Bologna 'survives' the first match-point in Milan: Virtus beats AX 84-78, extends the series to Race-6 and brings the championship final back to the Forum on Saturday evening.
Jaiteh (17 + 13 rebounds) dominates the first half, Shenghelia - 15, 14 plau / minus and on the pitch despite the flu - scores the basket that splits the game 2 'from the end and closes it with a block on a counterattack of a bad Shields (3, 0/9 from the field).
In Milan the tests of Melli (20), Rodriguez (18) and Hines (15) are not enough.
Bologna reacts with pride to the bad match 4 final and immediately runs away on +13 (21-8) after an 8-0 break.
The advantage is built with a very careful defense that leaves Milan 3/12 from the field and poor ball mobility.
The graduates play for office for Milan:
it is Melli who gives the first discharge which then returns to -4 (24-28) with a 10-0 inspired by Rodriguez.
Bologna continues to hurt from below (17/25 from 2 at half-time), for the AX it responds with the flexibility of Hall and at the second siren the score is 42-37 for the hosts, encouraged by a building that is finally almost sold out.
Bologna comes out of the locker room with great aggression: 4/4 gives the advantage in double figures (50-39) and forces Messina to time-out.
The inertia does not change until the nth burst of nerves in Bologna: double technical for Scariolo and Teodosic and 13-3 break for Milan with Melli and Grant (two assists for Hines and average basket).
A long pause due to a table error at the stopwatch gives Bologna a little
of breath but it is still Grant with a game of four and a stolen one to allow Milan to sign the first advantage (64-62 after 31 ').
The decisive turning point comes with a technician for protests in Melli and the triple from Shenghelia who closes a 6-0 and allows Virtus to rise to +5 with 2 'from the end.
The Georgian's block on Shields closes the game.
Saturday Milan can close the series in front of its people, Bologna is aiming for beauty