Olimpia fought, competed and tied up the score 65-65, entering the final stretch when Kendrick Nunn off a couple of isolation plays punished the defense's last effort. A three made by Shavon Shields that reduced the margin to three points one more time represented the last glimmer of hope. Panathinaikos won 76-68, after a tough, Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement until the end of the season with Shabazz Napier, a 1.83 mt tall point guard, born on July 14, 1991, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, coming back to Milan after a six-month stint in Belgrade. "Napier’s return to Milan is a great news for everybody: now, we are ready for another Read More »
Both Olimpia and Panathinaikos enter this game with a lot of confidence going on. Olimpia convincingly defeated Asvel Villeurbanne after conquering Barcelona; Panathinaikos capped a 40-minute battle by overcoming Monaco on the road with a buzzer beating three scored by Marius Grigonis. Both have won the last two games and moved up in the standings Read More »
The first attempt to get away was canceled, but the second one in the second period allowed Olimpia to go to intermission enjoying a 10-point lead that in the third was amplified. In the end, Olimpia defeated Asvel Villeurbanne 84-61. "Everyone that entered the game played with energy, desire and unselfishness. The key stat is Read More »
After three road games, Olimpia returns to play EuroLeague basketball at the Mediolanum Forum for three consecutive home games (Asvel Villeurbanne, Panathinaikos and Baskonia). The first is against the French team coached by Gianmarco Pozzecco. After the coaching change, they won two of the first four games, now they have lost six in a row Read More »
It took a lot of heart, chemistry and desire to win in Varese 74-70, barely 36 hours removed from the Barcelona game. Olimpia was playing without the head coach Ettore Messina, who was sick and subbed by Mario Fioretti; without Nikola Mirotic, Maodo Lo, Johannes Voigtmann and Pippo Ricci. Billy Baron returned after almost six Read More »
During the EuroLeague's Barcelona game, Giampaolo Ricci reported a muscle injury to his right hamstring which will be re-evaluated in three weeks. Besides, due to the after-effects of the blunt trauma to the right knee suffered in Barcelona, Johannes Voigtmann will also be unable to play in Varese. Read More »
On a 40-hour rest, Olimpia will play in Varese (tip-off time: 17:30) in one of the most historical Italian basketball match-up. We are talking about 40 championships and eight European titles between the two teams. For Olimpia, coming off the big win in Barcelona, energy will be the deciding factor. This season playing on a Read More »
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 »
