Overview
- Dubai sealed the 2025–26 ABA League finals 3-1 after an 83-81 road win over defending champions Partizan to lift the club’s first major trophy.
- The game was decided in the final minute when Mfiondu Kabengele and Aleksa Avramovic hit key free throws, Bruno Fernando briefly tied it, and Carlik Jones missed the last shot before Justin Anderson grabbed the rebound.
- Mfiondu Kabengele was named Finals MVP after averaging 15.75 points across the four games while Avramovic led Dubai with 15 points in the clincher.
- Dubai finished the season with 29 wins from 33 games, topped the regular-season standings and remained unbeaten at the Coca-Cola Arena, underpinning a season-long dominance.
- Coach Aleksander Sekulic said the title means a great deal for a club in only its second year and the victory is likely to boost basketball’s profile and investment in the UAE and wider Asian region.