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Australia shown the way by Hong Kong

Australia has lost a very close battle with rivals Hong Kong overnight to finish 2nd overall in the first stage of the Tournament.

The lead changed several times during the game, with Australia finishing each of the first 3 quarters on top. But scoring was not a highlight for either team, defense was shining through at both ends as teams found it difficult to find avenues to score.

Christian, in his first game back since his 3 week vacation played well, and we will only improve with his game shape getting back to his best. Our key bigs also had a night to forget, mostly directly due to their minutes played the previous week. Put bluntly, fix it lads.

MVP votes
3 votes- Cockblock. Not an outstanding performance, but a 17.0 rating, shooting above 50%fg, and 11 boards was impressive enough. He needed to see more time coach!
2 votes- Christian. Defensively he kept a key player, Vu An, to 1-7 tonight, while still hitting 2 3s, grabbing a couple of boards and assists too. His FG% wasnt great, but he was our top scorer with... 10???
1 vote- Tubby Waugh. Waugh got himself a double double. Could have been a triple double if they would allow you to accumulate 10 fouls. Refs decided 6 was enough. He stepped up as a starter when we needed him and certainly held his own, rating 15.0.

Interesting stats: Alot. We had 5 turnovers to 17. 11 steals to 3, yet fouled them 26 to 11 where the game was clearly lost. Our team ratings were all above Hong Kongs apart from inside shot which we were just behind. Good signs.

We now await our next schedule announcement finishing 2nd in Pool B.

Team managers, lets get our training programs right and our game shapes high.

Go Aussies.

Aussies smash Philippines in key match

It was a game both teams needed to win to get off to a good start in Pool D of the Asian Tourney. After a few interactions mid week from the opposition, it was clear that Philippines were desperate for the win. The game started off with flair, as the Aussie couldnt miss, finding themselves 16-4 early in the first. The game evened up by half time as the lead was reduced to 1. Philippines heavy ended team started to show as they flexed inside, drawing more fouls on the Aussie guards. TP fouled out with 5 mins to go, but the damage had been done.

For us, FG% was a massive stat, shooting above 50% for the match. Our assist count was also through the roof, dominating the passing stat 29-15

MVPs
3. Noel Seers- Seers was almost the 13th man tonight. In response to the discussion, he came in with 4-7 fg, and a whopping 8 assists from SG, a position that the team is really looking for a player to make their own. Defensively, Seers kept his man to 4-19fg. the extra 12 misses in the SG position was key to our win.
2. TP- top scoring, 5 assists, 50% FG.
1. Christian- 6-10fg including 2 3pters. Defensively he and R Mac Jnr shut down the opposition to 6-17.

Great win, well done to managers for their game shape management. Keep the training mail coming in!


It will be interesting to see how it all unfolds from here, with Taiwan playing Philippines next week.

MVPs
3. Noel Seers- Seers was almost the 13th man tonight. In response to the discussion, he came in with 4-7 fg, and a whopping 8 assists from SG, a position that the team is really looking for a player to make their own. Defensively, Seers kept his man to 4-19fg. the extra 12 misses in the SG position was key to our win.
2. TP- top scoring, 5 assists, 50% FG.
1. Christian- 6-10fg including 2 3pters. Defensively he and R Mac Jnr shut down the opposition to 6-17.

You probably could have included yourself in the votes as it was a really gutsy and intuitive move to GDP them the way that you did

thanks for the game and the kind words. Now go smash Taiwan!!

Great win....very well coached and a brilliant all round team effort......our passing was a highlight if we continue to throw the ball like that we are going to be extremely hard to beat....awesome work everyone

Great work and you are starting to develop a good reputation as a NT coach so keep it up.

Tip off for Aussie v Malaysia is in 2 hours. Be sure to check in to see how our countries managers have been progressing our young stars of the future.