There were three technical reasons behind the loss of the basketball team of Shabab Al-Ahly Club to its guest, Al-Kuwait, by a margin of four points and with a score of (71-75), in the match that brought them together, the day before yesterday, at the conclusion of the preliminary round in the “West Asian Super League” for the Gulf region, and these are The reasons were the loss of the ball in sensitive periods of the match due to haste in ending attacks, poor success rates in three-pointers, the Kuwaiti team’s superiority in decisive passes, and the loss of Shabab Al-Ahly led to its abandonment of the team. Leading the first group by one point from Kuwait is Kuwait, which achieved its third victory in a row and took first place with a full score (six points).
The start of the match was close, and the Kuwaiti team narrowly advanced (17-16) at the end of the first quarter, and maintained its lead in the second quarter, ending the first half in its favor with a score of (23-19).
Shabab Al-Ahly succeeded in gaining a slight advantage with the result of the third quarter (17-16), but the clear superiority of the Kuwaiti team in terms of three-pointers in the fourth quarter made the final period end in a tie (19-19).
Shabab Al-Ahly exaggerated the strengths it possessed, especially in terms of “rebounds,” or what is known as successfully catching balls bouncing off the basket, amounting to 47 attempts by the “Dubai Knights” compared to 36 for the Kuwaiti team, in addition to the slight superiority of Shabab Al-Ahly in terms of success rates for two-pointers, which reached a high of 36. 47.62%, compared to 45.45% for the guests, and the three technical reasons that led to the loss of the club’s basketball team were: Shabab Al-Ahly is as follows:
1- The haste of Shabab Al-Ahly players in ending attacks led to them losing the ball on 11 occasions, so the visitors invested it effectively and scored 22 points, while Shabab Al-Ahly players were satisfied with scoring 12 points from counterattacks.
2- The success rates in three-pointers represented a clear weakness for Shabab Al-Ahly players, which was limited to 19.23%, compared to the Kuwait team’s success rate of 27.78%, which had a great impact in giving them victory.
3 – The decisive passes contributed to giving the visiting team a slight advantage compared to the hosts, after the Kuwaiti team players succeeded in passing 14 successful and decisive passes to their teammates, compared to 13 decisive passes for the Shabab Al-Ahly players.
Dominic: We paid the tax for offensive errors
The American professional in the ranks of Shabab Al-Ahly, Sir Dominic, the best scorer in the match with 23 points, confirmed that his team paid the tax for offensive errors.
Dominic said in press statements after the end of the match: “We played a very strong match against a strong competitor, but we made many mistakes that we were not able to deal with well, especially from the offensive aspect, and we must play strongly in the upcoming matches.”
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