Euroleague, Virtus Bologna’s futile comeback with Asvel

Euroleague, Virtus Bologna’s futile comeback with Asvel'Asvel

At the’Astroballe in Villeurbanne Virtus Segafredo Bologna was defeated by the’LDLC Asvel with a score of 87-85 ninth stante ua great comeback in the third quarter.

The first quarter, after a good start, è a disaster for the Black Vs, who close it down 38-27 after the French were even at +13 on 32-19. The hosts came back to +13 during the second quarter but Luca Banchi’s team slowly began to come back: at the long interval the score è on 57-49.

After coming back to within -13, 68-55, in the third quarter, Virtus threads a 13-0 partial by tying the score at 68, Villeurbann re-alongs and we get to the last ten minutes on 73-70. The’last quarter è point to point and are decisive, on’85-85, two 1 on 2 from the lunette, first by Neal Sako with 1’03” to go and then, with 13 seconds to go to the buzzer, by Maledon.

Sako finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds, Nando De Colo added 16 points and 8 assists, for Maledon 17 points. For the Black Vs, in their second loss in two Euroleague games, Isaia Cordinier’s 23 points were useless.