Olimpia tried hard with all it had in Tel Aviv after the demanding Italian Cup Final Eight that left some of the players empty in terms of energy. So despite never giving up - Coach Itoudis had to use a time out with 22 seconds left in the game, still fearing a comeback - Olimpia Read More »
After the triumph in the Italian Cup, Olimpia Milano returns to the EuroLeague season, traveling to Tel Aviv. This is the team's first game Israel since the spring of 2023, before local teams were forced to play international games on neutral court for safety reasons. Hapoel Tel Aviv is a team with great ambitions and Read More »
Armoni Brooks' 19.7 points per game over three games, 6-for-10 on threes in the final, and a 57.1 percent three-point shooting percentage in three days in Turin crowned him MVP of the 50th edition of the Italian Cup. But the raw numbers don't tell the whole story; for example, they don't tell the whole story Read More »
The Italian Cup is coming home. For the ninth time. Olimpia won it by defeating Tortona in a tough championship game. First, Olimpia dominated, building a 17-point lead, then there was a lot of suffering, when it lost control of the tempo. Finally, it responded with great determination in the final quarter, led first by Read More »
Today's Italian Cup final in Turin is Olimpia's 14th, the third consecutive, and its third attempt to reach nine, more than any other Italian team. The opponent is the same as Olimpia's last triumph (in Pesaro in 2022), although Tommaso Baldasso and Paul Biligha were playing in Milan back then, and Coach Mario Fioretti was Read More »
It was an incredible shootout in Turin and Olimpia prevailed over Brescia 106-102 to clinch a berth for its third consecutive Italian Cup championship game, vs Derthona. Olimpia shot 59.3 percent on its threes, making 16 of them and shot only slightly worse on twos. But it was the same for Brescia who never gave Read More »
Coach Peppe Poeta is going after his former team, Brescia, the first he coached as the head man, including the majority of the roster (the only exception being CJ Massinburg), but this time the Italian Cup final is at stake. This year, Olimpia beat Brescia in the Supercup final at the Forum, then lost in Read More »
Olimpia's second half turned the game around: the defense stepped up just as it had in the first quarter, and the offense did what it needed to, moving the ball, attacking the rim, and running on fast breaks to push the team to a convincing 94-86 win in the Italian Cup quarterfinals in Turin. Olimpia Read More »
The Italian Cup – held in Turin for the fourth consecutive season – is the most unpredictable competition in Italian basketball due to its very singular nature, its single-elimination format, and the timing of the competition. Over the last ten editions, seven different teams have won it (Torino, Cremona, Venezia, Brescia, Napoli, Trento, and Milano). Read More »
After an opening lay-up scored by Cremona's guard Aljami Durham, Olimpia embarked on a 13-0 run that essentially closed the game off very early. Cremona was able to come back withing two at the beginning of the second period but never had momentum. Olimpia had another 7-0 run and kept the opponent at a distance. Read More »
