On the first day of the Olympic Games, the first game of basketball was played by Australia and Spain! In the end, Australia won their first Olympic victory at home 92-80 thanks to the excellent performance of Giddey and Rocket center Landale. Giddey scored 17 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists to become the main contributor to the win, Mills scored 19 points, and hit a three-point shot in the final quarter to kill the game, showing the essence of the big killer in the international arena, and Landale 20 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists became the team's interior pillar!
Giddey, the international killer
After this game, it is not difficult to see that Spain also looks a little green after the retirement of golden boy Rubio and others! The only thing the team can rely on is Aldama, the outside shooter who scored 27 points in the Grizzlies last season, a game-high, and scored one three-pointer after another in the final quarter to continue the team's life, but this team is no longer the Spain men's basketball team led by the Matadors in 08!
Rubio
The Australia men's basketball team has risen rapidly in recent years, with 11 active NBA players in their 12-man squad assembled this year. Among them, Giddey should be one of the biggest stars in the Australia men's basketball team! As the No. 6 pick selected by the Thunder in the first round that year, he averaged 16 points, 7.8 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game in his rookie season, and was also selected for the best rookie team. Unfortunately, an off-court incident occurred that completely affected his Thunder career.
Gideon
He was also quickly traded by the Thunder to the Chicago Bulls in the East in the offseason in exchange for defensive big man Caruso, after all, he did not perform well in the playoffs last season. And it was rumored that he wanted to top the salary, and it was not surprising that he was finally traded! But the Thunder must have been reluctant to trade Giddey at first, after all, the potential is there!
Caruso
Now I see Giddey playing the instant sense of Clippers star Harden in the NBA on the international stage, and the outside three-point that has been criticized has become accurate in the international arena, and now Giddey's performance on the court is stable in one word, and I feel that the 23-year-old is very experienced in playing. I wonder if the Thunder management and Caruso who saw Giddey's performance at this time are under pressure!
Presti and Durant