Coach Ettore Messina intends to clarify the following: “Regarding a statement attributed to me this morning by an Italian newspaper and then taken up by numerous websites, I would like to point out that, speaking about Shabazz Napier and the reasons for his departure from Milan in front of some journalists, I have never said Read More »
Olimpia established its energy early, scoring off offensive rebounds three times in a row in the opening three possessions. It was a signal. In the end, it was a dominating win, 83-52, essentially never in doubt against a Valencia team missing its point guard Chris Jones and with his back up, Stefan Jovic, forced to Read More »
One of the best teams of this first part of the season, Valencia, comes to the Mediolanum Forum carrying along an impressive pace, made up of five wins and only one loss, in Istanbul against Efes. On the road, Valencia has played just twice, winning in Kaunas. The pace in the Spanish league is pretty Read More »
Olimpia got back on track winning 87-57 in Brindisi against a injury-depleted team. The defense set the tone early when the team established its inside game with 12 points scored by the bigs, Alex Poythress, Ismael Kamagate and Nicolò Melli in the first period when the opponent was held at eight points. However the offense Read More »
A tough week is going to the books and now for Olimpia it is time to get back on track. Thursday's game vs Monaco left some bitterness to swallow because the team competed, dominated most of the game with its defense but couldn't get the win. Now, there is another road game, in the Italian Read More »
Coach Ettore Messina wanted to see a different attitude, the right amount of cohesion and found both. Unfortunately, he didn’t find the win. AS Monaco grew throughout the game and rode Mike James’ talent in the second half on its way to a 72-66 win. “But it is a step forward- Messina explained - I Read More »
Shooting well both inside (64 percent) and outside the arc (40 percent, Olimpia started the game going 5-for-5 on threes) and 25 assists were not enough for Olimpia to beat Maccabi. A defensive collapse allowed Maccabi to win 98-90 in Milan. “Our identity, our defense has disappeared - Coach Ettore Messina had to admit at Read More »
Olimpia is entering an unexpected “double week” facing Maccabi first and AS Monaco later, both games at home. The Maccabi game was scheduled to be played as a Round 2 clash, but the events that have characterized the Israel region over the last few weeks moved the game up, to this Halloween night. Meanwhile, Maccabi Read More »
Olimpia struggled again, couldn’t find any rhythm and lost 90-82 to a very inspired and effective Pesaro team. Ray McCallum and Scott Bamforth combined for 16 assists, more than the whole Olimpia team did. “It was a poor performance and I have to apologize to everybody - Coach Ettore Messina said - We were mediocre Read More »
Olimpia needs to put its painful Berlin defeat in the past and focus on the task ahead, the historical game against Pesaro, a team met three times in the Italian league championship series, ten time in the Italian Cup championship game, ten times in playoffs’ series, the last one just a few months ago. Olimpia Read More »
