Euroleague, Virtus Bologna falls in Valencia

In the game of the second day of the Euroleague “championship” Virtus Bologna, after the home success three days ago over Real Madrid, was beaten on the road by Valencia 103-94.

In the first quarter it was the Black Vs who got off to a better start, but after having a 4-length lead they were overrun by the Spaniards: 26-23 at the end of the period after even having a +5 margin.

An 11-2 partial at the beginning of the second quarter brings the hosts 37-25 but Dusko Ivanovic’s team and at halftime the gap is the same as after the first ten minutes: 49-46.

The guests immediately get to -1 but an 11-0 partial brings the Valencians back to +12. But Virtus does not give up, recovers again and before the last ten minutes the score is 75-71.

Here, however, two partials are lethal for the Virtussini: one of 9-0 and another of 8-0, with the latter the hosts arrive at 94-79 and this time there is no comeback that holds.

For Virtus, the 24 points of Matthew Morgan, the match’s best scorer, one point more than Sergio de Larrea, were useless.