Mario Chalmers, team captain Pietro Aradori and Kevin Punter then showed that the Virtus house was kept in good hands and the 15-point margin was reached again: 54-39 for the Italian team.
Devin White (203-F-88, college: SUNO) hit a three-pointer from downtown and imitated his team mate Abromaitis by transforming the bonus to make 48-39. Javier Beiran also tried to challenge the Virtus defense: he scored and came up with a nice assist to Abromaitis who smashed the ball into the rim to make 47-34 and even 47-35 with the following "and-one". CB Canarias could not resist against Virtus Segafredo Bologna's impressive transition plays. Punter again, from the left corner made 45-29 with a bomb. 42-24 on the scoreboard! Despite efforts in the paint by Iverson and Abromaitis for CB Canarias, Virtus kept things under control.
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Amath M'Baye hit 1/2 from the free throw line to finish the second quarter: 38-24.Īnd guess what? Kevin Punter gave the impulse again on the first offense of his team in the third quarter: three points and the bonus behind! The Aurinegros' fans present at the Antwerps Sportpaleis looked amazed. Belgian international Pierre-Antoine Gillet (201-F-91) hit an important three-point shot to reduce the gap at 37-24 and Virtus Segafredo Bologna's Head Coach Sacha Djordjevic was then obliged to take a time-out to stop the CB Canarias run. The Virtus players committed some fouls which allowed the CB Canarias players to have free-throws which they transformed: 35-21. His coach even gave him a high five to keep encouraging him in his attempts from long or middle range. Nicolas Brussino (202-F-93) was not as efficient as he was last Friday night, during the semi-final game against the Giants, but he showed some will at least. The scoreboard showed 32-16 with 3'45" remaining in the first half, Colton Iverson trying all he coud to help the Canary Islands' team stay in the race. Amath M'Baye continued his show from long range and the VuNere could again celebrate in the stands or behind Coach Aleksandar Djordjevic on the bench: 29-12! Colton Iverson grabbed some important rebounds to keep his team alive but, on the whole, the Virtus players kept playing with great intensity. Former NBA champion Mario Chalmers got in action also in offense and allowed his team to keep an advantage of 12-point: 24-12. The score evolved, but not as quickly as it did in the first quarter: 22-10. or by efficiently passing the orange to his tall man Dejan Kravic (211-F/C-90, college: Texas Tech) who finished the job in the paint. The Italian team looked very strong physically, much quicker in transition and quite precise through the whole quarter which ended with the same score.Įarly in the second quarter, Mario Chalmers (188-PG-86, college: Kansas) showed why he was hired by Virtus Segafredo Bologna last March, not necessarily by scoring but by simply putting some defensive pressure on his opponents. After having scored a three-pointer, Amath M'Baye, following a steal by his mate Pietro Aradori (194-SG-88), dunked the ball to make 20-8 for Virtus Segafredo Bologna. The Spaniards came back at 15-8, with Javier Beiran (200-F-87) and Ferran Bassas (183-PG-92) well present in defense. The Ibersotar guys coming off the bench still made a good job, a little bit like what they did last Friday. Only US big man Colton Iverson (212-C-89, college: Colorado St., agency: Pensack Sports) managed to put the V defense into trouble. Nothin' but net! After 4'55" in the game, a first time-out was asked by Jesus Vidorreta. Kevin Punter (191-G-93, college: Tennessee) already hit his third three-pointer of the match.13-2! Amath M'Baye (206-F-89, college: Oklahoma), also pretty efficient, hit a shot to make 15-4.
Tim Abromaitis (203-PF-89, college: Notre Dame) had the chance to score the first points of Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias from the free-throw line 7-2. Just like last Friday evening, the Virtus team started strongly: 7-0. This final definitely had the taste and the look of top level European basketball. Virtus Bologna lift the Basketball Champions League trophy at Antwerps Sportpaleis, Kevin Punter is the MVP of the Final Four - May 5, 2019 Virtus Segafredo Bologna wins the Basketball Champions League titleĮ All-Basketball Champions League Awards 2019 - May 7, 2019Į All-Basketball Champions League 1st Team 2019