At the Segafredo Arena, a match ended 75-92 that the Spaniards dominated for the first 30′ and then let go. Mirotic leading scorer with 17 points
At the Segafredo Arena it is a slaughter for 30′ and a catwalk for 10′. Don’t deceive the final result, Virtus misses the exam at home to see the playoffs, collapsing even under a -37 never seen in Bologna, before alleviating the deficit in the last quarter. The match against Barcelona ends with a bad knockout (75-92), the result of a tragic second quarter when the away team dominates across the board while Bologna does the impossible wrong. Barca presents itself with its thinking and heavy quintet, with Laprovittola play who immediately hits from three and Mirotic who does the same. Then Vesely crashing into traffic. Bologna, without Cordinier and Ojeleye but with Teodosic and Lunberg back, starts stammering shots and possessions, is immediately 6-13 on the wing, mends Teodosic from three who combines with Bako to ignite the Bolognese attack. In fact, Virtus takes heart, it’s up to Beli to come off the bench and immediately make a large number with a bicycle kick. However, Barcelona has many weapons, at the first siren they are ahead 17-22. Then it’s up to Lundberg to slip into the Catalan defense with speed, Beli does not find his shot hunted by Martinez while Tobey and Abrines make themselves felt in attack. Bologna stops again, wasting three comfortable shots from below so it ends up at -9 (23-32). Teodosic is back near Beli but in the Bologna area he struggles a lot to score points, Jaiteh is a disaster. Barcelona took advantage of it by shooting a 0-21 which is worth +22 (23-45) with the returns of Mirotic and Laprovittola, deadly in hitting the Virtussino chaos together with Abrines. Teodosic, still debilitated from the flu, is unable to ignite. Nobody does.
Condemnation
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At the break the -20 (27-47) is already worth the condemnation as emerges from the negative figures for shooting in Bologna: 36% from two, 25% from three. Barcelona, on the other hand, has three players in double figures in individual scores: Abrines 13, Mirotic 12, Laprovittola 10. In the third quarter things go even worse: in the 25th minute Barcelona dances on +37 (31-68), Bologna walks dazed for the field. In the last one it’s just a catwalk, Beli and Mannion save the honor and do it with the class of champion, captain and flag.
Virtus Bologna: Jaiteh 14, Lundberg 13, Belinelli 12
Barcelona:Mirotic 17, Abrines 16, Jokubaitis 13
February 9, 2023 (change February 9, 2023 | 22:47)
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