When it counted the most, Olimpia characteristically erected its wall right from the beginning. "We were the aggressors, we didn't wait for them, we went for them," Coach Ettore Messina pointed out. Game 7 was hard-fought, a physical battle as expected, but Olimpia controlled the game wire to wire, trailed only after the first Jordan Mickey's Read More »
Game 7 has a lot of meaning in the basketball culture. It is the ultimate game and in its 80th official game of the season, Olimpia will have the chance to play for the championship on its home floor. It is going to be a matter of desire. Who wants it more under the Friday Read More »
It will be all or nothing. Home court advantage was honored once more in Game 6. Bologna won 85-66 going away in the fourth quarter. Olimpia stayed close throughout the game and was behind by six at the start of the last period. For four long minutes no teams scored so basically Olimpia missed a ton Read More »
Game 6 is next. Up to now the home-court advantage has always been respected: Olimpia, in best-of-seven series, has always win its championships getting a win on the road (in Siena in 2014 in Game 6 but entering the game down 3-2; in Reggio Emilia in 2016; in Trento in 2018; in Bologna in 2022, but it took place Read More »
Nicolò Melli had a double double, 13 points and 12 rebounds, Shavon Shields scored 22 points, 15 in the second half and they led Olimpia to a convincing 79-72 win over Bologna in Game 5 of the Italian league championship series. "As my old coach at San Antonio said when Parker, Duncan and Ginobili play well Read More »
It's Game 5 time, usually the so-called "pivotal game" in a best-of-seven series tied. It is not decisive obviously, but it will deliver the match-point to one of the two teams. Over the first four games, Olimpia has scored one more point than Virtus, 321-320. They would have been five counting only the first 40 minutes Read More »
A game for the ages that became a heartbreaking two-overtime loss (93-89) for Olimpia in Game 4 of the Italian league championship series. After struggling for most of the games especially at the offensive end of the floor, down by 18 points two minutes into the fourth quarter, Olimpia simply exploded offensively and defensively. The team Read More »
During the era of best-of-seven championship series, Olimpia’s found itself up 2-0 four different times and each time failed to further extend the lead in Game 3. That did not happen in 2014 against Siena; in 2016 against Reggio Emilia; in 2018 against Trento, and it didn't happen this year either. Now it will try to Read More »
A nightmarish shooting night, 11-for-24 from two, 8-for-34 from three-point range, doomed Olimpia's chances in Bologna. Virtus prevailed 69-61 in Game 3. Olimpia now leads the championship series 2-1, with Game 4 scheduled to be played in Bologna on Friday night. "It was a high-energy game, a lot of tension, nervousness, we didn't shoot well, we Read More »
Olimpia achieved its goal in the first two games of the championship series, taking a 2-0 lead, but no series can be considered truly started until somebody wins on the road, according to a concept made famous and a little exaggerated by Pat Riley. So, the trip to Bologna for Game 3 and 4 starts Read More »
