A disappointing night shut the door down for any chance to get into the post-season: Virtus Bologna prevailed 90-70 over Milan. Olimpia never had a chance in Bologna, fell down 9-2 after the first field goal scored by Freddie Gillespie and after that never posed a serious threat. Bologna extended the lead consistently, 13 points Read More »
The regular season last road game is the Italian so-called derby and will be played in Bologna. Olimpia - after having failed in the last three games - is forced to win to keep the chance of accessing the EuroLeague post-season through the play-in alive. The game between Red Star Belgrade and Anadolu Efes scheduled Read More »
Olimpia Milano announces that Leandro Bolmaro, during practice, has reported a fracture of the nasal bones with a deviation of the septum, therefore he must undergo specialist treatment. Read More »
Olimpia suffered a disappointing loss in Napoli, 95-87, because of a disappearing act in the fourth period. After finishing the first half on a high note, a Diego Flaccadori corner three that opened up a six-point lead, 47-41, right after a series of runs, taken and given, Olimpia seemed posed to get away in the Read More »
Olimpia will put the month of March behind after one more road game, this time in the Italian league, in Napoli, with the goal of continuing the comeback that has brought the team, with six wins out of eight in the second half of the season, including the last three, on par with the second-placed Read More »
The final sequence was eerily similar to the one Olimpia had in Madrid two day earlier. A late, desperate attempt to steal a win that produced in the end a buzzer-beating acrobatic corner three made by Stefano Tonut. The field goal allowed Olimpia to lose by ten, 98-88, so saving, exactly what happened in Madrid, Read More »
Two teams hurt in different ways in yesterday's games will battle it out at the Unipol Forum tomorrow night to make a crucial step towards the goal of reaching the post-season of this crazy regular season in which one win more or less is worth an unusual number of positions in the standings. Meanwhile, the Read More »
Real Madrid put its hands on the game early with its physicality, with Usman Garuba using all the energy to contain Nikola Mirotic and force him to wander out on the perimeter while Tavares dominated the boards. The two bigs combined for 16 points in the first quarter. Real Madrid never looked back, never trailed. Read More »
His first field goals dates back to the night of Novembre 27, 2010, in Charleroi, Belgium. His team, Real Madrid, lost unexpectedly that night, 67-49. However, Nikola Mirotic, who has had two scoreless appearances early in the season, accumulated four points during the game. The first four of his career. In Madrid, last night, he Read More »
The most important week of the EuroLeague season is upon us, in Madrid. Real and Olimpia have the same number of wins, 16, and are part of the group of teams fighting to get direct access to the playoffs and to avoid the immediate elimination with the play-in tournament in the middle as a precious Read More »
