Muslim Basketball

Definitely not where they imagined to end their season after one that had championship potential. They came into this year as a legitimate contender and straight up flopped. It took 8 weeks for them to beat and opponent.

Still haven’t beaten a team with 5 guys on the court. A wins a win though, I guess.

If they played like this in their first 6 games they may have a win not by forfeit.

Best performance of the season.

…five games laaaayyterrrr **Spongebob timecard scene**

Never believed I would say this about a Turan lead team, but they played with absolutely no heart and effort in the second half. Did not like seeing that at all. They seem like they're starting to feel sorry for themselves and no longer believe they can be the team of seasons past. There's still time, but I'm not sure there's any life left.

They need a win before this gets ugly. They face five of the best teams in the league, starting with Sana’a and then Alexandria. Making a run will need to start soon, because the road ahead is not an easy one.

22 from Mahmoud and Adam will not win them many games. Those are the two guys who have to score a combined 30-35 to make up for some of the struggled the rest of their offense has. When your defense is good, but your offense is bad, it’s difficult to win games.

They are pretty much the same team as seasons before, but they sure did not look it. Istanbul struggled and were handled in all three facets of the game: offense, defense, and on the glass. 6 a piece from Adam and Mahmoud won’t cut it against the better teams in this league, and they learned that the hard way. Mustafa and Muhammed Turan scored 10 each, but they need to find a way to better clear out the glass – 12 combined rebounds out of the two is not enough.