It's one of the greatest clichés in sports, but in this case it is true: all games are like finals, and Olimpia needs to make few calculations and win as many games as possible between now and the end of one of the most closely contested regular seasons in years. With a 50 percent win Read More »
It was a classic Olimpia game but this time it was Pippo Ricci's turn to take the center role and lead Olimpia to a 88-86 win over Cantù. The Captain scored 22 points, his Olimpia's career-high, including six triples that kept Cantù at distance and in the fourth quarter became the go-to guy. So much Read More »
Olimpia Milano and Cantù faced off a few weeks ago in Desio, but this time the most intense Lombard derby—along with Milan-Varese—is being played in one of its natural settings, in Piazza Stuparich, in the arena known as Palalido. It's the historic Milan's home of a game that has seen 174 precedents, awarded a European Read More »
Olimpia raised the pedal from the metal in the fourth quarter but this time it was a win because the first periods have been spectacular in a 87-84 triumph over Barcelona. "We played the best three quarters of the entire season, defensively and offensively, we shared the ball, we had 20 assists, we were almost Read More »
Tomorrow's game at the arena formerly known as Palalido between Olimpia and Barcelona will be a bg classic, a clash that has seen many close and intense battles, especially in recent seasons, including the one at the Palau Blaugrana early in the season, a 74-72 victory for the Catalans. Much has changed since then: Barcelona Read More »
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 »
