Bologna, 9 June 2021 – La Bologna power Segafredo he is only one step away from his 16th Scudetto. After winning in Milan in race 1 and race 2, in fact, the Bolognese team also won the third act of the Scudetto finals. overwhelming the Armani AX Milano 76-58 on the tables of the Segafredo Arena. Once again the bianconeri dominated the challenge in terms of intensity and physical and mental freshness, giving the shoulder in the fourth fraction in which they took the chair Alessandro Pajola (10 points and 6 rebounds) and a newfound and sumptuous Kyle Weems (undisputed MVP with 23 points, 10 rebounds and an excellent 5/8 of three), which inspired the stunning and decisive partial of 24-6. Nothing to do then for Olimpia who, despite having given some signs of recovery during the match, recovering twice a double-digit disadvantage and having shuffled the cards with the returns in rotation of Micov and Tarczewski, appeared decidedly less lucid than the opponents (18/60 shooting and 5/20 from three in the presence of an always suffocating Juventus defense) and was constantly forced to chase after paying duty, as mentioned, in the final 10 ‘, in which Bologna also got the better thanks to the control of offensive rebounds.
The race
After having closed at +1 (17-16) a first quarter played in a somewhat contracted manner by both teams (the first basket arrived after 3 ‘), Virtus suddenly accelerated with a four-point play by Teodosic and the winning bets of Alibegovic, Hunter and Belinelli che they made the bianconeri fly at +12 (28-16) at the apex of a break at 14-0. Cornered, Milan replied not without difficulty with Punter’s six close points that slowly undermined the certainties of Bologna and set the tone for a overall partial of 15-2 (12-0 final) which led to the counter-overtaking signed by Brooks (30-31). To straighten things out before the second siren, however, we thought Pajola and Weems who sent the “black Vu” to the locker room at +3 (37-34).
The third foul by Markovic first and Gamble then – at the dawn of the third quarter – did not complicate the plans of Virtus who, as happened in the previous fraction, had a better approach at the beginning of the fraction, attempting the new breakthrough fueled by the bombs of Teodosic and Weems and by Alibegovic’s play for the 49-37. Messina then tried to play the card of the almost entirely Italian quintet, receiving excellent responses especially from Gigi Datome (12 points for him in the third quarter), which allowed his team to even put their heads ahead at 49-50, at the height of a 13-0. The umpteenth effort made to return, however, cost dearly to the red and white who in the fourth fraction saw the light of their reserve of energy light up in an inexorable way and Virtus was perfect in taking advantage of this situation, working well at attack rebound. is digging the decisive break with the triples of Pajola, Weems and Teodosic.
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