Cedevita Olimpija prevailed over Cibona in Tivoli
On Saturday night, Cedevita Olimpija have prevailed over Cibona at home in Tivoli Sports Hall in Ljubljana, scoring their 15th win of the season.
Cedevita Olimpija team (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 22, Saturday, 18 March 2022:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA - Cibona 91:85 (22:26, 25:15, 18:19, 26:25)
Game recap: On Saturday night, Cedevita Olimpija have prevailed over Cibona at home in Tivoli Sports Hall in Ljubljana. For the Dragons this is the 15th win of the season and with a 15:6 record after 21 games played, they keep chasing the positions at the top of the standings. On the other side, Cibona are now on an 8:13 record and they are now 2 points below the edge of the Playoffs Zone. Nothing is lost yet for the Zagreb side in the Playoffs race, but they will need to start winning again and do it until the end of the Regular Season in order to be able to qualify for the Top 8 of the season.
The result of this game also had an impact on FMP Soccerbet, that have, thanks to the defeat of Cibona, secured themselves a spot in the AdmiralBet ABA League Playoffs for the 2022/23 season.
Key moments: For the major part of the game, the teams remained close to each other. Cibona led by 4 points after the first quarter (22:26). The Dragons turned it upside-down by the end of the half, being up by 6 points at the big break (47:41). Cibona made a comeback in the third and were ahead by a point with a minute and a half to go in the third period (59:60). However, Cedevita Olimpij replied with a 14:0 run over the next 3 minutes, which determined the flow of the game for good. With 8 minutes to go in the game, the hosts led 73:60 and it was clear that they were about to grab a new victory.
Man of the match: Alen Omić was the key player on the way of Cedevita Olimpija towards their win, even though he was only third-leading scorer of the Dragons this time with 13 points. He added 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a valuation of 31 to his record. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Cedevita Olimpija had 13 turnovers and Cibona 16. That’s what perhaps pushed the hosts one step closer towards the win this time.
Stats
Players on court
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Ferrell Jr K. | 26:09 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Jeremić M. | 23:11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Adams J. | 36:07 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| 17 | Matković K. | 15:42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 30 | Dragić Z. | 33:53 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| CIB | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Vuković D. | 16:02 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Smajlagić S. | 22:01 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Majcunić I. | 25:57 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | Mazalin L. | 32:34 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 44 | Kapusta B. | 38:08 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 32 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:00 (Q4) | 44 KAPUSTA B. assist | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 91 : 85 | 14 MAZALIN L. made 2 points (jump shot) |
| 00:19 (Q4) | 91 : 83 | 11 FERRELL JR K. made free throw (2 of 2) |
| 00:19 (Q4) | 90 : 83 | 11 FERRELL JR K. made free throw (1 of 2) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Omić A. | 32 | - | 32 | Kapusta B. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Adams J. | 19 | - | 22 | Kapusta B. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Omić A. | 10 | - | 5 | Smajlagić S. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Omić A. | 6 | - | 14 | Kapusta B. |
