Basketball-Australia win men’s bronze
So, no fairytale ending here for Luka Doncic and Slovenia, who had an absolutely amazing tournament in their Olympic debut but are ultimately undone by the experience of Australia, who claim their first ever Olympic medal in the men’s competition.
The Boomers built an eight-point lead heading into the half, and extended it to 11 by the end of the third quarter.
From there, Slovenia were simply unable to get back into the game despite the best efforts of Doncic (22 points, eight rebounds, eight assists), who was playing through a hand injury sustained in the semi-final loss to France.
Australia in the end are deserved victors, winning 107-93.
Patty Mills had an unbelievable game for Australia, scoring 42 points on 48 percent shooting from the field to go along with nine assists.
