The competition flared up in the 34th Arab Clubs Championship for men’s basketball, which is currently being held in Kuwait, after the results of the second day, which set the vision regarding the competing teams for the top of the groups, with the exception of the third group, which was won by Kazma Al-Kuwaiti after defeating Al-Ahly of Bahrain. Al-Riyadi the Lebanese deserved this exciting round by defeating Al-Gharafa of Qatar 66/84 After a difficult confrontation in the first three periods in which Al-Gharafa had a strong match and maintained a closeness of points by three in the first and second periods and two points in the third period, however, Al-Riyadi's experience resolved this difficult confrontation in the last half as a result of the brilliance of the quartet Michel, the match's top scorer with 20 points And the giant Mike, the star of Dank, Hayek, and Ali Mansour. It is noteworthy that Al-Riyadi scored 20 points in this half, compared to only four points for Al-Gharafa, which he scored in the first half, then stopped in the last five minutes as a result of the solidity of the Lebanese defense and its proficiency in the three-pointers and from within the area, and thus the picture became clear in the second iron group Awaiting the summit of Al-Riyadi and Al-Ahly, the defending champion, which will take the lead at the end of the preliminary round on Saturday.
In the first group, Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, the master of the country, strengthened its position after its second successive victory in front of Al-Ahly Benghazi, Libya, with a score of 64/122, while awaiting the summit that will bring it together with Kuwait, one of the candidates for the title, on Saturday. Completely different from the opening game with Kuwait. The results of the periods were as follows: 32/22, 31/17, 23/15 and 36/10.
In the third group, Kazma of Kuwait took the lead after his second victory in a row against Al-Ahly of Bahrain, his closest competitor, with a score of 77/90. Kazma professional Keiven Mor registered the highest score 24 points, with a difference of one point from the captain of the team, Ahmed Al-Balooshi, raising his score to 57 points in two games.
Beirut victory
In his first appearance in the fourth group, Beirut, the runners-up of the 32 and 33 editions, achieved a deserved victory over Wydad Boufarik of Algeria 74/88. The Lebanese team advanced in the first quarter 17/15, in the second 31/20 and in the third 25/12, while the last quarter ended in favor of Boufarik 15/ 27.
Tomorrow, Friday, Al-Gharafa will play six games with Al-Ahly of Egypt at Al-Ittihad Hall at 3:00 pm Kuwait time, followed by Al-Minaa Al-Yemeni and Al-Riyadi Al-Lebanese, then Al-Ahly Al-Syria and Al-Ahly Al-Benghazi, while they will meet at the Kuwait Club Hall, Wedad Boufarik and Al-Jahra, then the Iraqi Tigris, Beirut, and finally Kazma and Al-Sadd.
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