Ninth straight win over Borac Mozzart
Cedevita Olimpija has prevailed over Borac Mozzart on the road in Čačak with the final score of 94:74 in the Round 10 of the AdmiralBet ABA League and achieved its fourth win of the season. Cedevita Olimpija has achieved its third win in a row, as the Ljubljana squad has prevailed over Borac Mozzart on … Continued
Cedevita Olimpija has prevailed over Borac Mozzart on the road in Čačak with the final score of 94:74 in the Round 10 of the AdmiralBet ABA League and achieved its fourth win of the season.
Cedevita Olimpija has achieved its third win in a row, as the Ljubljana squad has prevailed over Borac Mozzart on the road in Čačak. At the end of the game in the hall by the Morava river, the score was 94:74 in favour of the team, led from the bench by head coach Zvezdan Mitrović. This is the fourth win of the season in the regional competition for Cedevita Olimpija, that will still be placed in the bottom half of the standings when the Round 10 is finished, with a record of 4:6.
It’s worth noting that, with this game, Cedevita Olimpija captain Jaka Blažič moved up one place in the all-time AdmiralBet ABA League scorers leaderboard and is now the third-leading scorer of all time in the regional competition with 2760 points scored in his career so far.
The season goes on for Cedevita Olimpija on Tuesday, when the Dragons will be hosting U-BT Cluj-Napoca at home in Stožice Arena in Round 10 of the BKT EuroCup. The next game in the AdmiralBet ABA League is coming up on Sunday, when they will be hosting Spartak Office Shoes at home in Tivoli Sports Hall with the start of the game scheduled for 19:00.
MATCH REPORT:
The fans in the hall by the Morava river have witnessed a merely close contest for the majority of the playing time in the opening half and Borac Mozzart proved themselves to be a serious contender, as they have been in front 32:31 midway through the second quarter. However, that’s when Cedevita Olimpija went on a 6:0 run, that turned the game their way and the Dragons were up by 5 points with less than 4 minutes to go in the second (32:37). Their good performance continued until the big break, to which they have departed with the lead of 7 points (36:43). As it turned out, these were the key moments of the game in Čačak, as the hosts did not manage to return into the game for the win anymore until the end.
For Cedevita Olimpija, Aleksej Nikolić and Jaka Blažič have topped the list of scorers this time, as each of them has scored 14 points for the Dragons this time around.
ADMIRALBET ABA LEAGUE, ROUND 10
Borac Hall (Čačak, Serbia), Saturday, November 30:
BORAC MOZZART – CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA 74:94 (19:24, 17:19, 21:23, 17:28)
Cedevita Olimpija: Stewart 8 (4 rebounds, 4 assists), Robinson 13 (4 rebounds), Jones 9 (7 assists), Radović 2, Nikolić 14 (4 assists), Glas 3, Lemar 8, Blažič 14, Beringer 3 (4 rebounds), Geben 9 (4 rebounds), Stipanović 9 (5 rebounds, 5 assists), Daneu 2.
