The coach of the Lebanese national basketball team, Jad Al-Haj, expressed great joy over the victory of the Cedars team over the Philippines with a score of 95:80 in the first round of the group stage of the Asian Basketball Championship, held in Indonesia.

The coach admitted in an exclusive interview with sportswriter Issa Yasin that the start of the match was not strong for them, and this is normal, but the team was able to compensate for this in the second and third quarters and widen the difference.

Al-Haj pointed out that the team also lost a bit of concentration at the start of the fourth quarter, but they were able to tighten up control in the last minutes to keep the difference and secure an important win at the end.

The coach confirmed that he and the players will work on correcting the mistakes made in this match in the coming days ahead of the upcoming confrontation with the New Zealand national team.

The young coach added that the Kedrov men will build on the positive moments they showed in this match, hoping to enter the next match on Friday in the best shape, both mentally and physically.