The numbers confirm the eligibility of "the king" to be crowned the title

Sharjah is the strongest offensive ... and the hardest defensive Al-Bataih in the Basketball League

From a previous meeting Sharjah and Al-Bataih in the Basketball League

Photography: Ashok Verma

Last Sunday evening, the curtain fell on the men's basket league for the 2019-2020 season, which is the longest in the history of the game, after it started last December and stopped in March due to the precautionary measures that the country witnessed to limit the spread of the Corona virus, before restarting the start On the sixth of this month, Sharjah knew how to win the title by winning the final over the defending champion Shabab Al-Ahly «106-103», and Al-Bataih managed to achieve the achievement of obtaining third place in his second season only in the game.

The statistics of 103 matches in the tournament revealed Sharjah's right to regain the title absent from its treasuries since 2004, for it topping the list of the strongest offensive, compared to the rest of the 10 teams, matched by Al-Bataih’s assertion of his right to bronze in the championship being the hardest defensive one.

The achievement of Sharjah and Al-Bataih reflects the great support given by the administrations of the two clubs and the Sharjah Sports Council to the basketball game, which was behind providing technical and administrative stability, especially since both clubs maintained, for the second year in a row, the training staff, whether the national coach Abdul Hamid Ibrahim, who was crowned with Sharjah and reached the 56th championship in his coaching career, or the Egyptian coach, Imam Mahmoud, nicknamed "Micho", who renewed his confidence in Al-Bataih.

Sharjah outperformed its top offensive list, at a rate of 96.30 points per game, as its players scored 2,215 points over the course of their 22 matches, outperforming Shabab Al-Ahly, who only scored 2152 points.

On the other hand, Al-Bataih fought 23 matches, after the team needed to ensure its qualification for the golden square, an additional confrontation with Al-Wasl in the quarter-finals, but Al-Bataih was up to the challenges and knew how to reach the final rounds, before settling for third place by winning, last Sunday. The victory was 95-85, confirming his eligibility for the bronze, and taking advantage of the fact that his players were the most solid defensive, receiving their basket 71.41 points per game, outperforming teams with a long history in the game, most notably Shabab Al-Ahly who came second as the strongest defensive line with a rate of 71.43 points Per game.

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