Cedevita Olimpija Grab a big Home Court win Against Dubai Basketball
In Round 2 of the AdmiralBet ABA League Top 8, Cedevita Olimpija have knocked down Dubai Basketball at home in their Stožice Arena in Ljubljana.
Cedevita Olimpija team (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)
AdmiralBet ABA League Top 8 Round 2, Sunday, 8 March 2026:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – Dubai Basketball 93:80 (27:27, 23:19, 18:18, 25:16)
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Game recap: In Round 2 of the AdmiralBet ABA League Top 8, Cedevita Olimpija have knocked down Dubai Basketball at home in their Stožice Arena in Ljubljana. The Dragons are celebrating home win in an electric atmosphere in Stožice at their Top 8 opener in front of their home crowd. This way, Cedevita Olimpija are now on a 12:5 record, with only one game played so far in the Top 8 stage of the competition, while on the other side, Dubai Basketball are on a 16:2 record after 2 games played in the second stage.
Key moments: Cedevita Olimpija have taken command of the court in the first half, heading into the big break with the 4-point advantage (50:46). In the second half, Dubai Basketball fought back, but never really managed to get in front. The crucial one was the 10:2 run between 33rd minute and 36th minute of the game, which converted the 1-point lead of Cedevita Olimpija (75:74) into a 9-point lead (85:76). Dubai Basketball never managed to recover again until the end of the game and the home crowd celebrated.
Man of the match: Umoja Gibson has been the key to the win of Cedevita Olimpija. He had 20 points, while adding 8 assists, 4 rebounds, 4 steals and a valuation of 31 to his stats. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Cedevita Olimpija were shooting 33% from the 3-point range and Dubai Basketball only 26%. That’s what turned the flow of the game their way.
Stats
Players on court
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Gibson U. | 27:05 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 |
| 3 | Radović R. | 25:50 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Nikolić A. | 24:58 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 21 | Hurt M. | 26:11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 24 | Škara D. | 24:54 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| DUB | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 4 | Avramović A. | 16:12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Anderson J. | 23:29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | Musa D. | 23:23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 25 | Wright IV M. | 27:07 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 34 | Kamenjaš K. | 17:55 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:00 (Q4) | 21 HURT M. rebound (defensive) | |
| 00:00 (Q4) | 25 WRIGHT IV M. missed 3 points (jump shot) | |
| 00:01 (Q4) | 10 ANDERSON J. rebound (defensive) | |
| 00:03 (Q4) | 3 RADOVIĆ R. missed 3 points (jump shot) |
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