A painful defeat of dragons in the United Arab Emirates

In the first game of the ABA League quarterfinals, Cedevit Olympia lost to 85:86 (65:64, 45:43, 19:20) against Dubai players, who in a series of two wins went into the lead with 1: 0. Another and maybe already decisive match will be Friday in Ljubljana.

The introductory match of the quarterfinals in the United Arab Emirates was even, the teams exchanged several times in the lead, and in the end, home basketball players won the last sound of the siren. They started the match better, kept some small advantage in the introduction, and in the middle of the opening quarter escaped by +8 (13: 5). But even before the first break, the people of Ljubljana equalized at 18:18, and at the end of the introductory quarter only behind the point.

In another they are then quickly with a threesome Jake BlažičBut for the first time in the duel (22:20). Dubai immediately responded and re -led, and in the middle of a quarter was Olympia in 31:29 again in the front. The series of guests continued, they fled +8 (37:29) and +9 (43:34), and by halftime Dubai approached and lagging behind only two points.

After arriving from the locker room is Klemen Prepelič With the Troika Dubai, he won a new advantage (46:45), and after a few minutes of equalized duel, towards the end of the third quarter, the Ljubljana band escaped eight points (65:57). But even before the final quarter, Dubai again approached only to the point of the backlog.

In the introductory minutes of the last part is the coach of the coach Star Mitrovic For the most part, holders are a small advantage, but home players were constantly threatening and close. Olympia then got seven points (76:69), and just four minutes before the end of the match, the difference was only a point again.

In the end of the tense showdown, however, the more collected guards were collected Jurice GolemcaDubai was just two minutes before the end (84:80). Olympia was still trying to return, after free throws Danilo Tasic was behind the point (85:86), in the last 16 seconds still had an attack to win, but this was unsuccessful after throwing Dewayna Stewart.

At Dubai, they scored 18 points each Nate mason (five more passes) and quail, 14 of them contributed Leon Radosevic. At Olympia, Tasic was the most successful with 17 points, 15 added Brynton Lemar.