Dubai get their sweet revenge over FMP Soccerbet
In the opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 25, Dubai Basketball have prevailed over FMP Soccerbet, so their chase of the top of the standings goes on.
Nate Mason (Photo: Dubai Basketball)
AdmrialBet ABA League Round 25, Saturday, 29 March 2025:
DUBAI BASKETBALL – FMP Soccerbet 84:61 (23:15, 16:11, 21:20, 24:15)
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POST-GAME COMMENTS
Game recap: In the opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 25, Dubai Basketball have prevailed over FMP Soccerbet, so their chase of the top of the standings goes on. After a win over FMP Soccerbet, which is also a sweet revenge for the Dubai side for the Belgrade defeat in November (86:84), Dubai are now on a 20:5 record, just a win behind both Partizan Mozzart Bet and Budućnost VOLI, that are sharing the top, but with the latter two still having their Round 25 games left to play. On the other side, FMP Soccerbet are now on a 12:13 record, and they will be placed just below the edge of the Playoffs Zone when Round 25 ends, meaning that they will need to keep grinding in order to finish amongst the Top 8 when the Regular Season ends.
Key moments: For the opening 4 minutes of the game, the fans in the Coca-Cola Arena have witnessed a fairly tied encounter, and that’s when the score was tied for the last time, at 9:9. This is when Dubai Basketball went on an 8:0 run over the next 2 minutes of the game, which put them up by 8 points (17:9). As it turned out, the visiting side did not manage to get any closer anymore until the end of the game – furthermore, Dubai Basketball have additionally increased their advantage and this run turned out to be the crucial in this game.
Man of the match: Nate Mason has once more been the true floor general of Dubai Basketball, as he led them towards the new win in the end with 18 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds and a valuation of 22 on his record! He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Dubai have had far better field goal percentage (49.2% - 36.2%) than FMP Soccerbet and they also had only 10 turnovers, while FMP had 17. This is what helped them compensate their poor rebounding (only 27 rebounds in comparison with 35 by the Panthers) and was the key to their win this time around.
Stats
Players on court
| DBC | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Ravena T. | 05:32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| 1 | Mason N. | 20:51 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 33 | Anđušić D. | 19:54 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 43 | Radošević L. | 18:39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 44 | Düverioğlu A. | 16:50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| FMP | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Grojić P. | 04:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 2 | Scott J. | 06:25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| 3 | Popović P. | 26:12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Šaranović N. | 26:23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Radosavljević D. | 22:12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:01 (Q4) | 15 RADOSAVLJEVIĆ D. missed 2 points (jump shot) | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 84 : 61 | 44 DÜVERIOĞLU A. made free throw (2 of 2) |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 44 DÜVERIOĞLU A. missed free throw (1 of 2) | |
| 00:18 (Q4) | 44 DÜVERIOĞLU A. foul on |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Mason N. | 23 | - | 16 | Barna F. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Mason N. | 18 | - | 17 | Barna F. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Boutsiele J. | 8 | - | 8 | Popović P. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Prepelič K. | 7 | - | 5 | Barna F. |
