Shavon Shields opened the game in Treviso making the first five three-point attempts, then added a close-range shot and finished the inaugural period with 17 points. He set the tone early and in the fourth quarter he added one more three when Treviso came back within nine. Olimpia defeated Treviso 89-79, led for the entire Read More »
The mental approach will have to be the same as a week ago. Olimpia returns to play in the Italian league, in a must-win game in Treviso, coming off a painful one-point defeat in the EuroLeague, perhaps even more painful than the previous one against Bayern due to the circumstances. But there is no time, Read More »
A hard loss to swallow for Olimpia, 84-83, against powerhouse Olympiacos. In the end, there was one last chance to win the game at the buzzer but the possession didn't amount to nothing and the Piraeus team escaped with a win. But it is a tough loss. "Nikola Mirotic, who is one of the classiest Read More »
The final EuroLeague game of 2024 is also the first of the second half of the regular season. One of the big favourites, Olympiacos Piraeus, who have played in the Final Four in each of the last three seasons, and reached the championship game in 2023, is next in Milan. In an attempt to return Read More »
Olimpia showed the best version of itself against the hottest team in the Italian league with a commanding 105-90 win. Trapani, coming off six straight wins, hit the ground running, made the fist five shots and built a 11-point lead early the game. But from that point on, it was Olimpia all the way. "The Read More »
There is no time, there is no reason to think too much about the one-point defeat suffered at the hands of Bayern Munich in the EuroLeague, a tough one to swallow, because the reality demands only attention for the next game of the Italian leaguem, at the Unipol Forum, against Trapani Shark. Beyond the objective Read More »
It was not the high-scoring game everybody expected for the top two offensive teams in the EuroLeague. Both teams sputtered at times and Bayern prevailed 79-78 in a back-and-forth second half, when no team led by more than five points. It is a tough loss to absorb for Olimpia. Trailing by 18 early in the Read More »
Olimpia Milano and Bayern Munich faced each other for the first time in 2014, but since then they share a very eventful history with 19 games played, most of them solved on a last possession shot or a block, a surprising play or whatever. This pre-Christmas game, that signals the season mid-point, comes after two Read More »
The worst case scenario materialized very early in the game. Panathinaikos was an upset team looking for revenge after a couple of tough losses and Kendruck Nunn's suspensione. So, it entered the game with a chip on the shoulder and all the talent and physicality that it can express. <olimpia didn't absorb the first punch Read More »
The longest EuroLeague winning streak since 2014 will undergo a new tough examination in Athens where Olimpia faces the reigning champions of Panathinaikos, facing them from a higher-ranking position, though the current situation overall reflects an extraordinary balance of quality around the league. Panathinaikos lost heavily in the last round in Istanbul to Efes, but Read More »
