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17.01.2026

Second Consecutive Defeat in the ABA League

The senior team basketball players of Cedevita Olimpija ended the derby of the 15th round of the first phase of the AdmiralBet ABA League against Budućnost VOLI with a defeat (72:83). An opportunity to return to winning ways will come as early as Tuesday at 6:30 PM, when the Dragons face an important EuroCup clash … Continued

The senior team basketball players of Cedevita Olimpija ended the derby of the 15th round of the first phase of the AdmiralBet ABA League against Budućnost VOLI with a defeat (72:83). An opportunity to return to winning ways will come as early as Tuesday at 6:30 PM, when the Dragons face an important EuroCup clash against Romania’s Cluj at Hala Tivoli!

On Saturday, in Arena Stožice, Budućnost VOLI handed Cedevita Olimpija their fourth loss of the regional season in the derby of the 15th round of the first phase of the AdmiralBet ABA League. The scoreboard in the Stožice arena showed 72:83 in favor of the visitors from Podgorica. The latter have now beaten the Dragons for the fifth consecutive time in head-to-head meetings.

The Ljubljana side will try to get back on the winning track on Tuesday at 6:30 PM, when they host Romania’s Cluj at Hala Tivoli in the 15th round of the regular season of the BKT EuroCup. The game will be important in the fight for playoff positions, while Cedevita Olimpija also remains in contention for second place in Group A. The evening in the Temple of Slovenian Basketball will take place in the rhythm of the 1990s, and the action in front of the Tivoli arena will begin more than two hours before the opening tip-off. Tickets for the game are already available at vstopnice.olimpija.com.


GAME REPORT:

Throughout the entire game, the two teams traded the lead, and with four and a half minutes remaining the Dragons were up by two points (72–70) after a dunk by Luka Brajković while being fouled. What followed was an outstanding finish by the visiting team, who did not allow the home side to score another basket, while scoring 13 points themselves for a 13–0 run in the closing minutes, sealing a convincing victory.

For Cedevita Olimpija, DJ Stewart was the leading scorer with 17 points, while Aleksej Nikolić added 10.


ADMIRALBET ABA LEAGUE, REGULAR SEASON, ROUND 15

Arena Stožice (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Saturday, January 17:
CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA – BUDUĆNOST VOLI 72:83 (23:24, 17:15, 20:19, 12:25)
Cedevita Olimpija
: Stewart 17, Gibson 6, Girard III 9 (5 assists), Radović 6, Nikolić 11, Brajković 4 (5 rebounds), Blažič 10, Ustun, Cerkvenik, Hurt 2, Škara 5, Kennedy 2.

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