Bahrains stand undefeated at Neighborhood Basketball League (NBL) 2019
Bahrians and Dragons defeated their respective opponents in the most recent matches played into the 2019 Neighborhood Basketball League (NBL) which is being held at Neighborhood Park Clifton, Karachi.
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Game four was an all-out clash of wills as the Karsaz team rivalry made its way to Clifton where the Bahrians and Dragons took matters to a double OT game as regulation time was npt enough to conclude this intense encounter.
The story was very unlikely to most games this season, as the Bahrians jumped to an astounding 15 point lead, but the the Dragons slowly fought back and imposed a lead of their own. With 20 secs left Aussie put the Dragons up by two making an incredible layup, but Bahrians were not giving up. Mohsin got those points right back while getting fouled, missing the And-One opportunity leading to the first overtime.
Down by three, Taimur hit all three of his free throws to take the game to a second over time. Despite clutch shots from the hustling Dragons team namely, Abbas, Bahrians team did not stop as Abbas relentlessly attacked the basket to win the game by three points.
The NBL player of the game was then declared Bakhtiar from the Bahrians who managed to be the top-scorer of the game with 21 points.
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Sunday night marked the 4th day of the NBL, where fifth game took place between the Dragons and Batmans. An intense game occured where both teams did not hold back in anyway. Tensions were high and both teams fought in a closely contested in the entire first half.
However, the second half was a complete different tale. With a depleted bench and an incomplete roster, the game got away from the Batmans during the third quarter. Dragons jumped out to a huge 20 point lead and continue to fire-blaze the Bats away by the end of the fourth quarter, resulting in a blowout win over the helpless Batmans.
At the end, NBL player of the game was decided to be Usman R. who checked into the game stats with a well deserved double-double with the scores of 10 points and 11 rebounds.
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Game 6 was a close encounter between the undefeated Bahrians and the IBA squad, it was a tightly contested affair which saw the Bahrians pull another victory out of their arsenal.
IBA was in control for majority of the game, but the Bahrians kept it close the whole way through. Anas miraculous, or the fans would like to say Kawhi-sque, shot eventually ended up being the difference maker.
With 7 seconds left IBA wolves got two chances to take the game into overtime, but they fell short, leaving Bahrians as the only undefeated team in the league so far.
The NBL player of the game was announced to be Anas for hitting that stagger dagger shot, finishing up putting 11 pts and 7 rebs. Other notable performer for the Bahrians was Mohsin with 8 pts and 20 rebs. Whereas for IBA, Zia sparkled with 12 pts and 10 rebs and Mubashir with 9 pts and 17 rebs, respectively.
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