Dubai Basketball Keep Grinding
In the opening game of the Monday’s AdmiralBet ABA League schedule, Dubai Basketball have prevailed over Borac Mozzart at home in their Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.
Kenan Kamenjas (Photo: Dubai Basketball)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 14, Monday, 12 January 2026:
DUBAI BASKETBALL – Borac Mozzart 90:79 (19:23, 22:14, 27:15, 22:27)
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POST-GAME COMMENTS
Game recap: In the opening game of the Monday’s AdmiralBet ABA League schedule, Dubai Basketball have prevailed over Borac Mozzart at home in their Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. This is the 12th win of Dubai Basketball, that remain the only undefeated team in the elite regional club competition with a 12:0 record after 14 rounds. The Emirati squad have also already secured themselves a spot in the Top 8 stage of the competition. On the other end, Borac Mozzart are now on a 3:9 record, placed in the bottom part of the AdmiralBet ABA League Regolar Season Group A standings.
Key moments: Borac Mozzart have bravely entered the game in Dubai, and were even in front by 4 points (19:23) after the opening quarter. By halftime, however, the hosts managed to turn the game completely upside down and were ahead with the score of 41:37. The key moments arrived in the third quarter, when Dubai Basketball went on a 16:4 run between 22nd and 26th minute of the game, that converted their 4-point lead (43:39) into a 16-point lead (59:43). After this, Borac did not manage to threaten to end the supremacy of the home side in this game.
Man of the match: Dwayne Bacon led Dubai Basketball to another win with game-high 15 points, while adding 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and a valuation of 13 to his stats. He is our man of the match.
Can’t trick the stats: Field goal percentage, rebounding, passing turnovers… you name it! Dubai Basketball dominated every single important aspect of basketball game in terms of stats, meaning that they fully deserved their comfortable win in the end.
Stats
Players on court
| DUB | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Dangubić N. | 21:03 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 18 | Vuckovic T. | 04:31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Armstrong T. | 24:08 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 30 | Petrušev F. | 19:06 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 32 | Ryan M. | 15:13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| BOR | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 4 | Radović P. | 09:51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Nikolić P. | 25:20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| 10 | Jošilo M. | 30:30 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 44 | Čarapić U. | 22:23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 55 | Manojlović N. | 22:39 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:04 (Q4) | 90 : 79 | 55 MANOJLOVIĆ N. made 2 points (layup) |
| 00:04 (Q4) | 55 MANOJLOVIĆ N. rebound (offensive) | |
| 00:04 (Q4) | 4 RADOVIĆ P. missed 2 points (layup) | |
| 00:29 (Q4) | 32 RYAN M. assist |
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Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Kamenjaš K. | 23 | - | 21 | Baldwin D. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Bacon JR D. | 15 | - | 20 | Baldwin D. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Kamenjaš K. | 7 | - | 7 | Fundić S. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Petrušev F. | 5 | - | 4 | Uskoković A. |



