Big win for Budućnost VOLI on the road in Stožice
In the Match of the 5th round, Budućnost VOLI have prevailed over Cedevita Olimpija on the road in Stožice Arena in Ljubljana and grabbed an important win in their battle for the top positions in the standings.
Justin Cobbs (Photo: Cedevita Olimpija/Ales Fevzer)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 5, Sunday, 24 October 2021:
Cedevita Olimpija - BUDUĆNOST VOLI 79:84 (20:22, 22:24, 13:11, 24:27)
Game recap: In the Match of the 5th round, Budućnost VOLI have prevailed over Cedevita Olimpija on the road in Stožice Arena in Ljubljana and grabbed an important win in their battle for the top positions in the standings. It has been an exciting game played in a good atmosphere in Stožice, where Budućnost VOLI broke the resistance of their opponents in the final minutes and achieved their 4th win of the season. The defeat on the road in Belgrade against Crvena Zvezda mts remains their only one suffered so far. On the other side, Cedevita Olimpija have suffered their third defeat in a row in the AdmiralBet ABA League and will continue the season in the lower half of the standings with a 2:3 record after five rounds.
Key moments: With less than a minute left in the game, Cedevita Olimpija were still ahead (76:75), but then D.J. Seeley stepped up for Budućnost VOLI with a 4-point play and took his team ahead by three points with 50 seconds remaining on the game clock. Melvin Ejim missed on the other end, while Justin Cobbs put the icing on the cake for the visiting side with 22 seconds remaining. The score was 76:81 and it became clear that Budućnost VOLI would celebrate this time.
Man of the match: Justin Cobbs had a hell of a game against his former team, as he had 23 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and a valuation of 25. He is our man of the match.
Can’t trick the stats: Cedevita Olimpija had 13 turnovers and Budućnost VOLI 8. This was the major difference between the two squads in the end.
Stats
Players on court
| COL | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 0 | Pullen J. | 29:46 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 3 | Ejim M. | 30:52 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Auguste Z. | 21:10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Blažič J. | 29:00 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 20 | Hodžić A. | 12:11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| BUD | Min | PtsP | RebsR | AssA | StS | FoulF | ValV | |
| 1 | Cobbs J. | 29:21 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Micov V. | 30:19 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Seeley D. | 27:00 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| 21 | Jagodić Kuridža M. | 21:50 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | Popović P. | 14:33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
