Kai Sotto turns in arguably his finest performance for the national squad as Gilas Pilipinas beats New Zealand for the first time to stay unbeaten in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.For the first time in a FIBA setting, the Philippines beat New Zealand and defended its turf with a 93-89 victory in the second window of the Asia Cup Qualifiers at the Mall of Asia Arena on Thursday, November 21.
Two of those losses were at home, with the Philippines suffering an 89-80 defeat in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2016 and an 88-63 drubbing in the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers in 2022.Sotto flirted with a triple-double and finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists, while Brownlee delivered 26 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals in the win that hiked the Philippines record to 3-0 in Group B.
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