Virtus Bologna 96-94 Olympiacos BC: Carr's dagger three caps a 24-lead-change war

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Nineteen minutes and three seconds. That is how long Virtus Bologna held the lead at PalaDozza. Olympiacos owned it for 16:20, neither side ever led by more than eight, and the scoreboard flipped 24 times before a three from Marcus Joshua Carr froze it at 96-94.

Bologna set the tone with a 33-30 first quarter. Olympiacos answered with a 20-16 second period and nudged in front, but Virtus swung back with a 26-20 third to carry a 75-70 cushion into the fourth — having earlier strung together 11 straight points, the game's longest run. Olympiacos' best burst was 10 in a row, and their 24-21 final frame dragged the game to the last possession.

The closing stretch belonged to Aliou Diarra and Carr. Diarra's free throw made it 91-89, Mbaye Ndiaye leveled at 91-91, Diarra struck again for 93-92. Jean Claudio Montero flipped it to 93-94 for Olympiacos — before Carr ended the argument from deep at 96-94.

Carr finished with 22 points and 10 assists on 64% shooting, the game's best rating at 9.5. Diarra posted 18 points and 14 rebounds on 73% from the field, Derrick Samuel Alston Jr added 17 and Wendell Moore Jr 12. Olympiacos matched them at the top — Tyler Dorsey 22, Sasha Vezenkov 20 — and the turnover battle finished even at 11. The difference was elsewhere.

Second chances don't make the highlight reel. On this night in Bologna, they made the result.