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    A morale-boosting result for basketball's Tall Blacks in their qualifying campaign for next year's World Cup

    A morale-boosting result for basketball's Tall Blacks in their qualifying campaign for next year's World Cup


    They've eked out a 69-66 win over the Philippines in Manila.

    New Zealand lost their last game to Australia courtesy of a three-point bank shot on the buzzer in December.

    Coach Judd Flavell welcomed being on the right side of a close contest.



    The Tall Blacks face Guam next on Sunday.

    BASKETBALL COVERAGE WITH BK'S TROPICAL WHOPPER. PINEAPPLE IN A BURGER. THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL WHOPPER YET

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Basketball News
     26 Feb: The Tall Ferns have named three uncapped players for their Basketball World Cup qualifiers in Puerto Rico next month
     26 Feb: Tall Blacks coach Judd Flavell is trying to progress Parker Jackson-Cartwright's basketball ambitions
     24 Feb: Breakers president of basketball operations Dillon Boucher is preparing for a free agency battle
     24 Feb: To the ANBL basketball awards..
     22 Feb: Parker Jackson-Cartwright and the entire New Zealand Breakers organisation want to put their name on the first ever Ignite Cup, but know the task ahead of them is a difficult one
     19 Feb: Breakers forward Reuben Te Rangi is imploring his side to close out their Australian NBL regular season with a win
     18 Feb: Bittersweet injury news for the Breakers ahead of their final regular season Australian basketball league game
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