In Reggio Emilia, Olimpia spent the night chasing the home team and eventually came up short, losing 73-68. Afflicted by terrible shooting percentages from the arc, Olimpia fell down by 15 in the third quarter because Reggio was hot with Olisevicius, Senglin and obviously its leader Andrea Cinciarini. Milano struggled all night long: Gigi Datome Read More »
The momentum changing play happened early in the fourth quarter. After spending the night chasing Asvel by a margin moving consistently between one, two and seven points, Olimpia made its move. Kyle Hines scored five consecutive points off driving lay-ups, once was fouled and made the ensuing free throw. Suddenly, Olimpia led by five and Read More »
Olimpia returns to the EuroLeague playing at home in front of its fans (9,736 spectators on average in the European competition, sixth overall) with the idea of going back to get a win and leaving the opponent, Asvel Villeurbanne, behind. The standing at this point is of relative significance, but it would be important to Read More »
It was supposed to be a tough game and a close one, but Olimpia dominated it, start to finish line, and the 79-63 final score doesn't reflect what went on on the court. Olimpia led wire to wire by as many as 26 points at various moments. Derthona was capable to come back a little Read More »
Olimpia's furious comeback from a 19-point deficit stopped in the last thirty seconds of the game, when Edgars Ulanovas made a huge three that won the game for Zalgiris, 66-61. Olimpia struggled with shooting most of the night and Zalgiris grew the margin throughout the night. "For some reasons, ou reality is this: if three-four Read More »
After four straight road games, Olimpia is coming home to face Zalgiris. During the long road trip, the best game was the first, played and won in Bologna, while the team regressed during the course of the week and had definitely a subpar outing in Berlin. On top of it, Tommaso Baldasso got injured in Read More »
Turnovers (17), offensive rebounds allowed (16) and bad shooting percentages (5-for-26 from three) killed Olimpia in Berlin. At the end, the team was demoralized and lost by twenty, 83-63. Alba took a convincing lead late in the first period and from that point on, all the attempts to come back were futile. Olimpia got back Read More »
Coach Ettore Messina talked to the media after the Olympiacos' game: “Congratulations to Coach Bartzokas and his team. I think we competed until midway through the third quarter. And then some of the players who really carried us for the last month just had no more legs. We didn’t have a lot of energy. Still, Read More »
Olimpia's winning streak ended after three wins: in Piraeus, Olympiacos won the game 82-66. Olimpia tried to overcome one of the league-leading teams on its home court, but was not consistent enough in its performance and shooting accuracy, as well as falling on a few trivial turnovers that cost a lot. Olimpia lost control of Read More »
The first EuroLeague game of 2023 is also the last of the first half of the regular season. For Olimpia (exhibiting a 4-4 record on the road) it is a very difficult game against Olympiacos who is 10-6 overall, 5-3 at home and has the best points difference in the competition, +135, having won eight Read More »
