Cedevita Olimpija prevailed over Cibona at home in Tivoli

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 13, Friday, 22 December 2021:

CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – Cibona 93:91 (19:14, 23:22, 27:11, 24:34)

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Game recap: In the opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 13, Cedevita Olimpija have prevailed over Cibona at home in their Tivoli Sports Hall in Ljubljana. It’s been a game, where the Dragons have been in front for the majority of the playing time and they managed to finally decisively crack the resistance of the visiting side in the second half. This is the 10th win of the season for the Ljubljana squad, which will keep them in the Top 4 when the Round 13 ends. On the other side, Cibona will continue their season with a 5:8 record, just below the edge of the Playoffs Zone.

Jaka Blažič has had another tremendous night in Tivoli this time, as he scored 25 points, which helped him to move up 2 places in the All-time AdmiralBet ABA League scorers’ list and he now occupies the 7th place with 2468 points scored in his career in the regional competition.

Key moments: With 6 minutes to go in the third quarter, Cedevita Olimpija were still ahead by only a point (48:47), but that’s when they made a 14:2 run, that put them up by 13 points (62:49) with 4 minutes left in the third quarter. It seemed like the Wolves would not manage to come up with a proper response to this run all until the end, but they fought back and even managed to tie the game in the very finish. It has been DJ Stewart's block with a couple of seconds left, that has buried the hopes of the visiting side of a comeback and with only 2 seconds to go, Jaka Blažič scored two free throws to confirm the tight win for Cedevita Olimpija in the end.

Man of the match: Jaka Blažič came up with another captain-like performance for Cedevita Olimpija. He had 25 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and a valuation of 33. He is our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Even though Cibona have been the better of two sides in rebounding and three-point shooting, Cedevita Olimpija prevailed in the field goal percentage. They had 51.6% from the field and Cibona had 48.6%. That’s what turned the flow of the game their way.