After several attempts to get away, leading by as many as 10 points in the second half, with two minutes left in the game, Olimpia found itself tied at 82 with Trento. Give them a lot of credit of coming back time after time in a game Olimpia led from wire to wire saved one Read More »
Awaiting Olimpia on Sunday at the Unipol Forum is a team that has was never beaten in direct clashes this season, clearly in the first in Trento and less emphatically in the Italian Cup championship game. Like the one played last Saturday in Brescia, this is a game with great weight on the standings: by Read More »
Olimpia struggled in Paris right from the beginning. A rough start allowed Paris Basketball to build immediately a 12-point lead that was never relinquished. Olimpia attemped several comebacks in every single quarter but was always affected by tough starts to the periods and finally lost 92-79. It didn't have enough defense against Paris' quickness especially Read More »
Every game is a final, every game is a playoff. These are concepts that are often used in the EuroLeague, sometimes too often. But that is not the case here: with five games remaining, Olimpia goes to Paris to face a team that has the same win-loss record. Eventually, it will have two more rounds Read More »
Playing on short rest, without Nikola Mirotic, with Shavon Shields in a regime of minutes restrictions, Olimpia used all its resources, physically and mentally, to find a way to defeat the league-leading Brescia on its home turf, 79-73. It was a beautiful display of heart and soul because Olimpia couldn't be brilliant but was able Read More »
After a very tough battle in Belgrade, a physical, exhausting game, mentally draining, with small leads and resolved only in the end, by pushing back the last attempt at a comeback mounted by Red Star, Olimpia is back on the road in the Italian league, direction Brescia. It will be a round trip in the Read More »
Nikola Mirotic shows his big heart and big soul! He limps, grimaces, is in pain, but in the end he leaves his indelible mark in all the most important moments of the game including the final seconds in which he gets fouled and makes a free throw. Only one, and it would leave the door Read More »
A win separates Red Star and Olimpia in the EuroLeague standings, a win that separates the playoff zone from the last place available to enter the play-in tournament. The game in Belgrade is of capital relevance for both teams. Olimpia won the first game with a 15-point margin: this is another fact to take into Read More »
Armoni Brooks turns the game around, a 90-80 Olimpia win, snatching it from the hands of JP Macura who had dominated it for three quarters, one three after another, leading Treviso to unexpected leads, 15 points the largest, but still 12 in the middle of the third quarter. Olimpia went to another gear on defense Read More »
A historic opponent is coming to the Unipol Forum: the club is not the same but the legacy is and, against Benetton, Olimpia has played many memorable games including two playoff series. By beating Treviso in 2005, clinching the series on the road in Game 5, Olimpia made it to its first championship series since Read More »
