Real Madrid at Olimpia Milano
MILAN (Interstat) — Real Madrid will visit Olimpia Milano on Tuesday at Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy, in a matchup of teams looking to build on recent victories. Real Madrid enters with a 5-3 record, while Olimpia Milano is 3-4. The game pits Real Madrid’s road form against Olimpia Milano’s home-court setting.
Real Madrid is coming off a 120-83 home win over Manresa. Olivier Sarr, a player to watch for Real Madrid, finished with 16 points, four rebounds and two assists in 13 minutes. Sarr’s 16 points were a team high. Jaime Pradilla added 10 points, nine rebounds and one assist in 17 minutes, and Andres Feliz had nine points, five rebounds, four assists and one block in 16 minutes. In his previous recent appearances, Sarr had three minutes and one rebound against Unicaja, and seven minutes with two points and one rebound at Dubai.
Olimpia Milano is coming off a 106-77 home win over Treviso. Jason Burnell, a player to watch for Olimpia Milano, had 19 points, four rebounds and four assists in 19 minutes. Burnell’s 19 points were a team high. Ousmane Diop scored 15 points and grabbed four rebounds in 13 minutes, while Nicola Akele added 11 points and six rebounds with one block in 14 minutes. Olimpia Milano moved to 3-4 with the win.
Real Madrid’s other recent results this season include an 86-76 home win over Partizan, a 114-107 overtime win at Obradoiro, an 89-87 home win over Unicaja and a 98-95 overtime win at Dubai. Real Madrid also has losses at Hapoel Tel Aviv 102-98, at Anadolu Efes 94-84 and at Dubai 78-77. Real Madrid has won three of its last five games.
Olimpia Milano’s other recent results include an 87-85 home win over Virtus Bologna, an 83-79 home win over Trieste 2004, and losses at Maccabi Tel Aviv 97-79, at Verona 75-72, at Baskonia 86-76 and at Partizan 92-76. Olimpia Milano has won two of its last five games.
Real Madrid’s upcoming schedule includes home games against ASVEL, Bilbao, Fenerbache Koleji, Miraflores, Panathinaikos, Murcia and Crvena Zvezda, and road games at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Força Lleida and Baskonia. Olimpia Milano’s upcoming slate includes home games against Dubai, Barcelona, Virtus Bologna, Valencia, Trento and Zalgiris, and road games at Azzurro Napoli, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Cantu. Real Madrid’s next 10 games include seven at home and three on the road. Olimpia Milano’s next 10 games include six at home and four on the road.
Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Olimpia Milano 89, Real Madrid 83. Interstat’s ELO system projects Real Madrid with a 55 percent probability to win.