Dubi, Dubi... It echoed in the Aragonese "Prince Felipe" hall during extra time in the first round of the new season of the Endesa League.
Bojan Dubljević only needed seven minutes during the preseason and 26 at the start of the championship to show that the injury is in the past, that he returned to Spain because basketball still has a lot to bring...
His new club Zaragoza recorded its first triumph against Lleida (101:91), and the way our center played in the premiere perhaps best says that he scored the first miss in the game from the last shot during the regular 40 minutes.
In the end, the match ended with 22 points, six rebounds and one assist - for two points he shot 7-6, three-pointers 2-2, and free throws 4-4.
"There are few better ways to make your debut (or re-debut) on the basketball court," wrote the Aragonese "El Periodiko".
Last summer, after 11 years, Dubi left Valencia and Spain, he wore the jersey of Zenit from St. Petersburg, but he suffered an injury in Russia, which caused him to take a break for several months.
He returned to the Pyrenees, and since he only played the aforementioned seven minutes against Baskonia during the preparations, there were many doubts about how ready he was.
"His departure from Valencia was a surprise, and his arrival in Zaragoza was another one. After the injury and the preparatory period, many looked suspiciously at his physical condition. In reality, everything was different - the Montenegrin basketball player led Zaragoza to victory in the premiership," adds the aforementioned media.
"El Peridico" also underlines that chanting for our ace was heard from the stands...
"And that happened not only because of his numbers, but above all because of the way he behaved on the field, because of his competitive gene and because he immediately showed that he was ready to win in Zaragoza. He was the hero this team was waiting for".
The premiere was perfect, the next challenge will be the hardest possible, but also one to enjoy - Dubi and Zaragoza will play against Real in Madrid on Sunday.
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