Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The Dubai Basketball Club team rose to eighth place in the overall standings of the European Basketball League “Euroleague”.
This came after its historic victory yesterday over the Spanish team Barcelona, with a score of 83 – 78, in the fifth round of the tournament.
The Dubai team raised its score to 3 victories compared to only two losses in its first participation in the tournament.
Thus, he achieved a winning rate of 60%, with a total of 413 points scored for him compared to 412 points against him, and a difference of one point in his favor, according to the points calculation mechanism adopted in the competition.
Real Madrid leads the standings with 3 wins and 1 loss and has one match remaining.
Barcelona dropped to sixth place with the same number of victories as Dubai (3-2).
But he (Barcelona) is ahead on scoring difference after scoring 468 points compared to 455 points.
Jurica Golemac, coach of the Dubai Basketball team, praised the performance and fighting spirit of his players.
He stressed that the victory was achieved thanks to focus and intelligence in making decisions on the field.
Philip Petrosev excelled in the match by scoring 23 points, with a success rate of 55% from inside the arc and 100% from free throws.
While Dwayne Bacon added 20 points from 8 successful attempts, Mviondo Kabingili scored a distinctive “double double” with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
The Dubai basketball team is preparing for a new confrontation in the Adriatic League competitions, when it meets the newly promoted UPT Cluj team next Sunday at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.
