{"id":328109,"date":"2023-09-03T10:44:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T10:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=328109"},"modified":"2023-09-03T14:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T14:01:19","slug":"mills-outlines-sides-goal-after-disappointing-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=328109","title":{"rendered":"Mills outlines side's goal after 'disappointing' campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

P\ufeffatty Mills<\/a> has described Australia's FIBA World Cup<\/a> campaign as 'disappointing' after they finished the competition with a 100-84 win against Georgia.<\/p>\n

The Boomers<\/a> went into the match knowing it would be their last, after an earlier loss to Slovenia<\/a> proved costly.<\/p>\n

But beating Georgia – winning the first, second and fourth quarter in their second round Group K match – means Australia finished third in the group.<\/p>\n

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A loss to Germany in the first round had put the Boomers on shaky ground early in the competition.<\/p>\n

Post-game Mills, who finished with 19 points, was dejected but looked towards Paris 2024.<\/p>\n

"It's definitely a disappointing result for a major tournament from our part, but it was important to us as a playing group that we came out and finished this thing right, finished with a win," he said on ESPN's coverage.<\/p>\n

"The positives for us is that we've got the Olympics 10 months away and for us to keep building on what we've started from a foundation point, six weeks ago, into a very strong Olympics.<\/p>\n

"You haven't seen the best of us, we'll get away from this now and get back together soon and Paris Olympics is what our goal is."<\/p>\n

Rising star Josh Giddey finished with 15 points to take his tournament tally to 97, making him the youngest ever player to lead the scoring for Australia at a World Cup.<\/p>\n

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Dante Exum put forward his best performance with 18 points while Duop Reath had 16. \ufeff<\/p>\n

NBL championship winning coach Trevor Glesson was full of praise for Exum on ESPN.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\ufeff"That's one positive you can take away," he said.<\/p>\n

"Dante's performance has been first-class in every game, especially when its under pressure, Dante has been coming good.<\/p>\n

"He's been under the post there making some efforts, defensively he can pick it up full-court."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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