Big win for Cedevita Olimpija on the road in Laktaši
On the road in Laktaši, Cedevita Olimpija have grabbed their third win in the sixth round of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, an important one in their battle to reach their desired position in the Playoffs zone.
Jaka Blazic (Photo: Igokea/Nikola Vuruna)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 6, Saturday, 30 October 2021:
Igokea - CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA 83:101 (25:20, 23:33, 13:28, 22:20)
Game recap: On the road in Laktaši, Cedevita Olimpija have grabbed their third win in the sixth round of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, an important one in their battle to reach their desired position in the Playoffs zone. This way, the Dragons have reached the 50% record and tied themselves with Igokea in the standings and both of them continue to battle for the peak of the season.
Key moments: After a first half, with many ups and downs, which Cedevita Olimpija won by 5 points, the visiting side have completely prevailed in the third quarter, in which they were the better of the two sides by no less than 15 points (13:28). This way, they have entered the final quarter with no less than 20 point advantage and the battle for a new pair of points was over.
Man of the match: Melvin Ejim shined as he led his Cedevita Olimpija to the win over Igokea, with 22 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and a valuation of 32. He is rightfully our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Cedevita Olimpija have earned themselves a win with a great team performance. They had 25 assists during the game, which created themselves many easy shooting positions, resulting in their 63% field goal percentage and that gave them the win.
Stats
Players on court
| IGO | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 16 | Jošilo M. | 31:56 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 19 | Talić D. | 11:31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Ilić D. | 29:50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Stephens D. | 29:05 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| 24 | Waller T. | 27:07 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Ejim M. | 35:22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | Keene M. | 22:53 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Auguste Z. | 23:27 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Blažič J. | 23:08 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 31 | Radovanović M. | 22:35 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:18 (Q4) | RADOVANOVIĆ M. assist | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 83 : 101 | 11 BLAŽIČ J. made free throw (2 of 2) |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 11 BLAŽIČ J. missed free throw (1 of 2) | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 11 BLAŽIČ J. foul on |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Stephens D. | 22 | - | 32 | Ejim M. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Jošilo M. | 16 | - | 22 | Ejim M. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Stephens D. | 10 | - | 9 | Ejim M. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Starks M. | 5 | - | 7 | Pullen J. |
