She continues to impress Virtues!
His team Luca Banki closed the “devil’s week” in an impressive way, after defeating him with a score of 85-79 Red Star and made it 2/2, going up to 3-1 and leaving the Serbs at 1-3!
The Italians did not lose the lead even once, they were up to +16 (38-22), however they were threatened by a persistent counterattack by the visitors in the last period. THE Red Star reduced to 3 (80-77), however the hosts were cool in the shots and finally got the win.
Leader of the winners once again Tornik Sengelia with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, while 15 points were scored by Marco Belinelli and 13 o Jordan Mickey. From Erythro, he stood out Napier with 23 points and 5 assists.
The match
Virtus with reinforcements from home entered the match very strongly, with two three-pointers Belinelli and a basket of Sengelia to write 8-2. Nedovic and Boloboi responded for 8-7, however the hosts were in excellent condition and escaped with +7 at the hands of Sengelia (16-9). The Serbians had no answer to Virtus’ good defense, as the latter went on a 10-0 run to make it 26-11. The first period ended with a score of 26-15.
Red Star entered the second quarter determined and came close to 4 with the protagonist Hanga (26-22). The sequel, however, was a nightmare for the visitors, who were handed a 12-0 partial score by Lundberg and Sengelia, as a result of which they are at -16 (38-22). His team Dusko Ivanovic he was not worried and tried to get closer first with Nedovic, Boloboi (38-26) and then with Napier (42-33). The half ended 44-33.
The situation did not change significantly in the third quarter. Erythros constantly tried with protagonists Hanga and Mitrovic to reduce, but Virtus constantly found solutions from a distance with Belinelli and Sengelia, keeping a margin of safety (57-44). Nevertheless, the Serbians managed to make a three-point burst at the end of the period with Napier and Gentraitisdown to 62-55.
Fast forward to the fourth period, Virtus “absorbed” his reaction Red Starwith a 6-0 run that made it 69-55, handily Lundberg. The Italians defended like a seminar, keeping the attacking performance of their opponents very low, who watched the… sand in the hourglass dwindle. Napier and Hanga managed to cut it to 75-66 with about 3 minutes to go, while Mitrovic cut the gap to 6 (75-69) and Teodosic to 4 (76-72). Sengelia made a big basket to make it 78-72, with Napier cutting it to 80-77 with a 3-pointer. Virtus was calm in the shots and managed to get the win.
The quarters: 26-15, 44-33, 62-55, 85-79
-Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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