Saba Battery brilliant start in Asian Basketball Championship

[maij]

The Defending Asian Club Champions , Saba Battery started their defense of the continental title by easily dispensing of the host and one of the contenders , Al Qadisiya Club from Kuwait 92/60

The Towering Hamed Haddadi , Samad Nikkhah and the star player Kermani dominated the proceedings and Al Qadisiya simply had no answer for the brute force of Saba Battery.

The match started with a vehement dunk by Haddadi and Saba never looked back, limiting the Kuwaitis to only two 3 pointers in the first quarter.

After total domination Saba who managed to keep a 30 point margin during the match , the reserve team was given most of the playing time in the 4th quarter.




1st Quarter : 22/6

2nd Quarter : 46/28

3rd Quarter : 75/48

4th Quarter : 92/60


Matches Schedule - Group B

Friday 9th May
1800 GMT - Saba Battery vs. Al Wasl (UAE) - Live Kuwait Sport+

Sunday 11th May
1600 GMT - Saba Battery vs. ONGC (India) - Live Kuwait Sport+

Monday 12th May
1800 GMT - Saba Battery vs. Muharraq (Bahrain) - Live Kuwait Sport+

[Arashi_Washi]

Is Garth Joseph and Dioumasi still with Saba Battery..
Their great players these 2

[EKBATAN]

haddadi is the man...

is there any highlights available? i can't wait to see him in the olympics

[princeofpersia1]

This is their squad for the competition:

Mehdi Kamrani
Hamed Haddadi
Mohammad Samad Nikkah Bahrami
Hamed Afagh
Karman Jamshidvand
Mohammad Sistani
Amir Masoud Irani
Asghar Kardoust
Karam Ahmadian
Saeed Tabeshnia
Gabe Muoneke
DaJuan Tate

News from this list : Garth Joseph, but Gabe Muoneke has been brought back to Iran from the Spanish League where he spent some time playing for Tau Ceramica. Also new signing DaJuan Tate is a 6ft5in American Guard, he's had a big season in China and had a big season last year in the IBL scoring 58pts in one game!.

[princeofpersia1]

No both Garth and Dioumassi left Saba

[ird28]

is samad nikkhah aidin nikkhah'S brother?

well, I think so.
how old is he?
does he have any chance to make it to the olympics?

[princeofpersia1]

Samad Nikkah will be 25 tommorow, yeh he's 100% going to be in the olympic squad, he is a vital player for TM - he is better than Aidin was in my opinion and now TM dont have Aidin they want to win games in memory of him.

[Arash_Iran]

they lost against al wasl

[princeofpersia1]

Yeh they lost 116:110 to al-wasl in overtime.

I'm watching ONGC vs Saba at the moment, end of the first quarter Saba are winning 33:10, the Indians play like amateurs and Saba are playing it like a training match.

[princeofpersia1]

63:38 to Saba at the end of the 2nd quarter

[princeofpersia1]

Saba are playing with pretty much their B team, none of Saba's starters in the 3rd quarter

[princeofpersia1]

92:66 to Saba at the end of the 3rd

[KC McElroy]

Saba shireh.

[princeofpersia1]

By the way that game with the Indians ended 130:76 to Saba.

Saba are currently playing Al-Muharraq from Bahrain, i'll keep you updated with the scores - at the end of the 2nd Saba were winning 58:28

[Nokhodi]

Thanks for the updates everyone.