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    Basketball's Tall Ferns have lost 62-50 to Olympic silver medallists Japan in their second Asian Cup game in Jordan

    Basketball's Tall Ferns have lost 62-50 to Olympic silver medallists Japan in their second Asian Cup game in Jordan


    The New Zealand women held their own for most of the outing, despite 28 ranking spots separating the sides - Japan pulled away in the fourth quarter.

    The Tall Ferns need victory over India in their final group game tomorrow to have any chance of advancing beyond pool play.

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