Olimpia’s winning streak in the Italian stopped at 10, Brindisi extended its own, winning 88-82. Coach Ettore Messina decided to use the freshest players after two tough EuroLeague games and facing the sixth game in 13 days, so Malcolm Delaney and Kyle Hines were rested along injured Sergio Rodriguez. For a night, three-point shooting didn’t help, Olimpia shot 9-for-27 and lost. Brindisi took control of the game in the third quarter when a nine-point Olimpia’s lead was canceled and turned into a 10-point deficit. Milan attempted a comeback, reducing the margin to one point on a couple of possessions, but Derek Willis from long-distance made the three that basically won the game. “Unfortunately, it’s not a good loss – Coach Messina said -, it’s a loss provoked by the almost 90 points we allowed, and not because we missed three key players. I’m taking responsibility for resting them after the tough week that we had, but we lost because our defense was unacceptable. Brindisi played with attention, efficiency, attacked us off the dribble and took the shots it wanted to take. I hope this is a wake-up call, we need to defend every game, not one game on and one game off.” Gigi Datome led the scorers with 16 points and 4-for-6 from three-point range, but the rest of the team went 5-for-21, but above all Olimpia allowed 52 points in the second half that Brindisi won with a 10 points margin. Shavon Shields went in double digit again, Zach LeDay added nine rebounds to his 14 points but he went 3-for-10 from two. Shooting percentages weren’t good for anybody.