Olimpia lost in the Italian league for the first time after 10 wins in Venezia. After allowing 34 first period points, Olimpia tried to come back and was really effective in the fourth period when the zone defense helped a lot. Olimpia came back from 20 points down within three but couldn’t complete the job. A tip-in by Melvin Ejim and a threr by Ariel Filloy allowed Venezia to close the game 88-84. “Obviously we are in the middle of a crisis which is mostly a mental thing. We need to work, we need to stay positive and trust each other”, Coach Repesa said at the end.