Leading throughout the match, Bayern defeated Virtus Bologna 91-84 in the match that concluded the 21st matchday of the EuroLeague and the two teams went to 9-12 and -2 from the privileged eight and Maccabi.
Andrea Trinchieri’s players reached +5 at the end of the first half and +11 at the end of thirty minutes, reaching the final victory.
Leading the Germans were Rubit with 18 and Winston with 15 points. For the holders of the Euro Cup, Cordinier and Teodosic stood out with 14 and Hackett with 12 points.
The match
Rubit made it 4-0 with the right choices in the Italian racket and with a 5-0 run Bayern reached 9-2 with many attacking choices. Winston took the “baton” offensively in racket and perimeter and maintained +6 to +7 for the Bavarians. Harris then brought +9 to +10 for Andrea Trinchieri’s players. Virtus went on a 4-0 run to make it -5 and Mickey’s basket made it -4 at the end of the first quarter.
Teodosic cut to -4 at the start of the second period, but a 6-0 Bayern run made it 31-22 with an offensive majority. Another 5-0 run by Virtus reduced it to -5, but a 6-0 run by Bayern brought a double-digit lead, but the Italians with attacking pluralism reduced it again with another run to end the half at +5 for Bayern. The Germans had 7/9 two-pointers and 16 rebounds and the Italians 6/9 shots and 11 rebounds.
Zaitech fell to -3 at the start of the third period, but Bonga starred in a 6-0 Bayern rout of the Bavarians’ +8. Cordinier responded for the Italians’ 5-0 run and Virtus reduced to -2. Seeley took the situation into his own hands and with a personal 5-0 streak brought +8. Walden brought +10 for Bayern and with the right choices of the home team inside the opponent’s racket, the quarter ended at 66-55.
Back-to-back 3-pointers on either side kept Bayern up +11 at the start of the fourth period, with Gifai finding the solutions inside the opponent’s racket to make it +14. With a 5-0 run, Virtus dropped to -9 and Teodosic to -7, with the difference going back and forth between +8 and +10 with accuracy inside the racket. Virtus reduced to -6 and the match ended at 91-84.
The quarters: 22-18, 43-38, 66-55, 91-84
The statistics
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