{"id":481571,"date":"2026-01-30T22:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=481571"},"modified":"2026-01-30T22:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:15:01","slug":"monaco-virtus-bologna-82-84-vildoza-hits-the-game-winner-with-4-seconds-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/monaco-virtus-bologna-82-84-vildoza-hits-the-game-winner-with-4-seconds-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Monaco-Virtus Bologna 82\u201384: Vildoza hits the game-winner with 4 seconds left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"2136\"><strong data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1788\">Virtus Bologna<\/strong> stole a huge road win in <strong data-start=\"1814\" data-end=\"1829\">Monte Carlo<\/strong>, beating <strong data-start=\"1839\" data-end=\"1858\">AS Monaco 82\u201384<\/strong> on a <strong data-start=\"1864\" data-end=\"1880\">Luca Vildoza<\/strong> three-pointer with <strong data-start=\"1900\" data-end=\"1913\">4 seconds<\/strong> to play. Despite a short-handed rotation \u2014 with <strong data-start=\"1962\" data-end=\"1973\">Edwards<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"1986\">Hackett<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"2004\">Smailagic<\/strong> out and <strong data-start=\"2013\" data-end=\"2022\">Niang<\/strong> limited by fouls \u2014 Virtus delivered a high-level second half, scoring <strong data-start=\"2093\" data-end=\"2099\">40<\/strong> and allowing <strong data-start=\"2113\" data-end=\"2119\">31<\/strong> after the break.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2138\" data-end=\"2410\">Monaco controlled early (<strong data-start=\"2163\" data-end=\"2172\">30\u201322<\/strong> after the first quarter, <strong data-start=\"2198\" data-end=\"2207\">51\u201344<\/strong> at halftime), fueled by hot perimeter shooting and <strong data-start=\"2259\" data-end=\"2273\">Mike James<\/strong>. Virtus turned the game with defensive intensity, tying it at <strong data-start=\"2336\" data-end=\"2345\">62\u201362<\/strong> in the third and pushing ahead to <strong data-start=\"2380\" data-end=\"2395\">+11 (66\u201377)<\/strong> in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2412\" data-end=\"2617\">The hosts fought back and James drilled a late triple to make it <strong data-start=\"2477\" data-end=\"2486\">82\u201381<\/strong> with 1:20 left, but Vildoza answered with the decisive shot from the top for <strong data-start=\"2564\" data-end=\"2573\">82\u201384<\/strong>. <strong data-start=\"2575\" data-end=\"2591\">Elie Okobo\u2019s<\/strong> final attempt rimmed out.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2619\" data-end=\"2806\">James finished with <strong data-start=\"2639\" data-end=\"2652\">17 points<\/strong> for Monaco, Okobo had <strong data-start=\"2675\" data-end=\"2681\">12<\/strong>, while Virtus were led by <strong data-start=\"2708\" data-end=\"2723\">Alston (19)<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2725\" data-end=\"2741\">Vildoza (13)<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2746\" data-end=\"2760\">Akele (11)<\/strong>, keeping their play-in hopes very much alive.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2808\" data-end=\"2892\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Injury-hit Virtus flip the game after halftime, reach +11, then survive a late Monaco run. 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