As it happened: Basketball bronze highlights day six at Glasgow Commonwealth Games
New Zealand athletes at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games secured a basketball bronze medal on day six, despite several near-misses in other events. The team is looking forward to potential medal successes in cycling and track and field.
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A solitary basketball bronze added to New Zealand's Commonwealth Games medal tally, but there was no end of endeavour from our athletes at Glasgow.
Unbeaten through pool play, the women's 3x3 exponents saw their run end in the semifinals, where they toppled by Uganda, but regrouped to beat Jamaica in the third-place playoff.
Our men also lost in the semis to defending champions England, but could not overcome hosts Scotland in an emotional bronze playoff to finish fourth - one of several near misses for the Kiwis on day six.
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