Dubai Basketball advance to Semifinals, as they prevailed over Cedevita Olimpija in Game 3

AdmiralBet ABA League Quarterfinals, Round 3, Tuesday, 20 May 2025:

DUBAI BASKETBALL– Cedevita Olimpija 85:76 (23:15, 20:18, 22:22, 20:21)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: In the Game 3 of the Quarterfinal series, Dubai Basketball have prevailed over Cedevita Olimpija at home in their Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai and advanced to the Semifinals. In a game, where they have been in front throughout the majority of the playing time, the Dubai side have scored a crucial win, returned to the winning track after a break on Friday and advanced to the Top 4 of the AdmiralBet ABA League in their maiden season amongst the regional basketball elite already. In the Semifinals, they will be facing Partizan Mozzart Bet. On the other side, for the second season in a row, Cedevita Olimpija have ended their season in the Quarterfinals.

Key moments: Dubai side have opened the game in a better fashion and prevailed in the first quarter already by 8 points. They continued to grind in the beginning of the second quarter and created themselves their first double-digit lead at the entrance to the 13th minute, when they got up by 11 (28:17). It turns out that these were the key moments of the game, as the Dragons did not manage to recurve again after this blow and these can be described as key moments of the game.

Man of the match: Nate Mason has again been the true floor general on court for the Dubai Basketball, as he led them to the big win in the end with 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and a valuation of 18 on his record. He is our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Dubai Basketball have been shooting from the field 48.2% and Cedevita Olimpija 40% and that’s what turned the tide home team’s way.