Rome, 8 December 2021 – The balance of the Italian teams involved in the cups this evening is two wins and two defeats European basketball teams. In Eurocup, after the defeat remedied yesterday by Umana Reyer Venezia against Valencia, the heart-pounding success of the Virtus Segafredo Bologna.
The Bolognese triumphed in Ljubljana with a pyrotechnic 104-101 on Cedevita host, at the end of a match dominated by attacks (16 triples sent to target by Virtus and 17 by Cedevita): the teams entered 82-82 in the last 10 ‘of the game, in which Virtus tried the extension reaching +8 (100-92) with the baskets of Marco Belinelli (21 points), Milos Teodosic (19 points and 9 assists) e Kyle Weems (a very heavy four-point game of his), but Cedevita did not give up and managed, thanks to Blazic and the former Venezia Ejim, to return up to -3 even wrong at the end with the former Virtus Pullen the bomb of the additional possible. To say the least mocking, on the other hand the knockout always suffered in Eurocup by Dolomiti Energia Trento which was overcome 97-95 with a sensational comeback from Lokomotiv Kuban: the Russians, in fact, less than 7 ‘from the end, were under thirteen lengths but then reversed the situation with a break of 27-12, inspired by the baskets of Errick McCollum but above all of Jonathan Motley, true ruler of the evening with 33 points and 11 rebounds.
Sassari collapses, good Reggio Emilia
On the other hand, the adventure in Basketball Champions League FIBA of Dinamo Sassari, bottom of group A with five defeats and only one victory. To say the least heavy 89-56 collected in the home of the Ukrainians of Prometey, dragged by two old acquaintances of our league such as the former Venice DJ Kennedy (16 points and 11 rebounds) and D’Angelo Harrison (17 points with 6/10 from the field), seen in Brindisi. The outcome of the match was never questioned, with the 27-10 at the end of the first quarter which greatly facilitated the task of the hosts, including the former Dinamo Miro Bilan who closed with a haul of 7 points and as many rebounds. Finally, the second phase of FIBA Europe Cup for the Unahotels Reggio Emilia who broke the house of the Merlins of Chrasleim 84-80. The triple at 49 ”from the end of Justin Johnson was very heavy. On the shields among the red and white, however, also Mikael Hopkins (top scorer with 18 points) and Bryant Crawford (15 points).
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