Budućnost VOLI prevail over Dubai Basketball in this week's NLB Match of the Round

2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 15, Sunday, 5 January 2025:

BUDUĆNOST VOLI - Dubai Basketball 89:78 (26:26, 20:15, 16:20, 27:17)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: Budućnost VOLI will still be sharing the top of the table after this round as they prevailed over Dubai Basketball in this week's NLB Match of the Round.

Tonight's hero for the blue-and-white troops was Đorđije Jovanović, who hit 3 key 3-pointers in the 4th quarter to pave the path toward the victory for his team. Interesting enough, those were the only 9 points Jovanović scored in this match.

Budućnost VOLI have therefore improved their season score to 13-2, while this was their 6^th consecutive win in the league. On the other side, Dubai Basketball failed to extend their 4-game winning run, so they dropped to the overall score of 11-4.

Key moments: Dubai Basketball were up by 6 points – 66:72, with a bit less than 7 minutes remaining on the game clock, while then Budućnost VOLI made the key 14:0 run to stun their tonight’s rivals – 80:72.

It all started with a 3-pointer of Nikola Tanasković, while after that Đorđije Jovanović made two 3-pointers in a row for 75:72. Then Tanasković made a lay-up to extend the gap to 5 points – 77:72, while finally Budućnost VOLI tonight’s top scorer Rasheed Sulaimon completed this 14:0 run with another 3-pointer – 80:72.

Man of the match: Rasheed Sulaimon was the top scorer with 25 points, Nikola Tanasković had the highest index rating as he collected 27 index points in this match, yet we will say that tonight’s hero for Budućnost VOLI was Đorđije Jovanović who was 3/3 for 3-points in the 4^th quarter.

We have already mentioned that he made two 3-pointers during that 14:0 run, while his 3^rd one came right at the start of the last minute when Dubai Basketball reduced the gap to just 3 points – 81:78. Jovanović hit an open 3 to double the lead for his team – 84:78.

Can’t trick the stats: Budućnost VOLI had more rebounds than Dubai Basketball in this game (32:27), while the ones which made the difference tonight were the offensive rebounds. The Podgorica troops made 11 offensive rebounds, while some of them came in the key moments of the 4^th quarter.