It was a series Australia's Matthew Dellavedova would rather forget, but one that's still fresh in the mind of New Zealand rival Mika Vukona.
For just the second time since 1971, the Tall Blacks won the Oceania Championships in 2009.
After dropping the opening leg in Sydney by seven points, they fought back to win game two in Wellington by 22.
The series was tied 1-1, but the Kiwis claimed it on aggregate.
A similar situation could unfold on Tuesday night in the New Zealand capital, after the Boomers won the first leg of the 2015 series by 12 points in Melbourne.
Except unlike six years ago, an Olympics berth is on the line.
"I was at that series, I do remember that," said NBA and Boomers point guard Dellavedova on Monday.
"It was actually my first series with the Boomers.
"New Zealand came in and they just got hot.
"It think it was (Kirk) Penney who was really striking from three-point range and obviously the crowd gave a big momentum boost."
Tall Blacks' power forward Vukona was also there, and starred - bagging a game-high 25 points and 12 rebounds.
"I think everything went perfect for us in that game," he said.
"We came out and we were aggressive.
"It was one of those things that you don't really forget.
"We'd love to emulate that, but it's a different group of guys.
"But everybody's pretty confident in what we can do."
Vukona was involved in a few scuffles during that game, including with Boomers cult hero Nate Jawai.
He said that was typical of any match between Australia and New Zealand.
"It's always going to happen, it's always going to be a physical game," he said.
"When you have two teams that really want it, things like that are going to happen."
Dellavedova, who had 15 points in Saturday's opening leg at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, said key to winning this series was staying composed as well as physical.
"We just have to stay with it defensively, take care of the ball, get good shots and not get discouraged if New Zealand goes on a bit of a run because that's what happens in basketball games," he added.
Tall Blacks coach Paul Henare said winning by 13 points for an automatic place at next year's Olympics was not beyond reach.
"We're definitely not thinking about any other route of getting to Rio," he said.
"This is the one we're focusing on for now."
Whoever loses the series will get a second chance via an Olympic qualification tournament next year.
Tuesday's game tips off at 5.30pm (AEST).
AUSTRALIA'S DOMINANT OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
1971 - Australia 3-0
1975 - Australia 3-0
1978 - Australia 2-1
1979 - Australia 3-0
1981 - Australia 2-0
1983 - Australia 2-0
1985 - Australia 3-0
1987*- Australia 2-0
1989 - Australia 2-0
1990 - Australia 2-0
1991 - Australia 2-0
1993*- Australia 2-0
1995*- Australia 2-0
1997 - Australia 2-0
1999 - Australia automatically qualified for 2000 Olympics as host, so NZ went through as Oceania qualifiers after beating Guam 1-0
2001 - New Zealand 2-1
2003 - Australia 3-0
2005 - Australia 3-0
2007 - Australia 3-0
2009 - New Zealand 1-1 (on 177-162 points aggregate)
2011 - Australia 3-0
2013 - Australia 2-0
*These series involved other Oceania teams
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