Dubai Basketball beat Crvena zvezda Meridianbet for the 2nd time this season
League newcomers have once again stunned the reigning champions! Dubai Basketball scored their 2nd win against Crvena zvezda Meridianbet in the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League campaign to stay in the race for the top spot in the regular season.
(Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 16, Sunday, 12 January 2025:
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet - DUBAI BASKETBALL 92:107 (24:26, 21:24, 19:28, 28:29)
Story of the game: League newcomers have once again stunned the reigning champions! Dubai Basketball scored their 2nd win against Crvena zvezda Meridianbet in the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League campaign to stay in the race for the top spot in the regular season.
After that opening round victory at home court, Dubai Basketball have now defeated Crvena zvezda Meridianbet on te road in Round 16 and have therefore put an end to the 12-game winning streak of the Belgrade squad.
Dubai Basketball have improved their season score to 12-4 and they are still holding the 4th place on the standings. Meanwhile, after suffering their first home defeat of the season, Crvena zvezda Meridianbet dropped to the 3rd place on the standings with the overall score of 13-3.
Key moments: Dubai Basketball entered the 4th quarter with a 14-point lead – 78:64, yet they had two situations in the rest of the match in which they had to stop Crvena zvezda Meridianbet’s dangerous runs that could have changed the flow of the game.
First time, Crvena zvezda Meridianbet reduced the gap to 10 points – 88:78, while then Danilo Anđušić made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that was very important for his team to keep up pushing toward the win.
After that, Crvena zvezda Meridianbet managed to come even closer as they reduced the gap to just 7 points – 93:86, but then Dubai Basketball scored 4 points in a row to once again escape to a double-digit lead – 97:86.
Man of the match: Nate Mason was the Man of the Match in the opening round when Dubai Basketball defeated Crvena zvezda Meridianbet at home court, while the American point guard now once again deserved to pick up this prestigious award as he led his team toward the win against the reigning champions one more time.
Mason played a perfect game as he did not miss a single shot tonight! He scored 23 points (3/3 GF2, 5/5 FG3, 2/2 FT), he delivered 9 assists, while his overall index rating was 34.
Can’t trick the stats: Dubai Basketball put on a fantastic offensive performance tonight in Belgrade. The visitors scored 107 points, they were 23/35 (65.7%) for 2 points and 13/22 (59.1) for 3 points.
Stats
Players on court
| CZV | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Canaan I. | 23:46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 |
| 13 | Dobrić O. | 13:06 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Bolomboy J. | 21:26 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 30 | Petrušev F. | 21:48 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 99 | Dos Santos Y. | 25:59 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| DBC | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Dangubić N. | 04:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 |
| 5 | Abass A. | 34:29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Bertans D. | 30:26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Taylor I. | 14:01 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | Williams J. | 12:55 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:00 (Q4) | 13 DOBRIĆ O. steal | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 5 ABASS A. turnover (ballhandling) | |
| 00:04 (Q4) | 5 ABASS A. steal | |
| 00:04 (Q4) | 30 PETRUŠEV F. turnover (ballhandling) |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Dos Santos Y. | 25 | - | 34 | Mason N. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Petrušev F. | 21 | - | 23 | Mason N. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Bolomboy J. | 7 | - | 8 | Düverioğlu A. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Dos Santos Y. | 8 | - | 9 | Mason N. |
