A year ago, almost to the day, Patty Mills had had enough of his Australian teammates simply wondering about their prospects at the Rio Olympics.He stood up and said `No, were going to go and get the gold medal, recalled coach Andrej Lemanis.It really gave us that sharp edge and focus to say Hell yeah, we are good enough to do it.His message went global on Wednesday after the Boomers crushed basketball heavyweights Lithuania 90-64 in the quarter-finals.They are now just one win away from playing for gold.They will face Serbia in the semi-finals on Friday night (0800 AEST Saturday).The Boomers enjoyed a 95-80 victory over the Serbs in the group stage.Even if Australia lose, they will still get a crack at a maiden Olympic medal.Not since the Sydney 2000 Games have they advanced to the last four.There, just like four years earlier in Atlanta, they finished fourth after losing to Lithuania in the play-off for bronze.But that wont cut it in 2016.We established our goal very early on, said Mills, who finished with a game-high 24 points.Its special to be involved in a unique group that is hungry and eager to achieve something that no Australian team has before.It means more than what you can imagine.Not even a physical Lithuania, ranked third in the world, could rattle a calm and measured Australia - who have dropped just one of six games, to the formidable United States.Mills and fellow NBA championship winner Matthew Dellavdova (15 points) laid the foundation at Carioca Arena 1, outscoring the entire Lithuanian team in the first half for a 48-30 lead.There was no let-up in the second, as Aron Baynes (16 points, five rebounds) entertained the small but vocal contingent of Australian fans with a handful of dunks.Andrew Bogut chipped in six points, but had seven rebounds and six assists.The Boomers led by as much as 30 points late in the game, even with Dellavedova on the bench getting treatment for a minor cork.It just reflects the collective will of this group to come here and do something special, said Lemanis.But we wont get over-excited by this win.Were happy that we progressed but we havent achieved our goal and its now about getting our minds back to business.Former NBA forward Cameron Bairstow didnt play and is unlikely to for the rest of the Games after dislocating his shoulder in their last group match against Venezuela. 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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Its Jacoby Brissetts tryout now.The Patriots third-string quarterback came on in relief against Miami on Sunday after Tom Bradys top substitute was injured, inheriting a 21-point lead from Jimmy Garoppolo before piloting New England to a 31-24 victory.A rookie who was drafted as insurance during Bradys four-game Deflategate suspension, Brissett could be making his first NFL start in four days when the Patriots meet Houston on Thursday night.When its time to go, you just have to make sure youre ready, said Brissett, who completed 6 of 9 passes for 92 yards in his pro debut. Whenever the opportunity comes, youve got to make sure youre ready for it.The Patriots have had one of the most settled quarterback situations in the NFL -- if not league history -- thanks to Brady, who led the team to six Super Bowls, winning four, during his 15-year career. But the job opened temporarily when commissioner Roger Goodell suspended him following an investigation into improperly inflated footballs in the 2015 AFC title game.After serving two years as Bradys understudy, Garoppolo was hoping to use the four-game tryout to show he could be a worthy successor to the two-time league MVP -- or perhaps play himself into a starting job elsewhere if the 40-year-old four-time Super Bowl champion continued to defy his age.In the season-opening victory over against Arizona, Garoppolo was good enough to get the talk radio crowd bloviating about whether Brady should get his job back when he returns. (Belichick said from the start that Brady would be the No. 1 QB in Week 5, and has never wavered .)Against Miami, Garoppolo completed 18 of 27 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns. But he was knocked out the game late in the first half, when Dolphins linebacker Kiko Alonnso drove him to the turf onto his right shoulder.ddddddddddddGaroppolo got up and tried to walk it off, but he soon dropped to his knee. The trainers were called out, and Brissett began warming up on the sideline.You hate to see that, receiver Chris Hogan said. He worked so hard for this opportunity. I hope hes OK. I hope he can get back.A third-round draft pick who transferred from Florida to North Carolina State as a junior, Brissett missed on his first two passes but completed six of the next seven. The Patriots ran 26 times with nine passes while he was at quarterback, though they were also trying to milk the clock; he ran four times for a net gain of 10 yards himself.Jacoby, he handled it like a professional, receiver Julian Edelman said.Hes very poised, he said, adding with a laugh, especially for a millennial.Brissett, a third-round draft pick, could have two more games to convince Belichick to keep him around when Brady returns from his suspension in Week 5.The Patriots have often gone with only two quarterbacks on the roster, though Belichick did hold onto Brady as a fourth-stringer after picking him up in the sixth round of the 2000 draft. There are no quarterbacks on the teams practice squad.The Patriots could also bring in someone off the street during the week. Edelman, who played quarterback in college at Kent State and threw a touchdown pass in a 2015 playoff game, would likely be used in an emergency if something happened to Brissett.I wasnt even thinking about that, Edelman said. I was thinking about what I could do to help Jacoby.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '