Zadar seize 4th place with an important home win over Cedevita Olimpija

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 23, Saturday, 16 March 2024:

ZADAR – Cedevita Olimpija 88:65 (23:13, 24:18, 25:17, 16:17)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: At home in Krešimir Ćosić Arena in Zadar, the home side have prevailed over Cedevita Olimpija. It is an important win for the Dalmatian squad, which has grabbed their 14th win of the season, with which they moved up one place ahead of Cedevita Olimpija and will be in the fourth place after 23 rounds of the Regular Season. The Dalmatian squad now have the same number of wins as the Ljubljana side, but have prevailed in both mutual encounters of the two squads.

Key moments: Zadar have opened the game with a partial score of 8:0 and never let go of their lead afterwards. However, the crucial one was their 13:0 run between 16th and 19th minute of the game, which pulled them away from 34:30 lead to the 37:30 lead with a minute to go in the first half. The battle for a win was over at this point.

Man of the match: Just as we are used to by now, Luka Božić was the key player for Zadar on their way to the important win. The star player had 26 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds, and a valuation of 34 on his record. He is our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Zadar have dominated every single statistical category except for the rebounding this time and therefore we can claim that their win was fully deserved this time. However, the key were the turnovers. Zadar only had 5 of them on their record, while Cedevita Olimpija had 19.