{"id":320333,"date":"2025-12-01T10:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/320333\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:19:06","slug":"last-second-heroics-lift-boomers-over-tall-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/320333\/","title":{"rendered":"Last-Second Heroics Lift Boomers Over Tall Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"320\">Australia has completed a perfect Window 1 of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers, edging New Zealand 79\u201377 after a dramatic finish in Wellington.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"651\">With the scores locked in the final seconds, the Boomers executed under pressure as Davo Hickey drained a contested three at the buzzer to secure the result.<\/p>\n<p>The moment capped a composed fourth-quarter response from Australia, who trailed 67\u201357 early in the period before rallying behind disciplined defence and timely execution.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"651\">The Boomers&#8217; bench erupted as the shot fell, silencing a packed TSB Bank Arena and delivering another hard-earned victory over the Tall Blacks just 48 hours after Australia claimed an 84\u201379 win in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Hickey, who also delivered a crucial late three in Friday\u2019s opener, again played an important role with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, while Australia\u2019s collective composure ensured the reigning three-time FIBA Asia Cup champions finish the window atop Group A.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2027-asian-qualifiers\/games\/127585-NZL-AUS#boxscore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia has completed a perfect Window 1 of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers, edging New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,83],"class_list":["post-320333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}