“Walk” of Virtus in Berlin

After Bayern Munich the Virtus Bologna he also “arranged” the other Germans, prevailing comfortably 83-68 her Albain Berlin.

Third win in a row for Luca Banki’s team, who climbed to 14-5while on the other hand a fourth straight defeat for the Berliners, who retreated to the 3-16.

First scorers for Valencia are Dunston and Sengelia with 12 points each, with Lundberg to add 11p. and the Hackett 10 p.

From the Germans, stood out Spaniolo and Thiman with 13 points each.

The match

About two minutes in… Alba remained, with the score tied (5-5), until that point. Then, Virtus fully imposed its rhythm and with Belinelli and Sengelia as protagonists it reached +18 (8-26), with Procida’s shot forming 9-26 of the first period.

The Italians continued at the same stormy pace in the second quarter, for +25 (16-41), at 15′. The image of the match did not change even in the following minutes, with Lomaz’s first basket sending the difference even to +26 (22-48) and the Germans going on a 5-0 run (27-48), at the end of the first half time.

Alba entered the second half hungry, scoring 10-3 (37-51) in the first three minutes. Dunston and Hackett countered for Virtus’ +18 (40-58), with the hosts responding with Brown and Spagnolo and a 9-0 run, reducing the difference to single digits (49-58) in the 28th minute. In the last minutes Lundberg took over for the Italians, who closed the third period at +12 (51-63).

Virtus entered the fourth period more focused, going back to +19 (54-73) and despite Alba’s reaction (62-74) in the 37th minute, she stepped on… the gas and reached victory with the final 68-83.

The quarters: 9-26, 27-48, 52-63, 68-83

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