The Alexandrian Ittihad, the leader of the port, qualified for the final of the 36th Arab Basketball Clubs Championship, which will be held tomorrow at the Burj Al Arab in Alexandria after its winning yesterday over its neighbor Sporting 72/83 in an effort to obtain the title for the eighth time to face the Qatari Arab, who won over Kuwaiti Kazma 80/87
Al- Ittihad did not wait long for the derby to be decided because the papers of each team are exposed to the other by virtue of the neighborhood, so he put all his weight in the first and second quarters, recording each time 26 points compared to 14 points for Sporting in each half until the first half ends so that Al- Ittihad advances 28/54 and the task is difficult for his opponent, who did not benefit from his awakening in the third quarter, in which he scored 26 points against 15 for Al- Ittihad, as Sporting decided the last quarter in his favor 16/18
At the level of triple throws, the two teams are equal to 10 throws each, while Al-Ittihad surpassed in the rebound, i.e. the follow-up, 41 rebounds, 26 in defense compared to 37 for sporting, including 23 in defense, and in terms of scorers, Al- Ittihad professional Jordan McRae took first place with 19 points.
As for Al-Arabi, he also focused on the strong start, especially in the second and third quarters with a score of 16/29 and 19/29, while Kazma surpassed in the first quarter 15/20 and the last quarter 24/25, Al-Arabi player Mustafa Hussein advanced the top scorers with a score of 25 points.
Al- Karkawi witnesses the Alexandria Derby
Major General Ismail Al Karkawi, President of the Arab and Emirati Basketball Federations, was keen to attend Derby Alexandria, praising the performance of the two teams and the public attendance. He added that the technical level in general was more than good, which means the importance and status of this competition, which attracts the attention of officials in the International Federation. Mohammed Musailhi, President of the Alexandria Federation, Dr. Magdy Abu Frekha, Vice President of the Arab Federation, President of the Egyptian Federation, and Abdulrahman Al-Mosaad, Vice President of the Arab Federation, also attended the match.
Sporting and Kazma fighting on Bronze
The final of the tournament is preceded by the match of determining the third and fourth places between Sporting and Kazma at four tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, local time
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