It was an incredible shootout in Turin and Olimpia prevailed over Brescia 106-102 to clinch a berth for its third consecutive Italian Cup championship game, vs Derthona. Olimpia shot 59.3 percent on its threes, making 16 of them and shot only slightly worse on twos. But it was the same for Brescia who never gave Read More »
Coach Peppe Poeta is going after his former team, Brescia, the first he coached as the head man, including the majority of the roster (the only exception being CJ Massinburg), but this time the Italian Cup final is at stake. This year, Olimpia beat Brescia in the Supercup final at the Forum, then lost in Read More »
Olimpia's second half turned the game around: the defense stepped up just as it had in the first quarter, and the offense did what it needed to, moving the ball, attacking the rim, and running on fast breaks to push the team to a convincing 94-86 win in the Italian Cup quarterfinals in Turin. Olimpia Read More »
The Italian Cup – held in Turin for the fourth consecutive season – is the most unpredictable competition in Italian basketball due to its very singular nature, its single-elimination format, and the timing of the competition. Over the last ten editions, seven different teams have won it (Torino, Cremona, Venezia, Brescia, Napoli, Trento, and Milano). Read More »
After an opening lay-up scored by Cremona's guard Aljami Durham, Olimpia embarked on a 13-0 run that essentially closed the game off very early. Cremona was able to come back withing two at the beginning of the second period but never had momentum. Olimpia had another 7-0 run and kept the opponent at a distance. Read More »
Another record for Shavon Shields: during the game against Dubai in Milan, he became the first player in Olimpia history to score over 2,000 points in EuroLeague games. Shields has been the club's all-time leading scorer for nearly two years now, and he's rewriting the record books for the club. In the EuroLeague, he leads Read More »
The last game before the Final Eight— an event that also involves a break in the EuroLeague season—is a Lombardy derby for Olimpia. Vanoli Cremona has been one of the season's overachieving team so far: they nearly qualified for the Italian Cup and they haven't lost their momentum. With an 8-10 record, they currently sit Read More »
After a promising first half, Dubai's physcality killed Olimpia's chances in a 96-78 dominating win. Olimpia shot well, made 11 threes, didn't commit significant turnover but the difference in offensive rebounds and free throws was lethal. Dubai dominated inside with Kabengele, Petrusev and Caboclo. They started with an imposing line-up, established a superiority inside that Read More »
IWith the final countdown now underway—the Dubai game will be followed by the break and the ten games remaining to wrap up the regular season—every game will be a battle in such a tightly contested competition. Olimpia, for example, enters the Dubai game with a positive record (14-13) but on the fringes of the playoffs Read More »
Olimpia led basically from start to end in Treviso and won 76-71, despite missing the decisive knock-out punch throughout the game and had to fight to the end. Olimpia dominated under the boards (Devin Booker with nine led the team; Zach LeDay and Shavon Shields added six each) but some costly turnovers, low shooting percentages Read More »
