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Iran’s Petrochimi Bandar Imam defeats Taiwan’s team in FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Saturday, 08 October 2016 4:01 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 08 October 2016 4:12 PM ]

This photo shows a view of the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup match between Iran’s Petrochimi Bandar Imam club (players in white) and Pauian Archiland of Chinese Taipei in Chenzhou, China, on October 8, 2016.

Iranian professional basketball club Petrochimi Bandar Imam has started off its campaign at the 25th edition of Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball (FIBA) Asia Champions Cup with a convincing victory over Pauian Archiland of Chinese Taipei.

On Saturday, the Iranian team began the first quarter of the match played in the south central Chinese city of Chenzhou in a dominant manner, and launched a string of attacks and made multiple blocks to outscore the Taiwanese squad 27-21.

The Iranian side, however, did not keep up its momentum in the second quarter, and both teams tied 24–24.

Petrochimi Bandar Imam managed to deliver a stronger performance as the match went into the third quarter, earning points to advance. The Iranian club finally recorded an amazing 9-point advantage and took the quarter 27-18.

Petro players showed no sign of surrender as they entered the final frame. They shot baskets to close the quarter at 22-17.

American import James White dominated for Petrochimi in the game. He scored 28 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, had 4 assists and shot 4 triples. Quincy Davis tallied 22 points for the Taiwanese side.

The 25th edition of FIBA Asia Champions Cup started in Chenzhou, China, on October 8 and will conclude on October 16, 2016.

Petrochimi Bandar Imam has been drawn in Pool A along with Lebanon’s Al Riyadi, Indian ONGC, Qatar’s Al Rayyan and Pauian Archiland of Chinese Taipei.

Pool B consists of Iraqi Al Shorta, Kazakhstan’s Barsy Atyrau, Malaysian Westports Malaysia Dragons, Al Ahli of the United Arab Emirates and China’s Xinjiang Flying Tigers.

The preliminary round of the tournament is played in a round robin format, with every team taking on its four opponents in its respective group.

The top four teams from each group will then advance to the quarter-finals.

The winners of the quarter-finals will progress to the semi-finals, while the losing teams in the quarter-finals will play 5-8 classification games.

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