Olimpia played a serious game, although irrelevant, in Piraeus, as Coach Peppe Poeta remarked at the end. "I'm quite happy they way we competed, with the exception of some minutes in the third quarter when we stopped the ball a little bit too much, we were a little selfish. Here to compete you got to Read More »
On November 14, Olimpia Milano achieved one of the most surprising victories in recent years, defeating Olympiacos Piraeus 88-87. It was the second game coached by Peppe Poeta—who wasn't yet officially the team's head coach—and was achieved with a severely depleted roster, missing Josh Nebo, Shavon Shields, and Zach LeDay, three-fifths of the starting line-up. Read More »
The “Kyle Hines Night” is next! On May 3rd, during halftime of the game between Olimpia Milano and Pallacanestro Trieste, Kyle Hines will be celebrated for his induction into the club's Hall of Fame. Hines arrived in Milan in the summer of 2020 and stayed for four years. During those four seasons, Olimpia won the Read More »
A horrible first half, then a slow start to the second, doomed Olimpia against Bayern: 94-84, the final score that favored the German team. Olimpia shook off its torpor, defending and attacking up to its capabilities only in the fourth quarter, when the team came back with two significant runs and shrank the deficit to Read More »
It's the last game of the EuroLeague season in Milan. Olimpia faces Bayern Munich, who, after sliding to the bottom of the standings, bounced back and won in Bologna last Tuesday. It's not an important game for the result itself but for the prestige. In fact, it marks essentially the start of preparation for the Read More »
Another game was lost after playing well or very well, building a 14-point lead in the third quarter. Olimpia failed to close out the game, suffering one-on-one situations from the opposing guards and then allowing too many offensive rebounds (the overall difference was 38-27 for the final score of 102-96). It's unofrtunate because on a Read More »
Valencia is battling for a top-four spot at the end of the regular season. The team has been one of the season's revelations, with its brand of basketball based on roster depth, three-point shooting, player interchangeability, and a fast-paced offense. Olimpia will play at the new Roig Arena for the first time and will likely Read More »
After leading essentially for the whole game, Olimpia found itself down by three points in the middle of the fourth quarter and the ghosts of many late losses could have appeared in the Unipol Forum. "This time we have been good at keeping play our game, we attacked the switches with Armoni Brooks and that Read More »
La domenica di Pasqua porta all'Unipol Forum la squadra più in forma del campionato. Reggio Emilia ha vinto le ultime sei partite, ha vinto otto delle ultime nove (l'unica sconfitta è avvenuta in casa contro Cantù), ha vinto le ultime cinque partite giocate in trasferta (l'ultima sconfitta risale al 4 gennaio, a Cremona) e nel Read More »
In the first half Olimpia trailed by as many as 26 points, several times. At the half, it trailed by 23 because of a Zach LeDay's late three. But in the second half, it managed to come back quickly and with seven minutes left in the game, a three made by Armoni Brooks shrank the Read More »
