The Italian side will take on Baskonia on Friday for a shot at making the EuroLeague Playoffs
Virtus stuns Efes 64-67 to keep its playoff dream alive
Game Report
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna has booked its place in Friday’s Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Play-in Showdown clash against Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, with the winner set to claim the eighth seed in the playoffs, after beating Anadolu Efes Istanbul 64-67 away at a sold-out Sinan Erdem Sports Hall on Tuesday night.
A red-hot Will Clyburn netted 17 points in the first quarter, but Virtus tightened up its defense, contained the Efes forward and kept the third-best offense in the league to less than 70 points to end the Turkish side’s 6-0 winning run at home with head coach Tomislav Mijatovic on the bench.
Virtus's Toko Shengelia netted 13 points, with Iffe Lundberg and Awudu Abass scoring 12 each and Marco Belinelli adding 11. For the hosts, Clyburn ended the contest with a game-high 22 points and Shane Larkin registered 16.
Game Videos
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | Playoffs Game 5 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Monster dunk from Poirier! Motorola Magic Moment
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Thompson with a steal and a dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Shane Larkin: 'Big game from everybody'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | Playoffs Game 4 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Elijah Bryant with a big three! Motorola Magic Moment
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A monster dunk from Oturu! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens | Playoffs Game 3 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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A fine dunk from Oturu! Motorola Magic Moment
- 02:40
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Masterpiece on the Mediterranean
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Shane Larkin: 'We just had to stay poised'
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Vincent Poirier: 'We finished until the end'
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | PO Game 2 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Larkin taking the lead for good! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Oturu with a mighty dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Oturu with the alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:12
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Poirier with the put-back slam! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:08
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Poirier with a fierce small-dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | PO Game-1 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Larkin and Dozier conjure some magic! Motorola Magic Moment
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Oturu with a strong dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Poirier rips the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
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Devin Booker: 'We were not gonna let this game slip'
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FC Bayern Munich-Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade | Play-In Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Edwards weaved his way for a layup! Motorola Magic Moment
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Petrusev with a ferocious dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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The Fantasy Challenge Podcast tackles the Play-In Showdown
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FC Barcelona-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Poirier with a big dunk! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
- 02:30
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Shane Larkin: 'We've had to win every single game to get here'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Zalgiris Kaunas | RS Round 34 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Polonara’s big put-back dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
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Nwora with a massive dunk! Motorola Magic Moment
- 01:12
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Matt Morgan: 'As a team, we're starting to gel together'
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna-EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Vincent Poirier: 'Really proud of the team and what we've accomplished so far'
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Anadolu Efes Istanbul | RS Round 33 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:11
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Belinelli’s no-look pass! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:12
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A sublime alley oop from Poirier! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:09
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A ferocious dunk from Thompson! Motorola Magic Moment
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ALBA Berlin-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | RS Round 32 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Clyburn beats the buzzer! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:12
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Thompson to Poirier alley-oop! Motorola Magic Moment
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Shane Larkin breaking ankles! Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade-Virtus Segafredo Bologna | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Shane Larkin: 'To catch our rhythm at the right time is perfect'
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul-Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | RS Round 31 Highlights | 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 00:15
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Cordinier rocks the rim! Motorola Magic Moment
- 00:15
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Jordan Nwora denies his opponent! Motorola Magic Moment
A slow start saw the two teams go scoreless for almost 2 minutes before Clyburn drilled one from downtown to open the scoring. Shengelia responded with a tough basket from inside, but Clyburn netted another triple to reach the 3,000-point milestone in his EuroLeague career. The Efes forward went 5 for 5 from deep and 2 for 2 from the line as he scored all of Efes’s first 17 points for a 17-10 lead. Then, Ercan Osmani netted three consecutive buckets, including two dunks, to extend Efes’s lead to 23-12. Virtus bounced back and responded with a 0-9 surge, with Lundberg scoring back-to-back baskets and Shengelia nailing a triple to reduce the deficit to 23-21 heading into the second quarter.
A hard-fought Shengelia bucket from inside tied the game, but Elijah Bryant went coast-to-coast in transition to end Virtus’s 0-11 run and make it 25-23. After having his shots blocked three times in the second quarter, Dan Oturu netted his first bucket of the night, but Abass answered with a fast-break slam for a narrow 27-25 Efes lead. What followed was an exchange of blows, with Abass and Achille Polonara connecting from deep and Larkin and Tyrique Jones getting their first field goals of the game, 33-31. Clyburn’s career-high sixth triple of the clash was followed by an Ante Zizic slam on the other end, with the hosts leading 36-35 at halftime.
Virtus opened the third quarter with a Polonara buzzer-beating triple, but Larkin responded with a layup in traffic and his first three-pointer for a 41-38 Efes lead. Zizic traded baskets with his former teammate, Larkin, before Lundberg tied it at 43-43. The Efes guard netted his team’s first 9 points of the second half, but Abass’s second triple of the night put Virtus back in front, 45-46. A tough Clyburn basket was followed by a Tibor Pleiss bucket from deep, but Lundberg netted one from inside to cut the difference to 50-48 heading into the closing quarter.
Shengelia scored the first bucket of the fourth quarter to take his tally to 11 points, but Rodrigue Beaubois went 3 for 3 from the charity stripe to put Efes ahead again, 53-50. Then, Beaubois drilled his first field goal of the game, but the Virtus forward went 2 for 2 from the line before an Alessandro Pajola triple tied it at 55-55. A couple of Jones free throws were followed by a Belinelli corner triple, then Shengelia drew an unsportsmanlike foul that led to 4 Virtus points for a 57-62 lead. An Abass bucket extended Virtus’s run to 0-9, which was ended by 4 Larkin free throws to make it a one-possession game, 61-64, with 1:15 left on the clock. Errors by both teams on the next two possessions were followed by a huge Lundberg dagger from deep to make it 61-67 and practically put the game to bed.
