It was supposed to be a tough game and a close one, but Olimpia dominated it, start to finish line, and the 79-63 final score doesn't reflect what went on on the court. Olimpia led wire to wire by as many as 26 points at various moments. Derthona was capable to come back a little Read More »
Olimpia's furious comeback from a 19-point deficit stopped in the last thirty seconds of the game, when Edgars Ulanovas made a huge three that won the game for Zalgiris, 66-61. Olimpia struggled with shooting most of the night and Zalgiris grew the margin throughout the night. "For some reasons, ou reality is this: if three-four Read More »
After four straight road games, Olimpia is coming home to face Zalgiris. During the long road trip, the best game was the first, played and won in Bologna, while the team regressed during the course of the week and had definitely a subpar outing in Berlin. On top of it, Tommaso Baldasso got injured in Read More »
Turnovers (17), offensive rebounds allowed (16) and bad shooting percentages (5-for-26 from three) killed Olimpia in Berlin. At the end, the team was demoralized and lost by twenty, 83-63. Alba took a convincing lead late in the first period and from that point on, all the attempts to come back were futile. Olimpia got back Read More »
Coach Ettore Messina talked to the media after the Olympiacos' game: “Congratulations to Coach Bartzokas and his team. I think we competed until midway through the third quarter. And then some of the players who really carried us for the last month just had no more legs. We didn’t have a lot of energy. Still, Read More »
Olimpia's winning streak ended after three wins: in Piraeus, Olympiacos won the game 82-66. Olimpia tried to overcome one of the league-leading teams on its home court, but was not consistent enough in its performance and shooting accuracy, as well as falling on a few trivial turnovers that cost a lot. Olimpia lost control of Read More »
The first EuroLeague game of 2023 is also the last of the first half of the regular season. For Olimpia (exhibiting a 4-4 record on the road) it is a very difficult game against Olympiacos who is 10-6 overall, 5-3 at home and has the best points difference in the competition, +135, having won eight Read More »
Thirty-two years after his debut, in Larnaca, Cyprus, with a 109-88 win for his team, Virtus Bologna, Coach Ettore Messina is preparing to cross the threshold of 500 games coached in the top international European competition. The Olimpia coach has coached in 421 games in the current EuroLeague, the next one in Athens will be Read More »
Olimpia hit the ground running in Bologna and never stopped in a dominating, impressive 96-74 triumph, built on defense and completed with a 11-three shooting night, great execution and intensity. Olimpia used its defense to generate transition opportunities, was sharp while executing the offense and the defense, the attention level to detail was huge, with Read More »
Let the streak roll. Olimpia won its third EuroLeague game in a row prevailing over Valencia 90-79. With a sequence of runs, Olimpia repeatedly built double digit margins against a resilient Valencia team capable to come back every single time and keep the game up for grab. In the fourth quarter the margin at some Read More »
