Major comeback and a win for Cedevita Olimpija over SC Derby
In the last game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 24, Cedevita Olimpija have demonstrated a major comeback to prevail over SC Derby at home in Stožice Arena in Ljubljana.
Alen Omic (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 24, Tuesday, 4 April 2023:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA - SC Derby 84:83 (19:23, 15:21, 24:15, 26:24)
Game recap: In the last game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 24, Cedevita Olimpija have demonstrated a major comeback to prevail over SC Derby at home in Stožice Arena in Ljubljana. This is the win, that puts Cedevita Olimpija on a 16:7 record, which keeps them in a race for the third place in the Regular Season. On the other side, SC Derby are now on a 10:14 record, which means that they will need to keep struggling in the last two rounds of the Regular Season in order to secure themselves a spot in the AdmiralBet ABA League Playoffs.
Key moments: Even though SC Derby have been in front by 10 points at halftime (34:44), the Dragons fought back in the third quarter, even took the lead and ever since it has remained a close game in Stožice. As the two squads have entered the final 60 seconds, they have been separated by only a point (75:76). It has been Alen Omić, who scored twice from the free throw line with 41 seconds to go, to put his team ahead 77:76 and Zoran Dragić afterwards made a lay-up for the score of 79:76.Josh Adams added 2 free throws for the lead of 81:76 and 22 seconds remained until the end. SC Derby did manage to score two 3-pointers until the end and take the game into a thrilling finish. They even had a chance to win the game in the final seconds, but Fletcher Magee missed what he hoped would become a buzzer-beating game-winning three-pointer.
Man of the match: Alen Omić has been the key to the win by Cedevita Olimpija, as he led the way for the Dragons towards the win with 15 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, and a valuation of 26 on his record. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Cedevita Olimpija have outrebounded SC Derby 35:32 and that’s what turned out to be enough for them to secure themselves a minimal, but highly important, win this time.
Stats
Players on court
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 6 | Jeremić M. | 24:21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Murić E. | 25:10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 14 | Adams J. | 27:03 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 24 | Omić A. | 33:15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 30 | Dragić Z. | 25:44 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| SCD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Magee F. | 35:19 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Pavlićević N. | 16:07 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Slavković A. | 27:40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Baćović V. | 15:23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Drežnjak M. | 18:08 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
