Nicolò Melli will play his fifth championship series with Olimpia. The first took place in 2012 (1-4 against Siena), the first won was in 2014 (4-3 against Siena). The other two date back to 2022 and 2023, both won, both against Virtus. In his career he’s played two finals in Germany with Bamberg and two in Turkey with Fenerbahce. In all, he’s won six national titles. He has a record of 13-12 in the 25 finals games played in Italy, 3-1 for series won and lost, 14-3 for playoffs’ series won and lost. After the series played against Brescia, Melli joined Alessandro Frosini as the 16th all-time best rebounder in the playoffs, nine rebounds away from Sandro Dell’Agnello’s 15th place. Melli is also 15th in defensive rebounds with 276, seven behind Elvis Rolle.

MELLI IN THE FINALS – Nik Melli’s played 25 championship series games so far. Compared to the players participating in this series, he is four games behind Shavon Shields and three fewer than Marco Belinelli. On the other hand, he is fourth for rebounds taken in finals’ games with 142: ahead of him are Riccardo Pittis, Dino Meneghin and Achille Polonara, one of his opponents in this series. Melli is also fifth in defensive rebounds and sixth in offensive rebounds.

MELLI Vs VIRTUS – Melliìs played 25 games against Virtus after returning to Italy. In these 25 games, including Supercup games and EuroLeague games, he has averaged 10.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, shot 53.7 percent from two and 35.3 percent from three.