The reaction of the Bolognese – It’s true that a victory has arrived and when you win the negative things take second place. However, it was not a simple success for the Bolognese who were able to react after being down by as much as thirteen points. We saw a combative Virtus again, the one that put many teams in difficulty in the Euroleague. Aggression, energy and a lot of defense that managed to take away the pace of a Milan team, which after reaching +13 lost a bit of clarity. For coach Luca Banchi’s boys this is a very important victory, given that the series now moves to Milan and the objective is at least to win one to regain the field factor and return to Bologna for game 5.
Tornike Shengelia – He has been a real point of reference throughout the season and in times of need the Georgian is ready. 21 points, 8 rebounds and 19 rating. The companions know how important he is within the group and this is precisely the reason why he is involved. It is he who with a couple of baskets allows his team to get ahead. Now we have to forget everything because race 3 and race 4 are upon us and we only have to think about that.
Not a great three-point shooting night – Definitely not a long-range shooting game. Olimpia Milano finished with 28.6% from 6.75 (8/28), with Napier, Shields and Mirotic not having a brilliant evening in this respect. However, Virtus Bologna managed to close with an even lower percentage: 23.8% (5/21) with 1/6 of Belinelli who we know is a specialist. In view of the next matches this figure will certainly have to improve and whoever shoots best will win.
