After making her Opals' debut 25 years ago as a 16-year-old, Lauren Jackson gave fans around the world a final reminder of her greatness in a four-and-a-half-minute stretch that will go down in Australian sporting folklore.
Heading into the bronze medal game against Canada at the FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney, almost everyone in the stadium and at home knew it was going to be Jackson's final game in the green and gold, but no-one could have expected what was to come.
Having already accomplished everything there was to achieve in basketball and retired — due to debilitating knee injuries — as unquestionably Australia's greatest player in history back in 2016, Jackson decided 11 months ago that she was ready to get back to playing the game she loved.
