Olimpia lost 69-62 in Avellino, getting down 2-1 in the best-of-five series. Now, game 4 is crucial to stay alive. It’s the first elimination game Olimpia has to play in two years. Game 3 was a strange one: Olimpia started stuttering, went down by as many as 14 points then came back, went up at the end of third and finally took a convincing lead and suddenly started making mistakes. One after another, on its way to finish under 40 percent in two-point shooting. Avellino regained control and won. “We made a huge amount of mistakes, and lost. We accepted their tempo, their style of game, in the second quarter and again in the last five or six minutes”, Coach Pianigiani said at the end. Andrea Cinciarini with 12 points led the team, Kaleb Tarczewski had a double double, grabbing 12 rebounds in 27 minutes.