The winners had five players with at least 13 points
Offensive balance was the name of Cedevita's game at Cluj
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana got its first win of the season by beating U-BT Cluj-Napoca on the road, 86-93, on Wednesday. Cedevita made 14 triples on 28 attempts and also finished the game with better than 50% shooting on two-pointers (17-for-33). What sticks out, however, is that Cedevita did so with an offensive balance that was consistent throughout the game.
For starters, Cedevita had five scorer with 13 or more points. Devin Robinson led the way with 20 points, Brynton Lemar scored 18, Devante Jones had 15 points, Aleksej Nikolic 14 and DJ Stewart 13 points.
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Each of these five players made at least one three-point shot, and the sixth player who was successful once from downtown was Jaka Blazic. More importantly, no other player apart from these six even attempted a three-point shot.
Also important, those triples did not come in bunches, but were spread out equally throughout four quarters. Cedevita made 4 three-pointers apiece in the second and third quarters and 3 in the first and final quarters.
Cedevita's worst scoring quarter was the opening one, when it had 19 points. The team scored 27 and 25 points in the middle two quarters and had 22 in the fourth. In addition, every one of those 22 points came in the final 7 minutes of the fourth quarter, and after Cluj's 14-0 run, propelling Cedevita to a big opening round win.