A 25-point explosion launched Olimpia to its 8th Italian Cup triumph, repeating the win conquered during the last season. Derthona was defeated in the championship game, 78-61. Olimpia basically never trailed, but during the two middle quarters struggled a little bit offensively and couldn't get away. The defense kept the team in the lead and Read More »
Sergio Rodriguez did it again. During the Italian Cup semifinal, last season, he scored 22 points and led Olimpia to the win against Venezia. He did it again, scoring 22 points, shooting 9-for-13 from the field, and led Olimpia to a hard-fought 69-63 win over Brescia. By doing so, Olimpia broke a nine-game impressive winning Read More »
Olimpia hit the ground running and never looked back in its Italian Cup quarterfinals dominating win over Sassari 88-68. On Saturday, Olimpia will face red-hot Brescia in the semifinals. Milan made four threes over the first five minutes of the game, three of them were made by Troy Daniels who started in a small-ball lineup Read More »
Olimpia used a dominating approach to control its game vs Pesaro since the beginning and cruise to an impressive 91-57 win, with six players scoring in double figure, another superior effort under the boards and a defensive wall, strong enough to keep the opponents from getting into any rythm. Kaleb Tarczewski, 12 points and nine Read More »
The San Diego State Aztecs had only won four games during the 1998/99 season when Steve Fisher was hired as their new head coach. At the time, Fisher was not only the coach who won the 1989 NCAA championship at Michigan, he was also the coach who had recruited and led one of the most Read More »
Olimpia won its 17th EuroLeague game with a dominating performance against Baskonia, a 89-78 that doesn't even go close to represent the story of the game itself. Olimpia took control of it in the first few possessions and never reliquinshed it. The margin gradually incresead and reached 27 points in the third quarter. Up by Read More »
Sicklerville, New Jersey, is a village located along the American East Coast, touched by the Atlantic City Expressway. It takes about 40 minutes to go from here to one the gambling capital of the World. But the citizens of this village founded in 1851 by John Sickler, that’s where the name is coming from, rather Read More »
It looks like a destiny night. Kyle Hines became the all-time EuroLeague leading offensive rebounder, reaching 706 for his career, one more than the legendary Felipe Reyes, and Olimpia won in Kaunas 74-70 because an offensive rebounding dominating night. Olimpia grabbed 14 offensive rebounds against three and with the addition of 12 three-pointers pushed away Read More »
A 27-point career-high by Nicolò Melli propelled Olimpia to a big win in Trento, 79-73, obtained despite missing seven of the top players some for rest, some for injuries. While Melli was outstanding right from the beginning (he had a 12-point scoring outburst in the first period) and went 10-for-11 from two, converting basically all Read More »
Fenerbahce, a European powerhouse over the last decade or so, is coming to Milano on Thursday, January 3. Despite missing two big stars like Nando De Colo and Jan Vesely, it is playing better and better as its rally in the standing is witnessing. It is going to be a very tough game for an Read More »
