Achille Polonara was the star man for the hosts
Virtus flexes its muscles in dominant win over ASVEL, 83-69
Game Report
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Regular Season
Round 18 of 34
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna improved to 3-1 under coach Dusko Ivanovic and 5-13 overall after thrashing LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 83-69, with the visitors putting some gloss on the final scoreline after trailing by 21 points midway through the final frame. With this defeat, ASVEL drops to an 8-10 record.
Achille Polonara was Virtus's star man on the night after posting 17 points and 9 rebounds. Will Clyburn added 13 points for the hosts, while Matt Morgan and Momo Diouf both chipping in with 10 points apiece. Theo Maledon netted 20 points for ASVEL, with 11 coming from the free-throw line. Neal Sako was the only other visiting player to get into double figures, scoring 12.
Game Videos
- 01:27
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Achille Polonara: 'Coach Dusko gave me a lot of confidence'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 18 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:23
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Polonara alley-oop completes team move! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:13
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Isaia Cordinier: 'We miss you, Toko!
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-FC Barcelona | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:16
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Diouf dunks after classy Cordinier pass! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:12
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Theo Maledon: 'We're getting better as a team, as a collective'
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Zalgiris Kaunas-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 17 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:16
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Cordinier out of nowhere with the block! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:27
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Jump ball leads to Clyburn dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:12
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Diouf swats Nunez! Motorola Magic Moment
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Olympiacos Piraeus-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:12
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Clyburn beats the halftime buzzer from deep! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends, ep. 8: Maledon's performances, LeDay insight, and more
- 01:19
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Pierric Poupet: 'Whatever you tell yourself, you must have fun'
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 16 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:19
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Ajinca's buzzer-beater! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:50
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Theo Maledon: 'We're not going to back down from no one'
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LDLC ASVEL Vileurbanne-Paris Basketball | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:31
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Harrison attacks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 00:15
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Maledon’s smooth finish! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:58
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Dusko Ivanovic: 'Tonight, we had luck'
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 15 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:16
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Clyburn banks in the improbable shot! Motorola Magic Moment
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EuroLeague & Friends: Spanoulis's start, the play of Maledon and Shorts...
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | RS Round 14 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:08
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Roberson skies for the dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:30
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Clyburn and Cordinier combine for the perfect play! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:11
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Polonara denies Daum! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:11
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Shengelia and Cordinier sweet combination! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-ALBA Berlin | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:09
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Clyburn throws it down! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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Shengelia's double block! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:27
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Paris Lee: 'We were unbelievable, we kept fighting'
- 00:34
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Lee beats the final buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Real Madrid | RS Round 13 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:32
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Lee beats the final buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:32
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Great work by Ndiaye and Lee! Motorola Magic Moment
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Isaia Cordinier jumps aboard the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:29
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Black's thunderdunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:31
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ASVEL's lightning fast break! Motorola Magic Moment
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Paris Basketball-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 12 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:09
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Ante Zizic with a big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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AS Monaco-LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:10
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ASVEL solves a broken play! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:10
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ASVEL shows the power of team basketball! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
Isaia Cordinier was everywhere for Virtus early on, scoring his team’s first 5 points before providing an alley-oop for Polonara to make it 7-3. Polonara added a couple of free throws, before Maledon moved to 5 points by scoring a dunk to make it 9-5. Clyburn drained a three, Ante Zizic blocked Nando De Colo and then had a dunk in the open floor, and Pajola netted a triple to give Virtus a double-digit lead at 17-5. De Colo’s outlet pass found Edwin Jackson for a layup, but Morgan’s score inside ensured it was 19-7 after 10 minutes.
Morgan knocked down a couple of three-pointers either side of two Diouf free throws to set a new game-high lead of 18 points at 25-7. Sako had a couple of scores as ASVEL tried to respond, with Maledon making the most of a three-point play to cut the hosts’ lead to 29-15 less than four minutes into the quarter. With Maledon’s score, ASVEL had scored more points in 3:51 minutes than it did in the entire first quarter. Nevertheless, Virtus kept scoring at ease and regularly led by 15 points in the remainder of the period. With the last play before the break, Clyburn got the offensive board and scored the layup to set a halftime score of 46-29.
Virtus had a strong start to the third, setting new game-high leads until it swelled to a high of a 25-point difference at 56-31, with the hosts having outscored the visitors 10-2 through the opening 5:14 minutes. ASVEL stopped the gap from getting any bigger, but Rayjon Tucker’s hustle and energy provided a further boost to Virtus, which held a 21-point lead, 66-45, at the end of the period.
Virtus retained a 20-point-plus lead for almost the first half of the final frame, with Andrejs Grazulis restoring a 21-point lead after Sako had cut it to 19. As the hosts took their foot off the gas in the final 4:15 minutes, ASVEL got as close as 11 points in the final 41 seconds, but the game was never in doubt. Clyburn put the cherry on top of the cake with a three-pointer with 18 seconds to go, which set the final 83-69 score.
