Virtus is a show: 2-0 and Tortona annihilated

FIRST FOURTH

At the beginning of the game, Bertram proves to be willing to approach the match well and seems even more energetic than in the first act of the series, but she continues to miss a lot with her shot: Christon misses two shots from beyond the arc, Macura misses a simple flaughter and Bologna, thanks to Jaiteh’s 1/2 from the line, Hackett’s 2/2 and the two penetration points by the same number 23, took the lead. The Piedmontese don’t want to suffer partials, they move well in attack and find two points from Cain, as well as Daum’s 2+1; Jaiteh bags two by veering on the pivot foot, following two other mistakes by the guests and the match goes on 7-7. Christon takes the backline and scores in reverse, then Hunt steals the ball from Hackett’s hands in midfield, flies off on the counterattack and pins it 7-11. The triple by the same visitor number 5 brings Tortona up to +7, the black vus shorten the distances with Belinelli’s center from a sidereal distance, but Severini immediately responds to the Virtus captain from the same tile: 10-17 with three minutes left in the first fourth. Illuminating pass by Ojeleye for Jaiteh, two easy ones for the French centre, incredible dunk by Cordinier in the sprint towards the iron and Segafredo goes back to -3, Tortona replies, tries to reach, but the number 44 Teodosic is on the field and the match is now illuminated by his magic: the Serbian champion invents a no-look assist for Mickey, who only has to place the ball inside the retina, then scores a triple and allows his team to finish the first set ahead of 23 -20.

SECOND FOURTH

The second quarter begins as the first ended: Virtus keeps the shirts of their defense tight, makes life difficult for their opponents in attack, fouls almost all the passes and even steals a ball, earning a simple counterattack, finished by Abass with a splendid smash. Segafredo’s number 55 hits a catch and shoot from beyond the arc, Severini replies from the same distance, then Teodosic offers without looking at Mickey, who completes the second 2+1 of his match; Abass scores another triple, the two-way game between Teodosic and Mickey leads to a 2/2 from the former Zenit’s charity line and Segafredo extends to +13 to 38-25. Candi finds the bottom of the retina from over six meters and seventy-five, but Segafredo has put her head in and is now the master of the match: Abass puts another five points on the scoresheet, taking advantage of the umpteenth magic of Teodosic in setting up, Shengelia hits from over the arc and the hosts continue to take advantage. A lot of Virtus in the middle of some Bertram baskets: the black vus are at +13 one minute and thirty seconds from the long interval, after having managed the double-digit advantage accumulated for various actions and having defended with energy. Hunt is, without a doubt, the best of his, he continues to hit from every area of ​​the field and brings his back to -11 with a 2/2 when the game is stopped; Hackett gets in the post, manages to turn around, takes space with the step back and finds only cotton, Derthona doesn’t score and then the penetration of the number 23 marks the end of the first two quarters. The teams go into the long break at 55-40.

THIRD FOURTH

Macura scores from long range after three minutes, in which the attacks weren’t concrete, Shengelia responds from the same tile, but Daum, in the next action, puts another three on the scoresheet: it’s 61-49 with six minutes remaining in the half . Hackett hits in reverse, taking the back line, Tortona makes a mistake and the black vus punish the opponents with the second consecutive basket from the Italian playmaker from under the planks, this time on Shengelia’s no-look assist. Abass receives near the iron, scores with the help of the glass, gets fouled, but misses the additional free throw, Teodosic curls out in the left corner, approaches the basket and scores two points with a soft flaughter, Bertram fails to hit the landlords from nowhere on the pitch and so Mickey puts the icing on a game, in fact, already finished with a triple and a dunk. Daum unlocks his lead with the winning attempt from over six meters and seventy-five, Ojeleye responds from the same distance, then the Piedmontese commit a pass violation, possession of the ball passes into the hands of Cordinier, who sets up on his own, penetrates, finds the colon and the foul and transform from the charity line. The third quarter ends with a score of 80-58, following a sensational dunk by Daum.

FOURTH BEDROOM

The dunk with which Mickey opens his last set immediately enters the highlights of the match, Ojeleye follows his partner’s example and hits for the second consecutive time from long range, then Radosevic finds the bottom of the retina from beyond the arc and the score says 87-67, with six minutes left until the final siren. The last part of the race is a Bolognese solo: Virtus moves up to +35, thanks to the accelerations of a Nico Mannion, who is finally given some space, to an Ojeleye on fire from beyond the arc and to a defense that never drops in intensity. The match ends with a score of 108-78.