Trebbi (PB): Virtus Bologna, plan B has been missing since the start of the playoffs when things change

Our Davide Trebbi commented on the defeat of the Virtus Bologna in the first game of the LBA playoff series againstOlimpia Milan, his words to Radio Nettuno Bologna Uno. “Third quarter? It’s not just that, but certainly in those ten minutes you conceded 29 points after 25 conceded in the first half. A collapse that we are used to seeing, which unfortunately always brings different technical situations, different protagonists and opposing protagonists, the opponents , different: it happened with Tortona, Venezia and also last night. For the first time at home, in such an important match, against a favorite opponent on the eve despite the words of some of its protagonists who tried to hide or camouflage it “no third quarter psychodrama” said by Banchi? Are you telling me there’s an elephant in the room Today it’s difficult to analyse, since 2017 whoever wins Game 1 also wins the Scudetto , when Virtus also lost there at home to Milan. Congratulations must certainly be given to Olimpia, in particular to Napier and Shields. Especially because Shields scored 11 in those 29 points in the third quarter, it was he who gave courage to a Milan that seemed to be having a bad day in the first half. In the second half the guests deserved it, at the beginning of the fourth quarter there was a tactical idea of ​​playing small, which could be used several times given that it led to winning Game 4 against Venezia. There a brawl situation was created in the last minute, and then we all go back to that situation where Virtus was ahead by 3 points with 37 seconds left after Cordinier’s reverse basket. Messina’s throw-in in the offensive half of the field could lead to a debate: to foul or not. There was a complete omelette that led Napier to score the equalizing triple, I struggle to analyze extra time because a great Shields came out.”

Belinelli out of phase in the match? “0-5 shooting in the first half, then he was the one who tried to bring Virtus back to a one-possession deficit in the third quarter: he was given little support. Lundberg made an important triple for -1 in the fourth quarter, but the attack on average came to a halt and above all Milan changed their way of defending against Virtus at half-time. We always come back to the point that this team, as things change at half-time, never adapts or never has a second option. to these things. So we see these collapses, a team that struggles on a nervous level to stay attached. And if they lose, the defeat becomes even heavier than it is. The fact that it is a Scudetto final, which is played in the best of 5 , brings this analysis a little heavier than other years.”

Decline from a mental but also physical point of view. “The fact that Milan played four games less and two because they didn’t make the play-in, led them in the last few months, April/May, to prepare themselves a little physically for this situation. Objectively for Milan, we’ll see ‘success, but this year it was a big disappointment. They took Nikola Mirotic, one of the best in Europe, and they failed to go to the playoffs. For a team that spends so much, it’s a real failure the more they lost the Italian Cup at the last corner against Napoli at the moment the board is empty this season. The fact that Milan collect little for three years in a row and then save themselves with a Scudetto every time makes us reevaluate in a positive way. Messina’s season. But usually everything is analyzed. Virtus competed well in the EuroLeague, losing their second chance to make the playoffs. It’s obviously a different story for Virtus, especially given how they started the season evaluation is therefore very positive. Then obviously you always remember the ending, how the seasons end. This start to the Scudetto final doesn’t give us the idea of ​​finishing the season well.”