The regular season is entering the homestretch and Olimpia is facing Gigova Scafati in its next-to-last home game. The importance of what is at stake is made transparent by the standings. Olimpia is one win - or one Reyer loss - from being certain of finishing among the top three spots, but at the same Read More »
Olimpia came back strong after a spiritless first quarter and won 91-89 in Treviso. A lethargic start to the game allowed Treviso to gain a 17-point shocking lead early in the game. However, Olimpia responded with a huge second quarter defensively. Treviso was held to six points, didn't score at all in the first six Read More »
Before Kye Hines, before relatively small centers became popular, there was Mason Rocca. Also in Milan, there was Mason Rocca. Two-meter tall, perhaps less, but a lot of courage, no fear of getting an elbow in the face, not even from Yao Ming, who after a memorable Italy-China game in the 2006 World Cup mimicked Read More »
During the Olimpia Milan's EuroLeague game played against Maccabi in Belgrade, Nikola Mirotic reported a muscle strain to the flexors of the right thigh which will be re-evaluated in two weeks, and Maodo Lo an acute phase of patellofemoral chondropathy to the right knee which will be re-evaluated after some days of rest and treatment. Read More »
It was largely irrelevant so it became a EuroLeague game mostly dominated by the offenses even in a night of low three-point shooting percentages. Maccabi led most of the night and won 92-86. Olimpia managed to come back several times, the last one late in the fourth quarter when Shabazz Napier hit a three and Read More »
Devon Hall, who underwent some tests after the sprained injury to his left ankle sustained during practice, will have to respect a few days of rest and therapy and will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Read More »
The curtain on the EuroLeague regular season is about to fall. Olimpia plays its last game in Belgrade, which Maccabi has chosen as the site of its home games this season, normally at the old Pionir, but on this occasion at the Stark Arena (the other facility is taken by the European Boxing Championships). For Read More »
Olimpia came back strong late in the game and in the end prevailed over Trento, 91-85. It was a tough night because the defense was slow and poor of energy early in the game. Trento took advantage of it and made six threes in the first quarter alone, scoring 33 points and building a 13-point Read More »
One more time on short rest, it is the 13th game played less than 48 hours the previous EuroLeague one, Olimpia faces Trento, a team already beaten twice during the season but never in Milan. Since the finsh line is getting closer and closer a win is required to get the possible position in the Read More »
Olimpia took control in the middle of the first quarter and never looked back. Bologna was able to shrink Milano's lead to one point a couple of time in the second period, but eventually another run became decisive in a 90-75 win. The 15-point margin was the product of raising the pedal a little bit Read More »
