Too much Virtus for Dinamo: it ends 86-69
The Sassari team remains in the match for 28 minutes but without Diop they suffer too much in the area
No way, the leaders are too strong for Sassari, who also arrived in Bologna without Gentile due to back problems. Virtus imposes itself 86-69 in a game where Bucchi's biancobù react to the bad first quarter and overtake, but from the 28th minute they take a terrible run of 18-0 which closes the match.
Chronicle . The departure is shocking: Sassari struggles in attack (1/6 from three) and loses many balls. Virtus also reaches +13 before settling on 22-12 in the first quarter.
With Robinson and Diop, the biancoblù formation defends better (even in the area on some throw-ins) and has more patience in attack. The comeback is also impetuous because Bendzius leads his teammates (15 points in the middle of the match) and Banco even overtakes and takes the lead at the break: 38-39.
In the third quarter the balance remains for 4 minutes, then the leaders increase the defensive intensity and with a run of 9-0 returns with a double-digit advantage: 63-53. The break continues in the last quarter and Bologna moves up +19 in the 34th minute. Diop returns on the fifth foul of a Stephens in great difficulty, but the game is now over.
The tables
Virtus Segafredo Bologna : Mannion ne, Belinelli 11 Pajola, Jaiteh 8 Lundberg 6 Shengelia 18 Hackett 10 Mickey 14 Camara, Weems 12 Ojeleye 4 Abass 3 All. Scariolo
Banco di Sardegna Sassari : Jones 5 Robinson 15 Dowe 7 Kruslin 7 Gandini ne, Devecchi, Treier 3 Chessa, Stephens 2 Bendzius 19 Raspino ne, Diop 11 All. Bucchi
