Jordanian fans were hoping to reach the semi-finals (Getty)
Achieve Jordan national team Historic victory over Chinese Taipei in the qualifiers for the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup basketball 2022, which is currently being held in Indonesia, thanks to a global triple basket in a killer time, which gave the Al-Nashma team qualification for the quarter-finals well and deservedly.
From the beginning, the Chinese Taipei team appeared at a strong level and ended the first quarter with a two-point lead (25-23), and maintained this level in the second quarter, which it also settled in its favour (24-19), amid resistance from the Jordan team, which was trying to avoid expanding the points difference.
Indeed, the Jordanian team succeeded in improving its level in the third quarter and won (26-20), reducing the points difference to only one point, but this uprising did not last long, because the Chinese Taipei team quickly regained its balance and turned the table in the fourth quarter and advanced more than once to reach To the last 3 seconds, that saw a pretty crazy scenario.
And regarding 3 seconds before the end of the confrontation, the Chinese Taipei team advanced by two points (96-94), and the Al-Nashami team took off with a rebounding ball through the player Freddy Ibrahim, who risked and hit a three-ball from almost the middle of the field, to enter in a crazy way with the end of the original time of the match, and Jordan wins At the end (97 – 96).
With this victory, the Jordan team qualified to the quarter-finals of the Asian Basketball Cup 2022, to face the Iranian team, which qualified from the first round, as the leader of the third group, and which has become among the most prominent candidates to compete for the continental title.
FREDDY IBRAHIM. ICE IN HIS VEINS. ❄️
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