The Boomers can qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics basketball quarter-finals only if group leaders Canada beat Spain.
The top two teams in the group directly qualify for the last eight while the two best third-placed teams also join in the quarters.
Despite staging a remarkable comeback in the last two quarters, Australia suffered greatly before half-time. Jock Landale scored 17 points for the Boomers while Greece, who didn’t qualify for the previous three editions of the Olympics, were led by Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 20 points.
Antetokounmpo opened the scoring in this match following an assist from Kostas Papanikolaou while Landale got on the scoresheet first for the Boomers to make it 2-2 in the early exchanges.
Nick Calathes of the opposition grabbed the first three-pointer and Greece led 15-9 at the halfway point of the first quarter. Greece soon extended their lead to 21-14 but the Boomers closed the gap down to 23-21 before finishing the first quarter trailing Greece 25-24.
The Greece basketball team started the second quarter on a positive note and made it 39-24. They were all over Australia who looked out of sorts during this phase of the match.
Antetokounmpo continued to lead the charge for his side and made it 50-33 as the Boomers went into the half-time break trailing the opposition 53-36.