Partizan Mozzart Bet demonstrate a strong performance to prevail over Cedevita Olimpija in Ljubljana
In the NLB Match of the Round 29, Partizan Mozzart Bet have prevailed over Cedevita Olimpija on the road in Ljubljana, which means that they keep their chances of reaching the top of the standings when the Regular Season ends.
Partizan Mozzart Bet team (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 29, Sunday, 27 April 2025:
Cedevita Olimpija – PARTIZAN MOZZART BET 71:81 (18:23, 14:21, 18:15, 21:22)
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POST-GAME COMMENTS
Game recap: In the NLB Match of the Round 29, Partizan Mozzart Bet have prevailed over Cedevita Olimpija on the road in Ljubljana. This means that the black and white squad keep their chances for claiming the top of the standings at the end of the Regular Season alive. They will be hoping for two defeats of Budućnost VOLI in the last two rounds of the Regular Season, while they themselves need to win against Mega Superbet in order to finish first. On the other hand, Cedevita Olimpija remain tied with Igokea m:tel in the standings with an 18:11 record, but with a worse head-to-head score, so the Dragons will hope for a defeat of Igokea m:tel in the last round, while they themselves need to prevail over Krka in order to finish 5th. This is the first ever win of Partizan Mozzart Bet over Cedevita Olimpija on the road in Ljubljana.
Key moments: Partizan Mozzart Bet have quickly got ahead of their opponents and led by 5 points (18:23) after the first quarter and by 12 (32:44) at halftime. Cedevita Olimpija did not led go of their desire for the win at this moment however, and have fought until the end. With a minute and a half to go in the game, the margin between the two sides has still been only 4 points (71:75), but the Dragons failed to score until the end of the game again and Isaiah Bonga (2 points) and Frank Ntilikina combined 6 crucial points for the black and white to seal their win in the end.
Man of the match: Vanja Marinković has been the key to the success of Partizan Mozzart Bet, as he led them to the win with game-high 14 points (4/5 for 3), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and a valuation of 14. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Partizan Mozzart Bet were shooting 47.1% from beyond the arc (8/17). When you compare this to the 26.7% by the home side, it becomes clear, that this has been crucial for their success in Ljubljana.
Stats
Players on court
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Stewart JR D. | 31:02 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 1 | Robinson D. | 24:26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Jones D. | 24:49 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Nikolić A. | 19:23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | Lemar B. | 34:33 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| PAR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 3 | Ntilikina F. | 11:44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Brown S. | 26:48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 17 | Bonga I. | 21:59 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | Mike I. | 27:26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 88 | Jones T. | 20:00 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Jones D. | 16 | - | 19 | Mike I. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Lemar B. | 17 | - | 14 | Marinković V. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Robinson D. | 7 | - | 7 | Jones T. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Jones D. | 5 | - | 5 | Jones C. |
