A night to remember in a sold-out, incandescent Mediolanum Forum. Olimpia hit the ground running, played a superb first quarter, went behind momentarily in the second period and then built an intense, no-non sense game and closed the deal, 94-82. It was the best offensive game of the best-of-seven series that Olimpia is now leading Read More »
The championship series moves to Milan for Game 3 and 4, with Olimpia and Virtus tied at 1. As a matter of fact, a best-of-seven series has been turned into a best-of-five series, with home-court advantage moving towards Olimpia, capable of winning Game 1 in Bologna, breaking streak of 16 consecutive playoffs’ win for Virtus. Read More »
In another hard-fought battle, Virtus Bologna prevailed 75-68 in Game 2 of the Italian championship series, tying it at two-game apiece. Now, it is 1-1, with Game 3 and 4 scheduled to be played in Milano, Sunday and Tuesday. Olimpia started the game well, leading 13-4 early in the first, but a couple of turnovers Read More »
Olimpia is going to complete its Bologna trip for the championship series in game 2, starting from the bug defensive effort of Game 1. The team obviously stayed in Bologna and practiced there in the afternoon, in the historic location of PalaDozza, the same arena where in 1966 our club won its first European title. Read More »
With a defensive gem in a very physical game, Olimpia won 66-62, holding Virtus Bologna to a 21 for 66 shooting night, overcoming its own ice cold shooting (3-for-23 from three). Olimpia controlled the boards 50-41 and had a terrific third quarter when it built a 13-point lead. Virtus attempted a late rally using all Read More »
The championship series number 20 in Olimpia history will start on Wednesday night in Bologna, right where the team has played five times over the course of the season, against three different teams and with three wins. The championships series is scheduled to be played at the best-of-seven with the first two games on the Read More »
Olimpia closed Sassari off with a big 87-69 road win to clinch a berth for the Italian league finals. It is the sixth consecutive trip to an Italian championship game over two seasons. Milano started the game stuttering a little bit but the second unit gave the team a big lift and after getting the Read More »
After allowing uncharacteristically 31 points to Sassari in the second quarter alone, turning a 4-point lead into a 8-point deficit at the end of the first half, Olimpia regrouped, became efficient again at both ends of the floor but especially on defense and came back to win Game 2 of its Italian league semifinals 91-82. Read More »
Olimpia started its semifinal series on a high note, winning 88-71 against Sassari. After a high scoring unexpected first quarter (32-26), Olimpia established its tempo, took a 12-point lead in the second quarter, closed the half up by eight and overcame a tough start of the second half. Sassari, taking advantage of two consecutive Milano's Read More »
Olimpia closed its first-round series with a convincing 3-0 over Reggio Emilia. The third game, on the road, followed the script. Olimpia struggled for 29 seconds, went behind 5-0, Coach Ettore Messina used his first time-out and then it was a dominating game again. A 9-0 run re-established the order. Olimpia never looked back, won Read More »
