Brescia led most of the game and stole game 1 and home-court advantage in game 1 of the Italian League semifinal 85-82. Olimpia tied up the game at 80 after a Micov three. Then Goudelock missed the three to win the game and Micov at the buzzer missed a contested three for the overtime. Brescia deserved to win and took advantage of too many unforced mistakes in terms of easy misses and free turnovers. “We started with too much nervousness, we let them score some easy fastbreak points to build the game over that 7 or 8 point margin. And they are too smart. Initially we didn’t defend well enough and when we did in the fourth we didn’t score enough. 17 fourth quarter points are not enough. Again it wasn’t a game lost offensively because 82 points should be enough to won the game. Obviously we allowed Brescia to score 85 and this is not acceptable”, Coach Pianigiani said at the end. Then he moved on talking about the series. “Right now game 2 is all we care about. We need to keep our poise, make our shots and make sure to be better defensively. If se do that then we will have more chance to run on the break and score easy points. There are mistakes that we made and they can no corrected on one day. We have to focus on game 2. Winning on the road then will be necessary but we knew beforehand that a road win at some point is mandatory to advance”.