PETALING JAYA: Malaysian cagers blew a golden opportunity to secure their best finish in 22 years after narrowly losing 89-87 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the ninth-12th playoff match of the 26th Fiba Asian Championship in Wuhan, China, yesterday.
Malaysia went into the match after finishing fifth in Group E and were confident of beating UAE, having done so in last month’s Jones Cup in Taiwan.
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