This is what Coach Luca Banchi had to say the day before Olimpia's road game in Malaga for the Top 16 third round. "We face the team leading the Spanish league but still looking for its first Top 16 win. A situation very similar to ours. Their team is strong, deep and they mix talent, Read More »
This is what Coach Luca Banchi had to say the day before Olimpia's road game in Malaga for the Top 16 third round. "We face the team leading the Spanish league but still looking for its first Top 16 win. A situation very similar to ours. Their team is strong, deep and they mix talent, Read More »
Alessandro Gentile started and Joe Ragland with a couple of clutch threes finished. Olimpia won in Pistoia a playoff-caliber battle 79-73, coming back from a 10-point deficit in the first half. Gentile scored 14 points in the first quarter and finished with 25 drawing 9 fouls - a career high - and grabbing 9 rebounds, Read More »
Alessandro Gentile started and Joe Ragland with a couple of clutch threes finished. Olimpia won in Pistoia a playoff-caliber battle 79-73, coming back from a 10-point deficit in the first half. Gentile scored 14 points in the first quarter and finished with 25 drawing 9 fouls - a career high - and grabbing 9 rebounds, Read More »
A promising start, defensively and then also offensively, produced a 7-point lead early in the second quarter, but it wasn't enough. Olimpia in Piraeus lost aggressiveness and control of the game early in the third, was capable to get within seven again but finally made too many shooting mistakes - not all of them forced Read More »
A promising start, defensively and then also offensively, produced a 7-point lead early in the second quarter, but it wasn't enough. Olimpia in Piraeus lost aggressiveness and control of the game early in the third, was capable to get within seven again but finally made too many shooting mistakes - not all of them forced Read More »
Olimpia struggled in the first quarter when it could make a three and Brindisi had six of them. But in the second quarter, the order was restored. Nicolò Melli was the one taking over (he had also 10 rebounds), Samardo Samuels had a terrific offensive game (21) and many players gave their contribution in peculiar Read More »
Olimpia struggled in the first quarter when it could make a three and Brindisi had six of them. But in the second quarter, the order was restored. Nicolò Melli was the one taking over (he had also 10 rebounds), Samardo Samuels had a terrific offensive game (21) and many players gave their contribution in peculiar Read More »
A bad loss in the Top 16 opener for Olimpia Milano. After relying on a good defensive outing in the first half to make up for insufficient shooting percentages especially from the perimeter, Olimpia was erased by the court in the second half. Nizhny started to play faster and was a lot more effective shooting Read More »
A bad loss in the Top 16 opener for Olimpia Milano. After relying on a good defensive outing in the first half to make up for insufficient shooting percentages especially from the perimeter, Olimpia was erased by the court in the second half. Nizhny started to play faster and was a lot more effective shooting Read More »
