Oliver Lafayette made three threes worthy of 10 points and allowed Olimpia to preserve a convincingly lead over Venezia in the fourth quarter. So Milano won its tenth straight game overall 85-81 in Venezia. The game was close for the three periods then Olimpia took off in the fourth building a 10-point lead early. Then Lafayette kept everything in control with a huge period. Before Esteban Batista inside and Alessandro Gentile with a terrific all-around game were the key factor in a game that Coach Repesa appreciated. “I love our effort and aggressiveness. Right now Lafayette is our only healthy player and with so many games in a short span we can’t really practice because we need to recover. But the effort was there tonight. Gentile gave us a lot offensively. He created for himself and his teammates. But I want him to be more intense because on defense he can also become an example for everbody”, he said. Olimpia didn’t have Kruno Simon. He was stopped by flu-like symptoms.