After nine defeats in a row, here is the clear victory in the home of the Germans: it ends 64-108
After nine defeats in a row, Virtus finally redeems himself in this Euroleague season finale. And it is a redemption that makes noise: at the Uber Arena the Vu Nere crush 108-64 the Alba Berlin of Procida and Spanish, dominating far and wide from the first minutes. In addition to a Polonara unleashed by the arch (16 points with 4/5 from 3) and to a shengelia that can be stored in the center of the German area (15 points with 6/7 from 2), it is the whole Juventus collective to work great, as demonstrated by the 35 assists collected by Ivanovic’s team.
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Bologna clearly imposes itself at the start of the race thanks to an excellent ball lap, which gear from the first minutes (19 assistance in the first half) and which above all triggers Clyburn. Alba, instead, gets too many occasions and struggles to inflate the retina: Hermannson is the only one to keep a blow, while the Segafredo is enhanced by the arch with Polonara. And if things work from long distance, spaces are also opened in the center of the German area. The dawn can no longer afford double on Shengelia as at the beginning of the game, and so the Georgian punishes by marking the defenders over the head. The scoreboard leaves no room for interpretation: in the first 20 ‘the black vu marked with 73% from the field (16-19 of 2 and 6/11 from 3) and at the interval they are ahead of 29 lengths (33-62).
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Even in the second half there is no history. The bianconeri immediately start strong with a partial 9-0 that feeds more and more the maximum advantage of Ivanovic’s team. Even the aggression with an offensive rebound of dawn – the only positive note of the Germans in the first part of the race – seems to be turned off in front of a Virtus more and more in trust, which now presents itself even more organized and compact in its own half. With the virtus forward of 43 points at the end of the third quarter (44-87), the last period becomes pure Garbage Time: in the end Bologna wins in Berlin 64-108.
Alba Berlin: Thomas 11, Rapieque 9, Hernannson and Baker II 8
Virtus: Polonara 16, Shengelia 15, Clyburn 14
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