2023-06-18 22:15:11
The official statistics of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) revealed six technical factors behind the Bahraini team, Manama, winning the title of the first edition of the (Super West-Asia) basketball finals, which the curtain came down the day before yesterday in Dubai, by defeating Kuwait in the final match. The Kuwaiti team, with a score (67-59), in a confrontation that represented a rehabilitation for the Manama team, and getting rid of the complex that accompanied it against the Kuwaiti team by losing to it in all the confrontations that brought them together previously in the group tournament and the final of the Gulf region.
The title of “Super West-Asia” gave Manama the ability to recover its loss last month for the two final positions in the Gulf region against Kuwait, with a score of (87-78) and (95-85), so that the two teams qualified together, according to the tournament system, to the “Final 8” in Dubai.
In the Dubai final, Manama was also able to get rid of the Kuwaiti knot that accompanied it throughout the first and second stages of the Gulf region, as in addition to losing the region’s final, the Bahrainis had previously suffered defeat in the two round-robin matches of the group league by (88-91) and (78-106), respectively. Emirates Today monitors the six technical indicators that gave Manama superiority over Kuwait:
1 Follows
The superiority of the Manama players in terms of recording 24 offensive rebounds contributed to winning the final match, compared to the Kuwaiti team’s attacking players’ sufficiency with 20 rebounds, knowing that the two teams were equal in terms of defensive efficiency, with nine rebounds each.
2 three-pointers
The success rate for the three-pointers, amounting to 40.90%, by scoring nine shots out of 22 shots, gave the Bahraini team an additional factor to outperform its Kuwaiti competitor, who made the same number of shots, but with success in scoring only five, and a success rate limited to 22.7%. .
3 free throws
The Manama players knew how to take advantage of the defensive mistakes made by their competitors under the basket, and allowed the Bahrainis to obtain an additional factor of superiority, and to score 12 free throws out of the 14 available to them, with a success rate of 85.7%, compared to a success rate for the Kuwaitis, which was limited to 83.3% (10 out of 10). 12).
4 assists
Bahrain players confirmed their defensive superiority, by successfully snatching the ball from their opponents on nine occasions, compared to six successful attempts by Kuwait. Manama’s attacking advantage was also demonstrated by Bahrain players passing 11 assists to their colleagues, compared to five assists for Kuwaiti players.
5 counter attacks
An additional successful investment for the Bahrainis in terms of the offensive errors of their competitors, with Manama scoring 16 points from the balls that were cut in front of the Kuwaiti players, compared to 14 points for the Kuwaitis, and Manama’s advantage was clear in the quick counter-attacks, and scoring 12 points, compared to two points for Kuwait.
6 bench
The bench allowed the Manama team to be given additional options towards charting the path to winning the title, after the Bahraini players coming from the bench managed to score 20 points, compared to fewer options for the Kuwaiti team, whose players coming from the bench throughout the match only scored two points.
Gabriel: The signings and defensive power behind the title
The Greek technical director of the Manama team, Leonis Gavriel, confirmed that the contracts with high-level professionals with a strong physical structure gave the team defensive solidity in the Dubai Finals, in addition to the persistence and determination of the international players was the most prominent reason behind the ability to snatch the title.
“The contracts we recently concluded focused on strengthening the team’s ranks with professional players who enjoy physical strength, along with height factors and high scoring rates, which allowed us to obtain the required defensive solidity,” Gabriel told Emirates Today.
He explained: «We focused in the final match on the defensive side, relying on players with physical strength in addition to the length factor, and pushing each of the American players Travin Zebodek and Dominic Denzel, compared to the less involvement of the American Jeremy Evans, who has high scoring rates, and was one of the most prominent stars of the team in Semi-final match against Astana.
He added, “Defensive toughness was one of the most prominent strengths that we relied on to stop the dangerous keys of the Kuwait team.”
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