The road trip to Pesaro, signaling the mid-point of the regular season (and Olimpia is 13-2), became a trap. Pesaro played with great intensity, tried to get away early and finally responded when Milano took a commanding lead towards the end. It was a nightmare end that forced the overtime and eventually allowed Pesaro to Read More »
Olimpia played a tremendous game in Barcelona, winning 75-73, after producing a terrific effort at both ends of the floor. A 28-point fourth quarter turned the game around and in the closing possessions, Devon Hall made a huge mid-range jumper from the corner and Malcolm Delaney completed a stellar second half with the three that Read More »
Before Tuesday night's game, Barcelona was 5-0 in games that ended within a three-point margin and 6-1 in those closed within five points. No team has been as ruthless in securing the win in close games. Olimpia's two-point win at Palau was Barcelona's first defeat by a single possession in its EuroLeague season. But there Read More »
Barcelona-Olimpia last year was the EuroLeague semifinal, this year Milan won the first round so breaking a four-game losing streak against the Catalans who are still first in the standings and, after the Mediolanum Forum loss, have won nine consecutive games. The level of difficulty is sky-high: Barcelona is 9-0 when playing at Palau. However, Read More »
Olimpia found itself in a big hole after a brutal first quarter, went down 19-4, but gradually came back into the game and defeated Derthona 72-60 for its 13th Italian league win over 14 rounds. "We started the game with an empty tank mentally for the entire team and physically for some guys - Coach Read More »
Tomorrow’s game against Baskonia (tip-off time 20:30) represents the seventh game for Olimpia over a 14-day period, including five EuroLeague games. Olimpia has done something remarkable by winning six games out of seven despite the absence of its leading scorer, Shavon Shields, in addition of missing Dinos Mitoglou. The feat was made possible because of Read More »
In an old school battle, with five men on the court for over thirty minutes and a sixth at 29, six men who scored in double figures, looking everywhere in order to find energy, heart, some sense of urgency, Olimpia pushed Virtus Bologna back 102-99 after an overtime and thus celebrated the 200th game with Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement until the end of the season with Trey Kell, 1.94 mt tall, guard, born on April 5, 1996, in San Diego, California, coming from Varese. “Kell is a young player, who has already demonstrated to be able to play at a very good level in the Italian league. His Read More »
