Dubai Squad Celebrate Successful Season Opener

AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season Group A, Monday, 6 October 2025:

DUBAI BASKETBALL – Split 92:58 (21:18, 23:16, 13:9, 35:15)

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POST-GAME COMMENTS

Game recap: In their opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League season, Dubai Basketball have prevailed over Split at home in their Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. This way, the Dubai squad have demonstrated their ambitions for this season right from the start and have created themselves a good starting position in their hunt for a Top 8 spot. On the other side, Split will have to wait a bit longer for their first win of the season.

Key moments: Dubai have been a better of two squads right from the start of the game and all until the end. They were up by 3 points at the end of the first quarter (21:18), but the crucial one was the second quarter, in which they have created themselves a double-digit lead (44:34). In the remainder of the game, the hosts have not only cruised towards the win in the end, but have gone off to a blowout win in the end.

Man of the match: Dwayne Bacon has had a stellar AdmiralBet ABA League debut for Dubai Basketball, as he led them towards the win with 17 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and a valuation of 27 on his record. He is our man of the match.

Can’t trick the stats: Apart from being a better of two squads almost in every single statistical category, Dubai Basketball have simply dominated the paint. They had 42 rebounds and Split only 19. That’s what decisively turned the flow of the game their way.