Olimpia tried, maybe too hard, played with a lot of heart, never gave up, but failed in unleashing its offense, lost confidence after a very promising first period, when the team played well and finished ahead of 11, and ended up with the third defeat in a row, 64-59. The absences of Shavon Shields, Billy Baron and Gigi Datome took away much of its firepower which increased the pressure on the “survivors”. In addition, there was a tragic evening from the line. In the second quarter going 6-for-12 from the line facilitated Virtus comeback. The second and third quarter were tragic offensively. However, the defense kept Olimpia in the game. The margin reached 13 points a couple of times in the fourth quarter, but Olimpia with its defense was able to comeback within six twice and five at the very end, but it never had enough consistency to become a threat. “They were able to be more physical and aggressive after a tough first quarter when we played really well. Then, we collapsed, we refused shots, we refused to make decisions, we played sad and depressed. Obviously, we struggled to create advantages offensively and when we did, and we created good shots we passed them up consistently. When something like that happen, whoever is coaching the team had to take responsibility. So, this is on me. Pointing fingers at this time will be bad, it is not about pointing fingers it is about doing my best to help them. Injuries, today we lost Stefano Tonut because what looks like a pulled hamstring, didn’t help of course, but legitimately we should expect to play more like we did in the first period. We came out aggressive, we executed well, we shot the ball with no hesitation. If we did that early, I don’t see why we shouldn’t do it for the length of the game,” Coach Ettore Messina said.