Virtus in semifinals, overwhelms Tortona. Banks: “Collective important.”

Virtus in semifinals, overwhelms Tortona. Banks: "Collective important"

Thanks to a Shengelia in great form, Virtus Bologna found itself in game 5 of the playoff series against Bertram Tortona and won qualification for the Scudetto semifinals, where it will faceà Venezia (3-2 winner in the series against Reggio Emilia".

Luca Banchi’s team è imposed itself 92-63 by dominating the game: after closing at +11 at the long interval, the V Nere increased their lead in the second half.

In addition to a 22-point Shengelia, Belinelli with 15 and Pajola with 13 also did well.For De Raffaele’s team, the top scorer è Baldasso with 11 points.

"It's been a difficult period, to which we were able to respond tonight with an important collective defensive effort. Tortona? It was normal to expect this, you only had to look at their path in the turnaround to understand that it would be for all intents and purposes a semifinal crossover"