Olimpia Milano announced that Daniele Baiesi will take on the position of sporting director of the club, effective today. Born in Bologna on September 17, 1975, Baiesi worked from 2003 to 2009 in Biella, was a scout for the Detroit Pistons from 2009 to 2014, sporting director of Brose Bamberg from 2014 to 2017 and Read More »
Olimpia Milan is thankful to Sports director Gianmaria Vacirca for the two seasons that we spent together and wishes him all the best for the new, prestigious job he will undertake. Read More »
After three championships, Olimpia abdicates. Before this series, it was 26-3 at home in the playoffs over the last five seasons, but it lost twice in a three-day span and was eliminated by Virtus Bologna, 3-1, the same team against which it had won three championships in a row. Bologna will face Brescia in the Read More »
Over the last five years in the playoffs, Olimpia is 26-4 at home and 9-1 against Virtus Bologna, on its home court. The loss taken in Game 3, however, forces Olimpia with the backs to the wall even if the game is to be played at the Unipol Forum. It is an "elimination game". Olimpia Read More »
Olimpia takes a sharp step back in termis of quality of basektball evidenced both on offense and defense, led the game only for a moment, in the fourth quarter, after a three-pointer scored by Armoni Brooks. They had the possession to extend the lead but they didn't land the knock-out punch. Virtus immediately regained control Read More »
Just like in the quarterfinals, Olimpia returns home after the first two games played on the road tied up at 1-1. Unlike what it had done in the three previous series in which it didn't have home court advantage, this time Olimpia went down in the first game before re-emerging in the second one. Overall, Read More »
This time, Olimpia led the game right from the beginning and finished with a domination, 85-66, that tied the serie up at 1-1 before moving to Milan for Games 3 and 4. It was a collective effort that started with turning the rebounding battle around, compared to Game 1. "We were dominated on the board Read More »
In Trento, Olimpia lost Game 2 due to a lucky shot at the buzzer; in Bologna, it lost Game 1 due to two unusually missed free throws by the team’s best free throw shooter. A random event that on the one hand is painful and on the other one encourages the group to remain positive. Read More »
It was just a matter of execution at the end, for the last 36 seconds when Olimpia led by three points after erasing a late deficit and getting up on a Brooks corner three and a Mirotic lay-up created by Nico Mannion. Unfortunately the late execution was unperfect: Olimpia on the next to last defensive Read More »
One round earlier compared to the last four seasons, the big Italian classic Virtus Bologna against Olimpia Milano is next. During the current season, the two teams have faced each other in all competitions, six times in all, with Olimpia winning the Super Cup and the Italian Cup games. Considering that there have been 43 Read More »
