In history, Milan and Brescia have met 46 times with 35 successes for Milan and 11 for Brescia. Olimpia is 20-2 at home and 13-8 away. The balance includes the semi-final of the 2018 Super Cup which was played in Brescia but should be considered a neutral venue, the result being 81-59 in favor of Olimpia; the semi-final of the 2022 Italian Cup won again by Olimpia in Pesaro with a score of 69 -63 (22 points from Sergio Rodriguez); and the quarter-final of the 2023 Italian Cup won by Brescia in Turin 75-72. Brescia won in Milan twice, in Game 1 of the 2018 playoffs and in the 2019/20 season (73-65). Olimpia defeated Brescia 78-77 in the opening match of the 2022/23 season with Nicolò Melli’s decisive block on Kenny Gabriel. It is also true that in the last three years he has never won in Brescia.
The teams have faced each other twice in the championship playoffs. In 1981/82, quarter-finals, the then Cidneo came from the A2 championship according to the formula of the time. Billy won 2-1 in their quest for the championship but lost in Brescia, 78-71. In 2018, Olimpia eliminated Brescia in the Scudetto semi-final by winning 3-1 with two away successes. Brescia’s only victory was in Game 1 in Milan (85-82, 20 points from Michele Vitali). In the next three games Olimpia won 89-68 (Andrew Goudelock 15); 80-74 in Brescia (Goudelock 20, Vlado Micov 16) and 76-70 in Game 4 (Mindaugas Kuzminskas 24). In total, the balance in the playoffs is 5-2 for Olimpia, 3-1 in Milan, 2-1 in Brescia.
This season the two teams have met twice. Brescia won 72-64 at home. Olimpia was heavily restructured, without Shavon Shields, Nikola Mirotic and Pippo Ricci. In the match in Milan, Olimpia prevailed 83-77 with 19 points from Shabazz Napier and 16 from Shavon Shields. Mirotic was again absent in that match. Brescia was formally at full strength but in reality did not field playmaker Semaj Christon.
