Olimpia’s comeback came up short against Valencia

Olimpia's furious comeback in the fourth quarter, starting by 11 points down came up short in the last minute. Valencia won in Desio 93-89. A bunch of three-pointers by Vlado Micov (5/5 in the third) and then by Curtis Jerrells brought Olimpia within three. A driving two-pointer by Arturas Gudaitis reduced the gap to one. Read More »

Olimpia’s comeback came up short against Valencia

Olimpia's furious comeback in the fourth quarter, starting by 11 points down came up short in the last minute. Valencia won in Desio 93-89. A bunch of three-pointers by Vlado Micov (5/5 in the third) and then by Curtis Jerrells brought Olimpia within three. A driving two-pointer by Arturas Gudaitis reduced the gap to one. Read More »

Pianigiani wants to improve mentally in spite of the adversities

Simone Pianigiani spoke about the upcoming game against Valencia in Desio. "They are a confident team right now after beating Real Madrid. Valencia is a talented team, capable to space differently by playing Tibor Pleiss to attack the rim or Dubjevic to have two dimensions, the post-up offense and the three-point shooting, and Valencia is Read More »

Pianigiani wants to improve mentally in spite of the adversities

Simone Pianigiani spoke about the upcoming game against Valencia in Desio. "They are a confident team right now after beating Real Madrid. Valencia is a talented team, capable to space differently by playing Tibor Pleiss to attack the rim or Dubjevic to have two dimensions, the post-up offense and the three-point shooting, and Valencia is Read More »

Olimpia couldn’t finish strong in Kaunas after 27 good minutes

Olimpia resisted like it promised but couldn’t deliver the win in Kaunas, losing 77-65 in a closer-than-it-looks game that Olimpia led for almost three quarters. After taking a five-point lead in the third quarter, Zalgiris took over the game with its aggressiveness, overcoming the rebounding battle and by going repeatedly to the line (31 free Read More »

Olimpia couldn’t finish strong in Kaunas after 27 good minutes

Olimpia resisted like it promised but couldn’t deliver the win in Kaunas, losing 77-65 in a closer-than-it-looks game that Olimpia led for almost three quarters. After taking a five-point lead in the third quarter, Zalgiris took over the game with its aggressiveness, overcoming the rebounding battle and by going repeatedly to the line (31 free Read More »

Pianigiani: “Resisting in Kaunas would be a great signal”

Coach Simone Pianigiani talked about the upcoming EuroLeague game in Kaunas. “Zalgiris is one of the best EuroLeague teams for consistency, results and personality. Probably they play with the biggest amount of energy of the entire competition and they use it even more at home because of their terrific home-court. It’s a very dangerous opponent Read More »

Pianigiani: “Resisting in Kaunas would be a great signal”

Coach Simone Pianigiani talked about the upcoming EuroLeague game in Kaunas. “Zalgiris is one of the best EuroLeague teams for consistency, results and personality. Probably they play with the biggest amount of energy of the entire competition and they use it even more at home because of their terrific home-court. It’s a very dangerous opponent Read More »

Olimpia responded to Trento’s physical challenge winning 88-80

It was a tough, physical, make-no-prisoners battle against Trento, the most atypical team in the Italian league with different type of lineups and a style predicated on being aggressive, looking for contacts, steals and offensive rebounds. Olimpia responded. Hit by hit. And finally in the secon half took over. Trento was able to respond once Read More »

Olimpia responded to Trento’s physical challenge winning 88-80

It was a tough, physical, make-no-prisoners battle against Trento, the most atypical team in the Italian league with different type of lineups and a style predicated on being aggressive, looking for contacts, steals and offensive rebounds. Olimpia responded. Hit by hit. And finally in the secon half took over. Trento was able to respond once Read More »