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He arrives therea fifth victory in a row in the Euroleague for Virtus Bologna, with a convincing performance especially in the second half which guaranteed the Emilians to snatch the two points also at home against the Eph. If some people said they were cautious in praising Virtus because “He’s had too easy a schedule so far“today they have to change their minds: if the minimum objective of the European campaign, even after such a start to the season, remained qualification for the play-ins, this success is fundamental in this sense: the team of coaches Can in the current state of affairs it is a direct competitor to achieve this objective; the Turks are in a fluctuating period that has lasted since the beginning of last season and in the current state of things, despite the names on the roster being of the highest level, a reversal of the trend seems difficult.
Virtus Bologna-Anadolu Efes 93-81: analysis of the match
Virtus ended the first half behind mainly due to a less than commendable contribution from the team second-unit. So that’s it Smith (which to be honest was the only one who had had a significant impact even in the opening two quarters), Dobric, Mickey and Cacok they played a final part of the match as top level players. Having put aside the only gap in the match up to that point, he physiologically brought the inertia of the match to his side; continuing to dominate especially under the dashboards. In addition to thehaving swept the battle in offensive rebounding with a run of 17-7, all the big men of the Arcoveggio club have had a more than significant impact. If we were talking about Mickey and Shengelia’s usual double-digit performances with the breeze touched by the Georgianthis wouldn’t even make the news but they were joined by a Bryant Dunston with 14 points and a Devontae Cacok who, entering 3 minutes from the end of the third quarter and remaining on the floor for just over 5 minutes, put on the table a sensational energy.
What ultimately made the difference were the turnovers: 14 turnovers for the Turks compared to only 8 for Bologna, yet another sign of the fact that team chemistry has been lacking in Turkey for more than a year and a half.
The scoreboard of the match
SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA: Pajola 3, Cordinier 7, Belinelli 17, Shengelia 19, Dunston 14; Lundberg, Smith 12, Dobric 7, Mickey 10, Abass, Cacok 4, Mascolo ne. Enclosures Benches.
ANATOLIA ISTANBUL: Larkin 16, Beaubois 17, Willis 4, Thompson 6, Jones 6; Bryant 7, Clyburn 10, Zizic 15, Pleiss ne, Gazi ne, Hollatz ne, Osmani ne. All. Can.
2023-11-03 23:01:01
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