Cedevita Olimpija Edge Out Zadar in Overtime After a Major Comeback

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 16, Friday, 23 January 2026:

Zadar - CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA 101:112 (18:16, 29:26, 26:23, 21:29, 7:18)

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Game recap: In the opening game of the AdmrialBet ABA League Round 16, Cedevita Olimpija have prevailed over Zadar in overtime on the road in Krešimir Ćosić Arena in Zadar. This way, the Dragons of Ljubljana have ended their two games long winless streak and returned to the winning track with the record of 11:4 after 16 rounds and they re-joined the battle for the top of the standings in Group B. On the other side, Zadar are now on a 4:11 record, in the bottom part of the Group B standings.

Key moments: It has been a game, where Zadar have been in front for the majority of the playing time in the regular part of the game. With 7 minutes to go in the game, Zadar have still been in front by 8 points, but that’s when Umoja Gibson scored 6 points to cut the gap to only 2 points (83:81) with 5 minutes and a half to go. A dramatic finish followed, where Marko Ramljak had a chance to win the game for Zadar in the last second with 2 free throws, but he missed one and the game went into overtime. The overtime started with 9 straight points by Aleksej Nikolić, that put his team up by 7 points (96:103) in the opening 2 minutes of the extra period and the rest was history.

Man of the match: Aleksej Nikolić has led the way in scoring for Cedevita Olimpija with 23 points, including 12 in overtime when it mattered the most. He added 1 rebound, 1 assist and a valuation of 20 to his stats and is our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Zadar had 16 turnovers and Cedevita Olimpija only 12. That’s what helped the Ljubljana side achieve a precious win.