VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA
Cordinier vote 7.5 – Excellent in defense, and this time also effective in attack. Two dunks and a continuous presence on the game.
Mannion vote 6 – Minutes of determination in the first half.
Belinelli vote 6.5 – In great difficulty until the beginning of the last quarter, then it lights up and puts very precious points to stay in the game first, to close it later. He lights up when needed.
Pajola vote 7 – Very valuable. The basket in the third quarter when Milan was back down is worth more than the two regular points.
Alibegovic vote 6 – Minutes useful for Shengelia to catch her breath, she does not take any particular initiatives.
Jaith vote 8 – Dominate the first half offensively. In the second half he does not shoot, but continues to fight in defense and rebounding. He closes with 17 + 13 and 8/8 from two, enters the series by arrogance.
Shengelia vote 8 – Feverish, but you don’t notice it. He does whatever it takes to win. Points, defense, rebounds, 5 assists and a great block in the end. Total player.
Hackett vote 7 – Direction, important points also playing in post, and a lot of defense.
Sampson vote 6.5 – Minutes of grit and 5 points.
Weems vote 6 – Not bad start either, with excellent defense on Shields, but after the technical foul for the tense stories with Grant practically disappears. He’s the big absentee in this series so far.
Teodosic vote 7 – Quite secluded, but still fans 5 assists and puts a very heavy triple in the last quarter. When he serves, he is there.
The words of Ettore Messina – Complicated game, we had put it back on its feet then we had little clarity to bring it to win. The technician was decisive, obviously there were two weights and two measures, our player said something that was not understood and took technical, the player Virtus was able to insult the referee as he wanted. Virtus deserved it, if we had won we would not have stolen anything, see you on Saturday.
The words of Sergio Scariolo – Generally speaking, a good match for many minutes, sometimes played well even with some slippage that led our opponents even for a bit ahead. Good participation of all players, 20 assists and good assists. Many of ours are in difficult conditions, they are holding their souls in their teeth and I thank them for their effort. I ask them to go on a little longer. What to do in Milan? Of course it will be more difficult, but remember that we are playing against a team that is among the top in the Euroleague. Let’s remain humble, with our feet on the ground, let’s remember where we started from, and then let’s try to play our game against people who have played a lot of these games. Their experience is capable of punishing us at the first chance we will grant. I don’t know what happened at the beginning of the last quarter, there is tension and there are many components, both technical and emotional: you have to be of a high level in everything, able to control your emotions and make the right choices. We have had good evidence from everyone, there are those who may have less experience in front of certain defensive tasks, but Shields was kept at 0/9 and so the work was done. Something more could still be done, but again, there are so many components in these games.
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