A hard loss to swallow for Olimpia, 84-83, against powerhouse Olympiacos. In the end, there was one last chance to win the game at the buzzer but the possession didn’t amount to nothing and the Piraeus team escaped with a win. But it is a tough loss. “Nikola Mirotic, who is one of the classiest person in the EuroLeague, was treated like the last of the rookie – Coach Ettore Messina said – During the prevuois game against Bayern the referees awarded a possession to us ando Bayern’s coach, Gordon Herbert, wanted to challenge the decisione. Nikola went to the referees and told them not to waste their challenge because they were right. This is what kind of person he is. Today, he was treated like a rookie until he lost his mind. We as a team, as a club, were treated like EuroLeague rookies.” In the fourth quarter, Olimpia went into the penalty within two minutes when Olympiacos had yet to be called for a single foul. Given the situation, it was an impossible task trying to defend efficiently. However, playing with enormous desire, before a capacity crowd, Olimpia five times responded to a six point deficit in the fourth quarter. Shavon Shields made a three; Nikola Mirotic completed a three-point play; Nico Mannion made a couple of free throws; Shields scored and was fouled (he missed the free throw and Mirotic was called for a foul on the ensuing rebound that allowed Olympiacos to go to the line again); finally Bolmaro hit a huge corner three. Olimpia’s defense was huge over the last couple of possession, so Bolmaro fed Mirotic for one more lay-up that closed the gap to one single point. That was why Olimpia had one last chance to win but couldn’t convert it.