Emergency? Which emergency? Olimpia went to Barcelona with no Mirotic, no Baron and no Maodo Lo, but led the length of the game and finally prevailed 90-86 with 11 made threes, a great defensive effort and physicality. Olimpia hit the ground running, making three threes the first three times down the court, "but eventually we Read More »
Olimpia is facing its third EuroLeague road game in a row, before a three-game home stint (Asvel Villeurbanne, Panathinaikos, Baskonia) that will close the 2023 and the first half of the season. It will be the last first half road game, but a very complicated one, in Barcelona. The blaugrana team, winner of the last Read More »
Maodo Lo reported an injury to the adductor muscle of his left thigh which will be re-evaluated in three weeks. As for Nikola Mirotic: after having undergone instrumental investigations and specialist consultation following the flare-up of left Achilles tendinopathy, the player has undertaken, in agreement with the club, a six-week rehabilitation program at the end Read More »
Nik Melli was all over the floor in the first half, scoring 14 points alone, then plagued by foul trouble made the crucial play of the game with 31 seconds left when he put his hands on a rebound, took the foul and made the free throw that put Olimpia ahead for good. In the Read More »
A sold-out arena will host the revenge of the last three Italian league championship series, between the defending champions of Olimpia Milan and Virtus Bologna, the league-leading team (8-2). The last time Mediolanum Forum welcomed these two teams, it was Game 7, a memorable night, sculpted indelibly in the club history book. Olimpia is coming Read More »
He was a chosen one, everyone knows it. He was a child when Reggio Emilia brought him to the bench in Serie A for the first time. When at Palalido, he was named MVP of a prospect camp led by Michael Jordan himself. When he went to America along the best European talents and even Read More »
25-plus minutes of great team basketball were enough. A 15 point late third-quarter lead was not enough, too. When the Partizan tsunami, in front of 20.000 people, hit, Olimpia didn’t blink and succumbed, in the end 83-69. Olimpia led 60-45, moved the ball, hit the shots, grabbed the rebounds and was playing high-level defense. Looked Read More »
A crowd of 20.000 people will fill the Stark Arena Thursday night (Partizan attendance average is 19.714) and are waiting for Olimpia in its second road EuroLeague game over a three-day span. They won’t be a surprise, since the team played just two weeks ago in the same arena against Red Star, but that doesn’t Read More »
It was a tough 91-84 overtime loss in Munich for Olimpia. After a roller coaster battle with momentum changing hands repeatedly, Olimpia looked in control late in the fourth when two straight three-pointers by Devon Hall and Shavon Shields gave Milan a six-point lead entering in the last minute. “This is when a very good Read More »
Olimpia landed in Munich on Sunday evening, finding cold temperatures, below zero, and a snow-covered city, so much so that Bayern requested and obtained the postponement of the Bundesliga game that was supposed to be played in Berlin. So, Bayern will play tomorrow evening in his ready for retirement arena (Bayern will soon move to Read More »
