Superleague Round 17: Al Kahraba is defeated by Al Shorta in a derby game

Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most exciting game was a derby match between two local teams from Baghdad: Al Shorta (#2) and Al Kahraba (#5). Al Shorta (13-1) won against visiting Al Kahraba (7-12) 72-65. Al Shorta maintains second place with 13-1 record having just one point less than leader ADSC. Al Kahraba at the other side keeps the fifth position with 12 games lost.
Another exciting game was again a derby between two teams from Baghdad: ADSC (#1) and Al-Hashd (#4). Al-Hashd was crushed at home by 32 points 72-104 and even the advantage of their own court did not help. ADSC (15-3) have an impressive series of six victories in a row. Newly promoted ADSC maintains first place. Al-Hashd at the other side dropped to the third position with six games lost. They share it with Dijlah.
Another exciting game was again a derby match of two local teams from Baghdad: ADSC (#1) and Dijlah (#3). Dijlah was defeated at home 73-84 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. The victory was the sixth consecutive win for ADSC. Newly promoted ADSC maintains first place with 15-3 record. Loser Dijlah keeps the third position with six games lost. They share it with Al-Hashd.

There were no shocking results in the rest of the games of round 17: Ghaz Al-Shamal won against Nift Al-Shamal on the opponent's court 104-98. Al-Tadamoun unfortunately lost to Zakho in a home game 75-91. Al Karkh recorded a loss to Al Kahraba on the road 72-81. Al-Tadamoun defeated Al Kahraba on its own court 74-69.

Nift Al-Shamal - Ghaz Al-Shamal 98-104

The game between closely ranked teams ended with 4th placed Nift Al-Shamal's (8-11) home loss to third ranked Ghaz Al-Shamal (9-9) 98-104 on Saturday. The victory was the third consecutive win for Ghaz Al-Shamal. They maintain third place with 9-9 record having just one point less than leader ADSC. Loser Nift Al-Shamal keeps the fourth position with 11 games lost.

Al Shorta - Al Kahraba 72-65

The most exciting game was a derby match between two local teams from Baghdad: Al Shorta (#2) and Al Kahraba (#5). Al Shorta (13-1) won against visiting Al Kahraba (7-12) 72-65. Al Shorta maintains second place with 13-1 record having just one point less than leader ADSC. Al Kahraba at the other side keeps the fifth position with 12 games lost.

Al-Tadamoun - Zakho 75-91

Rather predictable result in Najef where second ranked Zakho (12-4) defeated 6th ranked Al-Tadamoun (3-17) 91-75 on Monday. The victory was the sixth consecutive win for Zakho. They maintain second place with 12-4 record having just two point less than leader ADSC. Al-Tadamoun lost their third game in a row. They dropped to the fifth position with 17 games lost.

Al-Hashd - ADSC 72-104

Another exciting game was again a derby between two teams from Baghdad: ADSC (#1) and Al-Hashd (#4). Al-Hashd was crushed at home by 32 points 72-104 and even the advantage of their own court did not help. ADSC (15-3) have an impressive series of six victories in a row. Newly promoted ADSC maintains first place. Al-Hashd at the other side dropped to the third position with six games lost. They share it with Dijlah.

Dijlah - ADSC 73-84

Another exciting game was again a derby match of two local teams from Baghdad: ADSC (#1) and Dijlah (#3). Dijlah was defeated at home 73-84 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. The victory was the sixth consecutive win for ADSC. Newly promoted ADSC maintains first place with 15-3 record. Loser Dijlah keeps the third position with six games lost. They share it with Al-Hashd.

Al Kahraba - Al Karkh 81-72

There was a minor upset in Baghdad where their close opponent Al Karkh (6-11) was defeated by fifth ranked Al Kahraba (7-12) 81-72 on Friday. Al Kahraba maintains fifth place with 7-12 record. Al Karkh lost their fourth game in a row. Newly promoted team dropped to the sixth position with 11 games lost.

Al-Tadamoun - Al Kahraba 74-69

We could consider it a predictable result in the game between close teams in Najef where sixth ranked Al-Tadamoun (3-17) beat 5th ranked Al Kahraba (7-12) 74-69 on Thursday. Al-Tadamoun moved-up to fifth place which they share with defeated Al Kahraba. Loser Al Kahraba keeps the fifth position with 12 games lost.