He won the thriller with Baskonia and Virtus came close to eight!

She won the derby Baskonia and approached the octave n Virtus Bologna!

Having versatility in the attack, the Italians prevailed with a difficult score 88-83 of the Basques “Segafredo Arena” of Bologna, thus celebrating their third victory in the last four matches of the Euroleague.

A win that saw them move up to a record 12th place in the points table 12-13 and one win away from the top eight. On the other hand, the Spaniards suffered their second consecutive defeat as a result of which they dropped to 7th place with 13-12 record.

Leading scorer for the winners, who had four players with double-digit points, was Teodosic with 17 points and 7 assists, while closely followed by Belinelli and Sengelia with 15 and 12 points respectively. For Baskonia, his excellent appearance went wrong Gentraitis with 25 points and 7 rebounds.

The match:



Amazing start for her Virtus Bologna in the match, which with Teodosic and Ojeleghe connecting with the opponent’s basket preceded 9-0 in 2′. Gentraitis and Holmes were… all Baskonia in the first quarter, with the former scoring ten points and the latter eight for the passing game (13-19), with Belinelli’s three-pointer setting it up 16-19 of the first period.

Thanks to their good percentages in the field, the visitors maintained a small margin (27-31) in the middle of the second period. Somewhere there, though, his two three-pointers Belinelli brought Virtus ahead of the score (33-31), with Sengelia and Teodosic leading the Italians to the locker room with a +3 for 44-41.

With the Italians making a “break” in the “drawing board” the second half began, with Virtus quickly going to +8 (56-48 at 25′). The Basques responded immediately and with a 10-2 run tied the match (58-58), before Sengelia and Abbas’ three-pointers at the end of the period sent at +6 Virtus for 68-62.

With their home team as their ally, the Italians maintained their lead until the end of the game, despite Baskonia’s new counter-attack midway through the third period. The home side proved cool from the penalty line late in the game, and with Teodosic as the star in the final minutes they were shown the pink card with score 88-83.

The quarters: 16-19, 44-41, 68-62, 88-83