Lauren Jackson

2022 - 10 - 1

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Lauren Jackson delivers one last time in her Australian Opals ... (ABC News)

Lauren Jackson gave fans a final reminder of her greatness as she helped the Opals secure the bronze medal at the FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney, ...

She was duly rewarded with a place in the tournament's All-Star Five. "The off-court stuff, the on-court stuff – all of it. "We do have some incredible defensive players. "I think so much of why I love [the defensive side of the game] so much for us and why it is so special, is because that's just heart and effort," Whitcomb said. It was historic. "It's just very genuine with this group and I think in the moments when it was really hard, that's what we leant on, that's what we fell back on."

Seven Consulting Opals' bronze sees fairytale finish for Lauren ... (Basketball Australia)

Australia secured bronze at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022, with a 95-65 win over Canada at the Sydney Superdome today, in their first home World ...

1 4 “It’s really good for the game, it’s great for women’s basketball, it’s great to see all these young athletes and young fans and for them to be able to see what they can be,” said Nurse. Congratulations to Australia they were a great host of the World Cup.” “I’m not sad or angry with my players, I am the total opposite,” said Lapena. In the first half, the teams were exchanging buckets for buckets – keeping the stadium of supporters on their toes.

Lauren Jackson goes out on a high, leads Opals to World Cup ... (Canberra Weekly)

Lauren Jackson has put on a clinic in her final game for the Opals as Australia clinched bronze at the women's basketball World Cup in Sydney.

Jackson’s surge coincided with a downturn in Nurse’s form. A second-half rampage left Jackson with 30 points – the second-highest tally for anyone in a single game this tournament and the second-highest by anyone in World Cup medal match – and confirmed a fairytale finish for the Australian great. Lauren Jackson has saved the best game of her Opals comeback for last, starring for Australia as they clinched World Cup bronze with a 95-65 defeat of Canada.

Epic scenes as Aussie legend shines in farewell (Wide World of Sports)

Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson has wrapped up her international career on her own terms with the Opals defeating Canada 95-65 in the ...

READ MORE: [Opals](https://wwos.nine.com.au/opals) defeating Canada 95-65 in the bronze-medal match at the [FIBA Women's World Cup](https://wwos.nine.com.au/basketball/fiba-world-cup).

Australia wins bronze, Lauren Jackson scores 30 in finale (The Washington Post)

Lauren Jackson capped her storied international basketball career with another bronze medal and scored 30 points to lead Australia to a 95-65 win over ...

Jackson then took over scoring 12 of her points in the third quarter when Australia extended the lead to 71-54. Jackson received hugs from her teammates, who then lifted her up after the final buzzer. Kia Nurse kept Canada in the game with 19 points in the first half. She didn’t score in the second half. Jackson won three bronze medals and led the Opals to their lone gold in 2006. [came back to the Opals after retiring in 2016](https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-sports-sydney-australia-womens-basketball-a93419f1eec3b06989b640891fbade45) because of injuries.

Australia wins bronze, Lauren Jackson scores 30 in finale (CT Insider)

SYDNEY (AP) — Lauren Jackson admitted she couldn't have imagined a better ending to her...

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Australia wins bronze, Lauren Jackson scores 30 in finale (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Lauren Jackson capped her storied international basketball career with another bronze medal and scored 30 points to lead Australia to a 95-65 win over ...

Lauren Jackson's Opals farewell one last dance for greatest of all time (The Guardian)

Denied the fairytale ending in 2016, Jackson has finally bowed out in a manner befitting her status in Australian basketball.

[by two points](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/30/opals-fall-short-in-dramatic-basketball-world-cup-semi-final-loss-to-china), was a remarkable show of improvement on the turmoil of recent years. Of the five World Cups and four Olympics in which Jackson has played, she has One last dance for one of the best there has been. The scars of Cambage’s exit from the team in [controversial circumstances](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/08/former-opals-captain-alleges-that-claims-liz-cambage-told-nigerian-basketball-players-go-back-to-your-third-world-country-are-true) lingered within the playing group (and fair enough – the Opals were built around her, and had to switch tactically at the last moment). The team remains one in transition. A return to the Opals training camp. She has taken women’s basketball, in Australia and around the world, to new heights. A call-up to the squad for the World Cup. The giant forward was never given the opportunity to go out on a high. A comeback in the domestic league. Jackson reprised her form of old, leading the scoring with 30 points, to add a fourth World Cup medal to her tally (alongside four Olympic medals). A farewell at the Rio Olympics was dashed as her efforts at rehabilitation floundered.

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