Euroleague, a super Marco Belinelli makes Virtus Bologna fly.
Euroleague, a super Marco Belinelli makes Virtus Bologna fly
At the Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Virtus Bologna won 91-81 against Baskonia and threads its third consecutive victory in the game of the 14th day of the Euroleague regular season.
The Black Vs dominated the first quarter, which ended 24-15 but even got to a 14-point lead at 24-10. The Basques slowly in the second quarter recovered the disadvantage and at halftime were ahead by one point, 43-42.
Point-to-point fight in the third quarter, closed by Luca Banchi’s team ahead by 3 points with a final partial of 4-0. In the last quarter from 70-68 for the Spaniards there’s another 10-0 partial in favor of the Felsinei that proves decisive.
With 14 seconds to go to the buzzer a triple by a sumptuous Marco Belinelli, 27 points with 10 of 17 from the field for him, closed the game definitively (88-81), then another triple by Awudu Abass put the exclamation point on the match. For Virtus Tornike Shengelia added 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, for the Basques 16 points and 8 rebounds by Chima Moneke.
These are the rest of today’s results: Red Star-Alba Berlin 85-71, Zalgiris Kaunas-Partizan Belgrade 85-93, Maccabi Tel Aviv-Anadolu Efes Istanbul 95-86, Real Madrid-Bayern Munich 88-73, Asvel Villeurbanne-Panathinaikos Athens 81-89 (yet another loss for Gianmarco Pozzecco).