The main center of Bologna “Virtus” is the 37-year-old American Bryant Dunston, who spent eight seasons in Istanbul “Efes” and became a two-time champion of the Euroleague, but in the ranks of Bologna he played 16 matches out of 17 matches in the season of Euroleague and averaged 5 in 20.9 minutes, 0 points and 3.6 rebounds.
However, Dunston’s assistants have decreased due to injuries: 29-year-old American Jordan Mickey has not played since December 8. In the victory in Belgrade (77:75 over Partizan), the 27-year-old American Devontei Keikok, who averaged 3.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in one of the fifteen games and averaged 9.0 minutes, was injured to the knee. “Virtus” reports that Keikok will be subjected to more in-depth checks, but the Italian media estimate that the injury is serious and could take up to 6-8 months.
In the long run, “Virtus” decided to solve the problem with Dunston’s teammate in Istanbul – for two and a half years Žižić joined, who played for the Cleveland “Cavaliers” from 2017 to 2020 and played started 27 of 113 NBA games, averaging 6.0 points in 13.4 minutes, points and 3.9 rebounds. He then represented Maccabi Tel Aviv, but in 2022 he joined then champion Efes. This season, Žižić started seven of thirteen Euroleague games and averaged 6.5 points and 2.8 rebounds in 15.9 minutes.
Yesterday the team coached by Lukas Banki beat “Pesaro” at home with 83:66, but the victory was once again overshadowed by an injury – in the end it was the Serbian Ognjen Dobrich, starter in two of the seventeen Euroleague matches averaging 5.1 points and 1.8 rebounds. In the Italian championship, “Virtus” with a balance of 10-4 maintains third place, behind “Venezia” and “Brescia” (both 11-3), who yesterday beat “Olimpia” of Milan at home with 72:64 and pushed the champion with a balance of 8-6 already into sixth place. Virtus is second in the Euroleague with 12-5, behind only “Real Madrid” (16-1), and will begin 2024 with two matches against German clubs: Wednesday at home against “Bayern” Munich and then Friday in Berlin against the sunrise”. Another new acquisition of “Virtus” is expected to make his debut on the pitch on Wednesday – the attacking defender of the Latvian national team Rihards Lomažs.
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https://www.virtus.it/it/notizie/stato…
2023-12-31 11:08:00
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