Another impressive, stunning comeback by Olimpia, playing over its lack of energy and a roster made shorter by the injuries (more than it really looked since clearly Dairis Bertans wasn’t healthy enough to contribute), fell short. Olimpia lost to Avellino 94-92 after two overtimes. Avellino controlled much of the game, building a 15-point lead. At that time, Olimpia shook off everything, had a 8-0 run and came within seven. Again, a controversial call (many of them plagued the game) generated a technical fouls a 4-point play by Marty Leunen. So the hole was 11 point deep once more. But one thing we learned about this team: it never gives up. So Curtis Jerrells, Andrea Cinciarini and Arturas Gudaitis especially led another comeback. Olimpia went ahead, went down by three and finally Jerrells with one of the terrific three that at this points have made him famous throughout the continent, tied the game at 77 and the defense preserved the score forcing the overtime. Here, with the score tied again, Jerrells made what looked like the winning three from way downtown. The game looked closed when Ariel Filloy took a ball that Theodore almost intercepted, just before it bounced out, and launched a corner three while falling off and no way to look at the basket. The ball went miracoulously in. Avellino forced an incredible second overtime and won 94-92. Theodore with a huge drive went to the rim on the last possession. The contact was ruled irrelevant (another controversial no-call) and the game was over. “I’m disappointed because the ganme was basically won. We made a couple of mistakes late when we didn’t foul, up by three, and we let them take one last desperate shot. I’m not disappointed by the loss itself, it can happen after playing two EuroLeague games during the week, with a emergency situation to deal with, no Goudelock and his offense. The win would have been deserved because of the way we compete along the crowd. The crowd was once more terrific. we didn’t have the energy but we fought anyway. The loss is a loss we can make up for along the road. What I’d like is to be able to learn from it. The real mistake was being down by 15, we had to resist more, having more by more players”.