Coach Dan Peterson, the coach of the 1987 Champions Cup and the 1985 Korac Cup, who at the helm of Olimpia Milano reached two other European finals and won four Italian league championships (plus one in Bologna) was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, class of 2024. For Coach Peterson, who is already a Read More »
Olimpia improved its second half regular season record to 12-2 defeating Brescia 83-77 in a clash of league-leading teams. Olimpia led basically for the entire night, after a seven-three first period. Brescia got the lead twice, by a single point, after the first third quarter possession and again late in the third. Coach Ettore Messina Read More »
The regular season last home game is a clash at the top of the standings, a game which will inevitably change the outlook of the playoffs’ seeding. Germani Brescia comes to the Forum sharing the first place in the standings with Olimpia and Virtus Bologna. In the last round, Brescia will host Brindisi and Olimpia Read More »
Olimpia took control of the Scafati game in the middle of the first quarter and never looked back in a 99-77 win. "We were coming off a good week of work and that was a good game. We will try to build on it while trying to get the best possible position in the playoffs' Read More »
The regular season is entering the homestretch and Olimpia is facing Gigova Scafati in its next-to-last home game. The importance of what is at stake is made transparent by the standings. Olimpia is one win - or one Reyer loss - from being certain of finishing among the top three spots, but at the same Read More »
Olimpia came back strong after a spiritless first quarter and won 91-89 in Treviso. A lethargic start to the game allowed Treviso to gain a 17-point shocking lead early in the game. However, Olimpia responded with a huge second quarter defensively. Treviso was held to six points, didn't score at all in the first six Read More »
With the EuroLegue season in the rearview mirror, Olimpia will focus on the Italian league starting with this game in Treviso, a crucial one for playoffs' seedings. Olimpia currently sits in second place tied with Bologna who has the tiebreak advantage, one win behind Brescia. This the next to last road game. The next two Read More »
Before Kye Hines, before relatively small centers became popular, there was Mason Rocca. Also in Milan, there was Mason Rocca. Two-meter tall, perhaps less, but a lot of courage, no fear of getting an elbow in the face, not even from Yao Ming, who after a memorable Italy-China game in the 2006 World Cup mimicked Read More »
During the Olimpia Milan's EuroLeague game played against Maccabi in Belgrade, Nikola Mirotic reported a muscle strain to the flexors of the right thigh which will be re-evaluated in two weeks, and Maodo Lo an acute phase of patellofemoral chondropathy to the right knee which will be re-evaluated after some days of rest and treatment. Read More »
It was largely irrelevant so it became a EuroLeague game mostly dominated by the offenses even in a night of low three-point shooting percentages. Maccabi led most of the night and won 92-86. Olimpia managed to come back several times, the last one late in the fourth quarter when Shabazz Napier hit a three and Read More »
