Philippines Retain Southeast Asian Basketball TitleThe Philippines beat Thailand 90-73 to retain the Southeast Asia Basketball Association men's title in Manila on April 7.Playing against a determined Thai squad mentored by a South Korean coach, the Filipinos fell behind only once at 1-3, the Malaya newspaper reported Sunday. Earlier, Singapore stunned Indonesia 81-78 to clinch third place, while Malaysia placed fifth after beating Vietnam 73-59 in the seven-nation meet, which was also participated by Brunei. |
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