Virtus Bologna, a super Marco Belinelli shuts down Venice in overtime, but Luca Banchi wants more

Virtus Bologna, a super Marco Belinelli shuts down Venice in the'overtime, but Luca Banchi wants more;

Virtus Bologna wins game 1 of the semifinals of the playoff scudetto against Umana Reyer Venezia at the Segafredo Arena. But don’t deceive the score, 103-89: the V Nere to win had to resort to’overtime, in which they ramped up to 17-3 after regulation time had closed on’86-86.

For the hosts great protanoista Marco belinelli with 26 points (7 of 9 from three!), including the 7-0 (4-point game and another triple) with which he gave the là to the triumph of Luca Banchi’s team in overtime. For the Laggunarians 20 points and 9 rebounds by Amedeo Tessitori, 19 points and 6 assists by Marco Spissu. Sunday night there will beà game-2 always on the friendly parquet of the emiliani.

Here are the statements of coach Banchi on the official website of Virtus: “È it was a game that lived on technical and emotional peaks, we were good at winning by finding the right plays in the final half. È a fact that Venice is a great team, which has all the talent and potential to light up at any time of the game, as è a fact that in the first 20′ we were able to express minutes of very high qualityà, intensityà and continuity;, then not finding anymoreù that precision that had marked the first 20/23 minutes of the game”.

“This mayò have contributed to give confidence to Venice, which as soon as it found its way to the basket showed that it has talent, qualityà and type of basketball that canò put anyone in trouble. There remains the satisfaction of having found in the end of the game some references that allowed us to bring home a very valuable first game. From the defensive point of view I think it is appropriate to make assessments, we must definitely take a step forward to curb the scoring streak of their team”.