Tall Blacks

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Tall Blacks qualify for World Cup (RNZ)

New Zealand and Lebanon now join co-hosts the Philippines and Japan as teams from Asia and Oceania in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. After racing out to a ...

Ethan Rusbatch and Reuben Te Rangi also chipped in with 14 and 11 points respectively. New Zealand also dominated the boards 54 to 38, including 20 offensive rebounds which led to 24 second chance points. The Tall Blacks will be making their sixth straight World Cup appearance next year, as well as their seventh in total.

Tall Blacks thump Jordan to improve to 6-0 in Fiba World Cup ... (Stuff.co.nz)

At Eventfinda Stadium, Auckland: New Zealand 100 (Shea Ili 16, Ben Gold 15,, Ethan Rusbatch 14, Flynn Cameron 13, Reuben Te Rangi,11), Jordan 72 (Dar Tucker ...

They were helped by the Tall Blacks cooling off from deep (going four of 11 for the spell) as the visitors began to find some offensive fluency of their own. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. But they were never in this contest after trailing the red-hot shooting Tall Blacks 29-10 at the end of the opening quarter, and never got within challenging distance thereafter. The New Zealanders made short work of Jordan in a Group E Asia/Oceania zone qualifying game, running out 100-72 victors to improve to 6-0 in the pool. Jordan were led by 19 points apiece from sharpshooters Dar Tucker and Amin Abu Hawwas, and did well to stay competitive after their ice-cold start.

Tall Blacks keep winning streak alive on home soil (Te Ao Māori News)

The Tall Blacks have secured a 6-game winning streak in their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 100 - 72 win win over Jordan tonight at Event Finda...

However, thanks to some sharp shooting by Dar Tucker, Jordan cut the lead to 18 heading into halftime. It was more of the same treatment in the third quarter with the Tall Blacks maintaining at least a 20-point lead throughout, despite Tucker and Abu Hawwas leading the game in scoring with 17 and 16 points. The home side came out the gate red hot in the first quarter shooting 85% from three (6/7) led by 8 points from Shea Ili to take a 29-10 lead to end the first period.

Tall Blacks book spot in Basketball World Cup (New Zealand Herald)

The Tall Blacks have qualified for next year's FIBA Basketball World Cup after blitzing Jordan 100-72 in Auckland last night.

The Tall Blacks put on arguably their best shooting display of the year; hitting 16 threes at 46 percent, including four triples from Rusbatch. [Terms of Use](https://www.nzme.co.nz/about-us/terms-conditions)and [Privacy Policy.](https://www.nzme.co.nz/media/1737/nzme-privacy-policy.pdf) Shea Ili led the side with 16 points, five rebounds and five assists, and was supported by Ben Gold (15 points and eight rebounds) and Flynn Cameron (13 points and six assists).

Basketball: Tall Blacks hammer Jordan to seal spot at 2023 World Cup (Newshub)

The Tall Blacks have qualified for the 2023 Basketball World Cup, defeating Jordan 100-72 at Auckland to book their ticket.

Tall Blacks qualify for World Cup with win over Jordan (1 News)

New Zealand and Lebanon now join co-hosts the Philippines and Japan as teams from Asia and Oceania in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.

Reuben Te Rangi praises depth, buy-in from polished Tall Blacks as ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Pero Cameron's NZ men's basketballers are on their way to the World Cup after improving to 6-0 in qualifying.

But in the meantime he’s happy to have options at his disposal at a time when you often have to dig deep to field squads in these windows. “We like to play a certain way, hard, fast and up and in, and to maintain that over the course of the game is tough. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. “He’s got really good length, has some skills with shooting, and can swing from 4 to 3. “We are (building good depth),” added Te Rangi, addressing the issue of the looming four qualifying games that are essentially dead rubbers. “We all have expectation within our group, there are always things we can work on, but it showed there wasn’t much missed from last time they were with us. We love the culture and what we do here in this team. So the buy-in from everyone, one to 12, has been amazing.” Cameron’s group look to be getting better. All the boys talk about it.