It took a great backdoor play, a Micov perfect pass and a Mindaugas Kuzminskas alley-oop dunk to put Cremona down 82-80. But Olimpia before a late third quarter collapse, aggravated by a 4-minute drought to start the fourth period, had a very good game that led comfortably even by 15 at one point. Down by six Olimpia won because of a sequence of clutch defensive possession and some points gathered by attacking the rim to make up for a 0 for 8 three-point shooting fourth period. After a newly conquered three-point lead vanished again, Olimpia forced a turnover and gained one last possession. The execution was a textbook one and Kuzminskas  completed a 19-point, nine rebounds and four assists game. “We should have closed the game earlier but when we started missing shots we panicked a little bit. At the end we won because our defense made the right stops”, Coach Pianigiani said.