Not only Real Madrid is the defending champion, but it is the one team that is literally dominating this EuroLeague. Undefeated on its own court, Real Madrid lost once in Barcelona and once in Istanbul-Fenerbahce plus in Monte Carlo when the roster was decimated by absences. Generally they never had major problems even in emergency Read More »
In European competitions, Olimpia Milano and Real Madrid have met 36 times, with a record of 27-9 in Real Madrid favor. Real Madrid-Olimpia awarded the European Cup in 1967 in Madrid and the Cup Winners' Cup in Ostend in 1984: in both circumstances, Real won. This game has been played 18 times in Madrid and Read More »
Olimpia took the game over in the second quarter and responded after a tough stretch in the third to win comfortably 78-72 in Pistoia. It is the fifth straight win in the Italian league. Olimpia struggled in the first period when Pistoia, a hot shooting team, started making six threes out of eight three-point attempts. Read More »
Flying from Istanbul to Pistoia via Florence, across two time zones and almost three hours of flight. For Olimpia there is no time to complain about the missed opportunity in Istanbul, but only to prepare for the game in Tuscany against a solid team, perhaps not very deep, but endowed with considerable talent as it Read More »
An unexplainable collapse in the third quarter doomed Olimpia one more time, 79-73 in Istanbul. After a very promising first half, especially a thunderous second quarter with 29 points scored and Rodney McGruder (16 points at the end) hitting four consecutive threes before missing one, Olimpia led by nine at the half (the biggest lead Read More »
The Istanbul classic between two teams that have often crossed paths in the EuroLeague era comes at a complicated juncture for both. Efes were overwhelmed in Kaunas right from the tip-off, trailing by more than thirty points at one point and was able to narrow the margin late in the game when Zalgiris had the Read More »
There was a lack of competitiveness that killed Olimpia’s chances in Athens. Panathinaikos took control of the game late in the first quarter and never relinquished it in a 79-62 beating. “We started missing lay-ups and defensive assignments but more than anything else we didn’t respond. Our lack of competitiveness was frankly embarrassing,” Coach Ettore Read More »
The eighth week, with two EuroLeague rounds, is starting and this time Olimpia faces them both on the road, both very tough, first in Oaka against Panathinaikos then at Sinan Erden Arena against Anadolu Efes. Panathinaikos, coached by Ergin Ataman, a two-time European champion with Efes, is 9-3 on its court, has won eight of Read More »
A terrific 22-0 run in the hearth of the third period allowed Olimpia to turn a close battle into a blowout against a determined Sassari team. 80-65 was the final score. Dinamo was held to 22 second-half points. Particularly impressive was the third period because Sassari stormed into the court and scored eight points over Read More »
Just like one week ago, Olimpia is returning to the court less than 48 hours after its EuroLeague game for a crucial regular season game against Sassari. The difference is the location: this time there are no trips in between, as Olimpia will stay inside the Forum friendly confines. On top of it, Nikola Mirotic Read More »
