It was a tough night. Tougher than expected. Torino in spite of being last in the standing finally expressed its potential and physicality to build a 9-point lead late in the fourh quarter. And then Olimpia simply refused to lose, came back, was dorced by a late Jerome Dyson layup to go overtime where in the end never trailed and won 94-90. Olimpia struggled most of the night, plagued by turnovers and defensive mistakes but never gave up.mentally. “We struggled because we lost Kalnietis to a back injury early and had to play the same players most of the game. I forced Bruno Cerella to step in a couple of minutes because I had to but he wasn’t supposed to play. Daniele Magro couldn’t play top and Alessandro Gentile was just back after a three-month absence. So yes we are in emergency again and the win was good against a team with talent whose record doesn’t reflect their real value”, Coach Repesa said at the end. Kruno Simon made the key plays, Rakim Sanders was huge too when it counted the most but Lafayette and Cinciarini responded well to the challenge of playing endlessly. For Olimpia is the 8th straight wins between three competitions.

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