Barcelona-Olimpia last year was the EuroLeague semifinal, this year Milan won the first round so breaking a four-game losing streak against the Catalans who are still first in the standings and, after the Mediolanum Forum loss, have won nine consecutive games. The level of difficulty is sky-high: Barcelona is 9-0 when playing at Palau. However, Read More »
Olimpia found itself in a big hole after a brutal first quarter, went down 19-4, but gradually came back into the game and defeated Derthona 72-60 for its 13th Italian league win over 14 rounds. "We started the game with an empty tank mentally for the entire team and physically for some guys - Coach Read More »
Tomorrow’s game against Baskonia (tip-off time 20:30) represents the seventh game for Olimpia over a 14-day period, including five EuroLeague games. Olimpia has done something remarkable by winning six games out of seven despite the absence of its leading scorer, Shavon Shields, in addition of missing Dinos Mitoglou. The feat was made possible because of Read More »
In an old school battle, with five men on the court for over thirty minutes and a sixth at 29, six men who scored in double figures, looking everywhere in order to find energy, heart, some sense of urgency, Olimpia pushed Virtus Bologna back 102-99 after an overtime and thus celebrated the 200th game with Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement until the end of the season with Trey Kell, 1.94 mt tall, guard, born on April 5, 1996, in San Diego, California, coming from Varese. “Kell is a young player, who has already demonstrated to be able to play at a very good level in the Italian league. His Read More »
Olimpia didn't finish the job in Trieste and lost for the first time, after 11 wins, in the Italian league, 71-68. Shorthanded, with six players out for different reasons, Gigi Datome who was supposed to start had to sit out entirely because of a warm-up injury, lost control of the game in the second part Read More »
A monumental comeback proved to be not enough for Olimpia against powerful Real Madrid. Down by 12 late in the fourth, Olimpia extended its defense, generated steals and finally found some rhythm offensively. Five consecutive points scored by Gigi Datome shrank Real Madrid's lead to two points. Then, down by three five seconds remaining, Devon Read More »
It is a red carpet night at the Mediolanum Forum: Real Madrid is coming to town for a historical game (to a certain degree symbolized by the "Sandro Gamba Night" celebrated at the half) which is important nowadays too, since Real Madrid is second in the standing and Olimpia is sitting in third position. The Read More »
Over the two middle quarters, Olimpia held Panathinaikos to 23 points and built its 10th win of the EuroLeague season, a commanding 75-54 triumph. Down by four at the end of the first, Olimpia gradually took control of the game, won the second quarter holding the opponent to 10 points and exploded in the third Read More »
Olimpia was ice-cold from the perimeter especially during the first half, but managed to stay in control of its game against Brescia and finally made the decisive run in the fourth quarter when Pippo Ricci scored 12 points, one less than the entire Brescia team. 76-62 was the final score. Defense and rebounding (Nicolò Melli Read More »
