Olimpia once more refused to lose and won 94-90

It was a tough night. Tougher than expected. Torino in spite of being last in the standing finally expressed its potential and physicality to build a 9-point lead late in the fourh quarter. And then Olimpia simply refused to lose, came back, was dorced by a late Jerome Dyson layup to go overtime where in Read More »

Olimpia once more refused to lose and won 94-90

It was a tough night. Tougher than expected. Torino in spite of being last in the standing finally expressed its potential and physicality to build a 9-point lead late in the fourh quarter. And then Olimpia simply refused to lose, came back, was dorced by a late Jerome Dyson layup to go overtime where in Read More »

Olimpia is tougher and advance over Banvit 79-76

Banvit launched an all-out assault on Olimpia, had a great start and extended the lead to 12 points early in the third but Olimpia was simply tougher and resisted physically. After allowing Banvit to shoot at 60 percent from three and to dominate the boards, Coach Repesa went to aggressive zone, played small and the Read More »

Olimpia is tougher and advance over Banvit 79-76

Banvit launched an all-out assault on Olimpia, had a great start and extended the lead to 12 points early in the third but Olimpia was simply tougher and resisted physically. After allowing Banvit to shoot at 60 percent from three and to dominate the boards, Coach Repesa went to aggressive zone, played small and the Read More »

Olimpia: dominating effort in Bologna 101-85

It took five minutes and one time-out to figure out the best way to solve the game. And Olimpias executed with a terrific 31-point inaugural period. A devastating 8-0 run to close the quarter allowed Olimpia to come back form 11-2 down to six up. The Milano never looked back, the lead extendend up to Read More »

Olimpia: dominating effort in Bologna 101-85

It took five minutes and one time-out to figure out the best way to solve the game. And Olimpias executed with a terrific 31-point inaugural period. A devastating 8-0 run to close the quarter allowed Olimpia to come back form 11-2 down to six up. The Milano never looked back, the lead extendend up to Read More »

Short rotation, big heart: Olimpia won in Bandirma

Daniele Magro with a buzzer-beating jumper from the corner closes the game with a 72-69 win for Olimpia over Banvit in Bandirma after a seven-point scoring spree by Kruno Simon had allowed EA7 to come back and take the lead for good. Essentially the series will be decided one week from now in Mediolanum Forum Read More »

Short rotation, big heart: Olimpia won in Bandirma

Daniele Magro with a buzzer-beating jumper from the corner closes the game with a 72-69 win for Olimpia over Banvit in Bandirma after a seven-point scoring spree by Kruno Simon had allowed EA7 to come back and take the lead for good. Essentially the series will be decided one week from now in Mediolanum Forum Read More »

Yes We Did! Olimpia won the Italy Cup 82-76

It was basically a wire-to-wire win. Olimpia approached the Italy Cup final the right way and dominated the game with intensity, defense (terrific in the first quarter where it allowed Avellino just 11 points) and rebounds in spite of playing without two pure centers like Stanko Barac and Esteben Batista. Coach Jasmin Repesa opted for Read More »

Yes We Did! Olimpia won the Italy Cup 82-76

It was basically a wire-to-wire win. Olimpia approached the Italy Cup final the right way and dominated the game with intensity, defense (terrific in the first quarter where it allowed Avellino just 11 points) and rebounds in spite of playing without two pure centers like Stanko Barac and Esteben Batista. Coach Jasmin Repesa opted for Read More »