La Virtus de Scariolo dries al Valencia Basket

La Virtus de Scariolo dries al Valencia Basket

The 'orange' team breaks their good streak in their visit to Bologna

MADRID, 17 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Valencia Basket could not (89-59) this Thursday with Virtus Segafredo Bologna on matchday 8 of the Euroleague, weighed down from a 24-8 start and at a complicated pace due to the good defense of the Italian team, led by Sergio Scariolo.

The team of the Spanish basketball coach, who this week sealed the pass to the 2023 World Cup in Spain, got down to work to add a second win in a row that allows them to look at the 'playoffs' zone and match the 'taronja' team in 4-4. In addition to the great defense, the Italian team left a 14 of 28 in triples, compared to 6 of 36 for the Spanish.

The FIBA ​​break did not sit well with Álex Mumbrú's team and neither did the various interruptions in the first half, also at the start of the second, due to technical problems in the Italian pavilion. Valencia entered cold and the Virtus defense became strong easily, without a single visitor's assist in the first quarter.

Jones, who came from an exhibition against Monaco, Rivero's return after injury, Alexander, Prepelic, Valencia did not find their most usual response. Mumbrú's anger was of little use, seeing the Spanish team increase the disadvantage because of Cordinier and Mickey. Pradilla raised the visitor's spirits in the second quarter.

Van Rossom also gave some clarity but Valencia did not score, without rhythm in attack. Mumbrú's men did not have the forced return after the break, with losses and conceding three triples (53-29). He played the match against the 'taronja' team not in Italian but in Chinese, in an impossible mission against Scariolo's men.

The Italian coach kept his defense and intensity sharp, as he does with Spain, and the triple percentage showed the visitor's sinking ahead of the last quarter. Three hits (3/24) from Mumbrú, the same ones Mickey had in the Italian beating.

Niccolo Mannion, this time on Scariolo's side and not like last Friday in Italy-Spain, also had his minutes and Valencia left the first clear defeat in Europe, with a final quarter pending, after three consecutive wins, in one day he missed Dubljevic, he is down due to gastroenteritis.

--RESULT: VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA, 89 - VALENCIA BASKET, 59. (42-25, at halftime).

VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLONIA: Hackett (-), Lundberg (14), Ojeleye (14), Mickey (16) and Jaiteh (4) --starting quintet--; Cordier (15), Mannion (9), Theodosic (-), Pajola (6), Bako (4), Weems (7).

VALENCIA BASKET: Jones (10), Prepelic (7), Puerto (6), Webb III (3) and Alexander (5) --starting five--; Harper, Claver (-), Radebaugh (2), Pradilla (4), Rivero (5), Lopez-Arostegui (7), Van Rossom (2).

--REFEREES: Latisevs, Vilius and Zamojski. Eliminated for fouls Jaiteh.

--PAVILLION: Paladozza.