reath is very impressive, better than Kay. Should play a lot more minutes"

Reath has been good, but don't underestimate Kay's value. I thought Bogut's point about his value in the high post was a very good one. We have nobody else capable of that role now that Bogut is gone.

That's was an insane display by Goulding. Surely some NAB scouts around for that showing and generate some interest. Pity 76'ers are only after a (tall) point guard in the off season :P

Hopefully it's not true what they say...."what goes on in Vegas, stays in Vegas".....

Yeah, Nigerian coaching staff playing games but I don't think Goorjian and our guys are stupid. We know we're not a 40 point better team and we know that they're hiding things from us.

I think we should all calm down with the Goulding love. Cotton would've made like... 20 threes if he played tonight.

Just had a thought, if the NBA was played under FIBA rules would Australia have more guys in the NBA? KAY, REATH, LANDALE, CREEK, MAGNAY hell even GOULDING would they make it (and not just be bench fodder)? as we always have guys getting Summer League invites and Creek had his two way for a bit but it's still a massive effort for Aussies to break in.

CG43 can't miss right now

Thinking that Giddey not playing in the Olympics might be just to reduce any risk of a serious injury before being drafted, having him along for the ride with training and playing the friendlies should keep him close and interested in playing for the Boomers in the future.

I don't think anyone has an issue with Goulding's ability, more so he comes off as an arrogant douche more often than not. Pretty much the reason why I dislike him in the NBL, but absolutely rate him in international basketball. Also that sh!t eating grin of his, was even tougher to stomach next to Ware's sh!t eating grin when they were both at United. :P

"Nigerians paying $2.50 on Ladbrokes. Good if you want to bet with your head and not your heart. Not expecting Mike Brown to lie down and fair chance we rest players and don't give our best plays away.

Hope you didn't bet too big..."

Put it this way. I was going to put more on than I actually did so I consider that a win.

I didn't think CG43 belonged on the last world cup squad but he proved me wrong in limited mins. He was a no-brainer for Tokyo, one of the few scorers we have outside of Mills and his defensive effort in green and gold is beyond his NBL standard.

I like Kay and Reath - Reath way skilled than I expected, but both will come in handy and matchups will dictate who gets mins

Goulding has also become a low-key good distributor too.

Goulding can't be all good off the court with his choice of agent. Perplexed by people still suggesting Giddey outplayed Sobey. Thought both were great in a lax game but thought Sobey contributed much more. Each to their own.

Here we go...

Sobey played well and within his role. Some commentators can't get over one bad game. I would hate to play for those people as coaches as they would write you off for one mistake.

The biggest winner of this contest was Nigerian Basketball Twitter feed.

Sobey played great overall. Seemed like less pressure to impact in limited mins, he was relaxed and looked like NBL Sobey.

I feel that the coaching staff have got selections spot on. Every time we have a national team competing there is
always conjecture about who should be in or out. To me this group will be very competitive at the olympics.
Thybulle and Reap have only played 3 games with this group so chemistry is only getting better. Credit to
Goorj and Nielsen in getting the group playing together. People seem to either love or hate Sobey, but it was
great to see him playing relaxed today. I don't feel Giddey or Cooks are quite ready but they will be for 2024.

"Cmon it was clear nigeria were playin at 70% on d to shock us in 2 weeks."


Well yeah, blind Freddie can see they were keeping things close to their chest, and so were we. That's why I take less out of this game than I do the others we've played.

But we got some runs into our bench and they looked comfortable and shot well, and defended well, so we can take that moving forward.

I am sure our coaching staff aren't idiots. They know the game against Nigeria in just over a week is going to be a tough one. It's basically a must-win game.

Anyone have a pic of the tshirts that Ingles and Mills were wearing today during the game? They looked pretty good in my opinion.

#666 yes but Kay has been much better

Baynes has played one game, dude. Calm down.

To be fair, Baynes hasn't been good for some time except for games where he was hitting multiple treys, not the worst idea having him come off the bench as an energy guy early.

On the subject of Nigeria and "Nigerian" players:

Former WNBA MVP Nneka Ogwumike was notified by FIBA that her petition to play for her native Nigeria in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics was denied due to "substantial involvement" of more than 10 years with Team USA, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

Forgot to post this yesterday.
CG deserves to have this preserved in this thread.