Olimpia’s attempted comeback started too late and from too far behind to be effective. Down by 21 in the third, Milan was furious in its rally, but came up short 85-80in Bologna. Olimpia trailed by 14 at halftime, had a weak start in the second half, played with spirit and defensive intensity late in the third, cutting the deficit to 10 entering the final period. Here it had another passive stretch, Fortitudo built again a 14-point lead and the last attempt was spirited, but also late in spite of a 23-point impressive outing by Nemanja Nedovic. ”They deserves the win – Coach Ettore Messina admitted – Their coaching staff did a much better job at preparing this game, their players had a much better game than our players. They were disciplined, efficient and well-prepared. It’s not the first time that we showed difficulties at playing a league game after playing a EuroLeague game.  Yes, I’m concerned, it’d be irresponsible not to be.”