Australia and “FIBA Patty” — that’s what people call him when he puts on the national team uniform, because his game often seems to rise to a different level in international play — were ousted from the Paris Games on Tuesday, Aug. 6, falling 95-90 to Serbia in overtime in the quarterfinals.
Aug 6, 2024 04:54 PM
Mills finished with 26 points and if this was the end — at least on this stage — he would finish his Olympic career with 567 points. That’s fifth-most in Olympic men’s basketball history, behind only Oscar Schmidt, Andrew Gaze, Pau Gasol and Luis Scola. Mills has worn Australia’s colors in no fewer than 15 international FIBA tournaments, including five Olympics — Beijing in 2008, London in 2012, Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Tokyo three years ago on a run to a bronze medal, and now Paris.— In 990 NBA games, including playoffs, he’s scored 30 or more points five times.Let’s take that a step further. His high in the NBA this past season was 17 points, for Miami in a blowout win over Portland.
“You live for those moments,” Mills said. “Down two, as a little kid, in the backyard, underneath the clothesline in Australia. You imagine yourself in those moments, being able to hit a big shot in the Olympic Games to force overtime. We gave ourselves a chance. At the end of the day, it wasn’t our day.”
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