When Turin in the fourth quarter reduced the margin from 19 down to six, Arturas Gudaitis took control. He made his classic Eurostep, driving through the lane and scoring. He was fouled, made his free throw and Olimpia was again up by nine. Game over. It was a celebration night in Brescia: Olimpia won the Supercup for the third consecutive year, it’s Three-peat time edging Turin 82-71. It was a difficult game that Olimpia dominated in the second and third quarter and kept under its wing in the fourth when the energy level was low, open shots were missed and still Olimpia led because of defense and rebounding. Gudaitis was outstanding adding 10 rebounds to his 17-point effort, Vlado Micov, on his way to a well-deserved MVP trophy, scored 17 points with five threes, but Olimpia had a lot from different players including Nedovic (the best in the semifinal), the human highlight film named Mike James and also some big rebounds from Jeff Brooks. During the Armani era this is the trophy number 8, after three Italian league titles and two Italy Cups. “We wanted to try, stay in the game plan, defend and approach those two games with the right attitude. We did all those things and we won, even when we couldn’t hit a shot. We have a lot of work to do but we are on the right track. Last year we won the Supercup too, but now we have more familiarity with each other and we know a little bit better what to do, just think about the way we looked for Micov when he was needed. We want to get to the next level, stay with the best teams in Europe over the long haul: reaching that level takes time but we are aware of it”, Coach Pianigiani said.