The Lebanese national team narrowly lost to Australia in the final of the Asian Basketball Championship in a meeting that brought the two teams together on Sunday in the Australian capital Jakarta, with a score of 75-73, by just two points.

In the first quarter, the Australians were in control from the start as the Australian team managed to handle three balls and defend solidly, especially against national team star Wael Arakcji, to finish 22–10 in their favour.

In the second quarter, the Lebanese recovered in the opening seconds after Ali Haidar scored a hat-trick followed by another Haidar double in a row, but the Aussies continued to use their lethal weapon, the trebles, before the Cedar players resumed their action . uprising in the last minutes, finishing the second quarter and the first half with a score of 38-28.

The Lebanese team continued to suffer in the third quarter despite several attempts to come back with a score, but the Aussies’ difference in potential and their continued 3-point lead kept the progress in their favor, finishing 57-43.

In the fourth and final quarter, the Lebanese national team did not give up and made a real revolution, which no one expected, as they reduced the difference to 6 points with two minutes left, then to 4 points in the last minute. , then to two points, and then to the point 5 seconds ago, before the hit, the Australian team made a mistake and scored one shot to finish the match with a score of 75-73 in favor of Australia, and the rice team achieved second place with their heads held high.