Lafayette is on fire: Olimpia won in Cremona 91-76

Oliver Lafayette got on fire in the fourth period, scored 15 points to finish his game at 24 in 23 minutes. Moreover he was 5 for 5 from three and he single-handedly allowed Olimpia to get away in Cremona winning convincingly 91-76. Olimpia rebounded from the Pesaro loss by making 13 three-pointers out of 19 Read More »

Lafayette is on fire: Olimpia won in Cremona 91-76

Oliver Lafayette got on fire in the fourth period, scored 15 points to finish his game at 24 in 23 minutes. Moreover he was 5 for 5 from three and he single-handedly allowed Olimpia to get away in Cremona winning convincingly 91-76. Olimpia rebounded from the Pesaro loss by making 13 three-pointers out of 19 Read More »

Olimpia lost control of the game in the fourth

The last few minutes are a nightmare for Olimpia and Pesaro won 69-66. After being up by nine in the middle of the fourth quarter, Olimpia lost control of the game, had some bad defensive possession, allowing easy baskets and all of a sudden was down. Milan Macvan then tried to bring the team back Read More »

Olimpia lost control of the game in the fourth

The last few minutes are a nightmare for Olimpia and Pesaro won 69-66. After being up by nine in the middle of the fourth quarter, Olimpia lost control of the game, had some bad defensive possession, allowing easy baskets and all of a sudden was down. Milan Macvan then tried to bring the team back Read More »

A grind-it-out win for Olimpia over Brindisi 77-72

It wasn't a Picasso or a beautiful win but it was a win obtained by playing tough basketball at least in spurts trying to use the defense to sustain the offense obviously struggling because of too many absences. Olimpia had an outstanding degensive first quarter over Brindisi then played in spurts, struggled in the fourth Read More »

A grind-it-out win for Olimpia over Brindisi 77-72

It wasn't a Picasso or a beautiful win but it was a win obtained by playing tough basketball at least in spurts trying to use the defense to sustain the offense obviously struggling because of too many absences. Olimpia had an outstanding degensive first quarter over Brindisi then played in spurts, struggled in the fourth Read More »

Olimpia closed its Euroleague on a bad note

The Euroleague finished on a bad note with a 77-69 home-court loss against Limoges CSP. Olimpia had a really bad night where it allowed Limoges to score 48 points in the first half alone because of a soft interior defense and a very inadeguate perimeter defense. Limoges had a huge three-point shooting night especially with Read More »

Olimpia closed its Euroleague on a bad note

The Euroleague finished on a bad note with a 77-69 home-court loss against Limoges CSP. Olimpia had a really bad night where it allowed Limoges to score 48 points in the first half alone because of a soft interior defense and a very inadeguate perimeter defense. Limoges had a huge three-point shooting night especially with Read More »

Cinciarini pays homage to his childhood hero

Andrea Cinciarini has been profiled this week on Euroleague Tv about his childhood hero Alphonso Ford, the man after the scoring championship trophy was named in the Euroleague. Cinciarini was just 17 when he started to play with Pesaro's first team whose star was Ford. "He taught me a lot of lessons. He wanted me Read More »

Cinciarini pays homage to his childhood hero

Andrea Cinciarini has been profiled this week on Euroleague Tv about his childhood hero Alphonso Ford, the man after the scoring championship trophy was named in the Euroleague. Cinciarini was just 17 when he started to play with Pesaro's first team whose star was Ford. "He taught me a lot of lessons. He wanted me Read More »