Milan, June 18, 2022 – TheArmani AX Milan does not let the second match point available e beats Virtus Segafredo Bologna 81-64 sewing the 29th championship in its history. The decisive act of the tricolor series was in fact without history, because Olimpia, in the presence of a Virtus who came out perhaps a little short of energy from Race 5, had the strength to dominate the contest in terms of energy , starting with his foot pressed to the full on the accelerator in the first quarter and resisting the attempt to return Virtus in the second fraction and then definitively spreading in the second half when the indicator of the Bologna reserve came on. In the great choral performance offered by the red and white, they shone Gigi Datome with 23 points, Shavon Shieldsauthor of 15 points and elected MVP of the finals, and finally Sergio Rodriguez who won the long-distance duel with Teodosic by closing with 12 points and 7 assists but above all by leaving the field – at the end of what could have been his last match in the Olimpia jersey – welcomed by the “MVP” chorus of the Forum.
The race
The Armani took the field with an overflowing competitive ferocity and with an asphyxiating defense immediately put Virtus in crisis by dirtying the passing lines of the Juventus attack and forcing it to lose 7 turnovers in the initial 10 ‘. Balls that launched the deadly transition of the Armani which, dragged by Shields, scored well 17 points on the counterattack at the juncture and closed the opening quarter at +13 (29-16) after also touching +14. With Datome’s triple at the dawn of the second quarter, the red and white managed to round Virtus (32-16) who, however, had a roar of pride and, after tightening the defensive shirts, he responded with a 7-0 that launched the recovery of the guests able to reach -5 less than 3 ‘from the long interval, before returning to the locker room at -7 (43-36). Upon returning to the parquet, however, Olimpia again raised the intensity to attack rebounds and stray balls: aspects that propitiated the 8-0 sealed by Rodriguez’s +15 Milan triple. A very heavy blow for Virtus who began to stagger both in attack and in defense, remaining dry of baskets for almost 6 ‘and, after entering the fourth quarter under 61-46, she finally collapsed under the blows of Milan which reached the apex of its evening on +27.