Olimpia stormed into the serie winning 87-80 after a dominating performance. The final margin didn't reflect Olimpia's game. The team controlled the boards, was oustanding offensively and had a lot of intensity and aggressiveness. For many minutes Rimas Kaukenas was the only problem. He scored 27 points, had a fantastic game but was alone. Olimpia Read More »
Olimpia stormed into the serie winning 87-80 after a dominating performance. The final margin didn't reflect Olimpia's game. The team controlled the boards, was oustanding offensively and had a lot of intensity and aggressiveness. For many minutes Rimas Kaukenas was the only problem. He scored 27 points, had a fantastic game but was alone. Olimpia Read More »
Olimpia returned where it belongs. To the Italian league finals after a defensive effort good enough to hold Venezia at 60 points to clinch a berth with a 4-2 win. Olimpia won 68-60, led by as many as 13 points in the third, pushed Venezia back when the home team was capable to comeback and Read More »
Olimpia returned where it belongs. To the Italian league finals after a defensive effort good enough to hold Venezia at 60 points to clinch a berth with a 4-2 win. Olimpia won 68-60, led by as many as 13 points in the third, pushed Venezia back when the home team was capable to comeback and Read More »
After five games both teams knew each other too well. And so Venezia was able to clog the middle and eliminate Esteban Batista post-ups, while Kruno Simon was limited mostly by foul trouble that plagued him all night long. Alessandro Gentile had an all-around game to make up for his struggle at shooting the ball, Read More »
After five games both teams knew each other too well. And so Venezia was able to clog the middle and eliminate Esteban Batista post-ups, while Kruno Simon was limited mostly by foul trouble that plagued him all night long. Alessandro Gentile had an all-around game to make up for his struggle at shooting the ball, Read More »
Olimpia approached game 4 with the expected sense of urgency. It survived a lot of adversities including foul troubles, Gentile's shooting slump for three quarters amd obviously Rakim Sanders turning his left ankle in the second period, to win 88-80. The series is now tied at 2 with game 5 scheduled for Friday in the Read More »
Olimpia approached game 4 with the expected sense of urgency. It survived a lot of adversities including foul troubles, Gentile's shooting slump for three quarters amd obviously Rakim Sanders turning his left ankle in the second period, to win 88-80. The series is now tied at 2 with game 5 scheduled for Friday in the Read More »
A bad approach led to a bad game. Venezia scored on the first three possession and never looked back. The lead blew up to 21 points at the end of the third quarter. The first half was a tragedy, Venezia led by 17 and the difference in terms of energy, mental toughness, phisyicality was depressing. Read More »
A bad approach led to a bad game. Venezia scored on the first three possession and never looked back. The lead blew up to 21 points at the end of the third quarter. The first half was a tragedy, Venezia led by 17 and the difference in terms of energy, mental toughness, phisyicality was depressing. Read More »
