Incredible “bang” from Virtues!
The Italian team passed like a… siphon from the headquarters of one of the favorites of the Euroleague, as it destroyed the Monaco with a score of 83-59 and got her first pink card in the top European competition. The Monegasqueson the other hand, they stayed at 0-2 and are strongly concerned with their image at the beginning.
The entirety of it Luca Banki was dominant from the opening quarter, taking a safe lead early on thanks to his incredible long-range strike (16/31). From the second period, the difference began to rise to very high levels, while after the half-time the victory of the Italians took on the dimensions of a triumph.
The leader of the match was Ife Lundberg, who had 14 points, 4 rebounds and the same number of assists. Great look for him too Marco Belinelli, who looked like… good old wine having 13 points and 3/6 threes. had 12 points with 5 rebounds Tornik Sengelia, while Jalin Smith scored 12 points. On the Monaco side, only O was saved Mike James with 14 points and 3 assists.
The match
Starring him BelinelliVirtus came into the match stronger and quickly took a 5-9 lead, while shortly after the experienced guard went 7-14, aided by his three-pointer Hackett earlier. Tarpey and James reduced it to 11-14, but with him as the star Lundberg the visitors closed the first period strongly and found themselves at +8 (15-23).
The Italian dominance continued in the second period, with Lundberg to raise the difference to +12 (15-27). The hosts were stuck offensively, with the Dobrich and Smith on the other hand to… shoot from a distance for 23-36. James and Hall cut it to 26-36, but Virtus responded with another individual score and escaped with +19 thanks to three pointers from Sengelia and Lundberg. The half ended with his three-pointer Smith at 33-48, after a short 7-0 Monaco run.
Although most expected a reaction from the home team, the third period was… one of the same. The French with Motiejunas temporarily reduced the score to 38-48, however two three-pointers from Belinelli and Sengelia restored +16 (38-54). The gap continued to grow, with the three-point… storm not stopping and the third period ending at 48-70, thanks to long shots from Smith, Mickey and Dobrich!
The last quarter was already procedural due to the size of the difference, with Virtues to slow down but not lose her lead as she continued to find solutions from distance with Hackett (52-77). Without any reaction from the home side, Virtus finally took the comfortable victory with 83-59.
The quarters: 15-23, 33-48, 48-70, 59-83
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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