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Naft Abadan - Tabiat 83-91
25 personal fouls committed by Naft Abadan helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Worth to mention a great performance of American point guard Jordan Stevens (182-1994, college: Midwestern St.) who helped to win the game recording 46 points (!!!) and the former international Arman Zangeneh (202-1993, agency: BIG) who added 7 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists during the contest. At the losing side the former international center Hamed Haddadi (218-1985, agency: BIG) responded with a double-double by scoring 18 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists and Mehdi Hasanzadeh scored 17 points and 5 rebounds (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field). Four Naft Abadan players scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Naft Abadan: H.Haddadi 18+16reb+6ast, H.Mehdi 17+5reb, F.Aslani 12+2reb+6ast, D.Ehsan 11+2reb+5ast, R.Hesam 9+1ast, N.Khajezadeh 7+4reb
Tabiat: J.Stevens 46+4reb+3ast, S.Davarpanah 14+3reb+2ast, J.Ashkan 11+4reb+3ast, N.Dragovic 9+10reb, A.Zangeneh 7+8reb+4ast, A.Akbari Hasan 2+2reb
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Kalleh - Zob Ahan 85-100Zob Ahan shot the lights out from three nailing 15 long-distance shots on high 55.6 percentage. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 21 assists. The winners were led by American point guard
Dwight Buycks (191-1989, college:
Marquette, agency:
Epic Sports Consulting LLC) who scored that evening 22 points and 7 assists and the other American import forward
Jamail Jones (201-1992, college:
FGCU, agency:
Epic Sports Consulting LLC) supported him with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Five Zob Ahan players scored in double figures. Zob Ahan's coach
Mehran Hatami allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Even 27 points by the former international
Matin Aghajanpour (198-2001) did not help to save the game for
Kalleh. The former international
Amirhossein Yazarloo (196-2002) added 25 points for lost side.
Top scorers:Kalleh: A.Matin 27+2reb+2ast, Y.Amirhossein 25+4reb+1ast, A.Jalal 8+4reb+3ast, D.Ali 7+1reb+2ast, M.Mirzaei 7+5reb+2ast, L.Mohammadhadi 6+2reb+2ast
Zob Ahan: D.Buycks 22+2reb+7ast, R.Mozafari 21+5reb+3ast, J.Jones 20+8reb+2ast, A.Davoudichegani 11+3reb+3ast, M.Hossien 11+2reb+1ast, M.Soleymani 5+2reb
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Kerman - Mahram 74-80Mahram made 18-of-23 free shots (78.3 percent) during the game. The former international
Mohammad Jamshidi (199-1991, agency:
BIG) fired 21 points and 9 assists for the winners.
Piter Girgurian chipped in 26 points. The former international center
Mehdi Esmaeili (207-1984) produced a double-double by scoring 16 points and 11 rebounds and
Mehdi Afkhami added 16 points and 7 assists respectively for lost side.
Top scorers:Kerman: H.Seyed 19+5reb+3ast, A.Mehdi 16+4reb+7ast, M.Esmaeili 16+11reb+2ast, M.Mohsen 8+6reb+2ast, S.Erfan 6+4reb+3ast, M.Amirhosein 5+1reb+5ast
Mahram: G.Piter 26+3reb+1ast, M.Jamshidi 21+4reb+9ast, S.Pazrofteh 14+15reb, S.Mashayekhi 9+3reb+6ast, E.Holman 7+9reb+1ast, K.Riaei 2+3reb+1ast
gschID: 1169473