Virtus Bologna also conquered Efes, celebrating their fifth consecutive victory

It has taken off and is not stopping anywhere Virtus Bologna!

Luca Banki’s team was excellent on both sides of the floor and in the home match against Effects for the 6th matchday of the Euroleague, celebrating the victory with 93-81 and improving her record to 5-1!

These were the fifth consecutive victory for the Italians in the competition and ninth in total if we take into account the games they have given for their domestic league, having been defeated since October 5 and the Euroleague premiere, when they hosted Zalgiris. On the other hand, Efes remained winless away from home in the competition, dropping to 12th place with a 3-3 record.

Leaders for the winners, who finished the match with 22 assists compared to 10 of their opponents while also making 6 fewer mistakes, the Sengelia (19p, 6 assists, 5 rebounds), Belinelli (17p with 3/3 three-pointers) and Dunston (14p, 6 rib), while for the guests they stood out Bobois (17p), Larkin (16π) and Zizic (15 p.).

The match:



The game started with them Larkin and Bobois to score with three points for 6-0 Efes, before the Italians responded with a 10-0 run and with Belinelli hitting a goal from distance! The visitors took the lead again with 11-10, while then o Sengelia took initiatives in the attack, putting his team in front with 20-18 at the end of the first period.

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The two teams continued to go hand-in-hand in scoring in the second quarter as well, with Bobois to make the difference for Efes, reaching 13 personal points and putting her ahead 27-24. At that point in the game, Virtus failed to score for two minutes, allowing

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make the maximum difference in her favor (24-33). The hosts got back within striking distance (33-35) thanks to a 9-2 run, but the visitors continued to find consistent offensive solutions, going into the locker room ahead by 45-41.

Efes held on to a small lead early in the third period, but thanks to a short 7-0 run, the Virtus Bologna retook the lead, 52-50. A three-pointer by him Mickey put Luca Banki’s team at +4 (59-55), Thompson “answered” immediately with his own three-pointer on behalf of Efes, which, however, scored only 4 points in the last 4 minutes of the period, which the home team took advantage of , passing forward with 69-62.

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The fourth period came with the Virtues to take a double-digit lead for the first time (73-63), while Efes was blocked by the very good defense of the Italians, scoring only two points in the first three minutes. THE Zizic with back-to-back spikes cut it to 73-67, reaching 15 personal points, but the Sengelia wasn’t in the mood for… games, bringing the lead back to double digits (77-67). Then and until the end, Efes did not manage to come close again, with Bologna winning with the final 93-81improving her record to 5-1 at the start of this year’s Euroleague!

The quarters: 20-18, 41-45, 69-62, 93-81

The match statistics