By: Ivanine Silva
Petro de Luanda, the only Angolan representative in the new continental basketball competition at club level, the BAL League, beat AS Police, in their debut game held this afternoon, May 18th.
Favorites in the match, the Tricolors confirmed their status as number one in the group and won the match 84-66, having completely dominated the match.
The Angolan champion had an excellent start to the game, which led to a 20-point lead in the first quarter, but ended up relaxing in the second, where the opponent recovered and went into half-time losing by 12 points, 49-37 was the scoreboard.
With a strong return to the game, Petro still opened up to a 30 point difference, but allowed the opponent to reduce the difference and the match ended with an 18 point difference.