Thriller in Čačak and eighth straight win for Cedevita Olimpija

Thursday, 05. January 2023 at 19:00

In the 14th round of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, Cedevita Olimpija have triumphed on the road against Borac Mozzart in Čačak and achieved their 8th win in a row.

Josh Adams (Photo: Borac Mozzart/Dusko Radisic)

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 14, Thursday, 5 January 2023:

Borac Mozzart - CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA 74:76 (23:23, 19:15, 17:20, 15:18)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: In the 14th round of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, Cedevita Olimpija have triumphed on the road against Borac Mozzart in Čačak after a thrilling finish and achieved their 8th win in a row. For the Dragons, this is the 11th win of the season, that puts them on a 11:2 record, near the top of the standings. On the other side, Borac Mozzart continue their season with a 3:11 record, with a lot of work still to do in order to escape the danger zone near the bottom of the standings when the Regular Season ends.

It's worth mentioning, that Alen Omić of Cedevita Olimpija grabbed 6 rebounds this time in the game against Borac Mozzart, which means that in total he now has 1012 rebounds in his entire AdmiralBet ABA League career. This way he moved one place up in the all-time AdmiralBet ABA League rebounders rankings, as he moved past Boris Savović in the eighth place, who has 1008 all-time rebounds himself.

Key moments: With 5 minutes to go in the game, Borac Mozzart were in front for the last time (67:66). That’s when Cedevita Olimpija squad started their 9:1 run, that put them up 75:68 with 3 minutes left in the clash. As it turned out, these were the key moments of the game, as Borac Mozzart did not manage to get in front again until the end.

They did, however have a chance of a victory in the end, as Sava Lešić shot a 3-point attempt in the final second to hand his team a win, but… his shot was not accurate.

Man of the match: The AdmiralBet ABA League NLB MVP for the month of December shined again! Yogi Ferrell led his team to the win with game-high 19 points, while adding 7 assists, 4 rebounds, and a valuation of 19 to his stats. He is our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Cedevita Olimpija have outrebounded Borac Mozzart 32:26 and that’s what handed them an important win in the end.

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