Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana secured its first win of the 2023-24 BKT EuroCup season in style by thrashing Veolia Towers Hamburg 83-114 on the road.
Cedevita's dominance inside led to first win of the season
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The 114 points scored by the Slovenian side set a club scoring record, surpassing its tally from last season’s 108- 78 home victory over ratiopharm Ulm.
The key to Cedevita’s win was its dominance inside, as Hamburg struggled to protect the paint with its defense looking vulnerable from the start. In the first half, Cedevita converted 17 of its 28 attempts from inside and finished the game with an extraordinary 35-for-49 shooting (71.4%) on two-pointers. Eleven of the 12 players who featured for the guests scored at least one bucket each, with Jaka Blazic going 9-for-11 (81.8%) to lead all scorers with 24 points. In fact, Cedevita bettered all its season averages in free-throws (74.5%), two-pointers (53.6%) and triples (34.0%) by going 26-for-29 (89.7%) from the line, 35-for-49 (71.4%) from inside the arc and 6-for-16 (37.5%) from deep.
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7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys-Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana | Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Kuath skies for the alley-oop! Magic Moment
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Barnett rises for the dunk! Magic Moment
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What an assist from Tasic! Magic Moment
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Stipanovic and Robinson at it again! Magic Moment
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Big dunk srom DJ Stewart! Magic Moment
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Devin Robinson with a superb put-back! Magic Moment
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U-BT Cluj-Napoca-Veolia Towers Hamburg | Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Kuath swats Hankins! Magic Moment
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Poirier’s poster dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Blossomgame’s reverse slam! Magic Moment
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Thompson feeds Oturu! Magic Moment
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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana-Turk Telekom Ankara | Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Stewart dunks off a steal! Magic Moment
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Robinson throws it down! Magic Moment
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Alexander blocks and Robinson dunks!
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Veolia Towers Hamburg-Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem | Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Reece with the alley-oop slam! Magic Moment
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Umana Reyer Venice-Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana | Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Stewart throws it down! Magic Moment of the Night
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Beringer dunks in traffic! Magic Moment
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Kuath punishes the rim! Magic Moment
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Turudic hammers it home! Magic Moment
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Kuath with the massive block on Nelson! Magic Moment of the Night
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Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse-Veolia Towers Hamburg | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Barnett takes off! Magic Moment
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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana-U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Stipanovic with the steal and dunk! Magic Moment
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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana-Veolia Towers Hamburg | Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Robinson with the amazing pass! Magic Moment
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Hamburg monster alley-oop! | Magic Moment of the Night
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Valencia Basket-Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana | Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Veolia Towers Hamburg-Aris Midea Thessaloniki | Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Robinson's big driving slam! Magic Moment
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Kuath's big denial! Magic Moment
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Monster alley-oop from Hamburg! Magic Moment
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Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana-Cosea JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Robinson's huge slam! Magic Moment
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7-bet Lietkabelis Panevezys-Veolia Towers Hamburg | Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Kuath's unique alley-oop dunk! Magic Moment
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Devin Robinson throws it down! Magic Moment
Despite having already been eliminated, the Slovenian club received a huge boost in confidence from Wednesday’s victory, as head coach Zoran Martic stressed after the game.
“It was like getting the monkey off our backs because it was really tough for us mentally,” Martic said. “We lost so many tight games. Today we played as a team for pretty much 40 minutes.”
Cedevita had come close to victory on several occasions this season, but they didn’t manage to finish games off and came into Wednesday’s duel holding a 0-15 record.
“Maybe it sounds strange, but it was a really important win for us because of all the frustration we’ve had to go through this season,” Martic said in the post-game press conference. “It was a really huge burden for my players [not to have won a game], but today they showed desire to win and had a lot of energy.”
This win may serve as a springboard for Cedevita to end the campaign on a positive note. However, this will be anything but an easy task, as it hosts a strong London Lions side next week, before travelling to France, where it will take on Group A leaders Paris Basketball. Yet, should the Slovenian side manage to post similar figures inside in the last two games, they could definitely pull off an upset or two.
