The first half was a promising one. Olimpia ended it tied up with the two-time defending champions of Istanbul, after leading by as many as eight points twice, falling behind by four and coming back. Then there was a brutal collapse. Efes scored two easy field goals at the rim, Coach Messina promptly called a Read More »
The second week with two EuroLeague rounds begins with a huge challenge since Anadolu Efes, the back-to-back reigning champions, will invade the Mediolanum Forum on Tuesday to be followed on Thursday by the other Turkish team, the league leading Fenerbahce. Olimpia is coming from four consecutive defeats but won both games in the previous double Read More »
Olimpia set the tone early in the second half after a struggling second quarter and took control of the game against Trieste winning 98-81 in the end. Max Mitrou-Long was instrumental one more time with 23 points and seven rebounds. He was the engine who ignited the fast real and hit some three. Two of Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement with Timothè Luwawu-Cabarrot, born in Cannes, France, on May 9, 1995, 2.01 mt tall, during the last season with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. "Luwawu-Cabarrot - says Olimpia's general manager, Christos Stavropoulos - is a player in his prime both physically and in terms of basketball skills, he is versatile Read More »
Olimpia knew what was needed to try to win in a sold-out arena in Kaunas: a lot of defense and rebounding. Unfortunately, it had both but the offense didn't produce enough and Zalgiris won 71-62. There's so much you can accomplish after a 8-for-30 three-point shooting night or 15-for-26 from two. Olimpia had only some Read More »
The EuroLeague season is resuming with the fifth road game for Olimpia, this time in Kaunas against a very good Zalgiris team, which has won its three home games so far, every one of them very close, and in the last round won its first road game in Villeurbanne. At home, Zalgiris has defeated Barcelona, Read More »
Olimpia tried, maybe too hard, played with a lot of heart, never gave up, but failed in unleashing its offense, lost confidence after a very promising first period, when the team played well and finished ahead of 11, and ended up with the third defeat in a row, 64-59. The absences of Shavon Shields, Billy Read More »
Olimpia Milan and Virtus Bologna met each other in the EuroLeague for the first and last time in 1997, but they are very familiar since they played 16 times over a two-year span in Italy with a 8-8 record. They faced each other already once this season, in the Supercup semifinal, in Brescia (a Virtus Read More »
Olimpia used a strong second half to get the win in Pesaro 85-71. Defensively, it was a great display of cohesion and attention that allowed Olimpia to hold Pesaro 20 points behind its season average. The three top Pesaro players, Abdur-Rakhman, Moretti and Cheatham who were combining for more than 50 points per game were Read More »
It was a weird game, not because of the Chacho Rodriguez beautiful pre-game celebrations. Olimpia lost 83-77 in the end, after going 12-for-16 from three in the first half, a surreal display of hot shooting, but 2-for-15 in the second. "We missed at least seven threes wide-open," Coach Messina regretted in his post-game comment. More Read More »
