A defensive masterpiece in Moscow. Olimpia held CSKA to 57 points and led wire to wire, to get another big road win after the one earned one week ago in Barcelona. Olimpia approached the game perfectly, took an early lead and held the opponents to 10 points in the first quarter. When CSKA attempted a Read More »
From Barcelona to Moscow. For Olimpia, it is the second straight road game against a Final Four team and in this particular case it means facing a perennial, almost inevitable, Final Four team. Olimpia’s won four of its last five EuroLeague games including Tuesday’s make up game against Alba Berlin. During this span, Olimpia lost Read More »
Olimpia’s defense took control of the game in the fourth quarter leading the team to a 84-76 triumph over Alba Berlin. It is the 12th EuroLeague win of the season. The game was very close since the beginning, both teams never led by more than six points until the final quarter. Olimpia celebrated appropriately Nicolò Read More »
During the game against Alba, Sergio Rodriguez became the third player in EuroLeague history to reach 1,500 assist for his career. Before him, only Vassilis Spanoulis and Nick Calathes did it. He did it his way, with a nine-assist effort, the second of his season (he had already done it against Panathinaikos) which raised his Read More »
Nicolò Melli became last night the third Olimpia player to appear in at least 100 EuroLeague games with the red jersey. Before him, Kaleb Tarczewski (the all-time leader with 138) and Vlado Micov reached that number. Melli is the first Italian to do so. His first EuroLeague game dates to October 21, 2010, in Moscow, Read More »
Fresh from the fourth road of its season, in Barcelona, but with four games to make up, including three at home, making difficult to read the standings, Olimpia hosts Alba Berlin (Tuesday, 18, tip-off time 20:30 in Mediolanum Forum), a game that was scheduled to be played at the end of December but then has Read More »
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 »
