Al-Ahly team achieved the Saudi Premier Basketball League championship for the first time in its history by defeating Al-Ansar with a score (95-75) in the match that brought them together on Friday evening at the Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Sports City Hall in Medina in the last round of the competition.
The President of the Saudi Basketball Federation, Dr. Ghassan Tashkandi, crowned the Al-Ahly team with the championship cup and gold medals, in the presence of Hatem Abu Salama, Director of the Ministry of Sports Branch in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, and Al-Ahly Club President Walid Abdul Razzaq Moaz. While Al-Nasr came second by defeating Al-Fateh (98-85), and Al-Fateh came in third place.
In the remaining matches of the last round, Al-Hilal defeated Uhud (100-91), Al-Ittihad defeated Duba (69-65), Al-Taawoun defeated Al-Wahda (97-69), and Justice defeated Al-Salam (87-63).
Thus, each of Al-Ansar is relegated to the first division (for the first time in 40 years), along with Al-Adalah, as Al-Ansar finished in eleventh place, and Al-Adalah came in twelfth place in the ranking ladder.
And Al-Ahly, led by national coach Ali Al-Sanhani, succeeded in maintaining its lead since the launch of the Saudi Premier Basketball League last September, as the team won 20 matches and lost only in two matches (90.9% winning rate), and it has 1969 points, 186 points ahead of its title rival, the team. Victory. The state of harmony between the technical and administrative staff in the Al-Ahly basket was reflected in the success and dominance of the team throughout the league competitions, in addition to the distinction of American professionals Devin Ebanks and DeAndre Leggins, who had previously had a professional experience in the American Basketball League (NBA), as Ebanks played in the ranks of the Los Angeles Lakers. For three years (2010-2013), while Leggins played with the Orlando Magic, Oklahoma Thunder, Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks and Pelicans, before he had a successful experience in the British League, which he crowned with achieving the league title with the London Lions team, and snatching the MVP award in the finals series, Defensive Player of the Tournament, and named to the Team of the Season.
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