Game 7 has a lot of meaning in the basketball culture. It is the ultimate game and in its 80th official game of the season, Olimpia will have the chance to play for the championship on its home floor. It is going to be a matter of desire. Who wants it more under the Friday night lights? Olimpia had a potentially close-out game in Bologna but came up short in the long run, giving up in the last five minutes after failing to scre for the first five when the defense stopped Bologna from scoring for a while but the offense didn’t sustain the effort at the other end of the floor. So, now the series is tied 3-3 and Game 7 will decide the championship. Olimpia has played only one Game 7 to win the champioship. It took place in 2014, at home, against Siena, and came up on top with a prodigious comeback from eight points behind in the last five minutes. But in its history has played five more times a winner-take-it-all playoff game. In 1983, it lost in Rome; in 1984 it lost to Bologna at home; in 1986 Olimpia defeated Caserta at home and 1988 prevailed over Livorno on the road; again it lost at home in 1991 against Caserta and, like we said before, in 2014 Olimpia beat Siena in Mediolanum Forum. The record is 3-3. But over the course of its history, Olimpia has played five more winner-take-it-all game, all of them against Varese, with three wins and two losses. The Mediolanum Forum will obviously be sold-out, with more than 12.000 people in the stands. Tip-off time is 20:30,

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