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Regular Season Round 9: Al Gharafa - Al Arabi 88-70

Date: April 17, 2023
There was a minor upset when 4th placed Al Arabi (5-4) lost to seventh ranked Al Gharafa (4-5) in Doha 70-88 on Monday. Al Gharafa made 19-of-20 free shots (95.0 percent) during the game. Al Gharafa outrebounded Al Arabi 47-31 including a 34-22 advantage in defensive rebounds. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 47 assists comparing to just 31 passes made by Al Arabi's players. American power forward CJ Aiken (206-1990, college: St.Joseph's, agency: BIG) nailed a triple-double by scoring 17 points, 19 rebounds and 19 assists (went 7 for 7 at the free throw line) for the winning side and the former international forward Nedim Muslic (197-1998) accounted for 19 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Five Al Gharafa players scored in double figures. American-Nigerian guard Kelechi Ajukwa (201-1995, college: Charlotte) came up with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists and American Xavier Ford (203-1993, college: Buffalo) added 18 points and 4 assists respectively for Al Arabi in the defeat. Al Gharafa have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to sixth place. Loser Al Arabi dropped to the fifth position with four games lost.

  AL ARABI (coach: Hatem Mamlouk)70
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
84 SnuVTi, KRlRZha 35 2-60 (04.4%) 8-1 (44.4%) 2-65 (25%) 3 3 2 2 6 5 4 5 5 5 45 40 5
34 yIQd, NiLaRQ 44 1-60 (35%) 6-9 (63.4%) 4-3 (90%) 6 4 3 3 8 5 6 6 5 6 62 7 5
9 SMdRlMisRU, KhilRd 45 6-1 (61.9%) 5-8 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 8 1 -6 5
67 GuRFR, bIBiQ 87 5-6 (5%) 8-1 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 8 4 5 4 5 5 5 1 0 5
65 SMdRlMisRU, PBiQ 82 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5
7 gaRjD, PusBijR 86 6-4 (44.4%) 5-6 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 1 3 5
0 vishaj, bIusUifi 66 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 6 8 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 3 9 5
66 HiniQ, Ghissij 66 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 8 5 4 5
3 Cisis, ChQasUaij  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
4 Sl-giQTash, yihid  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
69 biQRlni, SlRVsijdiQ  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   69-34 (47.0%) 0-83 (85.2%) 86-45 (95.5%) 7 88 46 46 67 5 7 6 5 1 95 14  


  AL GHARAFA (coach: Kosay Hatem)88
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
1 buslaZ, XRdaB 35 1-2 (90%) 8-9 (82.1%) 6-8 (05%) 8 7 66 66 3 5 8 6 5 8 67 45 5
62 bIhBBRd, bIhd YIusuf 35 8-8 (655%) 3-65 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 6 1 9 9 4 5 0 5 5 6 61 80 5
6 SaVRj, Cz 41 0-2 (18.0%) 5-5 (5%) 9-9 (655%) 2 66 67 67 3 5 8 8 5 8 69 05 5
2 mQITj, KRjjF 48 3-2 (05%) 4-7 (44.4%) 4-4 (655%) 5 3 3 3 8 5 3 5 5 1 85 63 5
83 bMIT, PussRFjIu 88 4-0 (15%) 5-8 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 6 5 6 6 0 5 6 5 5 8 65 8 5
88 ossiFMiFRL, biQlRj 61 5-8 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 5 -0 5
68 WidR, SjUIjaI 64 6-8 (05%) 5-6 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 6 6 8 8 8 5 4 5 5 8 1 9 5
5 PsBij, ShBid 3 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 3 5
03 zijihF, SMdulli  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
9 SMuasjRRjih, SJJiB  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
65 SMdulli, eislij  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   86-40 (15.5%) 7-46 (87.5%) 67-85 (70.5%) 64 43 39 39 86 5 69 3 5 62 22 689  


70Al Arabi
TOP PERFORMANCE
Al Gharafa88
40MINS36
30POINTS17
4D.REB11
4O.REB8
8T.REB19
8ASSISTS19
3STEALS2
0BLOCKS2
33.3% (2/6)3FGP0
53.3% (8/15)2FGP62.5% (5/8)
80% (8/10)FTP100% (7/7)
#23 KELECHI AJUKWA
Height: 201 cm / 6'7''
Position: G
Born: Jul 13, 1995
Weight: 93 kg / 204.6 lbs
COMPARE PLAYERS #1 CJ AIKEN
Height: 206 cm / 6'9''
Position: C/F
Born: Sep 27, 1990
Weight: 91 kg / 200.2 lbs

Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)