Euroleague: Virtus Bologna struggles but makes a comeback and beats Villeurbanne

Euroleague: Virtus Bologna struggles but comes back and beats Villeurbanne

In the match of the twenty-second day of the Europega regular season, Virtus Bologna beat at the Segafredo Arena 73-63 Asvel Villeurbanne, one of the two tailenders, and returns to second place Barcelona, defeated in Istanbul 98-74 by’Anadolu Efes.

Black Vere leading throughout the first quarter, with a maximum lead of 10 lengths and closed on 19-10, but in the second quarter the French remounted and overtook the Felsinei with a 22-5 parzlaie and arrived at the’long interval 32-27.

The guests in the third quarter even stretched to +11 and arrived at the last ten minutes leading 54-45. But this is where Virtus goes wild, with a decisive 20-3 partial that takes it to +8 and then manages to contain the French onslaught in the final minutes.

For Virtus 19 points by Daniel Hackett and 18 by Marco Belinelli, for Asvel 17 by Youssoupha Fall. Today’s other results: Red Star Belgrade-Baskonia Vitoria 90-91, Alba Berlin-Bayern Munich 65-82, Olympiakos Piraeus-Maccabi Tel Aviv 89-72.