Dubai Basketball Keep Chasing the Top as They Conquer Morača
In the opening game of the AdmiralBet Top 8 Round 4, Dubai Basketball have triumphed on the road in Morača Sports Hall over Budućnost VOLI.
Dubai Basketball team (Photo: Buducnost VOLI/Filip Roganovic)
AdmiralBet ABA League Top 8 Round 4, Saturday, 21 March 2026:
Budućnost VOLI – DUBAI BASKETBALL 78:95 (23:27, 23:17, 12:23, 20:28)
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POST-GAME COMMENTS
Game recap: In the opening game of the AdmiralBet Top 8 Round 4, Dubai Basketball have triumphed on the road in Morača Sports Hall over Budućnost VOLI. This way, Dubai Basketball have now moved up to an 18:2 record after 4 Rounds of the Top 8 and they have tied themselves atop of the standings with Partizan Mozzart Bet, which have an equal number of wins, but one game less behind them. Budućnost VOLI are now on a 15:5 record and they remain on the third place in the standings, but they might be sharing it with Crvena zvezda Meridianbet after Round 4, shall the latter win the eternal Belgrade derby on Sunday.
Key moments: The game turned Dubai’s way in the third quarter. With 5 minutes to go in the third, Budućnost VOLI were still ahead by 2 points (52:50), but that’ when Dubai went on an 11:0 run, that put them up by 9 points (52:61) with 3 minutes left in the third quarter. At the beginning of the last period, Dubai Basketball quickly made their lead double-digit and this was a point of no return for the hosts.
Man of the match: Džanan Musa has been shining all game long for Dubai Basketball, as he led them to the win wih 20 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, and a valuation of 29. He is our man of the match!
Can’t trick the stats: Dubai Basketball have been better in field goal percentage (41% vs. 50%) and in rebounding (31 vs. 34). That’s what turned the flow of the game their way.
Stats
Players on court
| BUD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Sulaimon R. | 30:45 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Ferrell Jr K. | 33:16 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 15 | Morgan J. | 26:02 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 16 | Boutsiele J. | 26:43 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 83 | Bouteille A. | 25:48 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| DUB | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 2 | Dangubić N. | 02:28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bacon JR D. | 23:55 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Anderson J. | 26:04 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Kondić K. | 26:50 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Tshimanga Kabengele M. | 25:00 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
Last 5 actions
| Min | Score | Action |
| game finished | ||
| end of 4. quarter | ||
| 00:13 (Q4) | (8sec) | |
| 00:25 (Q4) | 11 FERRELL JR K. assist | |
| 00:25 (Q4) | 78 : 95 | 16 BOUTSIELE J. made 2 points (dunk) |
| 00:29 (Q4) | 76 : 95 | 3 BACON JR D. made 3 points (jump shot) |
Top players
| VALUE (INDEX) | ||||
| Ferrell Jr K. | 23 | - | 29 | Musa D. |
| POINTS | ||||
| Ferrell Jr K. | 21 | - | 20 | Musa D. |
| REBOUNDS | ||||
| Mays S. | 5 | - | 8 | Tshimanga Kabengele M. |
| ASSISTS | ||||
| Ferrell Jr K. | 5 | - | 8 | Musa D. |
