Duke Basketball Report · Aug 24, 2019
USA-Australia Post-Mortem: The Boomers Have Some Kick & The US Has Serious Issues
Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 24: Andrew Bogut of the Boomers speaks with Matthew Dellavedova of the Boomers during game two of the International Basketball series between the Australian Boomers and United States of America at Marvel Stadium on August 24, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia.A lot more was lost than a game when Australia beat the US in Melbourne. The sense that the US was invincible was also lost.
And for all the talk about how the US didn’t have it’s best players - well Ben Simmons wasn’t playing. Neither was Dante Exum. Nor was Thon Maker.