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For the first time in Corey Webster's national team career, New Zealand has fallen prey to the Philippines after the Tall Blacks absorbed a 93-89 loss to Gilas Pilipinas on Thursday in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers. Webster, a New Zealand mainstay for more than two decades, thinks the bigs made life harder for the visitors in front of a jam-packed Mall of Asia Arena. "They’re big.
"A red-hot New Zealand came up and torched the Philippines from beyond the arc after the Tall Blacks buried 18 of their 35 three-pointer attempts, five of which came from Webster as he dropped 25 points. But the Philippines definitely owned the paint. Kai Sotto was a problem for New Zealand with the 7-foot-3 big man dropping all of his eight field goals inside the paint while Justin Brownlee shot seven two-point field goals as both players tallied double-double outings.
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