Riyadi - ARAMEX celebrated with his return to the podium after winning bronze medal and third place for the Premier League basketball, after his victory on Tuesday on Orthodoxi in the third game 68-62 at Hall Prince Hamzah Al-Hussein Youth CityRiyadi, who missed the podium since 2006 season when they took second place, and Orthodoxi took second place of last season, have exchanged victories in the first and second games of the finals, where the Orthodoxi won 80-79 in the first face, responded in the second by Riyadi 96-69
At the level of the heated competition between Zain League Cup title holder and ASU newcomer to the season,Prince Hamzah Hall has seen late last night, the third confrontation between the two teams, where ASU have already won the first round in the final 67-65,where the second was by Zain 77-73 in the second confrontation
It is supposed to be the winner of this game has become a step away from the title hero who needs to win over his opponent 3 times in the final round, the fourth round will be held at six o'clock Friday evening
Riyadi 68 – Orthodoxi 62
An unsuccessful beginning to Orthodoxi, who was the first to register and make 3-0 before receiving 11 consecutive points of Riyadi, imposed on the assistant coach to request time off early, after the team returned and was able to register and cut the deficit to one basket and with the end of the period 13-11 in favor of Riyadi
The low rate of registration was the result of poor focus, which required the performance of competitors, at a time when Orthodoxi coach missed the game of the special circumstances,Riyadi coach gave to request time off, especially since the team returned to control at the beginning of the second quarter and made 18-11, before having to call the outcome of his players improve the performance of Orthodoxi, which reduced the difference to 17-18 half basket
Riyadi found himself in an awkward position when Orthodoxi progressed by 22-18 minutes before the 5 remedy, and the embarrassment raised with a three-alternative Nasser Bassam, who entered the form of a change in the form of performance after the clear concert with Ghazi Naber, Ali al-Dajani, Ayman Dais and Ibrahim Bassam , to the time of the second time off for Riyadi
Following the submission of Orthodoxi 32-22 behind 10 points,Ayman Dais gave a great service to Riyadi by commiting his third personal fault and was forced to rest, and during two minutes Riyadi reduced the deficit to half of basket of 32-31, and with this result the match came to its half
Riyadi relied more on the three-points by Wesam Alsos and the breakthroughs Issa Kamel ,Youssef,and the presence of Hossam Lutfi, Sunny Sakakini, who made the score settle by 35-35 at the start of the third quarter
The competition raised after the two teams exchange registration basket by basket, and each has sought to impose its own balls in the crucial minutes before the end of the period, Sunny Sakakini forced Ayman Dais to commit his fourth mistakes and made a difference of 4 points to Riyadi by 45-41 minutes before the start of the last period
Orthodoxi substitute playmaker Ali Taleb tried to accelerate the pace of his team, hoping to reduce the kidnapping points difference, but Riyadi defense was present , raising the deficit to 7 points, 48-41
In the last quarter, Orthodoxi entered like the drowning one who is not afraid of getting wet, but the urgency of his players backfired, especially as the Riyadi player Malek Khashan succeeded in cross-registration, for Orthodoxi to regain focus and recorded by Naber,Fulayfel and Dais, and the response is "limited" cross-Sakakini and Alsos, and the difference reduced to 4 points, 59-55
The timeout of riyadi came with a positive result, with Alsos scored from outside the region and received the error, and the reply came through Dais and Bassam to return the difference to 5 points, 64-59 minutes prior to the end
Orthodoxi made a strenuous effort to return and to reduce the difference, however, the fast shots made by Nasse Bassam and Ayman Dais rebounded from Riyadi basket who managed to win with the outcome of the final whistle 68-62
