LIVE: Gilas Pilipinas vs New Zealand - Fiba World Cup qualifiers July 3

Gilas Pilipinas, already qualified for the second round, opens its Fiba World Cup Asian qualifiers third window campaign against New Zealand in an away game.

SCHEDULE: Gilas Pilipinas at Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers – third window

July 3, Friday – Auckland

3pm (PH time) – Gilas Pilipinas vs New Zealand

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END OF FIRST QUARTER: New Zealand 23, Gilas Pilipinas 17.

Juan Gomez de Liaño underneath! He gets the foul too and makes the freethrow. Gilas still down by four, 21-17, 27.3 first quarter.

Brownlee steal but AJ Edu with a bad pass. New Zealand possession again.

Mike Phillips and AJ Edu on the floor now for Gilas.

Gomez de Liaño another basket, but New Zealand quickly answers with a Reuben Te Rangi and- one.

Tohi Smith-Milner for 3 for New Zealand’s third 3 in the first. 18-12 lead for Kiwis.

JGDL with his first two. New Zealand still leads, 15-12.

Tai Webster. 2 freethrows. 15-10, New Zealand lead.

Instant offense from KQ. Gilas Pilipinas still down by 3, 13-10.

Juan Gomez de Liaño, Kevin Quiambao check in.

Brownlee steal, then he’s fouled.

But NZ knocks down another 3, courtesy of Reuben Te Rangi. 13-8 lead for the Kiwis.

Troy Rosario underneath. Gilas within two, 10-8.

Dwight Ramos splits his freethrows. Gilas down 10-6. 5:51, first quarter.

Justin Brownlee on the floor for Gilas.

New Zealand forces a turnover and Sam Waardenburg finishes. 10-5, New Zealand.

Sam Waardenburg knocks down a 3 as New Zealand retakes the lead, 8-5. 6:26, first quarter.

Shea Ili ties the game at 5-5.

Dwight Ramos scores his first 2. 5-3, Gilas Pilipinas. 7:39, first quarter.

Carl Tamayo with a 3! Gilas takes an early 3-2 lead.

Empty first possession for Gilas Pilipinas.

Shea Ili opens the scoring for New Zealand.

Gilas Pilipinas starting 5: RJ Abarrientos, June Mar Fajardo, Troy Rosario, Dwight Ramos and Carl Tamayo. No Justin Brownlee.

New Zealand players perform their routine pre-game Haka.

Players on the floor for the national anthems.

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Gilas Pilipinas looks to steal a win on Kiwis’ home floor

Gilas Pilipinas battles New Zealand in Auckland on Friday, looking to conquer the Boomers on their home floor for the Filipinos to have some sort of slack heading into the next window of the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers.

The Filipinos will be looking to avenge a 69-66 loss the last time they tangled with the Kiwis, and a win would give them some breather heading into the next round where formidable Middle Eastern teams like Iran and Jordan await.

“If we don’t win one of these next two games, then we’re going to have a very small margin of error as we move forward to the next round,” Cone had said during one of their practices prior to departure.

This game will be held at Spark Arena, before the Filipinos fly to Australia for a match with the Boomers, who manhandled them the last time.

“It’s almost like we’re going to [need to] sweep the next round, and that’s really difficult with high-quality teams like Iran, Jordan,” added Cone in explaining the consequences of two losses this week.

Gilas sweeps New Zealand tuneups ahead of Fiba qualifiers

FILE– Gilas Pilipinas RJ Abarrientos during a send off match ahead of the Philippines’ campaign in Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers third window. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines–Gilas Pilipinas rolled past the Franklin Bulls, 94-66, on Tuesday to complete a sweep of the two-game series against New Zealand clubs before the third window of the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers.

Coach Tim Cone elected not to use Justin Brownlee anew while also resting Mike Phillips, but that hardly mattered as Gilas pulled away in the second half to rout the Bulls at Franklin Pool and Leisure in Pukekohe.

The win came two days after Gilas blew out the Manawatu Jets, 92-71, in North Palmerston.

The exhibitions served as tuneups before the Philippines resumes its qualifying campaign against host New Zealand on Friday.

Gilas also takes on Australia in Perth on Monday to conclude the first round of qualification.

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