When the going gets tough... Kyle Hines did it again. The best offensive rebounder in the EuroLeague history grabbed the key offensive board with two seconds left in the game, earned a trip to the line and made the winning free throw in a 76-75 road win for Olimpia in Athens. It is the 8th Read More »
Olimpia played nine games over the first 20 days of February, eight of which won, but now it is playing the second game over a 12-day span and curiously in the same city where the other one was played, Athens. The suppression of the Unics Kazan game, with potential implications in the standings, eliminated a Read More »
Olimpia’s road games winning streak was halted at five in Athens, 67-58. Olympiacos struggled to score for three quarter and Olimpia led for the majority of the game by as many as 12 points early in the second and by eight in the third. Olympiacos was able to stay close with its physicality, Olimpia’s turnovers. Read More »
The EuroLeague resumes and Olimpia immediately faces a road game of the highest level of difficulty in Piraeus. Olympiacos is 10-1 at home and defeated Olimpia by 21 points in the first game between these two teams. In the standings, Olimpia is third and Olympiacos is fourth. Milan has three more wins, but Olympiacos have Read More »
A 25-point explosion launched Olimpia to its 8th Italian Cup triumph, repeating the win conquered during the last season. Derthona was defeated in the championship game, 78-61. Olimpia basically never trailed, but during the two middle quarters struggled a little bit offensively and couldn't get away. The defense kept the team in the lead and Read More »
Sergio Rodriguez did it again. During the Italian Cup semifinal, last season, he scored 22 points and led Olimpia to the win against Venezia. He did it again, scoring 22 points, shooting 9-for-13 from the field, and led Olimpia to a hard-fought 69-63 win over Brescia. By doing so, Olimpia broke a nine-game impressive winning Read More »
Olimpia hit the ground running and never looked back in its Italian Cup quarterfinals dominating win over Sassari 88-68. On Saturday, Olimpia will face red-hot Brescia in the semifinals. Milan made four threes over the first five minutes of the game, three of them were made by Troy Daniels who started in a small-ball lineup Read More »
Olimpia used a dominating approach to control its game vs Pesaro since the beginning and cruise to an impressive 91-57 win, with six players scoring in double figure, another superior effort under the boards and a defensive wall, strong enough to keep the opponents from getting into any rythm. Kaleb Tarczewski, 12 points and nine Read More »
The San Diego State Aztecs had only won four games during the 1998/99 season when Steve Fisher was hired as their new head coach. At the time, Fisher was not only the coach who won the 1989 NCAA championship at Michigan, he was also the coach who had recruited and led one of the most Read More »
Olimpia won its 17th EuroLeague game with a dominating performance against Baskonia, a 89-78 that doesn't even go close to represent the story of the game itself. Olimpia took control of it in the first few possessions and never reliquinshed it. The margin gradually incresead and reached 27 points in the third quarter. Up by Read More »
