VIDEO ⟩ Banki-coached “Virtus” without Lomaž wins the first Euroleague “play-in” game

“Virtus” defeated Istanbul “Anadolu Efes” with 67:64 (21:23, 14:13, 13:14, 19:14).

Tornike Shengelija was the top scorer in the Bologna team with 13 points, Awudu Abbas scored 12 points and Gabriel Lundberg, who also had seven rebounds and seven assists, while Marco Belinelli scored 11 points.

Will Clyburn scored 22 points and five rebounds for the hosts, while Shane Larkin scored 16 points.

In other play Tuesday, Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the playoffs with a 113-85 (28-15, 27-21, 31-25, 27-24) win over Spain’s Baskonia Vitoria in Belgrade in the play-off “Virtus” will have to fight in the playoffs.

For the winners, Lorenzo Brown had 29 points, five rebounds and five assists, and Wade Baldwin had 26 points and five assists.

Cody Miller-McIntyre stood out for the Spanish team, who collected 32 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

With 17 wins in 34 matches, “Virtus” ranked tenth in the main tournament, while “Anadolu Efes” ranked higher with the same balance, gaining the advantage of the home game in the first round of the “play-in”. Kaunas “Žalgiris” represented by Rolanda Šmit took 14th place with 14 successes and did not enter the playoffs.

In the ULEB Euroleague, 18 teams played a two-round tournament, the best six entered the elimination tournament, while the seventh to tenth place winners secured a place in the “play-in” games. The final four tournament will take place in Berlin this season.

In the previous season, the basketball players of “Real” Madrid became the winners of Europe’s most prestigious club tournament for the 11th time, who defeated “Olympiacos” of Piraeus in the final game in Kaunas with a score of 79:78.

2024-04-16 21:21:46
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