A SHOCKER

David Andersen of
Team Australia pops a
jumper off a German
defender.

Team Australia pulled off a shocker of a win over Germany by 35 big points, 78-43 in day three of the FIBA World Championships in Turkey. Tenacious defense by the Aussies limited the Germans to a low of 13 points in the first half (with only 7 points in the first period). Australia took advantage of the many miscues by Germany as they relentlessly scored off turnover points. Germany had earlier scored an upset win over highly regarded Serbia, 82-81 in double overtime. According to FIBA.com,  Australian head coach Brett Brown said their perfect scouting of Germany’s game was the key to the lopsided victory, which help them tied Serbia with two wins in three games behind unbeaten Argentina in Group A action.

“We spent a lot of time watching Germany and paid attention to their game structure. They resemble us with their performance yesterday. We tried to keep the energy for defending Germany and we managed. We look forward to day off tomorrow.”