Basketball, Euroleague: Virtus defeat in Valencia

The virtus Bologna fails the encore and, three days after the victory against Real Madrid, the team of Dusko Ivanovic knows the first defeat of this Euroleague. It happens in Valencia, in the night when the home team celebrates the new Roig Arena, over 15 thousand places and entitled to the patron of the team (and of the Mercadona supermarkets), Juan Roig. 103-94 ends a challenge that repeatedly gets bad for Bologna and several times fixed, in some cases thanks to Virtus, in others for the distractions of the hosts who however always keep the rhythm high and close with 67% precision of two. It was no coincidence that Ivanovic had warned on the eve regarding the importance of the defensive estate. Of course, Marcere de Larrea is not easy for anyone: the outside, 20 years to turn in December, scores 23 points with 5/7 from three and leads its to the Plein in the double round. The blue Darius Thompson, executioner in the second half and author of 13 points with 3/4 from the arch is also cynical from a distance. However, the best scorer of the race is Morgan of Virtus, with 24 points. The bounce defeat weighs 40-27, with 15 offensive granted. Now head to the championship: on Monday the Vu Nere host Naples.

Valencia-Virtus Bologna 103-94

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The problems begin at the end of the first quarter, who had seen Edwards (15 points) protagonist and Virtus keep up with Valencia. The Spaniards at 10 ‘dig a wake of three points (26-23): nothing serious if it were not the appetizer of a bad start of the second period of Bologna, which will then be repeated in the third and will end up chasing. In the second quarter it is an infringement of 8 seconds of Taylor to give the escape of the opponents, who arrive in a double figure of advantage (37-25, +12) with the incursions of Moore, relentless in that stroke of the race. The reaction passes mainly from the hands of Morgan, who while granting something too much in defense marks the baskets who halve the distance, and Bologna manages to close at the interval close to (49-46).

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Something similar happens on returning from the interval. The Vunere mark, but then the blue Darius Thompson ignites (3/3 from the arch in that course of the race) and are trouble. To the sound of Triple composes the break of Valencia, ready to return to +12 (60-48) after a partial of 11-0. It looks like an solo, on the other hand, Edwards and companions are never dominated and the game runs like an roller coaster, also because the premises every now and then are distracted. The fortune, if anything, is that De Larrea no longer stops making a basket. Virtus returns to -3 (66-63), also exploiting the good impact of diarra, an effort that a few minutes later has already been swept away. So De Larrea returns to the chair and Valencia turns half of the fourth fraction still ahead of two-digit (86-75), no longer making it take.