Olimpia lost control of the game early in the second period, after a 24-16 first quarter, gradually went down and found itself in a nine-point hole entering in the fourth. After a 9-0 run that tied the game, Olimpia went up on a Michael Roll mid-range jumper. That was when it couldn’t finish the job. Cremona responded, went on a run on its own and closed the game 82-78, in spite another late attempt at a furious comeback. “For the third time, after a midweek game we couldn’t replicate the effort, Cremona deserved to win, we can only go back to Milan, close ourselves in the gym and improve,” Coach Ettore Messina said. Olimpia was plagued by three-point shooting (5-for-22), wasn’t consistent, struggled a little bit at rebounding the ball in a night that signaled Arturas Gudaitis’ return after a nine-month absence. He stayed on the court almost 11 minutes, had 10 of index rating, so his first game back from a horrific injury was promising. “I finally enjoyed the game of basketball again, but unfortunately we lost of the game and that’s important. We will watch, work and improve,” he said. Vlado Micov led Olimpia with an outstanding offensive game of 26 points that was two points shy of his career-high.