Virtus remains to be there and beats Milan (72-64), the championship last is large open

The Black Vu equalize the sequence, win recreation 2 on the Segafredo Area 72-64 and now meet in Milan on Tuesday for recreation 3. Bologna, after trembling at -13 after 15′ of play, slowly constructed up their recreation, discovering the assaults to the bayonet of Shengelia, 21 factors and eight rebounds, and Polonara with a heavy 3/3 within the final quarter: lashes of power that gave the bianconeri first the inertia after which the victory.

Virtus did higher within the 40′ of play, 21 assists, the protection orchestrated by Pajola, and the braveness to assault the Armani space. Milan paid for the shortage of capturing, Shields, 5 factors, who did not fireplace up and the failure to defend his citadel. They ended up forward by one at halftime, Virtus occurring to chase a Milan staff that with begin, three triples in a row, had already tried on the daybreak of the match to get their palms on the match.

+5 on the first pit cease, after which he had torn beginning the second quarter whereas Bologna missed open photographs, and Armani as an alternative with a pointy Tonut reached +13, 13-26, 5′ from the lengthy interval. Virtus noticed the dragons however their finest second started from there: aggressive protection, palms in every single place after which the assaults on Olimpia’s space with Mickey, most well-liked to Dobric after recreation 1, after which Polonara, discovering the factors for the comeback from under who arrived on the finish of the half with a three-pointer from the blue Achille.

And Bologna took the lead, unexpectedly, going to half-time. Upon returning, Armani relied on triples, whereas Shengelia was on the lookout for factors contained in the Milanese citadel: after 25′ the rating recorded the overtaking of Milan, 42-43, after Virtus had additionally gone up by +4. It was blow for blow, then a triple from Shengelia and a free throw from Cordinier dictated the 55-51, with which to go to the ultimate 10 minutes.

Milan reacted and there was a counter-overtake however Virtus did not lose their bearings, Shields was whistled for a beneficiant unsportsmanlike name, Cordinier was underhanded and at 6’19” at 62-57′ Messina referred to as a day out. Bologna discovered Polonara to undermine Milan’s protection and at 4′ 40” there was a minibreak with the black Vu escaping to +9.

Virtus exuded extra power: Lundberg went with a frontal triple after which Pajola taped in for 72-64: 40 seconds remained however the two challengers met on Tuesday.

The scoreboard: Virtus-Olimpia 72-64Virtus: Pajola 4, Cordinier 9, Belinelli 8, Shengelia 21, Dunston, Hackett 5, Lundberg 4, Abass, Polonara 10, Mickey 11, Zizic. Olimpia: Napier 9, Tonut 9, Shields 5, Mirotic 13, Melli 7, Flaccadori 2, Corridor 13, Ricci, Voigtmann 2, Hines 4. Referees: Lanzarini, Attard, Bongiorni.Nte: liberos: W 11/14, O 8 /11. From two: V 23/40, W 16/34. From three: V 5/21, W 8/28. Rebounds: V 38, O 34. Assists: V 21, O 8. Partials: 5′ 7-6, 10′ 12-17, 15′ 13-26, 20′ 32-31, 25′ 42-43, 30′ 55-51, 35′ 64-57. Most benefit V: +9 (68-59) at 38′. Most drawback: -13 (15-28) at 16′.