Six men scored in double figures for Olimpia. Now, Milan leads the best-of-five semifinal series 1-0 after an anomaly of Game 1, especially the first half. 95-89 was the final score. It was a classic playoff game in terms of intensity, characterized by fouls called and even 62 total free throws (and both teams were Read More »
The quarter-final with Trento has been left behind, thanks to the two consecutive road wins. Now, it is on to the semifinals with Brescia, a series that starts again in Milan for Games 1 and 2. Olimpia faces it encouraged by the quality shown in the most recent games, as the numbers say: 89.5 points Read More »
Three games in three days, all three of them starting at 9:00 in the morning. If participating in the EuroLeague Next Gen in Berlin as one of the fantastic eight Under 18 teams in Europe wasn't already something of the highest degree of difficulty, the Olimpia boys will also have to overcome the pitfalls of Read More »
Olimpia tore Game 4 apart between the second and third quarter when it held Trento to 21 points combined turning a one-point deficit into a commanding 23-point led that made the fourth period irrelevant in a 87-69 huge win. Olimpia won the game and the series (3-1) advancing to the Italian league semifinals for the Read More »
It is Olimpia’s first match point, the first potential "close-out game" of the series and of the season. It was achieved by playing a solid game in Trento both offensively and defensively. In Game 3, five players scored in double figures as happened in Game 2. The difference was in the defensive efficiency, with the Read More »
Gradually, Olimpia responded to a slow start, came back and took the lead at the end of the first half and built its game in the second half on its way to a commanding 83-68 win in Trento. Now, Olimpia leads the best of five series 2-1 and has a chance to close it out Read More »
With an extra day of break, the series moves to Trento for Game 3 and Game 4. Olimpia, after the defeat in the closing seconds of Game 1, made up for it by winning the second game in a more energetic way and now needs to establish itself on the road, on a traditionally difficult Read More »
Olimpia built its Game 2, 104-93 win, on a terrific first quarter. In part, it reminded everybody of Game 1's first period but this time the defensive approach was better and the team never let the opponent to get close. Trento reduced the gap late in the fourth with a sequence of three-pointers made by Read More »
The 340th playoff game played by Olimpia was a bitter one. The defeat against Trento in Game 1 forces the team to play catch-up in the series and Game 2 is close to be a must-win game. Furthermore, Sunday's defeat was the first at home in the playoffs after 17 wins in a row. The Read More »
With 2 seconds left in the game, Kamar Baldwin made a tough jumper from mid range and scored the winning basket for Trento, in a 85-84 upset of Olimpia in Game 1 of the Italian league quarterfinals. Game 2 is scheduled to be played tomorrow again in Milan. "We started te game well, then after Read More »
