Building a 17-point lead early in the second quarter and again a 14-point lead in the third wasn’t enough for Olimpia. “Down the stretch we lost control of our offense and defense, we played at a very good level for three quarters, but in the crucial moment we didn’t have enough accuracy, we turned the ball over too many times. It’s the story of our season, so far unfortunately,” Coach Ettore Messina said. Olimpia went down by six when Rudy Fernandez went on fire in the fourth quarter, responded again but its comeback came up short. Down by two, Vlado Micov missed the go-ahead three, then down by six, two consecutive threes, by Sergio Rodriguez and Keifer Sykes gave Olimpia a glimpse of a chance, but it wasn’t meant to be. Real Madrid won 78-73, ruining the big night of Riccardo Moraschini, who scored 21 points, completed two four-point play, had six rebounds and four steals, two consecutive in the fourth quarter when he tried to lead the desperate attempt to regain the lead. Sergio Rodriguez played 11 minutes in spite of being plagued by a couple of injuries.