abc.net.au/news/lauren-jackson-opals-defeat-belgium-basketball-world-cup/101489040Lauren Jackson has produced the best performance of her Opals comeback so far in an 86-69 quarter-final defeat of Belgium that confirmed Australia will face China in the basketball World Cup's final four.
Jackson only made a cameo in the Opals' last match, but played more minutes against Belgium than in any other game this World Cup, and finished with more points . The 41-year-old has scored at least one three-pointer in each of Australia's six games — no small feat given her limited minutes — and had plenty of success driving through the paint against Belgium.
But the Europeans found other routes to score and remained in the fight before half-time, with centre Kyara Linskens proving to be one of the few players able to match the Australian talls for muscle this World Cup.
Let's fucking gooooo!
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