It was largely irrelevant so it became a EuroLeague game mostly dominated by the offenses even in a night of low three-point shooting percentages. Maccabi led most of the night and won 92-86. Olimpia managed to come back several times, the last one late in the fourth quarter when Shabazz Napier hit a three and reduced the margin to four points. For that point on, Olimpia relied on defense but didn’t hit another much needed three and succumbed 92-86.   “We understood early in the game that Red Star was giving up in Istanbul so we couldn’t do anything. At that moment it wasn’t an easy game to play. We used it to prepare ourselves for the national league playoffs. We gave a good run to Pippo Ricci who was coming off an injury and to our youngest player Giordano Bortolani,” Coach Messina said.

Pippo Ricci

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