Dubai Basketball beat Igokea m:tel in Round 14 opener
Dubai Basketball will be standing at the top of the table at least until Saturday as they defeated Igokea m:tel at home in the opening match of Round 14.
Isaiah Taylor (Photo: Dubai Basketball)
2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 14, Tuesday, 24 December 2024:
DUBAI BASKETBALL – Igokea m:tel 92:81 (22:25, 18:22, 25:14, 27:20)
Game recap: Dubai Basketball will be standing at the top of the table at least until Saturday as they defeated Igokea m:tel at home in the opening match of Round 14.
It was a classic game of two different halves. In the first half, Igokea m:tel were a better team on the court and the visitors went to the halftime break up by 7 points – 47:40. However, Dubai Basketball returned to court for the 2nd half determined to change the flow of the game and they fully succeeded in that mission. The home team scored 52 points in the 2nd half, turned the things in their favor and seized a valuable win.
Dubai Basketball now have the overall score of 11-3, while Igokea m:tel are at 8-6.
Key moments: Dubai Basketball took over the lead in the 3rd quarter as they came back from a 7-point deficit to finish this period up by 4 points – 65:61.
After that, the home team made the key 12:1 run at the start of the 4th quarter that secured them the win today as it pushed Dubai Basketball toward a 15-point lead – 77:62, with 7 minutes left in the game.
Man of the match: Awudu Abass has played his best game of the season. Dubai Basketball forward recorded his season-high 26 points and his season-high 31 index rating.
Can’t trick the stats: That 2nd half performance of Dubai Basketball was just superb and it brought them the win in this match. The home team won the 2nd half by 52:34.
Stats
Players on court
| DBC | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Dangubić N. | 13:22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Abass A. | 29:21 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Prepelič K. | 27:01 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Bertans D. | 33:13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | Taylor I. | 22:20 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| IGO | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 4 | Gavrilović S. | 19:35 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Jones B. | 27:18 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Pušica V. | 23:45 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | Milosavljevic D. | 30:22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| 34 | Jeremić M. | 31:46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:02 (Q4) | 7 PREPELIČ K. rebound (defensive) | |
| 00:02 (Q4) | 7 JONES B. missed 3 points (jump shot) | |
| 00:09 (Q4) | 7 PREPELIČ K. assist | |
| 00:09 (Q4) | 92 : 81 | 2 DANGUBIĆ N. made 3 points (jump shot) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Abass A. | 31 | - | 25 | Milosavljevic D. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Abass A. | 26 | - | 18 | Milosavljevic D. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Düverioğlu A. | 8 | - | 6 | Milosavljevic D. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Taylor I. | 6 | - | 7 | Jones B. |
