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The Powerade-Team Pilipinas team bowed to defending champion Iran, 78-88, Tuesday in the 25th FIBA Asia men’s basketball championship in Tianjin, China.

After falling behind by as many as 24 points in the first half, the Filipinos made a spirited rally to threaten within 73-82 on back-to-back treys by Willie Miller with still 4:10 left.

But the Nationals’ successive misses from the beyond the arc sandwiching a basket by Oshin Shakian and a triple by Mahdi Kamrani allowed Iran to seize a fresh 87-73 lead, 1:59 left. Read the rest of this entry »