All of the concerns surrounding Team USA’s run up to the start of next week’s FIBA World Cup were validated in a memorable night in Melbourne for all of the wrong reasons.
Early Saturday morning saw Team USA’s 78-game win streak crumble as they fell to Australia in a 98-94 loss in the second of their two friendlies at Marvel Stadium.
From an Australian perspective, this obviously stands as the greatest achievement in their country’s basketball history and the Boomers collectively put in a performance that has been typical of showings that international basketball fans have come to expect from them in competitions.