Patty Mills had lead the Boomers to a third straight victory in their Olympic warm up fixture against hosts France.
Mills scored 24 points in 29 minutes of action on the back of 10/16 field goal shooting, while dishing out three assists and collecting two rebounds.
The Kokatha, Naghiralgal and Duarureb-Meriam man dismissed concerns about his starting position, highlighting the Boomers' ambition and saying Australia can surpass their bronze medal result from the Tokyo Games.
"We're better [than Tokyo]. We did something special in Tokyo, but we want to be better," he said.
"The grit of this team, the toughness, I believe we're able to accomplish something more."
The Boomers concluded their preparations for the Paris Games with a dramatic 83-82 win over France in their final warm-up match.
They France in an dramatic 83-82 win after comfortably accounting for Puerto Rico and Serbia in previous fixtures.
With Australia down 82-81 and 2.5 seconds remaining, Josh Giddey found Dyson Daniels on a sideline out-of-bounds pass for the match-clinching basket.
Dyson Daniels scores the go-ahead bucket in the 4Q with 1 second left 😱
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The thrilling win comes against a highly-touted French team that includes the NBA's tallest player, 7'4" Victor Wembanyama.
Dante Exum may miss the tournament opener against Spain on Saturday due to a serious finger injury sustained in the second quarter of the match.
Boomers coach Brian Goorjian confirmed that Exum underwent scans following the injury, however is at this stage expected to remain in the squad.
Boomers Paris Olympics Draw (times in AEST)
Saturday, July 27: vs Spain from 7pm
Tuesday, July 30: vs Canada from 9.30pm
Friday, August 2: vs Greece from 9.30pm
