Basketball, championship final match-1: Virtus Bologna-Milan 62-66

Olimpia immediately hit the Segafredo Arena: the match was always conducted, with Bologna also having the chance to equalize with two failed throws from Hackett. Game 2 on Friday always at Juventus

Keeping Virtus at only 62 points is the real news of the evening: Milan was good at doing it, and very good at making the blitz in the final scudetto right away. It ends 62-66, a deserved victory for Olimpia who immediately closed the supplies to the big players, blocked Teodosic and Belinelli, thus removing half the attack from the Bolognese.

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Mistakes

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At the beginning he is very wrong, even fairly simple shots hit the iron: there are plenty of players on the field, but no one is calm. And so we play to those who make less mistakes: Hines wallows in this and makes 8 right away, while the of him maintain minimal advantages. After almost 2 ‘Teodosic falls badly on a three-pointer, leans on Shields’ foot and touches his ankle. It seems like a serious problem, but fortunately for Virtus it is not, as the Serbian returns for a couple of minutes. Also Shengelia is later forced to go out for a blow to the wrist, but he will return to the court. Milan seems deeper, the void goes to rebound (50-41 at the end, 17 offensives), more than once it manages to find second and third shots despite a tragic evening of three (3/23 total and all three of Datome, even if Bologna is not doing better, it will be 5/22). The first quarter ends 10-13, we go to the long break at 27-28.

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Turn

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The turning point is in the third quarter: Shields plays almost alone and does well, Datome doesn’t miss a beat. The 13-22 of the partial of the third fraction is transformed into a 40-50, with Milan also reaching a +13. In the last 10 ‘after an excellent management by Rodriguez (0/5 from 3 but 7 assists), you feel tired: Segafredo takes advantage of it, finds the -2 with Shengelia, then Hackett (who will also take a technician for a ball slammed on Melli) misses the two free throws in the draw 3 minutes from the siren. Teodosic tries not to give up, but the Ax resists, does not miss the free shots with Bentil (who then comes out with a blow to the ankle), Melli and Hall, and closes without problems. In 48 hours we will take the field for game-2, again in Bologna, with Virtus already forced to win in order not to show up at the Forum below 2-0.

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Virtue of Bologna: Teodosic 16, Shengelia 11, Sampson 9

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Milano: Shields 18, Datome 13, Hines 10

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