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3rd quarter started with the Hessian Bag blocking a shot and then getting off an assist for the Bath Water to drain the shot.

Australia hit the first 6 points of the 3rd before Zuev once again bobbed up to hit a jump shot.

5 minutes in and Ted brought down his 10th rebound to give him self a double double and within a minute the Duke hit a basket to also get his own double double.

As the quarter progressed, Australias scrambling man on man defense was getting on top of the Kazakhstans slow patient offence and they begun to increase the gap on their lower ranked opponents.

One wondered what the Indonesians and Iranians scouts in the crowd might have been thinking of Australias motion offence with both Ted and the Duke giving out assists and with 2 minutes left in the quarter, Goodsy become the 3rd Aussie big to hit a 3 pointer for the game.

As 3 quarter time approached, Wang (Wang Chung) who had only spent 7 minutes on the court to this stage, went BANG, with a 3 point Buzzer beater to give the Aussies a 71 to 44 point lead.

The Wombat King started the bench in the 4th and literally seconds in the Polar Bear became the 6th Aussie player of the game to hit a 3.

Wang Chung with head phones on and listening to “Dance Hall days” went banging everywhere in the first 6 minutes of the 4th hitting 14 points.

Not “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”, though as Wang Chungs efforts effectively destroyed any chance the Kazakhstans had of making the next round.

2 minutes left in the game and Polar Bear drew the 6th foul on Zuev who incredibly finished with 38 points from 41 shots, 8 rebounds and just the 1 assist.

4th quarter ended with Wang Chung (19 minutes) again getting a buzzer beater to tie with the Polar Bear (21 minutes) for equal top scorer for the Aussies with 21 points.

Final score Australia 106 to Kazakhstan 69 with The Duke, Ted and Wang Chung being the Aussies best 3 players based on game rankings.

The Wombat Kings attention then turned to the Iranian v Indonesian game where Indonesia had been victorious by 16 points to restrict Australias Point Difference advantage over them selves to just 22 points.

With the entire Kazakhstan squad passed out on the court and receiving intravenous drips after the game from having over exerted them selves, the Wombat King quickly realized that they (The Kazakhstan team) would be easy beats for both the Iranians and Indonesians and that the only way Australia could finish on top of their pool would be if they could win both their remaining games



Last edited by Sid Vicious at 7/22/2013 10:29:42 AM

Thanks Sid always a good read.

We sit 1st in Group A and are into the next stage on the championships.
We take on 3rd and 2nd in our last 2 games and even if we did lose both we can not fall below 3rd spot with the top 4 from each group going into next stage.

There are clear strong sides and not so strong sides in the championships. Most the spots in the final 12 are set in stone. Here is a quick look at who is in and who can still get in for each group. Italics are in, others can still make it.

Group A
Australia 4-0 +167
Indonesia 4-0 +145
Iran 3-1 +72

Kazakhstan 1-3 -41
India 1-3 - 44


Group B
China 4-0 +293
Singapore 4-0 +205
Taiwan 3-1 +132

Macau 2-2 -35
Pakistan 1-3 -129
UAE 1-4 -181

Group C
Hong Kong 4-0 +166
Philippines 4-0 +151

New Zealand 3-2 -64
Nippon 2-2 -16
Malaysia 2-2 -35

Where ever we finish we are going to need to beat some strong sides to make it to the next round. Most the sides are made of mono skill monsters with one team have 7Cs and then PGs. Thankfully our side is a little more balanced and hopefully we can win with this.

Our gameshape is great and players are training well.

Hi Mickyster,

Are you able to give an explanation as to how the remainder of the tournament is structured with regards to games?

Next up is two groups of six. The groups (I think) are 1st and 4th from groups A and C and 2nd and 3rd from group B in one group, with the remaining top four teams in the other group.

Each team plays the others teams in their group once. Top 2 go through to the semis. Winners of the semis obviously play off in the final, and also are through to the world cup.losing semi finalists and the 3rd placed teams from the groups go to the repacharge.

Think that's all right.

That is my understanding. There are a couple of options about how we advance, Talk about that will be kept offsite forum.

Next up is two groups of six. The groups (I think) are 1st and 4th from groups A and C and 2nd and 3rd from group B in one group, with the remaining top four teams in the other group.

Each team plays the others teams in their group once. Top 2 go through to the semis. Winners of the semis obviously play off in the final, and also are through to the world cup.losing semi finalists and the 3rd placed teams from the groups go to the repacharge.

Think that's all right.

Plus 1 and thankyou

That is my understanding. There are a couple of options about how we advance, Talk about that will be kept offsite forum

I hope that I am not betraying any national secrets here, but one option on how to advance, might be to win all of the remaining games

Last edited by Sid Vicious at 7/24/2013 7:34:47 PM

Why had I not considered that already........................................... ;)

Line up for Mondays game on offsite forum for feedback.

wow what a comeback win

I thought it was over by half time.

I was worried at 1/4 time but felt better at the half. Was a solid win. With Hong Kong going the forfeit the make up of the final groups are up in the air. I wonder how many more will throw games to get into a certain group.

Match Report Australia V Iran 29/7/13 (5th game of U21 Asian Championship)

Controversy surrounded tonights game vs Iran.

At stake for Australia was the opportunity to guarantee a worse case scenario of finishing 2nd in Pool A and given the players brilliant game shape they were firm favourites to win.

With this tournament supposedly being hosted in Australia, the Wombat King was seething that they had to fly to Tepapa which is near Wellington in NewZealand.

One assumes that the Manager of the Porirua team, Maanonu, is a Kiwi sheep shearer living in Australia, but whom whilst having his team registered in Australia, some how found a loop hole to enable his team to play their home games in New Zealand.

Tic Tac who had worked hard to redeem himself after being stood down for disciplinary reasons a few weeks ago, might again be in trouble this time for trying to break David Boons record for drinking beers whilst on a plane trip.

Whilst Tic Tac didn’t quite set the record, in his defence the flight to NZ was a bit shorter than the flight Boony took to the UK.

Tip off as had been the custom, went to the Duke and like clockwork Bath Water threaded a pass to Tic Tac, only for him to miss his first shot 18 seconds into the game.

2 and a half minutes into the game and Tic Tac was 0 from 4 with the one turn over, and Australia was 6 nil down.

After vomiting during a time out, Tic Tac remained on court and whilst he was getting scored against, the rest of the Australian team did settle a little bit with the Duke sinking a free throw and the Combover hitting a 2.

It was about this time that an international incident transpired that nearly brought the 2 countrys to the brink of war.

After innocently asking the Iranian Scout Mr Alireza7, who was on game chat, how they were managing to restrict Tic Tacs shooting (which was 0 from 6), a communication mix up took place where I took offence to Mickyster interjection that he should have started Sacks at SF and in the seconds I took to reply with “at least it wasn’t the “Truth” “, our Iranian friend had commented that he couldn’t say anything (about game tactics).

It took several minutes to explain to our Iranian official that the “Truth” was a nickname of a SF in the Australian Under 21squad, and was not a jibe about his honesty.
With tensions between the 2 countrys eased, attention turned back to the basketball game where Iran had gone to quarter time with an 18 point to 11 lead.


Last edited by Sid Vicious at 7/29/2013 9:34:45 AM