The American guard scored 26 points for the winners
Dotson leads Joventut past Buducnost, 78-72
Game Report
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Joventut Badalona snapped a four-game losing streak in Group A by beating Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 78-72 at home in Round 8 on Wednesday.
Both teams now have 3-5 records in Group A. Devon Dotson led the winners with 26 points and Adam Hanga added 13 for Joventut. McKinley Wright and Rasheed Sulaimon paced Buducnost with 12 points apiece.
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Dreamland Gran Canaria-Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Tanaskovic’s one-handed slam and one! Magic Moment
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Morgan dunks with force in transition! Magic Moment
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Buducnost VOLI Podgorica-Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv-Joventut Badalona | Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Buducnost VOLI Podgorica-Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius | Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Tanaskovic dunks with force! Magic Moment
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Bahcesehir College Istanbul-Joventut Badalona| Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Joventut Badalona-Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Edwards finds Booker! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Nigel Hayes-Davis: 'His negativity is what fuels me'
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Edwards-Booker connection! Motorola Magic Moment
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Edwards finds Booker! Motorola Magic Moment
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Buducnost VOLI Podgorica-ratiopharm Ulm | Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Ferrell decides the game from deep! Magic Moment
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Tanaskovic lowers the boom! Magic Moment
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Dolomiti Energia Trento-Joventut Badalona | Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Tomic drops the dime! Magic Moment
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Pustovyi slams it home! Magic Moment
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Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv-Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Joventut Badalona-Dreamland Gran Canaria | Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Kamenjas drives for a dunk! Magic Moment
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Monster dunk from Pustovyi! Magic Moment
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Big dunk from Pustovyi! Magic Moment
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Joventut Badalona-Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius | Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Buducnost VOLI Podgorica-Trefl Sopot | Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Nice dunk by Yannick Kraag! Magic Moment
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Sulaimon and Kamenjas combines for the dunk! Magic Moment
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Dolomiti Energia Trento-Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Trefl Sopot-Joventut Badalona | Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Dotson beats the halftime buzzer with a very long three! Magic Moment
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Kraag with the dunk on a fastbreak! Magic Moment
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Buducnost VOLI Podgorica-Dreamland Gran Canaria | Round 2 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Magic Moment: Juwan Morgan throws it down!
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Magic Moment of the Night: Pustovyi dunks with force!
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ratiopharm Ulm-Joventut Badalona | Round 2 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Magic Moment: Dotson hits a buzzer-beating triple!
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Magic Moment: Michael Ruzic stops Noa Essengue!
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Ante Tomic | Round 1 MVP | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup
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Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul-Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Magic Moment: Juwan Morgan with a big dunk!
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Magic Moment: Kenan Kamenjas rocks the rim!
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Joventut Badalona-Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv | Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 BKT EuroCup
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Magic Moment: Pustovyi hammers it home!
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Paris Basketball-Joventut Badalona | Quarterfinals Highlights | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup
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Andres Feliz | Eighthfinals MVP | 2023-24 BKT EuroCup
Dotson got Joventut going with a layup and a floater. He soon followed Ante Tomic's jumper with a driving layup that caused Buducnost to call a timeout at 8-0. Kenan Kamenjas stepped up with a layup that a red-hot Dotson bettered with a bomb from downtown. Yogi Ferrell answered from beyond the arc and found Kamenjas for a layup that got Buducnost closer, 11-7. After Artem Pustovyi hit a mid-range jumper, Kamenjas and Nikola Tanaskovic got the visitors even closer, 13-12. Dotson followed a triple with a three-point play, but Sulaimon hit a floater and a bomb from downtown for a 19-18 score. Wright nailed a jumper to give Buducnost its first lead, 19-20, after 10 minutes.
Tomic scored down low early in the second quarter and Dotson added a three-pointer for a 24-21 Joventut lead. Yannick Kraag sank a floater in transition, Djordje Jovanovic answered from downtown and Pep Busquets's put-back layup kept Joventut in charge, 28-24. Pustovyi scored down low and erased Juwan Morgan's jumper with a jump hook. Wright stepped up with back-to-back three-point plays that tied it at 32-32. Kraag scored again, Hanga added a three-pointer and Tomic's jump hook gave his team a 40-34 lead. Aleksa Ilic beat the buzzer with a tip-in that fixed the halftime score at 40-36.
Hanga fired in his trademark corner triple right after the break and Dotson improved Andrija Slavkovic's put-back layup with a three-point play. Tanaskovic scored down low and Ferrell hit a jumper. Dotson hit a stop-and-pop shot, Alen Omic matched that with a layup and Ferrell downed a fadeaway jumper that brought Buducnost within 48-47. Kassius Robertson dunked off a steal and struck from beyond the arc to give Joventut fresh air at 53-47. Fletcher Magee found his first points, Guillem Vives and Sulaimon traded triples and Sam Dekker restored a 60-54 Joventut lead. Magee buried a deep three-pointer, getting help from Wright and Morgan to bring the visitors within 61-60 after 30 minutes.
Tomic buried another jump hook early in the fourth quarter. Dotson took over with a three-point play and Hanga added a reverse layup that prompted Buducnost to call timeout at 68-60. Magee sank a corner triple which Slavkovic followed with a put-back layup. Omic scored in the paint, Sulaimon downed a three-pointer and found Morgan for an alley-oop layup that put Buducnost on top, 70-72, with over 2 minutes left. Dekker buried a three-pointer and Hanga also struck from beyond the arc for a 76-72 score. Robertson sealed the outcome from the foul line.
Game Leaders
DEVON DURRELLDOTSON
DEVON DURRELLDOTSON
32
Performance Index Rating(PIR)
MCKINLEYWRIGHT IV
MCKINLEYWRIGHT IV
13
