With today's game Kyle Hines officially became the player with the most appearances in EuroLeague history. He surpassed the legendary Lithuanian player of Zalgiris Kaunas, Paulius Jankunas (392 games played) and is heading towards 400 appearances on the court. He would be the first player to reach that threshold. A demonstration of exceptional longevity supported Read More »
Kyle Hines has just become the first player in the history of the EuroLeague for games played, another pearl to add to his series of records, triumphs, milestones. Perhaps the most significant one. “I watched my first EuroLeague game in Rome when I was in Veroli. Maccabi was there. I was sitting high up, nosebleed Read More »
The season home opener represents for Olimpia, primarily, the opportunity to celebrate Gigi Datome and his career after the three seasons he spent in Milan, winning five trophies and helping the team return to the Final Four, in 2021. The ceremony had to be rescheduled because of postponement of the inaugural home game against Maccabi Read More »
Olimpia started the game slowly, then Stefano Tonut took over. With steals, fastbreak opportunities, a three and generally a lot of energy, he scored 16 points and allowed Olimpia to turn a 10-point deficit, early in the second, in a commanding 79-68 win over previously undefeated Reggio Emilia. "We stuttered early on, we had 10 Read More »
After an unexpected week off, due to the EuroLeague’s Maccabi game suspension, Olimpia will return to the court to face Reggio Emilia at home on Saturday, coming off the loss in Naples, and right before embarking on a very demanding week ahead. After playing Reggio Emilia, Olimpia will be host to Olympiacos, will fly to Read More »
Following the suspension of the Round 2 game between EA7 Emporio Armani Milan and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, the game has been rescheduled to be played on the following new date: Tuesday, 31 October 2023 at 20:30 in Mediolanum Forum Read More »
The planned "Gigi Datome Night" will be moved to October 17th when Olimpia will face Olympiacos Piraeus in its first home game of the EuroLeague season. During the pre-game activities, Datome will have his farewell speech to his fans from Milan and the ones spread all around the Europe. The night was supposed to be Read More »
Forced to play 36 hours after the Istanbul overtime battle, Olimpia didn't have the energy for extended minutes and lost in Naples, 77-68, despite another monumental 26-point effort by Nikola Mirotic. Mirotic himself started the game slowly, confirming what was the biggest fear entering this game. Olimpia was mentally and physically spent. Naples took advantage Read More »
The EuroLeague Regular Season Round 2 game EA7 Emporio Armani Milan vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, scheduled for October 12, has been suspended following the terror attacks and onset of armed conflict in Israel.Euroleague Basketball is monitoring the situation and will evaluate with the affected teams the best possible options to reschedule the games based Read More »
The extra time punished a courageous Olimpia effort. Milan never gave up, until the final buzzer, but in Istanbul, its started its EuroLeague season with a painful defeat, 85-82, after a hard-fought game in which all the attempts made both teams to get away, first Olimpia in the opening quarter, then Fenerbahce in the second Read More »
