Already without the injured Teodosic and Hervey, a couple of hours from the tap-off the Bolognese club has formalized two positives at Covid (which turned out to be Belinelli and Sampson). 62-68 the final result
Virtus Bologna-Buducnost 62-68
Third defeat in the last four of Eurocup for Virtus, who surrendered to Buducnost in full emergency. Already without the injured Teodosic and Hervey, a couple of hours from the tap-off the club formalizes two positives at Covid that will prove to be Belinelli and Sampson, so the company against the Montenegrins becomes desperate. All the more so in an evening of 4/26 for three, while on the other side the infallible Popovic closes with 23 points and 5/8 from the arc. For the Bolognese, Jaiteh’s double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds and 16 points by Cordinier are not enough. Segafredo misses the first 9 triples attempted, while on the other side there is a very hot Petar Popovic who places four in the second quarter (17 points out of the 34 team in the first half) launching Buducnost at 23-32. However, Scariolo’s team has a big heart, even in a situation of enormous difficulty due to the absences, they put everything on the field and despite the 2/14 from the arc to the interval they manage to rejoin the 30-34 thanks to the towering Jaiteh.
Not very fluid
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The score does not change in the third quarter, the race remains dirty and not very fluid, but Virtus manages to get ahead thanks to the flights of Cordinier (47-44). In this emergency, however, the bianconeri find nothing from the wingmen to make up for Weems’ no evening (0/7 from three) and then the 0-12 partial arrives with the usual Popovic protagonist who launches the Buducnost at 47-56 at 7 ’45 “from the end. Segafredo also touches -11, Scariolo tries to stem the Montenegrins with the 3-2 zone but the problem is that on the other side his men never score from the arc while building good shots. Buducnost, however, has completely stopped and the bianconeri one point at a time recover up to Jaiteh’s 60-62 at -1’38 ”. However, a couple of free throws left on the iron by Cordinier and a basket by Cobbs at -18 ”stop the Bolognese comeback.
Virtus: Jaiteh 19, Cordinier 16, Weems 8.
Buducnost: Popovic 23, Atic 9, Cobbs and Perry 8.
February 1 – 11.10pm
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