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2018–19 LBA season

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Serie A PosteMobile1
Season2018–19
Duration7 October 2018 – June 2019
Games played265
Teams16
TV partner(s)Rai Sport, Eurosport[1]
Regular season
Top seedAX Armani Exchange Milano
Season MVPUnited States Drew Crawford
RelegatedFiat Torino[2]
Finals
ChampionsUmana Reyer Venezia
  Runners-upBanco di Sardegna Sassari
SemifinalistsAX Armani Exchange Milano
Vanoli Cremona
Finals MVPUnited States Austin Daye
Awards
Best Young PlayerUnited States Tony Carr
Statistical leaders
Points United States Frank Gaines 20.3
Rebounds Lithuania Egidijus Mockevičius 11.5
Assists Italy Luca Vitali 5.8
Index Rating United States Davon Jefferson 23.5
Records
Biggest home winTrieste 110–64 Avellino
(December 16, 2018)
Biggest away winAvellino 49–79 Venezia
(November 25, 2018)
Highest scoringPesaro 106–122 Cremona
(December 16, 2018)
Winning streak15 games
Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Losing streak8 games
Red October Cantù
Highest attendance12,005
AX Milano 72–67 Varese
(December 23, 2018)[3]
Average attendance960,823 (4,003 per match)[4][5]
All statistics correct as of complete.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to PosteMobile.

The 2018–19 LBA season, also known as Serie A PosteMobile for sponsorship reasons,[6] was the 97th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system (LBA). The regular season began on October 7, 2018 and finished on May 12, 2019, with the playoffs started on May 18 (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four, 2019 EuroCup Playoffs or for the 2019 Champions League Playoffs) and finished on June 22.[7]

As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.[8]

AX Armani Exchange Milano were the defending champions.[9]

Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the finals.[10]

Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2017–18 season and one promoted from the 2017–18 Serie A2.[11]

Alma Pallacanestro Trieste was the promoted club from the Serie A2 Basket after beating Novipiù Casale Monferrato at game 3 of league's playoffs,[12] and returned to the top division after a 14 years absence.[13]

Trieste replaced Betaland Capo d'Orlando who were relegated during the previous season.[14]

Number of teams by region

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Number of teams Region Team(s)
5  Lombardy AX Armani Exchange MilanoLBA
Germani Basket Brescia
Openjobmetis Varese
Red October Cantù
Vanoli Cremona
2  Emilia-Romagna Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Segafredo Virtus Bologna
1  Apulia New Basket Brindisi
 Campania Sidigas Avellino
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Alma Pallacanestro TriesteA2
 Marche VL Pesaro
 Piedmont Fiat Torino
 Sardinia Banco di Sardegna Sassari
 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Dolomiti Energia Trento
 Tuscany OriOra Pistoia
 Veneto Umana Reyer Venezia
Notes
^LBA 2017–18 LBA champion.
^A2 2017–18 Serie A2 champion.

Venues and locations

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Team Home city Arena Capacity
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste Trieste Allianz Dome 6,943[15]
AX Armani Exchange Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[16]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000[17]
Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento BLM Group Arena 4,360[18]
Fiat Torino Turin PalaVela 6,305[19]
Germani Basket Brescia Brescia PalaLeonessa 5,200[20]
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia PalaBigi 4,530[21]
New Basket Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 3,534[22]
Openjobmetis Varese Varese Enerxenia Arena 5,100[23]
OriOra Pistoia Pistoia PalaCarrara 4,000[24]
Red October Cantù Cantù PalaBancoDesio[25] (in Desio) 6,700[26]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Bologna Unipol Arena 9,513[27]
PalaDozza 5,570[28]
Sidigas Avellino Avellino PalaDelMauro 5,195[29]
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,506[30]
Vanoli Cremona Cremona PalaRadi 3,511[31]
VL Pesaro Pesaro Adriatic Arena 10,323[32]

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste Italy Gianluca Mauro Italy Eugenio Dalmasson Italy Andrea Coronica Adidas Alma Agenzia per il lavoro, Allianz
AX Armani Exchange Milano Italy Livio Proli Italy Simone Pianigiani Italy Andrea Cinciarini Armani AX Armani Exchange
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Stefano Sardara Italy Gianmarco Pozzecco Italy Giacomo Devecchi Eye Sport Banco di Sardegna, Tirrenia
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy Luigi Longhi Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Argentina Andrés Pablo Forray Spalding Dolomiti Energia
Fiat Torino Italy vacant[a] Italy Paolo Galbiati Italy Giuseppe Poeta Kappa Fiat Automobiles
Germani Basket Brescia Italy Graziella Bragaglio Italy Andrea Diana United States David Moss Erreà Germani Trasporti
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy Maria Licia Ferrarini Italy Stefano Pillastrini Italy Riccardo Cervi Sportika Grissin Bon, Mapei
New Basket Brindisi Italy Fernando Marino Italy Francesco Vitucci Israel Adrian Banks Adidas Enel
Openjobmetis Varese Italy Marco Vittorelli Italy Attilio Caja Italy Giancarlo Ferrero Spalding Openjobmetis
OriOra Pistoia Italy Roberto Maltinti Italy Paolo Moretti United States Dominique Johnson Erreà OriOra
Red October Cantù Russia Irina Gerasimenko Italy Nicola Brienza Nigeria Ike Udanoh Eye Sport Red October Steel Works
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Italy vacant[b] Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević Italy Pietro Aradori Macron Segafredo Zanetti
Sidigas Avellino Italy Giuseppe Sampietro Italy Massimo Maffezzoli Italy Ariel Filloy Joma Sidigas, Citroën
Umana Reyer Venezia Italy Luigi Brugnaro Italy Walter De Raffaele Georgia (country) MarQuez Haynes Erreà Umana
Vanoli Cremona Italy Aldo Vanoli Italy Romeo Sacchetti Italy Giulio Gazzotti Erreà Ferramenta Vanoli
VL Pesaro Italy Ario Costa Italy Matteo Boniciolli Italy Andrea Ancellotti Erreà Consultinvest, ButanGas
  1. ^ On 26 April 2019, President Antonio Forni left the presidency of the team because of the change of ownership.[33]
  2. ^ On 9 March 2019, President Alberto Bucci died at 70 years old, due to complications from a cancer.[34]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy Massimiliano Menetti Sacked 17 May 2018[35] Pre-season Italy Devis Cagnardi 23 May 2018[36]
OriOra Pistoia Italy Vincenzo Esposito Signed with Banco di Sardegna Sassari 19 May 2018[37] Italy Alessandro Ramagli 12 June 2018[38]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari North Macedonia Zare Markovski Mutual consent 22 May 2018[39] Italy Vincenzo Esposito 22 May 2018[40]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Italy Alessandro Ramagli Sacked 25 May 2018[41] Italy Stefano Sacripanti 12 June 2018[42]
Red October Cantù Italy Marco Sodini Resigned 29 May 2018[43] Russia Evgeniy Pashutin 7 June 2018[44]
Sidigas Avellino Italy Stefano Sacripanti Sacked 1 June 2018[45] Serbia Nenad Vučinić 12 June 2018[46]
Fiat Torino Italy Paolo Galbiati Resigned 7 June 2018[47] United States Larry Brown 17 June 2018[48]
Fiat Torino United States Larry Brown Mutual consent 27 December 2018[49] 12th (4–8) Italy Paolo Galbiati 28 December 2018[50]
VL Pesaro Italy Massimo Galli Sacked 8 January 2019[51] 15th (4–10) Italy Matteo Boniciolli 8 January 2019[52]
Red October Cantù Russia Evgeniy Pashutin Signed with Avtodor Saratov 30 January 2019[53] 11th (7–10) Italy Nicola Brienza 30 January 2019[54]
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy Devis Cagnardi Sacked 4 February 2019[55] 15th (5–13) Italy Stefano Pillastrini 5 February 2019[56]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Vincenzo Esposito Resigned 11 February 2019[57] 8th (9–10) Italy Gianmarco Pozzecco 11 February 2019[58]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Italy Stefano Sacripanti Sacked 11 March 2019[59] 10th (10–11) Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević 11 March 2019[60]
OriOra Pistoia Italy Alessandro Ramagli 28 March 2019[61] 16th (5–18) Italy Fabio Bongi (interim) 28 March 2019[62]
OriOra Pistoia Italy Fabio Bongi End of interim spell 31 March 2019[63] 16th (5–19) Italy Paolo Moretti 2 April 2019[64]
Sidigas Avellino Serbia Nenad Vučinić Mutual consent 10 April 2019[65] 7th (14–11) Italy Massimo Maffezzoli 10 April 2019[66]

Changes from 2017–18

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As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people.[67] From 2017–18 season, all clubs must host their home playoffs matches in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 5,000 people.[68]

Rules

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Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:

  1. 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
  2. 3 foreigners from countries outside the EU, 4 foreigners from EU countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement)

Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the EU and four foreigners from EU countries or "Cotonou Countries".[69]

At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500.000,00 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200.000,00 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.[70]

Regular season

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In the regular season, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams were eliminated, while the last one qualified team was relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays were from October 7, 2018, to May 2019.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AX Armani Exchange Milano 30 23 7 2609 2391 +218 46 Qualification to Playoffs
2 Vanoli Cremona 30 20 10 2504 2360 +144 40
3 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 20 10 2440 2256 +184 40
4 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 18 12 2593 2436 +157 36
5 New Basket Brindisi 30 18 12 2454 2370 +84 36
6 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 17 13 2383 2410 −27 34
7 Alma Pallacanestro Trieste 30 16 14 2634 2527 +107 32
8 Sidigas Avellino 30 16 14 2470 2456 +14 32
9 Openjobmetis Varese 30 16 14 2385 2284 +101 32
10 Red October Cantù 30 16 14 2526 2571 −45 32
11 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 30 15 15 2387 2410 −23 30
12 Germani Basket Brescia 30 14 16 2408 2443 −35 28
13 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30 9 21 2363 2493 −130 18
14 VL Pesaro 30 7 23 2382 2754 −372 14
15 OriOra Pistoia 30 6 24 2253 2511 −258 12
16 Fiat Torino[a] (R) 30 9 21 2492 2611 −119 10 Relegation to Serie A2
Source: LBA
(R) Relegated

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
AX Armani Exchange Milano 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Vanoli Cremona 5 3 8 5 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
Umana Reyer Venezia 7 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
Banco di Sardegna Sassari 14 8 4 3 4 6 9 10 8 10 11 11 9 6 6 5 7 8 8 11 11 11 11 9 9 8 7 5 5 4
New Basket Brindisi 15 5 9 8 6 5 4 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5
Dolomiti Energia Trento 12 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 10 9 8 10 10 10 12 12 11 10 9 8 10 8 8 6 6 6 9 6
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste 11 14 10 11 12 13 11 9 10 8 6 6 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 10 8 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
Sidigas Avellino 1 4 12 10 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 8 8 10 8
Openjobmetis Varese 8 11 7 6 7 8 6 3 4 3 4 4 2 4 5 6 5 7 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 9 9 10 6 9
Red October Cantù 16 12 3 4 8 9 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 12 14 13 11 10 10 9 8 7 9 12 10 10 10 9 8 10
Segafredo Virtus Bologna 6 10 6 7 10 7 7 8 9 6 9 8 10 8 8 7 8 6 7 7 10 9 7 10 11 11 11 11 11 11
Germani Basket Brescia 9 9 11 12 11 11 12 11 12 9 8 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 3 7 13 14 13 14 14 16 15 16 16 16 15 13 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 15 13 15 14 14 14 13 13
VL Pesaro 4 13 14 13 14 12 8 7 7 11 13 13 13 15 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14
OriOra Pistoia 13 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 11 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15
Fiat Torino 10 6 5 9 9 10 13 13 14 12 12 12 12 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 13 15 13 13 13 13 16 16
Updated to match(es) played on May 12, 2019. Source: LBA
Leader of the Regular Season
Qualification to Playoffs
Relegation to Serie A2

Results

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Home \ Away TRI AXM SAS TRE TOR BRE REG BRI VAR PIS CTU BOL AVE VEN CRE PES
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste 73–77 65–86 85–74 115–110 90–86 104–88 71–92 96–104 96–79 102–82 88–92 110–64 104–85 97–80 105–68
AX Armani Exchange Milano 93–88 79–93 86–78 110–91 87–75 100–75 103–92 72–67 107–83 98–91 94–75 85–79 86–87 76–75 111–74
Banco di Sardegna Sassari 102–97 106–107 88–70 96–82 95–87 82–71 98–103 71–60 111–113 87–81 90–72 105–84 83–86 0–20b 114–73
Dolomiti Energia Trento 82–75 77–79 71–66 95–87 76–75 68–60 76–79 74–71 82–73 92–97 71–65 97–79 64–87 99–104 81–76
Fiat Torino 86–74 71–93 102–83 86–84 89–91 77–58 66–72 72–66 86–80 96–106 64–80 79–96 66–73 88–94 93–71
Germani Basket Brescia 77–85 92–86 71–95 79–84 83–76 83–79 97–80 78–73 87–79 81–63 77–75 74–77 72–70 86–89 84–81
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 71–84 67–71 85–77 80–84 85–98 79–82 82–76 74–68 82–84 89–99 81–89 75–91 82–74 82–81 108–66
New Basket Brindisi 85–77 101–92 84–90 76–81 96–89 72–65 67–75 81–77 80–70 76–59 89–81 68–70 71–65 80–86 88–73
Openjobmetis Varese 78–66 84–94 84–73 93–85 77–60 81–80 92–80 85–67 98–70 89–71 79–86 79–83 87–79 83–64 81–75
OriOra Pistoia 77–90 20–0a 82–90 70–78 78–81 73–70 76–80 74–90 71–65 74–84 71–81 73–88 69–97 73–90 77–81
Red October Cantù 66–88 74–101 88–97 84–72 86–75 82–76 101–95 81–79 84–75 100–79 96–94 83–73 71–93 82–66 87–90
Segafredo Virtus Bologna 82–74 79–88 74–86 74–69 82–79 88–80 81–69 61–77 84–72 67–78 90–81 88–66 76–77 66–84 78–70
Sidigas Avellino 96–97 85–81 86–78 110–72 109–82 79–67 91–59 83–87 76–71 82–78 98–81 90–96 49–79 62–70 82–81
Umana Reyer Venezia 75–83 81–84 98–90 77–81 76–75 86–70 76–71 70–59 61–66 95–72 94–90 94–75 76–65 78–67 97–62
Vanoli Cremona 87–78 76–72 80–73 84–89 100–87 88–91 98–81 93–86 79–82 90–80 79–96 87–70 94–88 80–65 97–64
VL Pesaro 103–77 82–97 81–88 65–77 102–98 86–92 73–100 80–101 78–98 83–77 72–80 89–86 91–89 86–89 106–122
Source: LBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes
^a AX Armani Exchange Milano won the game on the road 91-81, but OriOra Pistoia awarded 20-0 win over Milano due to playing James Nunnally while he was under suspension.[72]
^b Vanoli Cremona won the game on the road 105-100 after an overtime, but awarded 20-0 win over Banco di Sardegna Sassari due to coaching Gianmarco Pozzecco while he was under suspension.[73]

Statistical leaders

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As of May 12, 2019.[74]

Other Statistics

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Category Player Team Average
Steals United States Aaron Craft Dolomiti Energia Trento
2.0
Blocks Senegal Hamady N'Diaye Sidigas Avellino
1.8
Turnovers United States Tony Mitchell OriOra Pistoia 2.9
United States Caleb Green Sidigas Avellino
2P% United States Mitchell Watt Umana Reyer Venezia
70.1%
3P% Argentina Juan Fernández Alma Pallacanestro Trieste
48.3%
FT% United States James Blackmon VL Pesaro
89.9%

Individual game highs

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Category Player Team Total Opponent
Points United States Frank Gaines Red October Cantù
44
AX Armani Exchange Milano (Mar 31, 19)
Rebounds Lithuania Egidijus Mockevičius VL Pesaro
21
Fiat Torino (Jan 13, 19)
Assists United States Mike James AX Armani Exchange Milano
15
Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Dec 16, 18)
Steals United States Dominic Artis VL Pesaro
9
Fiat Torino (Jan 13, 19)
Blocks Senegal Hamady N'Diaye Sidigas Avellino 5 Red October Cantù (Oct 6, 18)
United States John Brown New Basket Brindisi Dolomiti Energia Trento (Jan 13, 19)
Italy Andrea Ancellotti VL Pesaro Dolomiti Energia Trento (Apr 14, 19)
Three Pointers United States Jordan Hamilton Germani Basket Brescia
11
Fiat Torino (Mar 24, 19)

Source: RealGM

Awards

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Best Player Under 22

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Best Coach

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Best Executive

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Round MVP

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Round Player Team PIR Ref
1 United States Caleb Green Sidigas Avellino 32 [80]
2 Nigeria Ike Udanoh Red October Cantù 40 [81]
3 United States Davon Jefferson Red October Cantù 29 [82]
4 United States Tony Mitchell Red October Cantù 28 [83]
5 United States Caleb Green (2) Sidigas Avellino 34 [84]
6 United States Erik McCree VL Pesaro 33 [85]
7 United States L. J. Peak OriOra Pistoia 37 [86]
8 Canada Thomas Scrubb Openjobmetis Varese 28 [87]
9 Kosovo Scott Bamforth Banco di Sardegna Sassari 29 [88]
10 United States Mitchell Watt Umana Reyer Venezia 31 [89]
11 United States Mike James AX Armani Exchange Milano 33 [90]
12 Canada Thomas Scrubb (2) Openjobmetis Varese 33 [91]
13 United States Davon Jefferson (2) Red October Cantù 45 [92]
14 United States Jack Cooley Banco di Sardegna Sassari 32 [93]
15 Kosovo Scott Bamforth (2) Banco di Sardegna Sassari 35 [94]
16 United States Adrian Banks New Basket Brindisi 30 [95]
17 United States Davon Jefferson (3) Red October Cantù 27 [96]
18 United States Davon Jefferson (4) Red October Cantù 34 [97]
19 United States Frank Gaines Red October Cantù 41 [98]
20 United States Tyler Cain Openjobmetis Varese 29 [99]
21 United States Julyan Stone Umana Reyer Venezia 30 [100]
United States Davon Jefferson Red October Cantù
22 Canada Dyshawn Pierre Banco di Sardegna Sassari 35 [101]
United States Keifer Sykes Sidigas Avellino
23 United States Mitchell Watt (2) Umana Reyer Venezia 33 [102]
24 United States Mike James (2) AX Armani Exchange Milano 31 [103]
25 The Gambia Ousman Krubally OriOra Pistoia 43 [104]
26 United States Jeremy Chappell New Basket Brindisi 38 [105]
27 United States Davon Jefferson (2) Red October Cantù 32 [106]
28 Italy Riccardo Moraschini New Basket Brindisi 38 [107]
29 Israel Adrian Banks New Basket Brindisi 33 [108]
30 United States Dustin Hogue Dolomiti Energia Trento 29 [109]

Playoffs

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The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals were best of five formats, while the finals series were best of seven format. The playoffs began on May 18, 2019,[110] and finished on June 22, 2019.[111]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 AX Armani Exchange Milano 3
8 Sidigas Avellino 2
1 AX Armani Exchange Milano 0
4 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 3
4 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 3
5 New Basket Brindisi 0
4 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 3
3 Umana Reyer Venezia 4
2 Vanoli Cremona 3
7 Alma Pallacanestro Trieste 1
2 Vanoli Cremona 2
3 Umana Reyer Venezia 3
3 Umana Reyer Venezia 3
6 Dolomiti Energia Trento 2

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 Umana Reyer Venezia (C) 30 20 10 Qualification to EuroCup
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 18 12 Qualification to Champions League
3 AX Armani Exchange Milano 30 23 7 Already qualified to EuroLeague
4 Vanoli Cremona 30 20 10
5 New Basket Brindisi 30 18 12 Qualification to Champions League
6 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 17 13 Qualification to EuroCup
7 Alma Pallacanestro Trieste 30 16 14
8 Sidigas Avellino 30 16 14
9 Openjobmetis Varese 30 16 14
10 Red October Cantù 30 16 14
11 Segafredo Virtus Bologna[b] 30 15 15 Qualification to EuroCup
12 Germani Basket Brescia[c] 30 14 16
13 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30 9 21
14 VL Pesaro 30 7 23
15 OriOra Pistoia 30 6 24
16 Fiat Torino 30 9 21 Relegation to Serie A2
Source: LBA
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Fiat Torino were deducted 8 points by the Federal Council due to financial irregularities.[71]
  2. ^ Segafredo Virtus Bologna qualified to EuroCup through a wild card.
  3. ^ Germani Basket Brescia qualified to EuroCup through a wild card.

Serie A clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress Ref
AX Armani Exchange Milano EuroLeague 12th (14–16) [112]
Germani Basket Brescia EuroCup Regular season [113]
Dolomiti Energia Trento Regular season
Fiat Torino Regular season
Red October Cantù Champions League Second qualifying round [114]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Champions
Sidigas Avellino Regular season
Umana Reyer Venezia Round of 16
Banco di Sardegna Sassari FIBA Europe Cup Champions [115][116]
Openjobmetis Varese Semi-finals

Supercup

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The 2018 Italian Supercup, also known as Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2018 for sponsorship reasons,[117] was the 24rd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. The Supercup opened the 2018–19 season on 29 and 30 September 2018,[118] and it was contested in the PalaLeonessa in Brescia.[119]

Qualified for the tournament were Fiat Torino and Germani Brescia,[120] as Italian Cup finalists, AX Armani Exchange Milano and Dolomiti Energia Trento as LBA Playoffs finalist.[121]

AX Armani Exchange Milano beat the tournament host Germani Basket Brescia 59–81, while Fiat Torino beat Dolomiti Energia Trento 81–72.[122]

AX Armani Exchange Milano was the Supercup winner for the third consecutive season after beating Fiat Torino in the final 82–71. Milano used an 11–0 run to start the second quarter and jump in front. Milano held a 41–31 lead at halftime, then Vladimir Micov nailed three triples early in the third quarter to open a 55–38 lead. Torino closed in with a 0–12 run in the fourth quarter, but Artūras Gudaitis had a three-point play to extend it to 76–67, and sending Milano on its way to victory. Micov and Gudaitis scored 17 points apiece to lead Milano to its first trophy of the season. Nemanja Nedović scored 14, and Mike James had 10 in a victory. Tony Carr paced Torino with 15 points, while Tekele Cotton, Tyshawn Taylor and Jamil Wilson scored 11 apiece.[123]

Vladimir Micov was named MVP of the competition.[124]

Cup

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The 51st edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,[125] was contested in February 2019.[126] As in the previous edition, Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence hosted the Cup.[127] Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were Avellino, Bologna, Brindisi, Cremona, Milano, Sassari, Varese and Venezia.[128]

Fiat Torino were the defending champions.[129]

Segafredo Virtus Bologna stunned AX Armani Exchange Milano 84-86 and Vanoli Cremona defeated Openjobmetis Varese 82–73 in the Italian Cup quarterfinals on Thursday. The game was not as close as the final score would indicate with Bologna leading by multiple possessions throughout the fourth quarter and Milano only getting within 2 on a Curtis Jerrells triple on the buzzer. Tony Taylor scored 23 points and Pietro Aradori 16 for Bologna, which took a big step towards adding to its record eight Italian Cup triumphs. James Nunnally paced Milano with 19 points while leading scorer Mike James shot just 1 for 11 on three-pointers and finished with 13 points. For Cremona, Drew Crawford scored 22 points and Wesley Saunders added 20.[130]

On the second night of the Italian Cup quarterfinals, Banco di Sardegna Sassari edged Umana Reyer Venezia 88-89 behind 24 points from Dyshawn Pierre and New Basket Brindisi out-gunned Sidigas Avellino 95-98 as Adrian Banks poured in 26 points.[131]

Vanoli Cremona will play New Basket Brindisi in the final of the Italian Cup. In the semifinals, Cremona topped Segafredo Virtus Bologna 102-91 as Travis Diener netted 26 points on 6-for-9 three-point shooting. Mangok Mathiang added 19 points and 10 rebounds in the victory. Brindisi held off Sassari 86–87, with John Brown scoring 20 points, and Jeremy Chappell collecting 18 points plus 9 rebounds.[132]

Vanoli Cremona lifted the Italian Cup for the first time after beating New Basket Brindisi 83–74 in the final. Wesley Saunders posted 18 points and 9 rebounds and Drew Crawford also scored 18 to lead the winners. Michele Ruzzier added 12 points off the bench. Cremona used a 9-0 second-quarter run to surge ahead from a 25–25 tie and led 45–37 at halftime. The lead stood in double figures for most of the second half and Brindisi never got closer than 6. John Brown posted 21 points and 8 rebounds and Tony Gaffney scored 19 in defeat.[133][134] Drew Crawford was named Panasonic MVP of the competition.[135]

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