The NBA made a formal claim to the interest of both casual and die-hard sports fans in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night with its biggest and best show to date.
After making its presence known throughout the city for weeks, the world’s best basketball league showed how seriously its top brass takes its relationship with the UAE capital as the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Dallas Mavericks 104-96.
Two of the league’s top young players, Anthony Edwards of Minnesota and Luka Doncic of Dallas, squared off in two games at the city’s Etihad Arena as part of the NBA Abu Dhabi Games.
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The NBA made a formal claim to the interest of both casual and die-hard sports fans in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night with its biggest and best show to date.
After making its presence known throughout the city for weeks, the world’s best basketball league showed how seriously its top brass takes its relationship with the UAE capital as the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Dallas Mavericks 104-96.
Two of the league’s top young players, Anthony Edwards of Minnesota and Luka Doncic of Dallas, squared off in two games at the city’s Etihad Arena as part of the NBA Abu Dhabi Games.
And Saturday night’s game was much closer for Abu Dhabi supporters than the T-Wolves’ easy victory on Thursday.
On Saturday, Doncic, who had scored 25 points in just 16 minutes on Thursday, started the game with a three-pointer and went on to score another 18 points in just 19 minutes.
Due to a groin injury, his standout teammate Kyrie Irving missed the first game on Saturday. Irving scored just two points in his 14 minutes played.
But Edwards, who scored 13 points in just 17 minutes for the winning team on Thursday, made a comeback for Minnesota after missing the team’s 111-99 victory due to an injury of his own.
