Once again, Olimpia was not able to finish the game in Berlin, let a 13-point third period lead vanished and was forced to play an overtime. But by then Alba had momentum and cruised to a 105-101 win. Olimpia led essentially for the length of the game with a couple of exception. After taking a Read More »
Olimpia began today a week to be entirely spent "on the road", starting in Berlin to face Alba. From Germany, the team will then move to Serbia to take up Partizan Belgrade (one more effort will then be required in Cremona next Monday). In the EuroLeague, Olimpia is coming off two consecutive wins at home, Read More »
“I was young, very young. We lived in Salt Lake City at the time. It was during the playoffs. The Lakers won the game and closed the series against the Jazz. I told my father that I wanted to meet Kobe Bryant. He suggested that I wait for him in the tunnel, where the players Read More »
Olimpia had to trust its defense on the last possession when Jordan Parks took a long three from the top of the key to win the game for Reyer. Fortunately, it was short, Pippo Ricci controlled the rebound and Olimpia prevailed 79-78. It was a strange twist of events in Unipol Forum, because Olimpia simply Read More »
Olimpia raised its head energetically against Real Madrid, winning among other things its second consecutive EuroLeague game, but now it has to do the same in the Italian league and erasing Trento’s outing. Reyer Venezia arrives at the Unipol Forum as one of the best and most successful teams of the last decade. Venezia has Read More »
"Milan is a great Milan". The accent is Castilian, but the language is Milanese. "I will always be one of you", Sergio Rodriguez during his special night in Milan. "It's not easy to feel at home when you live in a new country, abroad. I felt at home in Milan from the first day and Read More »
Sergio Rodriguez met the media before the EuroLeague game between Olimpia and Real Madrid: "It's a great honor to enter the Olimpia Hall of Fame. When I came here I knew the history of the club and the players who were part of it, their wins. Being able to say that like them I have Read More »
Olimpia takes the game over in the heart of the second period, then resists Real Madrid's comebacks, and in the fourth period even dominated when Zach LeDay, in addition to putting his body on the line against Tavares and Ibaka, the energy, the rebounds (eight ), also gets in the rhythm when shooting. His three Read More »
It is a special game, the one scheduled to be played at the Unipol Forum on Thursday. It is always special when Real Madrid shows up in Milan, with its 11 EuroLeague championships won, the last one in 2023 which was followed by the championship game lost to Panathinaikos in 2024. The team coached by Read More »
After the championship won in 2022, before sending the team on vacation, Coach Ettore Messina, in the locker room, when it was clear that he would finish his career back at Real Madrid, said that "at Olimpia Milano there had been an era before Chacho Rodriguez and an Olimpia after Chacho Rodriguez”. Beyond the wins, Read More »
