Isaiah Taylor seals the win again for Dubai Basketball against Spartak Office Shoes

AdmiralBet ABA League Round 20, Saturday, 8 February 2025:

Spartak Office Shoes – DUBAI BASKETBALL 84:90 (16:20, 20:24, 24:25, 24:21)

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Game recap: In the Round 20 of the AdmiralBet ABA League Regular Season, Dubai Basketball have celebrated a road win in Subotica over Spartak Office Shoes. This is the 15th win of the season for Dubai Basketball, that are now on a 15:5 record in the fourth place, 3 wins ahead of Cedevita Olimpija and Igokea m:tel, that are sharing the 5th place in the standings, and a win behind 3rd placed Crvena zvezda Meridianbet, that still have to play their Round 20 game. On the other side, Spartak Office Shoes are now on a 10:10 record and they will be placed exactly on the edge of the Playoffs Zone when the Round 20 of the Regular Season ends.

Key moments: Dubai squad were in front for the majority of the playing time, but the key moments arrived between the 13th and 17th minute of the game, when the hosts converted their 4-point lead into a 13-point lead with a 9:0 run, and pulled away with the score of 25:38. As it turned out later in the game, Spartak Office Shoes did manage to make the game exciting in the final moments, but they just did not manage to tie it, let alone take the lead.

Just like in the Game 1 between the two squads, it has been Isaiah Taylor, that sealed the win for Dubai Basketball, with his key bucket half a minute before the end of the game, that took his team up by 4 points. Spartak Office Shoes did not manage to score after that and Klemen Prepelič put the icing on Dubai’s cake with a couple of free throws to set the final score.

Man of the match: Not only has he scored the key points for the win of Dubai Basketball, but Isaiah Taylor has also been the top scorer of his team this time around with 22 points on his record, while adding 6 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and a valuation of 22 on his record. He is our man of the match!

Can’t trick the stats: Dubai Basketball have been shooting 3-pointers with an amazing 50% success rate (12/24). That’s what turned the flow of the game their way!