The last offensive rebound of his game was corrected into the basket as the 24-second shot clock was expiring. Kyle Hines used his signature play to close the game off and put his signature over Olimpia’s second EuroLeague win of the eeek, 74-68 against a Red Star team that never gave up. Olimpia led wire Read More »
Olimpia will complete its home double round by hosting Red Star, a team already defeated in Belgrade a couple of months ago, after beating Baskonia. With no Nicolò Melli, the team's best rebounder, Johannes Voigtmann stepped up, grabbed eight rebounds and scored 16 points at the end of his best performance for Olimpia. It is Read More »
Olimpia prevailed 89-83 after a tough battle against Baskonia, getting away in the last four minutes when it was able to execute well at both ends of the floor. It was a close game that Olimpia led for most of the time, but Baskonia never gave up and kept pushing, stayed close and took the Read More »
The EuroLeague week with two rounds for Olimpia will take place entirely at the Mediolanum Forum against two teams immersed in the battle for a playoffs’ berth, Baskonia and Red Star. The Basque team is coming off a spectacular comeback win in overtime against Efes. They have an explosive offense, 85.5 points per game, they Read More »
Olimpia held Trento to 11 fourth-quarter points and closed the game with a nice 78-65 win, its 30th straight at home in the Italian league. The game had a weird story, since Olimpia hit the ground running, started 19-3 and was up by 18 early in the second quarter (33-15). "The first 12 minutes were 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 from the Capitanes de Ciudad de Mexico of the NBA-owned G-League. "As the crucial part of the season approaches, we decided to focus on a Read More »
Olimpia tried to make the Monaco game competitive coming back in order to tie it up with a little more than two minutes left in the third quarter. With momentum going in its favor, unfortunately, Olimpia lost control of the tempo and Monaco was able to build the decisive run on its way to a Read More »
Coming off two very complicated weeks, Olimpia travels to Monaco to challenge a team that has been among the most consistent ones in the EuroLeague, so far. Over the last 10 games, its record is 5-5, lower than the one compiled during the first part of the season, but AS Monaco playing in its court Read More »
In Reggio Emilia, Olimpia spent the night chasing the home team and eventually came up short, losing 73-68. Afflicted by terrible shooting percentages from the arc, Olimpia fell down by 15 in the third quarter because Reggio was hot with Olisevicius, Senglin and obviously its leader Andrea Cinciarini. Milano struggled all night long: Gigi Datome Read More »
The momentum changing play happened early in the fourth quarter. After spending the night chasing Asvel by a margin moving consistently between one, two and seven points, Olimpia made its move. Kyle Hines scored five consecutive points off driving lay-ups, once was fouled and made the ensuing free throw. Suddenly, Olimpia led by five and Read More »
