Mahram regained the top position in the pecking order of the West Asian club basketball with a dominating 96-86 win in Game 5 of the WABA League Finals that left their Lebanese rivals and defending champions Al Riyadi Beirut gasping for breath right from the word go.

Tuesday night, undoubtedly, was a tribute to the strength of WABA basketball and to get more precise in terms of results a tribute to Lebanese resilience and resourcefulness after an increasingly depleting Al Riyadi Beirut pulled off a 101-93 win against Mahram in Game 4 of the WABA League Finals and thus forcing a Game 5.

Iran's Mahram showed glorious flair when it mattered the most and scored a 92-76 win in Game 4 of the WABA League Finals against Lebanese team Al Riyadi Beirut on Monday.

Hamed Afagh’s tenacious shooting prowess in the third quarter propelled Mahram ahead after a fragmented display by both teams, and the Iranian giants proved too smart and shrewd to counter – and quell – Al Riyadi Beirut’s vigorous attempts for a revival, to win 67-59 in Game 2 of the WABA League Finals on Tuesday.

Al Riyadi Beirut and Mahram played out a supremely tactical game before the former showed more valor in their approach, vivacity in their offense and vividness in their defense and won 91-87 in Game 1 of the WABA League Finals on Monday.