Australia vs. India 126 - 92 (21087)In Australia's third match of their Asia Championships campaign, they faced off against the surging Indians. India raced off to a flying start going up 13-7 before Australia crawled their way back to level pegging 24 all at the first break. Watching on the sidelines was India's former U21 coach Yodabig
(196950) who was mixed with emotions all night cheering proudly for his younguns who have now finally made the Indian national team while watching in awe as his man Lawrance
(12019302) played another fantastic game starting at power forward for Australia. The game continued tightly at the second term as India continued to match Australia up until 4 minutes mark before the main break. But Australia took the game to another level and left India behind their trail.
Overall both sides had some noteworthy performances. Jaiswal
(9093174) from India had a great game as he dominated Walker
(14845673) all night scoring 24 points while restricting Walker to only 29% from the field. He also had support from Kumar
(14983993) and Firosh
(14983997) who scored 18 and 17 points respectively. However it was not enough as Australia played once again a strong team game with a total of 29 assists. Veteran Mansfield
(8157988) led the way with 10 dishes as well as 25 points and 5 boards. Lawrance as mentioned earlier contributed with 16 points, 6 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. He was not alone with the front court assault with Cunming
(9471882) having 16 points, 12 boards and 2 blocks; and Lakhin
(13435558) with 12 points, 10 boards and 4 assists.
All in all, Australia's team game was too hot for India to handle with 7 double digit individual scores to 4. With this win, it takes Australia to the top of Pool C as well as automatically qualifying to the next group stage. India on the other hand still haven't notched up a victory after 4 games and are eliminated from the Asia Championships. Australia's next game on this coming Monday evening will be up against Indonesia, another team that has qualified to the next round. Stay tune and hope to see you all then for more action packed basketball.
Last edited by Whitebeard at 9/28/2012 1:59:56 AM