Crvena zvezda Meridianbet beat Cedevita Olimpija to extend their winning streak

2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 7, Monday, 4 November 2024:

CRVENA ZVEZDA MERIDIANBET - Cedevita Olimpija 92:86 (22:20, 29:25, 26:19, 15:22)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet have scored their 4th win in a row in the 2024/25 ABA League regular season as they defeated Cedevita Olimpija in this week's NLB Match of the Round. 

The Belgrade giant had a very good shooting night as they were shooting 19/35 for 2 points and 12/21 for 3 points in this game. It all looked especially impressive in the 1^st half in which Crvena zvezda Meridianbet scored 51 points, led by Isaiah Canaan who was 4/4 for 3 points. At one point of the first half it seemed that Zvezda just can’t miss a 3-point shot as the home players were knocking down threes from all over the court. Yago dos Santos even hit a logo 3-pointer right at the 1^st quarter buzzer.

In the 2^nd half, Crvena zvezda Meridianbet continued expanding the gap, but despite the home team extended their lead to 19 points – 87:68, with just 6 minutes remaining on the game clock, this match almost went into a thriller ending.

Cedevita Olimpija managed to reduce the gap to 5 points and had an opportunity to reduce it even more, but they then missed a big 3-point shot and stayed without the chance of pulling off one of the biggest comebacks in this season.

Crvena zvezda Meridianbet now have the overall score of 5-2, while Cedevita Olimpija are at 2-5.

Key moments: The key moment of the game happened right on one-and-a-half minutes before the end, when Cedevita Olimpija had a big chance to reduce their deficit to just 2 points. The visitors have previously reduced Zvezda’s 19-point lead to just 5 points – 91:86, while then Martinas Geben had a pretty open 3-point shot that would have taken this match into a thrilling finish.

However, Geben missed this 3-pointer, while in the remaining time Yago dos Santos made one free throw to make the final score – 92:86.

Man of the match: Isaiah Canaan was on fire today as he led Crvena zvezda Meridianbet toward this big win with 15 points, including 4 three-pointers.

Can’t trick the stats: We will dare to say that the 3-pointers made the difference in this match. While Crvena zvezda Meridianbet were 12/21 (57.1 %) for 3 points, Cedevita Olimpija were 7/23 (30.4%) from behind the arc.