Cedevita Olimpija triumphed on the road in Čačak
In the Round 10 of the AdmiralBet ABA League, Cedevita Olimpija have prevailed over Borac Mozzart on the road in Čačak, grabbing their fourth win of the season.
(Photo: Borac Mozzart/Dusko Radisic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 10, Saturday, 30 November 2024:
Borac Mozzart – CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA 74:94 (19:24, 17:19, 21:23, 17:28)
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Game recap: In the Round 10 of the AdmiralBet ABA League, Cedevita Olimpija have prevailed over Borac Mozzart on the road in Čačak, grabbing their fourth win of the season. This way, Cedevita Olimpija achieved their second win in a row and are now on a 4:6 record, as they approach to their goal of returning to the Playoffs Zone as soon as possible. On the other hand, Borac Mozzart are on a 3:7 record after 10 rounds of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, meaning that they will have to keep grinding in order to move away from the danger zone near the bottom of the standings and towards the middle.
It's worth noting that, with this game, Cedevita Olimpija captain Jaka Blažič moved up one place in the all-time AdmiralBet ABA League scorers leaderboard and is now the third-leading scorer of all time in the regional competition with 2760 points scored in his career so far.
Key moments: The fans in the hall by the Morava river have witnessed a merely close contest for the majority of the playing time in the opening half and Borac Mozzart proved themselves to be a serious contender, as they have been in front 32:31 midway through the second quarter. However, that’s when Cedevita Olimpija went on a 6:0 run, that turned the game their way and the Dragons were up by 5 points with less than 4 minutes to go in the second (32:37). Their good performance continued until the big break, to which they have departed with the lead of 7 points (36:43). As it turned out, these were the key moments of the game in Čačak, as the hosts did not manage to return into the game for the win anymore until the end.
Man of the match: Aleksej Nikolić proved himself to be a true floor general this time for Cedevita Olimpija, as he lead the Dragons of Ljubljana to a valuable win with game-high 14 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, and a valuation of 17. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Cedevita Olimpija have outrebounded Borac Mozzart 29:20, have topped them in field goal percentage 65.5%:42.4% and have prevailed even in the category of assists this time (17:23). All these things were the reasons for their comfortable win in the end this time around
Stats
Players on court
| BOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Baldwin D. | 29:42 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Pavićević M. | 20:20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Jošilo M. | 31:57 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Ćurčić M. Đ. | 06:45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 66 | Valinskas P. | 31:10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Jones D. | 20:00 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Radović R. | 13:05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Glas G. | 04:06 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Beringer J. | 06:26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 23 | Geben M. | 15:31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:00 (Q4) | 10 JOŠILO M. assist | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 74 : 94 | 11 ĆURČIĆ M. Đ. made 3 points (jump shot) |
| 00:12 (Q4) | 23 GEBEN M. assist | |
| 00:12 (Q4) | 71 : 94 | 7 GLAS G. made 3 points (jump shot) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Smith M. | 12 | - | 17 | Nikolić A. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Baldwin D. | 12 | - | 14 | Nikolić A. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Pavićević M. | 4 | - | 5 | Stipanović A. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Smith M. | 4 | - | 7 | Jones D. |
