It was one of those nights. The nights that belong to Olimpia's DNA when the heart and soul, as Coach Ettore Messina said, will lead the team over the obstacle, no matter how high it is. Shorthanded Olimpia defeated the defending champions of Panathinaikos 87-75 at the end of a game led since early in Read More »
The defending European Champions of Panathinaikos are coming to Milan on a night of great emotions in which Olimpia - obviously without, among the others, its most experienced player, Nikola Mirotic - will have to play above its limits to try to win a game of enormous difficulty. Panathinaikos is dealing with some absences in Read More »
Olimpia took over in the fourth quarter prolonging a promising stretch of possessions that ended the third quarter and defeated Trieste 87-74. "It is an important win because, let alone that Trieste is a very good team who can score with the best of them, we got a lot from different players. In the end, Read More »
An important game in January, at the Unipol Forum, is going to be played on Sunday. Olimpia and Trieste have the same win-loss record and since the race towards the playoffs can be considered on, the outcome will have a great effect on the future of the two teams. Olimpia needs to win to rebuild Read More »
On February 2nd, during the half-time of the Italian league game between EA7 Emporio Armani Milano and Openjobmetis Varese, Olimpia will celebrate the induction into the club's Hall of Fame of Antonio Cappellari, category "Executive". He was Olimpia Milan's general manager during the back-to-back Euroleague championships of the 1987 and 1988.Born in Milan in 1948, Read More »
A road game that started on a bad note finished even worse because a Mirotic-less Olimpia didn’t find a way to compete in Istanbul and eventually surrendered 110-66 to Anadolu Efes. “We are a depressed team because after a good stretch of games we got some iniuries and now we are demoralized. So, my job Read More »
For the first time Olimpia will play in Istanbul at the Basketball Development Center, which in truth is the reconstruction of the old Abdi Ipekci, the arena demolished a few years ago and rebuilt to become the home of the Turkish Federation and Anadolu Efes again. It is the arena where Olimpia played an unlucky Read More »
During last Sunday's game in Venice, Nikola Mirotic suffered an injury to the adductor of his right thigh which will be re-evaluated in two weeks, Olimpia Milan announced. During the same game, Zach LeDay suffered a subluxation of his left shoulder. LeDay joined the team in Istanbul and his use will be decided at game Read More »
It was a close game for 32-33 minutes, but after halftime Olimpia lost Nikola Mirotic and Leandro Bolmaro due to injuries so it was heavily shorthanded and didn't have enough to keep pace with Reyer Venezia. "Maybe they were going to win anyway, because they are playing well, they are well organized around Tyler Ennis Read More »
It is now a "Classic" of Italian basketball. The only anomaly is that Milan and Venezia, over the last 12 years in which they were both at the top of the Italian league, have never met in a championship series or an Italian Cup final. But the battles have been countless, including three very competitive Read More »
