Olimpia Milano, Ettore Messina enjoys a quiet Sunday

The words of Ettore Messina

Quiet Sunday for Olimpia Milano. The red-and-whites easily overcame Pallacanestro Reggiana (81-63) in the tenth day of Serie A, in front of their own fans, centering their sixth consecutive success in the league.

The coach of the Milanese club Ettore Messina commented on the victory in the press conference as follows, “We got from the night what we hoped for. We divided the minutes and won with tranquility, also giving space to everyone.”

He then analyzed the latest performance of Naz Mitrou-Long: “Definitely he makes a few too many lost balls and some uncertain decisions. He always gives his energy, though. He came to have a different role, now he has a much more central one because of injury problems, between ups and downs he is improving. I think in the end we will be happy. We knew he was mostly an energy player, he is learning to put more quality plays. Of all the freshmen in the Euroleague he is the one who is producing the most.”

“A solid game. He defended, made baskets in penetration and from three. I hope he can give us a hand on Tuesday as well,” he said about Tonut’s return.

“He has no problem understanding the game, he knows exactly where to go. He never had an acceptable physical condition, although he worked on it. We need him, now we have to push everyone in that direction,” he said of Voigtmann.

Finally he gave an account of the injury situation: “Melli used these two days to recover, Hines had taken a bump in training before leaving for Athens. I don’t see any big problems for the two of them. Definitely for Pangos and Shields we talk about it in 2023, while Datome has resumed work in the gym, maybe this week he will start some individual technical work. If all goes well, for the game with Varese he could play.”