With smiles, he will say goodbye in 2024, in the Euroleague Virtus Bologna. Dusko Ivanovic’s team prevailed with characteristic ease (83-69). Villerban to get a second win in a row.
At 5-13 the record of the Italians, who remain at the very bottom of the standings, while Villeurbanne saw their three-game winning streak come to a halt and fall to 8-10. Offensive polyphony from the hosts, with Polonara (17p., 9p.) standing out while Malenton (20p.) was hopelessly alone on the visitors’ side.
From the very first period we got the… message about how the match will go, since after 3-3 at the start, the difference started to grow and reach 10 (17-7). A quick 8-0 run by the home team at the start of the second quarter made the score 25-7 and up to its maximum value of that period (+18), with Virtus holding it until halftime (46-29).
The Italians had the psychology, the upper hand and pluralism in attack, while they also played excellent defense. They found themselves +25 midway through the third quarter (56-31), with Villeurbanne going on a quick 6-0 run to close the gap somewhat. Despite this, Ivanovic’s side were in complete control and could not lose this pink scorecard.
Virtus entered with +21 in the last quarter (66-45) and managed it perfectly. The real work had been done with Polonara and Clyburn playing a leading role, while on the other hand Malendon was hopelessly alone and of course not enough in any case for Villerban to avoid defeat (83-69).
The quarters: 17-7, 29-22, 20-16, 17-24
Here are the match stats
Source: Sport Fm
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