Olimpia takes the game over in the heart of the second period, then resists Real Madrid’s comebacks, and in the fourth period even dominated when Zach LeDay, in addition to putting his body on the line against Tavares and Ibaka, the energy, the rebounds (eight ), also gets in the rhythm when shooting. His three threes from the corners devastated the game. Olimpia led by as many as 22 points, before winning 85-76. It was a well played game, both defensively and offensively. The defense helped a lot to overcome its size disadvantage down low, the possessions were “finished” with a notable team work in rebounding the ball; and the offense moved the ball, generated transition chances, free throws, 16 assists, 12 made threes. It was a team win because everyone gave so much, even playing with a lor of small ball against a team as big as Real Madrid, with Causeur and Brooks together. It was an excellent debut for Nico Mannion, who scored and showed great personality against Facundo Campazzo. He and Dimitrijevic also took turns in terms of their impact on the game. “We played well both ends of the floor, we did a great team work on their bigs starting with LeDay, Caruso for some minutes, and help from all the guys; offensively we never stopped moving the ball. We got many rebounds and generated steals that helped us taking off in transitions. Dimitrijevic and Mannion tried hard to push the tempo,” Coach Ettore Messina said,