On the last possession, down by three, the ball moved along the perimeter and finally hit the open man in the corner. Up to that moment, Nicolò Melli had not made a three all night, but he confidently took the shot and made it. Olimpia took the lead finally with 1.2 seconds left. Melli completed his masterful job, blocking the last second attempt to win the game by Wayne MacCullough. He closed out on him and canceled his shot swatting the ball in the stands, to preserve a 73-72 win. Olimpia survived a scare in Cremona and saved its second-place in the playoffs’ seeding. “We started the game poorly, offesively and defensively, they made six threes in the first period and at that point we knew it was going to be a long night – Coach Ettore Messina said – It is good that we never let the game go they way the things were developing. We are trying to re-establish our chemistry with Nikola Mirotic back on the floor. Now we have to it quickly before Game 1.” Olimpia trailed by as many as thirteen points early in the game, attempted to come back on several moments and took the lead in the third quarter just before an array of threes pushed Cremona back in the lead. “Fortunately, the last few defensive possessions were great, we kept them from scoring and some individual plays won the game for us,” Messina said. Olimpia will start its quarterfinals series at home next Sunday against Trento.