POSTED BY: Eurobasket Center
Once more Iran crashed the Lebanese this time in the Asian U20; 82-52.
It is the third time in a year that the Iranian giants passed the traditional rival. For making a good day, Hamed Ehdadi did his best when he got 25. In the other court Roy Samaha was the best scorer although he took early 4 personal fouls.
1 Quarter: Lebanon played aggressively and led the game. In the 7:23 Michel Hakim put his ball in the Iran's hoop and led his team 6-2. 20 seconds late jabber scored and then it was Hamed turn's to score for Iran: 6-6. The real fight starts between Hamed and Roy Samaha. 2 big guys tried to control each other. At last the fight was finished by a slam-dunk of Hamed.
2 Quarter: the fight continued this time by Jabber. He got 2 points and received a foul from Roy Sama, which let Iran to lead the game 18-15. In this quarter surprisingly Syavash Monavari found the way of hoop and scored his first 3 points shoot: 23-22 and one minute later Ali Baheran got a very valuable 3 points that led Iran: 26-22.
In the 3:37 Ali Shamsedin Saeed grabbed a ball and put it in the basket; 31-23.And again Hamed end to the fight by his nice lay up: 35-24
3Quarter: A long distance shoot by Syavash Monavari was a good start in the third period. He scored his second 3 points shoot. Although Lebanon played strongly, they couldn't put the ball in Iran hoop. They hardly lost the road of victory. Even giant Roy Samaha who is the most experienced player in the Lebanon camp. When he received his 4th personal foul in the 2 minutes of this quarter
he stayed at back. Let say Ali Baheran and Eoshin Sahakian was the best star of Iran in this 10 minutes.
4Quarter: Again Hamed was the starter of the battle. He scored a 2 points shoot and led Iran 64-39. Head coach Vladimir Bosnjak was so lucky this night as he had a sharp player like Ali Baheran. He played very well and Iran a lot. In the Lebanon side Alain Boustani and Samer Anouti but they didn't save enough to rescue the country.
Team Statistics: Iran: 12 TO, 7 ST, 2 AS, 3 BS, 17 OR, 31 DR, 6 3P, 26 2P, 11 FT, 26 PF
Lebanon: 10 TO, 8 ST, 2 AS, 3 BS, 10 OR, 19 DR, 2 3P, 16 2P, 14 FT, 18 PF
Best Scorer: Hamed Ehadadi 25, Syavash Monavari 15, Ali Baheran 7, Eoshin Sahakian 8 (Iran)
Roy samaha16, Roubert Bou Dagher 9, Rached habil 9
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