POSTED BY: Eurobasket Center
15-22/18-9/16-25/32-25
In a shocking day, the motivated Jordanian side just made Qatar to respect them when they won 81-78.
At the beginning it was a normal game and Qatar was in front as it was expected. They won the first 2 quarters easily but Fredrik Onika's side backed to the game in the last minute of the 3rd quarter, when Hamza Al Khalil put his 3 points shoot in the hoop: 29-32 Jordan.
While the 5 players were trying really hard in the court, the rest 7 on the bench shouted DEFENSE…DEFENSE. This word worked for the last 10 minutes. Then Musa Al Awadi scored another 3 points for Jordan; 56-59. Later on Saad Abdul Rahman scored another sensitive 3points shoot; 59-60. Without any words Jordan was dominated to the game up to the end. By the time the Jordanian side was in the right way, Musa Al Awadi got 2 points by his penetration. All the Iranian
Were cheering for Jordan.
Finally Jordan could make the champion of Asia to respect them by the best performance of Omar Oliver.
Best Scorer:
Musa Al Awadi 24, Mohammad Hadrab 22, Omar Oliver 15(Jordan)
Mohammad Salaheldin 28, Saad Abdul Rahman 20, Baker Ahmad Mohammad 11(Qatar)
Team Statistics:
Jordan: 13 TO, 11 ST, 2 AS, 8 OR, 18 DR, 9 3P, 20 2P, 14 FT
Qatar: 19 TO, 11 ST, 7 AS, 19 OR, 17 DR, 6 3P, 26 2P, 8 FT
