Dubai Basketball host Cibona on Sunday

2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 21, Sunday, 2 March 2025:

DUBAI BASKETBALL – CIBONA

Where? Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai

When? 16:30

Story of the game: In the opening game of the Sunday’s AdmiralBet ABA League schedule, Dubai Basketball will be hosting Cibona at home in their Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.

It’s a game where the majority of the fans probably expect an easy win of Dubai Basketball, given the situation in the standings, but basketball and AdmiralBet ABA League in general have many times proven to be extremely unpredictable so anything is of course possible.

Currently, Dubai side are on a 15:5 record, firmly in the fourth place in the standings, and as they have won their last 3 games in a row and 4 out of their last 5, they have every reason to enter the game fully confident. On the other side, Cibona are on a 3:17 record, 2 wins above the last-placed Mornar-Barsko zlato and a win could lift them 3 wins above the Bar squad right now, meaning that they would sleep a lot calmer before the remainder of the season.

The first time the two squads met this season, Dubai prevailed with the score of 74:102 in Zagreb. Can they do it again, or will Cibona get their sweet revenge?

Match-up in focus: For sure, the most intriguing match-up of them all will be the one between two forward players, Awudu Abass of Dubai Basketball and Toni Ročak of Cibona. Abass has been the top scorer and third-leading rebounder of Dubai so far this season, averaging 12.2 points and 5 rebounds per game, while on the other end, Toni Ročak has been the second-leading scorer, top rebounder and second-leading passer of Cibona, averaging 11.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.

Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 1:0; in Dubai 0:0.