Paris Basketball is a better team than its place in the standings suggest or might seem, given the recent coaching change (Julius Thomas took over from Francesco Tabellini and became the youngest coach to win a EuroLeague game). They've won five of their last ten games, their point differential (minus 58) is better than the Read More »
Olimpia came up short in Udine, once again losing control of the game and the game itself over the last five minutes or less. Udine was good at taking advantage of it prevailing 86-83. Basically, Olimpia led for 35 minutes, was up by six points at the half and by seven after three quarters. After Read More »
Olimpia is going to play in Udine tomorrow, at the sports hall named after legendary heavyweight Primo Carnera, its 63rd game of the season. Under Coach Peppe Poeta, Olimpia has virtually completed a full half season: this is his 15th game as a head coach in Milan (11-3 is the record, so far), in addition Read More »
103 points scored, 26 assists (six each for Ellis and Mannion, who also played together in the fourth quarter), six players in double figures, led by Zach LeDay, who scored 19 points with five three-pointers and a 31 personal rating. Thus Olimpia prevailed over Virtus Bologna, 103-87, returning to a 50 percent win rate in Read More »
A game against Virtus Bologna, even if it's the fifth of the season, will always be special. It's written in the DNA of both clubs. As happened just a few days ago, Olimpia faces Virtus at a disadvantage, having played in Monaco yesterday while the opponent rested due to the postponement of its game against Read More »
In Monaco, a loss like so many others in this EuroLeague season took place eerily, 90-85. Olimpia led by as many as 12 points several times, the last one early in the fourth quarter but squandered its lead and ruined its good game in the last five minutes. "We played 35 great minutes and one Read More »
Olimpia is returning on the road to begin another tough week, with two EuroLeague games (the second will be against Virtus Bologna, at the Unipol Forum). In truth, the schedule overlaps: tomorrow's game in Monaco will be the third in five days, following the one in Istanbul and the Italian league game won against Dinamo Read More »
"We started the game a little bit soft but it was expected less than 40 hours after the Istanbul battle, so we rode the energy of the players that normally don't play much in the Euroleague. Nico Mannion was huge. Ousmane Diop and Stefano Tonut, too. Winning was the cherry on top of the cake Read More »
Around 500 players have worn the red and white Olimpia jersey in its 90-year history. Enrico Castelli was the first captain, leading the team to its first Italian championship in 1936. Giannino Valli was the first coach. Cesare Rubini won 15 Italian league titles, the first European title in 1966, and was the coach of Read More »
"We played a good game, we approached it with a lot of courage and the first two quarters were really brilliant. But against the defending champions, the league-leadin team, on their home court, playing well is never enough. We tried to come back, though," Coach Peppe Poeta said after Olimpia was defeated 79-75 in Istanbul. Read More »
