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NewZealand Starting five: Lindsay TAIT, Micheal Fitchett, Klrk PENNEY, Thomas ABERCROMBIE and Craig BRADSHAW.
Lebanon Starting five: Jackson VROMEN, Rony FAHED, Elie Roustom, Matt FREIJE and Fadi EL KHATIB.
Newzealand started the first quarter correctly by making a tough defense and playing the right system on offense and they made a 10 points difference in the first five minutes
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After loosing the first two games in the FIBA World Championships, New Zealand grabbed their first win in the competition facing Lebanon who didn't show much of a resistance to absorb the scoring hunger of the New Zealanders who had a strong start in the first quarter creating a 16 points margin at its end. Lebanon was hopeless defensively, conceding 14 points from second chances. New Zealand took advantage of the offensive rebounds to finish the first stanza 32-16
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The injury bug has struck the Wollongong Hawks, with point guard Rhys Martin (193-G-86, college: Nova SE) succumbing to an on-going ankle problem.
Hours after the Hawks completed their first practice session with new import Gary Ervin (186-G-83, college: Arkansas) on Sunday, Martin rolled his already-suspect ankle while walking along the street with team-mate Dan Jackson
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Tyson Demos joins Wollongong ahm Hawks - Australia - Aug.31, 2010
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New Zealand stun Lebanon for first win in Turkey - New Zealand - Aug.31, 2010
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Anderson Varejao wants to play against USA - World Championships - Aug.30, 2010
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Day: 2 (Preliminary Round) - World Championships - Aug.30, 2010
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Australia did not have any difficulties reaching the second win at the World Championship - Australia - Aug.30, 2010
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Big V State Champions WAVERLEY FALCONS - Australia - Aug.30, 2010
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Group D game 4: Lucky win for Lithuania - World Championships - Aug.29, 2010
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Group D Game 5 : An Easy Win For France Against Lebanon - World Championships - Aug.29, 2010
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Argentina and Australia closed Day 2 at the Preliminary Round with a shot-buzzer - Australia - Aug.29, 2010
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Spain hold off determined New Zealand - New Zealand - Aug.29, 2010
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Group D Game 2: Lebanon starts the quest of the second round with a win over Canada - World Championships - Aug.28, 2010
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Group D Game 3 : France hits the biggest surprise on the first day - World Championships - Aug.28, 2010
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Australia nip Jordan at the start of World Championship - Australia - Aug.28, 2010
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Lithuania won their opener of the World Championship - New Zealand - Aug.28, 2010
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Group D-Game 1 : Difficult win for Lithuania - New Zealand - Aug.28, 2010
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Turkey invites to the World Championship - World Championships - Aug.26, 2010
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FIBA suspends players after tournament brawl - World Championships - Aug.26, 2010
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QBL announces 2010 season awards - Australia - Aug.26, 2010
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