Who will stop this Paris? Thiago Splitter’s team continued to put the… glasses on everyone in the Euroleague, as they won with a score of 81-78 Virtus Bologna at the “Adidas Arena”, reached the 8 consecutive pink leaves in the tournament and went up to 9-3!
For their part, the Italians came close to one great twist in the finale, however, they were once again left “empty-handed” and they have now a 2-10 recordwith their hopes of any good placing being almost nil.
Leader of the winners with 19 points and 9 assists o What J Shortswhile 15 points had o Maodo Lo and 11 o Nadir Ifi. Of the losers, he stood out with 25 points Will Clyburnwho missed a (difficult) game-tying three-pointer at the end. Exuberant with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists o Isaiah Cordinier.
In the next “double” week, Paris will play with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Belgrade (03/12) and with Olympic at SEF (06/12). Virtus, which fell to 2-10, for its part, will host it Alba Berlin (04/12) and the Red Star (06/12).
The match
The Italians got into the game well and ended the first period with a lead (21-24), with Paris to regain control by halftime (44-38), although the match remained for a long time balancedwith Virtus looking capable of breaking the lead of the hosts.
His team Luca Banki made its final counterattack just before the end of the third quarter, when it came close to the basket (61-59). From there on, the Paris began to find solutions on both sides of the floor, as a result of which it reached +14 (77-63) in the middle of the last period.
OR Virtues he attempted to re-enter the game and made the derby match in the final, running one partial score 12-0 as a result of getting closer to the basket (77-75) with their protagonists Tornik Sengelia and Will Clyburn.
The match became very tense, with Muammet Diouf to miss two very crucial shots that would bring the match to the point and the What J Shorts to score the big basket his team was looking for (80-75) with 12 seconds left. Marco Belinelli kept Virtus alive with a three-pointer (80-78), o Ifi he missed one shot (81-78), but his long par shot Clyburn he didn’t even find a wreath and Paris survived.
The quarters: 21-24, 44-38, 69-61, 81-78
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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