Aussies muscled out of world basketball championships
Australia's world basketball championships campaign came to a bone-shuddering end on Sunday when they were crushed 87-58 by Slovenia in the last 16.
Slovenia's Goran Dragic goes for a basket during the World Cup Championship basketball match Australia versus Slovenia in Istanbul. Australia's world basketball championships campaign came to a bone-shuddering end on Sunday when they were crushed 87-58 by Slovenia in the last 16.
Australia were slow out of the blocks, failing to score a point in the opening six and a half minutes of the game as Slovenia broke out to a 9-0 lead.
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