Olimpia’s defense took over the game early and won over Brindisi 69-55. Brindisi led at the end of the first period by one, that after leading by three early in the second, Olimpia placed a 9-0 run that essentially put the game under control. “We did an excellent defensive job over their scoring guards and that was the key. It was important to be able to rotate all the players, providing some minutes for Bortolani to regain game rhythm, and also I liked the way Caruso competed,” Coach Messina said pointing out to turnovers as the reason why the offense didn’t perform at a high level. However, Olimpia allowed some offensive rebounds early in the game and when Melli fixed this thing everything was less complicated. Nicolò Melli finshed with nine points and 12 rebounds. Johannes Voigtmann scored 11 points, all of them in the fourth quarter,