Superleague Round 5 (Regular Season): Al Naft lose their first game against Al-Difaa

Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most crucial game of the last round was the first loss of Al Naft (6-1) on the court of leader Al-Difaa on Thursday night. Visitors were defeated by Al-Difaa 80-63. It ended at the same time the six-game winning streak of Al Naft. Al-Difaa have a solid series of three victories in a row. Newly promoted Al-Difaa maintains third place with 3-0 record having seven points less than leader Al Naft. Defending champion Al Naft still keeps top position with one game lost.
Important game to mention about took place in Baghdad. Leader Al Karkh (4-0) saved a 2-point victory on the road edging 5th ranked Al Kahraba (2-3) 77-75 on Friday evening. Al Karkh have a solid series of four victories in a row. Newly promoted Al Karkh maintains second place with 4-0 record having five points less than leader Al Naft. Al Kahraba at the other side dropped to the sixth position with three games lost. Al Karkh will play against Al Hilla (#4) at home in the next round. Al Kahraba will have a break next round.
Al-Hashd has registered their first victory this season after four consecutive losses. They used home court advantage to defeat Nift Al-Shamal (1-5) 84-52 on Thursday. Al-Hashd (1-4) left bottom position moving up to eighth place. Loser Nift Al-Shamal dropped to the ninth position with five games lost. They share it with Ghaz Al-Shamal. Al-Hashd's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Baghdad to the arena Al Shurtah.

In the last game of round 5 Ghaz Al-Shamal was destroyed by Al Shurtah on the opponent's court 108-78.



Al Shurtah - Ghaz Al-Shamal 108-78

Rather expected game in Baghdad where 9th ranked Ghaz Al-Shamal (1-5) was crushed by seventh ranked Al Shurtah (2-2) 108-78 on Wednesday. Al Shurtah moved-up to fourth place, which they share with Al Hilla. Ghaz Al-Shamal lost fifth consecutive game. They keep the ninth position with five games lost. They share it with Nift Al-Shamal. Al Shurtah's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Baghdad Al-Hashd.

Al-Hashd - Nift Al-Shamal 84-52

Al-Hashd has registered their first victory this season after four consecutive losses. They used home court advantage to defeat Nift Al-Shamal (1-5) 84-52 on Thursday. Al-Hashd (1-4) left bottom position moving up to eighth place. Loser Nift Al-Shamal dropped to the ninth position with five games lost. They share it with Ghaz Al-Shamal. Al-Hashd's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Baghdad to the arena Al Shurtah.

Al Kahraba - Al Karkh 75-77

Important game to mention about took place in Baghdad. Leader Al Karkh (4-0) saved a 2-point victory on the road edging 5th ranked Al Kahraba (2-3) 77-75 on Friday evening. Al Karkh have a solid series of four victories in a row. Newly promoted Al Karkh maintains second place with 4-0 record having five points less than leader Al Naft. Al Kahraba at the other side dropped to the sixth position with three games lost. Al Karkh will play against Al Hilla (#4) at home in the next round. Al Kahraba will have a break next round.

Al-Difaa - Al Naft 80-63

The most crucial game of the last round was the first loss of Al Naft (6-1) on the court of leader Al-Difaa on Thursday night. Visitors were defeated by Al-Difaa 80-63. It ended at the same time the six-game winning streak of Al Naft. Al-Difaa have a solid series of three victories in a row. Newly promoted Al-Difaa maintains third place with 3-0 record having seven points less than leader Al Naft. Defending champion Al Naft still keeps top position with one game lost.