Euroleague, matchday 22: Virtus Bologna beats Stella Rossa 84-72

Dominates from start to finish, Virtus, and returns to victory in the Euroleague, also overturning the double confrontation with Red Star.

Virtus Bologna-Red Star 84-72

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Scariolo’s team, without Ojeleye and Lundberg, wins with a team performance that sends four men into double figures, two with 9 points and 28 assists. Nine of these are from Teodosic who, on a difficult shooting evening, is still the man who splits the game in the first seven minutes, immediately launching Segafredo up 27-9. Supporting the game near the basket to Jaiteh, Shengelia and Bako, the bianconeri immediately find a large advantage and double the Red Star on 38-19. The Serbs cling to Vildoza (14 points in the first half) and return to -10 at the start of the second half when a blaze from three triples by Weems raises Virtus up +19 in the last break (70-51). Hackett does a great job on the Argentine, but it’s all the black and white defense that keeps up well by closing every gap to the guests (47% from two, 27% from three). Belinelli strikes with experience at the beginning of the last quarter, Cordinier flies to unattainable heights for everyone and Teodosic wins with the triple that also secures the double confrontation in the last seconds.

Virtus: Shengelia 15, Weems 13, Cordinier and Jaiteh 11

Red Star: Vildoza 20, Ilic 10, Lazarevic and Lazic 9.