With 6:06 to play in the game, after leading for the entire night several times by as many as ten points, and 12 in the third quarter, Olimpia found itself down by two points on a Sylvain Francisco deep three. Trailing in a game led from wire-to-wire lasted all of 15 seconds. Shavon Shields picked Read More »
Olimpia left Munich at a late morning hour to fly to Kaunas where the team had practice tonight. There is no time for regretting what happened in the second half in Munich, when the team allowed 50 points, 31 in the third quarter alone, the period that proved to be decisive. There is no time Read More »
It was a fair first half: Olimpia set the tempo, had some good moment even with the second unit and a couple of scoring outburst led by Zach LeDay, at some point by Armoni Brooks and Shavon Shields. Offensive rebounds kept Bayern in the game after an unchracteristic scoreless half produced by Carsen Edwards because Read More »
Coming off the big win against Panathinaikos, Olimpia with a slightly less short-handed roster (Diego Flaccadori, Pippo Ricci and Ousmane Diop are all available) left Milan for what is a week-long trip, three games in five days counting the Saturday night Italian league clash in Sassari. In the EuroLeague the race for the playoffs/play-in began Read More »
Zach LeDay set the tone early, made all of his four field goal attempts including two threes, scored 14 points in the first four minutes of the game, and Olimpia never had to look back on its way to a 119-92 triumph over Varese. Olimpia didn't have Leandro Bolmaro for precautionary reasons, but the game Read More »
It's a derby, it's a game full of tradition and it comes for Olimpia on the eve of the arguably most demanding week of the season. After this game, in fact, the team will have to go on the road for three games in a row, Munich, Kaunas and finally to Sassari. During a seven-day Read More »
Zach LeDay was named EuroLeague Round 24 MVP following his career-high 33 points, eight rebounds, 5-of-7 three-point shooting performance against Panathinaikos. This season, LeDay was also MVP of Round 7, following the win against Virtus Bologna, and of Round 15 after the Barcelona triumph. It is the first time that an Olimpia player is named Read More »
Zach LeDay's 39 rating points against Panathinaikos represent the third best performance by an Olimpia player in the EuroLeague era. The record still belongs to Samardo Samuels, who had 47 points in the February 2015 game played in Nizhny Novgorod. Number two in this special ranking is Shavon Shields who had a rating of 41 Read More »
It was one of those nights. The nights that belong to Olimpia's DNA when the heart and soul, as Coach Ettore Messina said, will lead the team over the obstacle, no matter how high it is. Shorthanded Olimpia defeated the defending champions of Panathinaikos 87-75 at the end of a game led since early in Read More »
The defending European Champions of Panathinaikos are coming to Milan on a night of great emotions in which Olimpia - obviously without, among the others, its most experienced player, Nikola Mirotic - will have to play above its limits to try to win a game of enormous difficulty. Panathinaikos is dealing with some absences in Read More »
