Virtus Bologna avalanche over Pistoia, Venice hooks Brescia at the top

Pistoia-Virtus Bologna 70-91; Reyer Venezia-Germani Brescia 86-71

Everything was easy for Luca Banchi’s Virtus Bologna. The felsinei, on Saturday night of the 13th day of the basketball Serie A, imposed themselves on Estra Pistoia with a net 91-70, in a match that was in control by the emiliani from the beginning to the end. In the ranks of the Black Vs protagonists were Marco Belinelli and Tornike Shengelia, authors of 19 and 16 points respectively. Good performances also for Hackett and Dunston, who finished the game in double figures.

The direct clash between Brescia and Venezia ended in favor of Reyer, which thanks to an excellent second half (48-28) won the match with a score of 86-71, hooking Leonessa at the top of the standings with a 10-3 record. Top scorers for the orogranata were Tessitori and Tucker, authors of 38 combined points, while in the ranks of the biancoblù 27 points scored by the Della Valle-Massinburg pair were not enough.

In the other games of the day there è to be recorded the external successes of Treviso and Scafati, respectively against Tortona (82-68) and Brindisi (103-98 d.t.s.). An important home victory, instead, for Trento, which thanks to the success against GeVi Napoli (101-94) confirmed its third place in the standings with a 9-4 record and gained access to the Final Eight of the Italian Cup. Finally, two points also came for Reggio Emilia and Varese, which beat Sassari (77-59) and Pesaro (88-81), respectively.