Qatar Loses Two of Three

Three days, three games, and two losses for the Qatar Men's National Team that has a flair for tight games so far this summer. This time around Qatar loses to Kazakhstan National Team 75-70 and Egypt National Team 76-70. Qatar did beat the USA Select Team 89-66. The Semi Finals of the 4th Annual Doha Friendly Tournament will be played on Wednesday, June 27th. Qatar will face Egypt National and Kasakhstan will take on the USA Select. The 3rd Place and Championship Games are on the 28th. Kasakhstan was a tough pill to swallow for Qatar as they we scored 32 points in the 1st Quarter and led for (38) minutes.

The process of this training is so interesting because we are playing both ends against the middle. Winning these games cannot take precedent over trying new material and playing more people. It is such a tug of war inside to not simply go for the victories but we must stay focused on the process. We are trying to pick up the pace offensively and defensivley and when we click, these guys look awesome. When we don't, it gets ugly in a hurry. We have many interesting personalities and again, it apprears that some guys remain on different pages. We keep gravitating back to simplicity rather than more material. It would be nice to just practice rather than play so many games.

Semi Finals on Wednesday