For the first "Monday Night" of its season, Olimpia heads to Cremona, for a so-called derby. Cremona has a record of 1-6, is navigating in the penultimate position in the standings, ahead of Napoli, but has just made an important correction to its roster by bringing shooter Payton Willis back to Italy from Spain. Willis Read More »
Chacho Rodriguez: in 2019 after winning the second of three EuroLeague championships you left Moscow and chose to come to Milan. Why? “I was playing for a powerhouse, CSKA Moscow, and before I played for Real Madrid. But going to a team where I felt I could create something special was what motivated me the Read More »
Olimpia took over on the middle of the fourth quarter that so many times during the season has been a nightmare and won in Belgrade against Partizan 88-81. “We moved the ball, we sacrificed and in the fourth period we allowed them to just score 16 points. That was the key,” Coach Ettore Messina said. Read More »
Josh Nebo, as scheduled, underwent further tests which confirmed the presence of a tendon injury in his right upper limb. The rehabilitation treatment will continue for a period of 3-to-4 weeks, at the end of which his return to the regular activities time will be determined. Read More »
Olimpia spent a day in Berlin, practicing in the Alba’s facility where the team was joined by Ousmane Diop: the Senegalese center tomorrow will be available for being used against Partizan by Coach Ettore Messina (Shavon Shields and Josh Nebo will remain out). The team landed in Belgrade in time for one pregame practice. It Read More »
Once again, Olimpia was not able to finish the game in Berlin, let a 13-point third period lead vanished and was forced to play an overtime. But by then Alba had momentum and cruised to a 105-101 win. Olimpia led essentially for the length of the game with a couple of exception. After taking a Read More »
Olimpia began today a week to be entirely spent "on the road", starting in Berlin to face Alba. From Germany, the team will then move to Serbia to take up Partizan Belgrade (one more effort will then be required in Cremona next Monday). In the EuroLeague, Olimpia is coming off two consecutive wins at home, Read More »
“I was young, very young. We lived in Salt Lake City at the time. It was during the playoffs. The Lakers won the game and closed the series against the Jazz. I told my father that I wanted to meet Kobe Bryant. He suggested that I wait for him in the tunnel, where the players Read More »
Olimpia had to trust its defense on the last possession when Jordan Parks took a long three from the top of the key to win the game for Reyer. Fortunately, it was short, Pippo Ricci controlled the rebound and Olimpia prevailed 79-78. It was a strange twist of events in Unipol Forum, because Olimpia simply Read More »
Olimpia raised its head energetically against Real Madrid, winning among other things its second consecutive EuroLeague game, but now it has to do the same in the Italian league and erasing Trento’s outing. Reyer Venezia arrives at the Unipol Forum as one of the best and most successful teams of the last decade. Venezia has Read More »
