{"id":164516,"date":"2026-04-01T01:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/164516\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:02:08","slug":"dar-city-remains-unbeaten-as-petro-de-luanda-dominates-in-bal-kalahari-conference-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/164516\/","title":{"rendered":"Dar City remains unbeaten as Petro de Luanda dominates in BAL Kalahari conference action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/bal.nba.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 2026 Basketball Africa League (BAL)<\/a> season intensified Saturday at the SunBet Arena, as Dar City Basketball Club maintained its perfect start and defending champions Petro de Luanda opened their campaign with a decisive victory.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0Tanzania\u2019s Dar City Basketball Club improved to 2\u20130 in its inaugural BAL season, securing a gritty 90\u201385 win over Kenya\u2019s Nairobi City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>The contest was defined by a masterful performance from David Michineau, who dismantled the Thunder defense for a game-high 39 points, falling just shy of a triple-double with eight rebounds and seven assists. Support came from Nisre Zouzoua, whose 20 points and five boards proved critical in neutralizing a late-game surge from Nairobi. The victory cements Dar City\u2019s position as a top contender in the Kalahari Conference.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1003894934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2275399\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In the evening\u2019s marquee matchup\u2014a highly anticipated rematch of the 2024 BAL Final\u2014Petro de Luanda (Angola) delivered a statement win, clinical in their 104\u201390 defeat of Al Ahly Ly (Libya).<\/p>\n<p>Petro established an early rhythm and never looked back, orchestrated by point guard Childe Dundao, who finished with 27 points. Milton Valente provided high-efficiency scoring in the paint, contributing 19 points on near-perfect 9-of-11 shooting. The win serves as an emphatic start for the Angolan giants as they look to defend their continental reputation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Basketball Africa League (BAL) season intensified Saturday at the SunBet Arena, as Dar City Basketball Club&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[1151,45088],"class_list":["post-164516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-angola","tag-angola","tag-basketball-africa-league"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116326756892545042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}