Three tough road games are awaiting Olimpia right after the home date with Zalgiris Kaunas, on Thursday (tip off time: 20:30): Munich, Belgrade-Partizan and Barcelona. The schedule makes the Zalgiris game even more important than already is. Olimpias has won the last two EuroLeague games, Efes at home and red Star on the road. As Read More »
Olimpia lost at home, 86-81, after a very weird game that was dominated, controlled in the first half and then slipped away in the third quarter. When Olimpia realized the situation, the game was up for grabs and an inspired Pistoia team had more confidence to finish it. Charlie Moore, Pistoia's point guard, had 28 Read More »
Just 42 hours after the big game in Belgrade, Olimpia will step on the court again to face Pistoia in the Italian league. "We didn't have time to prepare for this game - Coach Mario Fioretti said - so our main goal is to regroup and get back the right amount of energy, physically and Read More »
Maodo Lo set a career high by scoring 32 points in Belgrade. The 38 points of index rating and the six made threes (out of seven) are also career highs. Maodo Lo's previous high was 27 points in a single game, played against Olympiacos. The 38 rating is the third highest ever by an Olimpia Read More »
The second half was played close to perfection so Olimpia turned a six-point deficit early in the third into a resounding 93-71 win in Belgrade against Red Star. Olimpia scored 55 points in the second half and 30 in the fourth quarter. Maodo Lo, 32 points, a career-high, 6-for-7 from three-point territory was the hero Read More »
After a few days of work following some tough weeks, Olimpia left Milan to fly to Belgrade, the basketball hotbed where tomorrow will face Red Star. The game will be played in Stark Arena, where the local team is averaging more than 18.000 spectators per game so far. The atmosphere will be predictable, it was Read More »
Olimpia simply dominated its game against Reyer Venice, a previously league-leading team. "We had to right approach at both ends of the floor, we moved the ball, we shot well, the young guys gave us a lift coming off the bench. Bortolani is the most ready because he's been playing more, he can score and Read More »
It will the fourth game in seven days, after a EuroLeague double round and the big win conquered over Efes Istanbul last Thursday. But it will be a tough out against Reyer Venice, one of three league-leading three, 6-1 in the domestic competition, 3-4 in the Eurocup where it is riding a two-game winning streak. Read More »
Right now, confessing that he still looks at himself as an athlete, not a former player, at 38 years of age, Kruno Simon plays basketball on a minor team in Zagreb, but since that's not enough he also plays football on an even more… minor team, “we are in the fifth division,” he smiles. Simon Read More »
Efes took the lead essentially for the first time. It was late in the third quarter. Will Clyburn used his size, one on one skills to score at will, getting to the line and creating any sorts of problems to the Olimpia's defense. Olimpia led by as many as nine points but struggled ot finish Read More »
