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Dragons find themselves in trouble against Blazers in Neighborhood Basketball League (NBL) 2019

Blazers struggled against Dragons to defeated them on 57-55 score line to register their victory in the 14th game of on-going Neighborhood Basketball League (NBL) 2019 which is being held at Neighborhood Park Clifton, Karachi.

 

The most recent match played into the league was a battle between Blazers and Dragons team in which it was Blazers' players who won the 11th match on the final score line of 57-55. 

Blazers in search of a win, faced the Dragons who were one win away from securing first seed but Blazers led majority of the first half, whereas, Dragons led most of the second half. With an excellent effort on full-court press defense from the Blazers and last minute 3 pointers from Saad Khan and Danial Mushtaq, Blazers' team comeback was enough to ice the game. 

The game ended with Taha hitting the cold-blooded, game-winner in the dying seconds of the game, cold enough to put an end to the hot streak by the Dragons. Finally, the Blazers stole the game away from Dragons and went into playoffs with a winning start. 

The NBL player of the game went to Muhammad Taha (Blazers) for his double-double performance of 16 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and 3 assists. 

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Earlier, 13th game of the league was claimed by Dragons team quite convincingly against IBA boys who lost by a margin of 38-43 score.

IBA and Dragons both looked to place top two, the match was a physical contest on the boards with both teams fighting for every single possession. Both teams abused the fast break scoring numerous points through it.

The NBL player of the game went to Usman R. (Dragons) for boasting a 11 points, dishing 1 assist and grabbing 6 rebounds.

While other players who made good efforts in the game were Raif of IBA with 26 points 1 assist 1 rebound along side Zia Ahmed with his contributions of 12 points 1 assists 8 rebounds. 

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LUMS Big3 and Dragons also fought in the 12th game where the game went back and forth with both teams exchanging leads in the last quarter, however a plethora of turnovers in the 4th quarter allowed the Dragons to seize the game and win comfortably on the final score line of 43-28. 

The NBL player of the game went to Abbas from Dragons team for blazing out 13 points, dishing 2 assists while the losing side's Asif Iqbal managed quite good efforts of 16 points 3 assists 5 rebounds with Mohammed Noman Azam's 10 points, 4 assists and 21 rebounds.

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