Bologna, 20 April 2022 – La Virtus Segafredo Bologna league leaders does not cue the first appointment in the playoffs of Eurocup and detaches the pass for the quarter-finals after having folded – not without difficulty – the Lietkabelis 75-67. A success built thanks to a great defense in key moments and to the excellent work of Mouhammadou Jaiteh under the scoreboards (20 points). After an uphill start, the bianconeri raised the pace and placed a 14-0 fueled by Weems’ six points and earned them the overtaking. At the start of the second fraction then, thanks to the transition and the inspiration of the longs, the double-digit advantage over 30-20 also arrived, but Lietkabelis never gave up and returned to -1 before returning to the locker room below. 39-34. After the long break, the bianconeri gave another push with the 9-0 which earned the new maximum advantage over 48-34, but once again the guests rolled up their sleeves by focusing on rebounds and the shot from outside and reopened the games by bringing the race back to where it remained until the final stages when Weems and Jaiteh signed the useful bets to place the winning kidney shot.
Venice eliminated. Reggio ko in FIBA Europe Cup
On the other hand, the Eurocup journey of an Umana Reyer Venezia with rotations reduced to the bone and defeated with a peremptory 87-66 by the Metropolitans Boulogne. The 11 points of Mitchell Watt were not enough for the orogranata – orphans of key players such as Tonut, Theodore, Daye and Vitali, while the transalpines were carried away by five players in double figures, among which the former was a great protagonist Virtus Bologna Vince Hunter who finished with a tally of 14 points and 10 rebounds. A partial placed by the Metropolitans already in the first quarter immediately directed the race and made Venice slip into double figures behind. A furrow that the lagoons have no longer been able to fill and that has indeed widened. Finally, in the match of first leg of the FIBA Europe Cup final, Unahotels Reggio Emilia was defeated in a sprint 72-69 by the Turks of the Baheceseir. Vane, among the Emilians, the capital tests of Andrea Cinciarini (20 points and 9 assists) and Justin Johnson (16 points). The Bahceseir has long commanded the operations coming up to +18 with 6 ‘from the end before suffering a blackout that has brought Reggio up to -1. The red and white, however, missed the coup. Wednesday the return match on Turkish soil.
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