The Dubai basketball team, led by Carlik Jones, scored 17 points, but it did not help the team secure victory in Serbia on Sunday. They lost to the Partizan team in Mazerati with a score of 61-82, thus concluding a series of four consecutive wins. Positive moments for the Dubai team included Odu Abass and captain Kliment Prepelich, who accumulated a total of all 12 combined points and three positive assists in the sequence of the team’s plays. The coach of the team, Jurika Golimatic, expressed disappointment in the performance of his players, noting that mistakes in organization and defense were the reasons for the failure. Golimatic also emphasized that the team tried to fight until the last minutes of the match but could not change the course of events. The Dubai team demonstrated strong results at the beginning of the match, only trailing by three points after the first quarter. However, the host's defensive actions completely turned the game around in the second quarter, during which the Dubai team accumulated all the points. The defeat to the Partizan team was the second for Dubai this season and left them with only a two-point deficit from the ABA league leaders. Returning to their home arena after three matches on the road, the Dubai team will play against KRKA from Slovenia in the next match on November 17.
