On the eve of the Olympics Patty Mills has found form and inspired the Boomers to an impressive pre-Games victory over Serbia.
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The veteran, who will be 36 the day after the gold medal final in Paris, will head for his fifth Games lifted by a 28-point haul that helped Australia to an 84-73 point win over NBA superstar Nikola Jokic's team.Dante Exum added 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists coming off the bench and Josh Giddey finished with 13 points, six rebounds and two assists.
For Serbia, three-time NBA MVP Jokic totalled 14 points and 14 rebounds and Filip Petrusev 17 points.Against the US Mills landed just two of eight attempts in 22 minutes, but 24 hours later he found his range hitting seven of 13 in 28 minutes including four three-pointers.ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that's making headlines.
With 6 minutes remaining, Serbia led 67-66 but the Boomers finished strongly, Mills contributing to three-pointers from Daniels and Kay that gave them breathing space.Greece and Canada are also in their group. The group matches are being played in Lille, in northern France, with the closing stages in ParisFor Origin III, Queensland are right where they want to be.
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