After a few days of work following some tough weeks, Olimpia left Milan to fly to Belgrade, the basketball hotbed where tomorrow will face Red Star. The game will be played in Stark Arena, where the local team is averaging more than 18.000 spectators per game so far. The atmosphere will be predictable, it was Read More »
Olimpia simply dominated its game against Reyer Venice, a previously league-leading team. "We had to right approach at both ends of the floor, we moved the ball, we shot well, the young guys gave us a lift coming off the bench. Bortolani is the most ready because he's been playing more, he can score and Read More »
It will the fourth game in seven days, after a EuroLeague double round and the big win conquered over Efes Istanbul last Thursday. But it will be a tough out against Reyer Venice, one of three league-leading three, 6-1 in the domestic competition, 3-4 in the Eurocup where it is riding a two-game winning streak. Read More »
Right now, confessing that he still looks at himself as an athlete, not a former player, at 38 years of age, Kruno Simon plays basketball on a minor team in Zagreb, but since that's not enough he also plays football on an even more… minor team, “we are in the fifth division,” he smiles. Simon Read More »
Efes took the lead essentially for the first time. It was late in the third quarter. Will Clyburn used his size, one on one skills to score at will, getting to the line and creating any sorts of problems to the Olimpia's defense. Olimpia led by as many as nine points but struggled ot finish Read More »
There is no time to breathe: Olimpia has to put the Bologna battle aside, a game that was approached correctly, that Olimpia led for most of the time with not enough consistency at both ends of the floor, in order to focus on Anadolu Efes. The opponent brings back a lot of memories, including the Read More »
Olimpia came up short in Bologna, losing 86-79 after an hard fought battle that was decided in the last 90 seconds. Iffe Lundberg, the seldom used Bologna guard, made a huge three that extended Virtus’ lead to five points. Previously Olimpia had been able to reduced it from nine points to two. But the comeback Read More »
The two Italian EuroLeague teams face each other in the first game of another week with two rounds (the third for Olimpia). The so-called Italian derby is scheduled to be played in Bologna where Virtus is 3-1, beaten only by Zalgiris Kaunas on opening night. Five consecutive wins followed and then the defeat in Madrid. Read More »
During the halftime of Olimpia's EuroLeague game vs Anadolu Efes Istanbul on Thirsday, November, 16th, Kruno Simon is going to be honored for his two-year run with the team and his induction to the club's Hall of Fame. Until the age of 27, Kruno Simon had only played in Croatia and not even in the Read More »
Scafati clogged the middle and Olimpia’s offense shot 4-for-21 from three-point territory. That was the main reason for an offensive mediocre outing that cost the game. Scafati led for the length of the game on its way to a 77-68 win. Olimpia came back a few times in the first half and again in the Read More »
