Australia have scored a remarkable 78-43 FIBA World Championships upset victory over Germany in Turkey on Monday morning.
One day after coming within a single shot of upsetting world No.1 Argentina, the Boomers recorded a stunning 35-point thrashing of seventh-ranked Germany.
Patrick Mills led the Australian charge with 16 points and seven assists, while Aleks Maric bounced back from a disappointing game against Argentina with 15 points and five rebounds. Former Townsville Crocodile Brad Newley added 10 points as all but two players of the 12-man Australian squad scored in a balanced offensive effort.
Robin Benzing was the leading German scorer with 11 points while Tim Ohlbrecht was the only other player on the European side to reach double-figures with 10.
The game was expected to be a tough one for Australia, with Germany coming off a a narrow defeat to Argentina and a double-overtime win against Serbia.
The Boomers made a mockery of pre-game expectations however as they jumped out to a 19-7 lead at the end of the first quarter on the back of a ferocious defensive effort.
There was no let-up in the second period either as Australia took a 38-20 lead into the half to leave the Europeans reeling.
A 24-11 scoring advantage in the third period sparked by a 7-0 run at the start of the quarter saw the Boomers put the game beyond doubt. Australia refused to let up in the final period, winning every quarter and running out with a remarkable victory.
The Australian defence restricted Germany to 7-of-32 shooting from two-point range and 8-of-26 from the perimeter. The Australians also dominated the boards with a 40-30 advantage despite the Germans starting a line-up that included a pair of seven footers in Tibor Pleiss and Jan-Hendrik Jagla as well as the 208cm Robin Benzing.
"We spent a lot of time watching Germany in the lead-up to this tournament and paid attention to their two games before we played them," Australia coach Brett Brown said.
"For our program this is a big win and we look forward to a day off tomorrow."
Germany coach Dirk Bauermann said Australia played an outstanding game.
"I thought they played exceptionally well. They defended us extremely well and moved the ball around and shot extremely well," Bauermann said.
"For us it was a hard game, double-overtime last night which took a lot of mental and physical energy out of our guys and we just weren't up to the task today."
"We were fearful of this game," he said.
The Boomers face Serbia in their penultimate group clash on Wednesday, while Germany will take on Angola.
The Serbs will go into their clash against Australia with a mountain of confidence after dispatching of Jordan 112-69.
It was skipper Milos Teodosic's comeback from suspension after his involvement in the on-court brawl in a warm-up match for the Championships against Greece, and he said his side need to model their game plan on how they dismantled the Jordanians by 43 points.
"We ran 40 minutes without stopping. This game should be a model of how we should play in next games. We should forget this game as soon as possible without relief because we lost game with Germany yesterday. We will rest tomorrow and we need to concentrate and prepare for the next game against Australia," the Serbian guard said.
Slovenia held off Croatia in their group