L'Olimpia wins in Brescia, Poeta: "It' just the'beginning"

Excellent start for Olimpia Milano in the basketball A series semifinal playoff series against Germani Brescia. The Milanese lineup won on the rival parquet with a score of 88-72.Among the brightest were Bolmaro with 20 points and 7 rebounds and Brooks (16 points). Also in double figures were Nebo, Ricci and Shields, all with 11 points.

After the game coach Peppe Poeta commented on his team’s performance as follows, “We played a solid, cynical, high-level defensive game. We started a little rusty, then as the minutes went by, we made a high level defensive third and fourth. But it’s only game 1, we’ll have to be ready for their reaction in game 2. We’ve already seen that if we drop the intensity, it’s big problems. I am happy, however, in half an hour from now we are already thinking about game 2,” are the words reported by realolimpiamilano.

“Today we were good at keeping constant intensity. We suffered a little bit in offensive rebounding at the beginning, but we respected certain things we had to do. The consistency of physicality allowed us to make the break, then we were good at maintaining it.”

Poeta especially praised the defensive aspect and the improvement on turnovers, “We had more focus and discipline. We started with a big body on Ivanovic, with Shields doing an excellent job on the two playmakers. Holding Brescia to only 8 assists means we did a great job.”