Partizan Mozzart Bet remain perfect as they down Dubai BC
Partizan Mozzart Bet are still the only undefeated team in the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season as they prevailed over Dubai BC in this week's NLB Match of the Round.
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2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 8, Sunday, 10 November 2024:
PARTIZAN MOZZART BET - Dubai BC 82:61 (16:19, 19:8, 19:17, 28:17)
Game recap: Partizan Mozzart Bet are still the only undefeated team in the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season as they prevailed over Dubai BC in this week's NLB Match of the Round.
The black-and-whites had a bit of a slow start as they were down by 3 points after the opening quarter - 16:19. However, with the start of the 2nd period, the home team started dominating the court as Partizan Mozzart Bet won the 2nd quarter by 19:8 to take over the lead ahead of the halftime – 35:27.
Partizan Mozzart Bet was a better side in the 2nd half as well. The Belgrade giant have increased their lead to double digits by the end of the 3rd quarter – 54:44, while then they even managed to double the gap in the rest of the match.
Partizan Mozzart Bet have therefore remained all alone at the top of the table with the overall score of 8-0, while Dubai BC is now sharing the 3rd place on the standings with Crvena zvezda Meridianbet as these two teams have the overall score of 6-2.
Key moments: The home team spent most of the second half at a comfortable double-digit lead, yet Dubai BC managed to reduce the gap to just 6 points – 63:57, with 4 minutes remaining on the game clock.
But, that was as close as the visitors got of making a comeback. Partizan Mozzart Bet responded by making the key 16:2 run which increased the gap to 20 points - 79:59 - and which definitely decided the winner of tonight’s game.
Man of the match: Carlik Jones once again showed off his scoring skills to lead Partizan Mozzart Bet toward another important victory. Jones was by far the best scorer in the winning side tonight with 17 points on his record.
Can’t trick the stats: Dubai BC has one of the best offensive rating in the league, yet this evening they simply had a pretty poor shooting night. The visitors scored just 3 three-pointers for the entire match, while they made just 61 points in total.
To be fair, we have to add that Dubai BC played this match without their best 3-point shooter Davis Bertans.
Stats
Players on court
| PAR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Jones C. | 29:36 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Ntilikina F. | 15:59 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Marinković V. | 17:26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Brown S. | 23:08 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | Bonga I. | 18:20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| DBC | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Ravena T. | 00:37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mason N. | 23:32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Taylor I. | 20:30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | Williams J. | 20:10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 | Anđušić D. | 22:04 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Jones C. | 18 | - | 17 | Anđušić D. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Jones C. | 17 | - | 13 | Anđušić D. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Ntilikina F. | 4 | - | 8 | Abass A. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Jones C. | 4 | - | 3 | Prepelič K. |
