Superleague Round 31 of Regular Season

The Regular Season in Superleague is slowly approaching the end. But there may be still some important changes in the final standings in the last 3 rounds. Coincidentally all visitors won their games. Here is the last round review presented by ESL.

The most exciting game of round 31 in the Superleague took place in Baghdad. This derby game ended with only one-point home defeat of 11th ranked AL-Adhamiya (4-16) to ninth ranked Al-Khtot (7-12) 102-101 on Tuesday evening. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of AL-Adhamiya. Al-Khtot held AL-Adhamiya to an opponent 0.0 percent shooting from the field compared to 0.0 percent accuracy of the winners. Al-Khtot forced 25 AL-Adhamiya turnovers. Strangely AL-Adhamiya outrebounded Al-Khtot 54-37 including a 41-20 advantage in defensive rebounds. Hamzah Abs fired 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists for the winners. Mohammed Al-Hassany chipped in 21 points and 8 rebounds. Hayder Khudhair produced 30 points and 9 rebounds for lost side. Al-Khtot moved-up to eighth place. AL-Adhamiya at the other side keeps the eleventh position with 16 games lost. Al-Khtot will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. AL-Adhamiya's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Baghdad to the arena Al-Hashd.
The game with biggest result difference took place in Al Hilla. Local Al Hilla (1-17) lost to ninth ranked Al-Tadamoun (6-11) 69-54. Worth to mention a great performance of Abdullah Dulaimi who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 18 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks. Mohammed Al-Fahham contributed with 10 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners. Forward AlaA Abed (195-87) answered with a double-double by scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds for Al Hilla. Al-Tadamoun maintains ninth place with 6-11 record. Al Hilla lost sixteenth consecutive game. They stay dead last with 17 lost games. Al-Tadamoun will play against higher ranked Al Kahraba (#5) in Baghdad in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Al Hilla will play at home against Nift Al-Basra (#4) to get more than just one victory in their record.

The best stats of 31th round was 22 points and 14 rebounds by Hussein Rubaye of AL-Adhamiya.

Al Hilla - Al-Tadamoun 54-69

The game with biggest result difference took place in Al Hilla. Local Al Hilla (1-17) lost to ninth ranked Al-Tadamoun (6-11) 69-54. Al-Tadamoun held Al Hilla to an opponent 0.0 percent shooting from the field compared to 0.0 percent accuracy of the winners. They outrebounded Al Hilla 50-33 including a 37-22 advantage in defensive rebounds. Worth to mention a great performance of Abdullah Dulaimi who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 18 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks. Mohammed Al-Fahham contributed with 10 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners. Four Al-Tadamoun players scored in double figures. Forward AlaA Abed (195-87) answered with a double-double by scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds and Ahmed Abs added 9 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists in the effort for Al Hilla. Al-Tadamoun maintains ninth place with 6-11 record. Al Hilla lost sixteenth consecutive game. They stay dead last with 17 lost games. Al-Tadamoun will play against higher ranked Al Kahraba (#5) in Baghdad in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Al Hilla will play at home against Nift Al-Basra (#4) to get more than just one victory in their record.
Top scorers:
Al Hilla: A.Abed 21+10reb+2ast, A.Ahmed 9+5reb+9ast, A.Bassam 7+1reb+1ast, A.Mohammed 6+1reb+1ast, A.Abdullah 4+9reb, A.Mousa Alhamzah 4+4reb
Al-Tadamoun: A.Hussein 19+1reb+3ast, D.Abdullah 18+15reb, A.Rashid 16+8reb, A.Mohammed 10+9reb+7ast, K.Rashwan 4+11reb+5ast, A.Sadeq 2+3reb

AL-Adhamiya - Al-Khtot 101-102

The most exciting game of round 31 in the Superleague took place in Baghdad. This derby game ended with only one-point home defeat of 11th ranked AL-Adhamiya (4-16) to ninth ranked Al-Khtot (7-12) 102-101 on Tuesday evening. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of AL-Adhamiya. Al-Khtot held AL-Adhamiya to an opponent 0.0 percent shooting from the field compared to 0.0 percent accuracy of the winners. Al-Khtot forced 25 AL-Adhamiya turnovers. Strangely AL-Adhamiya outrebounded Al-Khtot 54-37 including a 41-20 advantage in defensive rebounds. Hamzah Abs fired 19 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists for the winners. Mohammed Al-Hassany chipped in 21 points and 8 rebounds. Hayder Khudhair produced 30 points and 9 rebounds and Hussein Rubaye added 22 points and 14 rebounds respectively for lost side. Five Al-Khtot and four AL-Adhamiya players scored in double figures. Al-Khtot moved-up to eighth place. AL-Adhamiya at the other side keeps the eleventh position with 16 games lost. Al-Khtot will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. AL-Adhamiya's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Baghdad to the arena Al-Hashd.
Top scorers:
AL-Adhamiya: K.Hayder 30+9reb+2ast, R.Hussein 22+14reb+1ast, A.AlaA 18+11reb+6ast, A.Rasheed 13+7reb+3ast, A.Ghid 8+3reb, A.Ali 5+2reb
Al-Khtot: A.Mohammed 21+8reb, S.Al-Saedi 20+3reb+2ast, A.Hamzah 19+8reb+8ast, A.Nawras 16+7reb+1ast, I.Ahmed 11+2reb+1ast, A.Amjed 8+6reb



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