It was not the high-scoring game everybody expected for the top two offensive teams in the EuroLeague. Both teams sputtered at times and Bayern prevailed 79-78 in a back-and-forth second half, when no team led by more than five points. It is a tough loss to absorb for Olimpia. Trailing by 18 early in the Read More »
Olimpia Milano and Bayern Munich faced each other for the first time in 2014, but since then they share a very eventful history with 19 games played, most of them solved on a last possession shot or a block, a surprising play or whatever. This pre-Christmas game, that signals the season mid-point, comes after two Read More »
The worst case scenario materialized very early in the game. Panathinaikos was an upset team looking for revenge after a couple of tough losses and Kendruck Nunn's suspensione. So, it entered the game with a chip on the shoulder and all the talent and physicality that it can express. <olimpia didn't absorb the first punch Read More »
The longest EuroLeague winning streak since 2014 will undergo a new tough examination in Athens where Olimpia faces the reigning champions of Panathinaikos, facing them from a higher-ranking position, though the current situation overall reflects an extraordinary balance of quality around the league. Panathinaikos lost heavily in the last round in Istanbul to Efes, but Read More »
Another short-rest Italian league game proved to be fatal for Olimpia. In Varese, it needed a field goal made in the end to prevail, but the last attempt - a legitimate one by Nico Mannion and a desperate prayer by Leandro Bolmaro - failed to find the bottom of the net. So, Varese won 94-92. Read More »
Olimpia returned today from Barcelona and is going to move imediately to Varese for one of the super classics of Italian basketball, two teams that battled for many years including five tie-breaking games to decide the championship before the playoffs were introduced. Going on the court less than 48 hours after the previous EuroLeague game, Read More »
Zach LeDay was named MVP of EuroLeague Round 15 after his performance in Barcelona in which he had 37 personal rating points, had a career-high 33 points scored, eight fouls drawn, went 9-for-9 from the line, was perfect from three-point territory, 4-for-4. During the current season, LeDay was also MVP of Round 7, following Olimpia's Read More »
The last game he played in Palau, Zach LeDay had to leave the team abruptly and go back to home for his dad's death. So, this is a place he will never forget. This is why he was emotional at the end after a career-night. LeDay finished the game with 33 points and went 4-for-4 Read More »
Olimpia's winning streak in the EuroLeague, which reached five games - or seven of the last eight - will be put to the hardest test at the Palau Blaugrana on Friday night. Barcelona has the same record, 8-6, and a slightly worse point-difference, but they have played eight road games, two in the past week, Read More »
Olimpia struggled once more to find the mental energy in the Italian league after a big EuroLeague win, two over the last week. So Bologna, who had more sense of urgency entering this game, won 82-73 deservedly. Olimpia started the game well but didn't sustain its early effort. The defense improved in the second half Read More »
