Ettore Messina has stepped down as Olimpia Milan's Head Coach , the team announced today. This decision was made in agreement with President Leo Dell’Orco, thus anticipating the transition to Peppe Poeta, who takes on the Head Coach position.Ettore Messina will continue to be part of the organization in his management role, ensuring continuity and Read More »
Olimpia's approach to the game in Trieste was defensively not adequate, the team allowed 30 points and condemnerd itself to a night-long chase that in the end proved to come up short in a 86-82 tough loss. Olimpia came back twice in the third quarter after trailing by as many as 13 points. The third Read More »
Olimpia's fifth road game in the Italian league is taking place up in the northeast, in Trieste, a city that, as is well known—but it should be emphasized even more in the season marking the 90th anniversary of the club's founding—has played a crucial role in the club's history. But on Sunday afternoon at the Read More »
Short-handed among the bigs, no Josh Nebo, no Devin Booker, the returning Zach LeDay with no rhythm and minute restrictions, Olimpia struggled mightly in the middle. Hapoel took advantage of it establishing the inside game od Dan Oturu, its powerful big who scored eight of the team's first 10 points at the rim. It was Read More »
One more night reserved for strong-hearted people is waiting Olimpia at the Unipol Forum. More than 50 years have passed since Olimpia and Hapoel Tel Aviv have faced each other, but the Israeli team is coming to Milan leading the league: after winning the Eurocup championship, on the transfer market Hapoel built a very competitive, Read More »
One statistic explains Olimpia's struggles vs Trapani: 0-for-12 on three-pointers in the first half and 2-for-24 before Armoni Brooks' final outburst. Trapani won 86-80, leading basically for the length of the game. Olimpia resisted the initial breakaway attempt and then, with no support from outside shooting, and despite tired legs, kept the outcome of the Read More »
Olimpia will need all the energy it can gather to face another incredibly challenging game in the Italian league: Trapani is in good shape—coming off a BCL victory—and has won six of seven games, losing only in a close game to Tortona. They're a fast, physical, athletic team, in a position to rotate up to Read More »
A classic Olimpia night, for strong hearts, a night for the lions, epic, that will go down in history, an unexpected, incredible, well-deserved 88-87 over Olympiacos, practically leading in the score for 40 minutes out of 40, answering to everything thrown by the opponent. With four-fifths of the supposed starting line-up missing, with the return Read More »
Olimpia hosts Olympiacos, one of the EuroLeague's biggest favorites with its deep roster and unmatched experience, in its fifth home game of the season. Against the Greeks, Olimpia approaches the game riding a three-game winning streak, thanks to the win achieved over Paris Basketball, Efes, and Asvel Villeurbanne, which brought the record back to 50% Read More »
Four players short, including the late scratching of Marko Guduric and Shavon Shields, Olimpia used its next man up mentality to defeat Asvel Villeurbanne 80-72 after a game led for 40 minutes, every possession, not a beautiful one but the one that was needed. With Coach Ettore Messina sidelined by flu-like simptoms, the team was Read More »
