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Motivated Daniel Hackett led Virtus to a happy ending
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Daniel Hackett had plenty of reasons to perform well for Virtus Segafredo Bologna in the season finale home meeting with EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Thursday night.
Firstly, he wanted to help his team rebound from a five-game losing run to give the home fans something to cheer on the final night of their continental campaign. Hackett also had the motivation of playing against his former team, and the additional responsibility of being the absolute backcourt leader in the absence of Milos Teodosic, Alessandro Pajola, Nico Mannion and Isaia Cordinier through injury. Oh… And his father, former professional player Rudy Hackett, was in attendance at Virtus Segafredo Arena.
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Zach LeDay: 'Basketball is the best job in the world'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | RS Round 11 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Ettore Messina: 'You have to suffer to win games'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | RS Round 10 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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A massive dunk from Brooks! Motorola Magic Moment
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Clyburn beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
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Huge put-back by Polonara! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:14
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Clyburn goes coast-to-coast! Motorola Magic Moment
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Real Madrid-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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ALBA Berlin-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 9 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Pajola's magic assist! Motorola Magic Moment
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Toko Shengelia: 'The whole team should be standing here'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Zizic with a big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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What a solo effort by Cordinier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Neno Dimitrijevic: 'We did an amazing job'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Real Madrid | RS Round 8 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Fabien Causeur: 'We found the right solutions'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 7 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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A monster jam by Josh Nebo! Motorola Magic Momen
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Big dunk by Isaia Cordinier! Motorola Magic Moment
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What a play by Leandro Bolmaro! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-FC Bayern Munich | RS Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 6 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Nebo's block leads to creative offense! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:13
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Clyburn's wild put-back slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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LeDay’s brutal slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:20
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Bolmaro does it all! Motorola Magic Moment
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Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade-Virtus Segafredo Bologna| RS Round 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Will Clyburn: 'Everybody was locked in'
- 00:11
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Rayjon Tucker gets the ball from Daniel Hackett and dunks off the baseline!
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AS Monaco-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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A fine two-handed dunk by Zizic! Motorola Magic Moment
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shields rocks the rim on a fastbreak! Motorola Magic Moment
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Olympiacos Piraeus-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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LeDay with a ferocious dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Ettore Messina: 'Zach LeDay always gives us something'
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EA7 Emporio Armani Milan-Paris Basketball | RS Round 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:11
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Zach LeDay with a powerful slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 03:51
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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 03:56
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AS Monaco-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 03:48
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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Play-In | 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:14
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Abass detonates two-handed slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Dunston swats Rogkavopoulos! Motorola Magic Moment
So when you put all those ingredients together, perhaps it’s no surprise that Hackett responded by delivering one of the best performances of his 11-season, 275-game EuroLeague career. He started as he meant to continue by scoring his team’s first 5 points, and never let the pace drop as he spent nearly 34 minutes on the floor, leading Virtus to a rousing 89-84 victory by scoring 25 points and dishing a personal best 10 assists for a PIR of 36, not far short of his all-time high of 39.
The always eloquent Hackett summed up the motivation for himself and his team after the game, noting: "We wanted to play our last home game with pride and give our fans a win. They’ve been supporting the team all season long, they travel all over Europe and they didn’t deserve the last four or five games in which we were not at a good level.
"We didn’t want to make excuses tonight, we played with pride, we played as a team, we shared the ball and we played with energy. We were in an emergency with injuries but this is part of the game. We were missing a lot of ball handling tonight – Teo, Pajola, Mannion and Cordinier were out, so I took on the responsibility to be aggressive, to make plays for my team."
