Defense and energy: Olimpia ties up the series

With a great defensive game (David Logan was held to zero points), changing a little bit the players' rotations in the second half to ride the ones with more energy, Olimpia won game 2, 84-71 tying up the semifinal series against Sassari at 1 apiece. Alessandro Gentiles scored 25 points, tying his playoff-high, but he Read More »

Defense and energy: Olimpia ties up the series

With a great defensive game (David Logan was held to zero points), changing a little bit the players' rotations in the second half to ride the ones with more energy, Olimpia won game 2, 84-71 tying up the semifinal series against Sassari at 1 apiece. Alessandro Gentiles scored 25 points, tying his playoff-high, but he Read More »

The semifinal started on a difficult note

The semifinal started in the worst way for Olimpia. The team came up short after a tough game it was able to control, building up to a 9-point lead on the different moments. The alst five minutes were decisive: Sassari was still sharp while Olimpia's offense stagnated a little and the defense wasn't capable to Read More »

The semifinal started on a difficult note

The semifinal started in the worst way for Olimpia. The team came up short after a tough game it was able to control, building up to a 9-point lead on the different moments. The alst five minutes were decisive: Sassari was still sharp while Olimpia's offense stagnated a little and the defense wasn't capable to Read More »

Sweep Time in Bologna: it’s 3-0 Olimpia

Bologna tried hard to stay alice,  came back a couple of times but at the end of the day Olimpia led Game 3 wire to wire, took a 7-0 leader early and never looked in the mirror. It was another dominating game from the start. Joe Ragland, driving and dishing, with MarShon Brooks, was instrumental Read More »

Sweep Time in Bologna: it’s 3-0 Olimpia

Bologna tried hard to stay alice,  came back a couple of times but at the end of the day Olimpia led Game 3 wire to wire, took a 7-0 leader early and never looked in the mirror. It was another dominating game from the start. Joe Ragland, driving and dishing, with MarShon Brooks, was instrumental Read More »

Olimpia takes a commanding lead in game 2

Olimpia had another commanding performance in game 2, taking a 2-0 lead in the quarterfinals series against Virtus Bologna. 99-72 was the final score, the largest lead was 29 points late in the fourth and the game never looked in doubt after a 7-0 start. Bologna had a good run in the second quarter when Read More »

Olimpia takes a commanding lead in game 2

Olimpia had another commanding performance in game 2, taking a 2-0 lead in the quarterfinals series against Virtus Bologna. 99-72 was the final score, the largest lead was 29 points late in the fourth and the game never looked in doubt after a 7-0 start. Bologna had a good run in the second quarter when Read More »

Olimpia storms into the playoffs: 90-67

It was an impressive, convincing playoffs' debut. Olimpia won 90-67 in game 1 against Virtus Bologna, riding a devastating all-arounf game by Daniel Hackett who also surpassed the 2.000-point barrier for his career. EA7 took control of the game early, got away in the second period, struggled a little bit in the third but it Read More »

Olimpia storms into the playoffs: 90-67

It was an impressive, convincing playoffs' debut. Olimpia won 90-67 in game 1 against Virtus Bologna, riding a devastating all-arounf game by Daniel Hackett who also surpassed the 2.000-point barrier for his career. EA7 took control of the game early, got away in the second period, struggled a little bit in the third but it Read More »