With nothing to gain or lose, both teams put on a nice show. Gulf Oil used their speed and quickness to lead 19-16 after the 1st period. The lead started to grow and reached double figures in the second quarter before Arab Potash Co. mounted a comeback to cut the deficit down to 5 at half time (41-36).
At the beginning of the 3rd quarter, Gulf Oil went back to using their speed as they had easy baskets from transition offense and the lead went back up to 10 points midway through the third period, then Arab Potash Co. went on another run to cut it back to 5 at the end of the quarter (56-51).
The 4th quarter was the most exciting of the game, Arab Potash were able to hold Gulf Oil scoreless for the first 5 minutes to cut the deficit down to one (56-55) before Gulf Oil were able to score their first points of the period. With less than 30 seconds to go, Arab Potash had a couple of chances to tie the game but their attempts fell short and Gulf Oil were able to hang on to 62-59 win.
Top Scorers:
Arab Potash Co: Ramar Clash 23, Mustafa Al Ghool 12, Faisal Nsour 12, Abdallah Qtaishat 6
Gulf Oil: Ziad Nabulsi 19, Ghazi Naber 16, Loay Dajani 14, Ameer Khatib 4
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