2019–20 LBA season

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LBA
Season2019–20
DurationOctober 25, 2019 – June 2020
Number of games186
Number of teams17
TV partner(s)Rai Sport, Eurosport[1]
Regular season
Top seedSegafredo Virtus Bologna
Finals
ChampionsNone declared
Records
Biggest home winSassari 108–72 Roma
(November 2, 2019)
Biggest away winTrieste 62–92 Varese
(September 29, 2019)
Roma 53-83 Brescia
(December 22, 2019)
Highest scoringBrindisi 108–99 Pesaro
(October 20, 2019)
Winning streak10 games
Segafredo Virtus Bologna
Losing streak16 games
Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro
Highest attendance10,003
AX Milano 90-78 Sassari
(November 24, 2019)[2]
Average attendance581,082 (4,273 per match)[3]
(First half of the season)
All statistics correct as of March 8, 2020.

The 2019–20 LBA season was the 98th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system. The regular season started on September 25, 2019, and was scheduled to finish on April 26, 2020. However, the season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On March 8, 2020, the Italian government halted the league until April 3, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.[4] On April 7, 2020, after a month of suspension, the Italian Basketball Federation officially ended the 2019–20 season.[5] Virtus Bologna ended the season first, with 18 wins and 2 defeats, but the title was not assigned.[6]

As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.[7]

Umana Reyer Venezia are the defending champions.[8]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2018–19 season and three promoted from the 2018–19 Serie A2.[9]

Teams promoted from Serie A2

Fortitudo Pompea Bologna and Virtus Roma are the two promoted clubs from the Serie A2 Basket as they ranked first on the league table at the end of the Regular Season. They returned to the top division, respectively, following a hiatus 10 and 4 years.[10][12] De' Longhi Treviso is the winner team of the 2019 Serie A2 Playoffs and is the third promoted club to LBA.[11]

The three promoted clubs from Serie A2 replaced Fiat Torino, which were relegated during the previous season after deducted 8 points by the Federal Council due to financial irregularities.[13]

On July 12, 2019, after the resignation of Sidigas Avellino to play in LBA for financial difficulties, the LBA agreed to play a 17-team league.[14]

Number of teams by region

Number of teams Region Team(s)
5  Lombardy AX Armani Exchange Milano
Germani Basket Brescia
Openjobmetis Varese
S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù
Vanoli Cremona
3  Emilia-Romagna Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Pompea Fortitudo BolognaA2
Segafredo Virtus Bologna
2  Veneto De' Longhi TrevisoA2PO
Umana Reyer Venezia
1  Apulia Happy Casa Brindisi
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste
 Marche Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro
 Lazio Virtus RomaA2
 Sardinia Banco di Sardegna Sassari
 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Dolomiti Energia Trento
 Tuscany OriOra Pistoia
Notes
^LBA 2018–19 LBA champion.
^A2 2018–19 Serie A2 champion.
^A2po 2018–19 Serie A2 Promotion Play-Off Winner.

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Trieste Allianz Dome 6,943[15]
AX Armani Exchange Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[16]
Allianz Cloud 5,420[17]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000[18]
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Pesaro Adriatic Arena 10,323[19]
De' Longhi Treviso Treviso PalaVerde 5,134[20]
Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento BLM Group Arena 4,360[21]
Germani Basket Brescia Brescia PalaLeonessa 5,200[22]
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia PalaBigi 4,530[23]
Happy Casa Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 3,534[24]
Openjobmetis Varese Varese Enerxenia Arena 5,100[25]
OriOra Pistoia Pistoia PalaCarrara 4,000[26]
Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Bologna PalaDozza 5,570[27]
S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù Cantù PalaBancoDesio[28] (in Desio) 6,700[29]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Bologna PalaDozza 5,570[27]
Virtus Arena 8,970[30]
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,506[31]
Vanoli Cremona Cremona PalaRadi 3,511[32]
Virtus Roma Rome PalaLottomatica 11,200[33]

Source:[34]


Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Italy Eugenio Dalmasson Italy Andrea Coronica Adidas Allianz
AX Armani Exchange Milano Italy Ettore Messina Italy Andrea Cinciarini Armani AX Armani Exchange
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Gianmarco Pozzecco Italy Giacomo Devecchi Eye Sport Banco di Sardegna
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Italy Giancarlo Sacco United States Zach Thomas Erreà Carpegna Prosciutto
De' Longhi Treviso Italy Massimiliano Menetti Italy Matteo Imbrò Erreà De'Longhi
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy Nicola Brienza Argentina Andrés Pablo Forray Spalding Dolomiti Energia
Germani Basket Brescia Italy Vincenzo Esposito United States David Moss Erreà Germani Trasporti, UBI Banca
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Italy Giuseppe Poeta Adidas Grissin Bon, Mapei
Happy Casa Brindisi Italy Francesco Vitucci United States Adrian Banks Adidas Enel
Openjobmetis Varese Italy Attilio Caja Italy Giancarlo Ferrero Macron Openjobmetis
OriOra Pistoia Italy Michele Carrea Italy Gianluca Della Rosa Erreà OriOra, Conad
Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Italy Antimo Martino Italy Stefano Mancinelli Nike Pompea
S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù Italy Cesare Pancotto Italy Andrea La Torre Eye Sport Acqua S.Bernardo, Cinelandia
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević Italy Filippo Baldi Rossi Macron Segafredo Zanetti
Umana Reyer Venezia Italy Walter De Raffaele Greece Michael Bramos Erreà Umana
Vanoli Cremona Italy Romeo Sacchetti Italy Travis Diener Erreà Ferramenta Vanoli
Virtus Roma Italy Piero Bucchi Eye Sport BMW

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
OriOra Pistoia Italy Paolo Moretti End of contract 12 May 2019[35] Pre-season Italy Michele Carrea 10 June 2019[35]
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Italy Matteo Boniciolli Resigned 14 May 2019[36] Italy Federico Perego 14 June 2019[37]
Germani Basket Brescia Italy Andrea Diana Mutual consent 17 May 2019[38] Italy Vincenzo Esposito 26 May 2019[39]
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy Stefano Pillastrini Sacked 19 May 2019[40] Italy Maurizio Buscaglia 7 June 2019[41]
S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù Italy Nicola Brienza Sacked 28 May 2019[42] Italy Cesare Pancotto 14 June 2019[43]
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Sacked 30 May 2019[44] Italy Nicola Brienza 10 June 2019[45]
AX Armani Exchange Milano Italy Simone Pianigiani Sacked 11 June 2019[46] Italy Ettore Messina 11 June 2019[47]
VL Pesaro Italy Federico Perego Sacked 5 December 2019[48] 17th (0–10) Italy Giancarlo Sacco 5 December 2019[48]

Changes from 2018–19

The 2019-20 edition of LBA, due to the expansion of the number of teams (from 16 to 18), will take place over 34 rounds and should start earlier than usual, September 25, 2019. Also, it will be the introduction of midweek matches, otherwise it would not be possible to end the season by June 9 (the date set by FIBA due to the pre-Olympic tournament starting July 3, 2020). More specifically, the first four days of the 2019-20 LBA, thanks to the double shifts, will take place from September 25, to the weekend of October 5–6, 2019. Four rounds in just 10 days.[49]

Due to the expansion of the number of teams, at the end of the 2018–19 LBA season there were three promotions from the Serie A2 and just one relegation. For the next years, there will be two relegations and two promotions to maintain the number of clubs in LBA.[9]

Rules

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

  1. 5 foreigners plus #5 Italian players
  2. 6 foreigners plus #6 Italian players

Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, or the 6+6 formula.

As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people.[50]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams will be eliminated, while the last two qualified teams will be relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays are from September 25, 2019, to April 26, 2020.

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 20 18 2 1719 1500 +219 Qualification for EuroCup
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 20 15 5 1703 1506 +197 Qualification for Champions League
3 Germani Basket Brescia 21 14 7 1707 1554 +153 Qualification for EuroCup
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 21 14 7 1687 1555 +132 Already qualified for EuroLeague
5 Happy Casa Brindisi 21 13 8 1776 1696 +80 Qualification for Champions League
6 Vanoli Cremona 20 12 8 1627 1617 +10
7 Umana Reyer Venezia 21 11 10 1638 1582 +56 Qualification for EuroCup
8 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 21 11 10 1624 1670 −46 Qualification for Champions League
9 Dolomiti Energia Trento 21 11 10 1635 1665 −30 Qualification for EuroCup
10 Openjobmetis Varese 19 9 10 1570 1522 +48
11 S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù 20 9 11 1533 1580 −47
12 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 21 9 12 1741 1763 −22 Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup
13 De' Longhi Treviso 21 8 13 1620 1664 −44
14 Virtus Roma 21 7 14 1639 1787 −148
15 OriOra Pistoia 21 7 14 1559 1735 −176
16 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 21 6 15 1574 1690 −116
17 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro 20 1 19 1583 1849 −266
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

Positions by round

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. In italics, the team did not play any game in that round.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Segafredo Virtus Bologna5321111111111111111111111
Banco di Sardegna Sassari1113322323222222222222
Germani Basket Brescia6455474444776443333333
AX Armani Exchange Milano29781185576433334445544
Happy Casa Brindisi10842243232354775754465
Vanoli Cremona1779129121413108547558566656
Umana Reyer Venezia811129139131013101210121086887777
Pompea Fortitudo Bologna4584757965668667679888
Dolomiti Energia Trento32671411106913812141412101110121099
Openjobmetis Varese161036869121112101311139129118111010
S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù7610131014811141415141312111110910121111
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia11121111636787911101114912121191212
De' Longhi Treviso1514131412151214129118991314141414131313
Virtus Roma12161410510118511139581013131313141414
OriOra Pistoia14131617171716161616161615151515151515151515
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste9171715151315151515141516161616161616161616
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro131515161616171717171717171717171717171717171717171717
Leader
Qualification to Playoffs
Relegation to Serie A2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

Results

Home \ Away TRI AXM SAS PES TVS TRE BRE REG BRI VAR PIS FBO CTU VBO VEN CRE ROM
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 67–85 83–82 69–61 76–74 72–80 62–92 89–69 86–96 85–89 72–81
AX Armani Exchange Milano 88–73 90–78 91–67 81–69 65–73 89–78 89–92 93–69 83–63 77–74
Banco di Sardegna Sassari 59–65 99–79 87–90 100–81 93–87 86–80 91–77 84–74 108–72
Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 76–82 65–71 82–107 95–101 65–90 77–103 72–80 72–87 79–94 63–74
De' Longhi Treviso 53–75 79–101 72–68 91–83 79–84 87–72 78–66 84–94
Dolomiti Energia Trento 80–53 73–76 85–75 76–71 63–56 81–103 78–67 88–75 79–71 77–83 90–79 79–89 82–88
Germani Basket Brescia 76–74 78–72 101–74 92–66 90–82 82–86 91–74 86–74 80–82 70–64 91–76
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 87–86 76–84 81–87 81–74 84–72 85–73 59–79 85–104 85–71 96–88
Happy Casa Brindisi 74–77 77–83 108–99 81–74 88–78 87–72 100–67 64–69 75–71 88–81
Openjobmetis Varese 91–85 52–74 103–87 81–86 102–78 83–60 93–91 99–69
OriOra Pistoia 76–72 70–78 91–79 75–86 71–74 86–79 91–60 77–69 78–88 84–71 67–81
Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 85–80 77–80 77–69 93–68 74–88 86–69 78–72 79–76 82–71 89–82 95–92
S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù 70–87 77–74 78–72 82–93 75–92 92–93 74–67 82–84 81–77 74–76
Segafredo Virtus Bologna 83–70 106–89 84–79 99–87 87–80 90–60 94–62 89–70 75–70 74–67
Umana Reyer Venezia 78–73 70–71 55–54 98–92 79–73 79–69 80–70 76–46 71–83 67–55 79–77
Vanoli Cremona 88–78 82–78 89–87 95–93 93–89 93–72 80–73 54–78 78–66 103–92
Virtus Roma 82–72 73–79 92–83 69–81 53–83 63–87 80–81 79–75 68–97 97–94
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Statistical leaders

As of February 10, 2020.[51]

Points

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Israel Adrian Banks Happy Casa Brindisi 21.2
2. United States Ethan Happ Vanoli Cremona 18.0
3. Italy Pietro Aradori Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 16.8
4. United States Terran Petteway OriOra Pistoia 16.3
5. United States Jaylen Barford Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 16.0

Assists

Rank Name Team APG
1. Serbia Stefan Marković Segafredo Virtus Bologna 6.7
2. Italy Luca Vitali Germani Basket Brescia 6.6
3. Serbia Miloš Teodosić Segafredo Virtus Bologna 6.1
4. Israel Gal Mekel Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 5.6
5. United States Aaron Craft Dolomiti Energia Trento 5.2

Rebounds

Rank Name Team RPG
1. United States Jeremy Simmons Openjobmetis Varese 9.3
2. United States Henry Sims Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 8.9
3. United States Ethan Happ Vanoli Cremona 8.9
4. United States Davon Jefferson Virtus Roma 8.3
5. Australia Angus Brandt OriOra Pistoia 7.9

Valuation

Rank Name Team VPG
1. United States Ethan Happ Vanoli Cremona 23.4
2. United States Henry Sims Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 22.3
3. Israel Adrian Banks Happy Casa Brindisi 22.2
4. United States Davon Jefferson Virtus Roma 20.2
5. Croatia Miro Bilan Banco di Sardegna Sassari 19.7

Other statistics

Category Player Team Average
Steals United States Aaron Craft Dolomiti Energia Trento
2.0
Blocks United States Kevarrius Hayes S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù
2.6
Turnovers United States Jerome Dyson Virtus Roma
3.4
2P% United States Josh Owens Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
69.9%
3P% Italy Michele Vitali Banco di Sardegna Sassari
51.9%
FT% Italy Awudu Abass Germani Basket Brescia
89.2%

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Total Opponent
Points United States Josh Mayo Openjobmetis Varese 32 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste (Sep 29, 2019)
United States John Brown Happy Casa Brindisi Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro (Oct 20, 2019)
United States Wes Clark S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste (Dec 22, 2019)
United States Terran Petteway OriOra Pistoia Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro (Dec 22, 2019)
United States Kyle Weems Segafredo Virtus Bologna Pompea Fortitudo Bologna (Dec 25, 2019)
Israel Adrian Banks Happy Casa Brindisi S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù (Jan 12, 2020)
Rebounds United States Henry Sims Pompea Fortitudo Bologna
19
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro (Jan 12, 2020)
Assists Serbia Stefan Marković Segafredo Virtus Bologna 14 OriOra Pistoia (Sep 29, 2019)
Israel Gal Mekel Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Vanoli Cremona (Oct 13, 2019)
Steals United States Kelvin Martin Happy Casa Brindisi 6 Virtus Roma (Sep 29, 2019)
United States Vince Hunter Segafredo Virtus Bologna Pompea Fortitudo Bologna (Dec 25, 2019)
Blocks United States Henry Sims Pompea Fortitudo Bologna
7
Happy Casa Brindisi (Dec 22, 2019)
Three Pointers Spain Sergio Rodríguez AX Armani Exchange Milano 7 Happy Casa Brindisi (Oct 13, 2019)
United States James Blackmon Jr. Dolomiti Energia Trento Openjobmetis Varese (Dec 29, 2019)
United States Darius Johnson-Odom Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Dolomiti Energia Trento (Jan 19, 2020)

Source: RealGM

Awards

Round MVP

Round Player Team PIR Ref
1 United States James Blackmon Jr. Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 [52]
2 United States Josh Mayo Openjobmetis Varese 43 [53]
3 Israel Adrian Banks Happy Casa Brindisi 42 [54]
4 United States Tyler Stone Happy Casa Brindisi 36 [55]
5 United States John Brown Happy Casa Brindisi 40 [56]
6 United States Josh Mayo (2) Openjobmetis Varese 29 [57]
United States Reggie Upshaw Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
7 Canada Dyshawn Pierre Banco di Sardegna Sassari 29 [58]
8 United States Jerome Dyson Virtus Roma 27 [59]
9 United States Julian Gamble Segafredo Virtus Bologna 33 [60]
10 Israel Adrian Banks (2) Happy Casa Brindisi 33 [61]
11 United States Kodi Justice Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 31 [62]
12 United States Wesley Saunders Vanoli Cremona 30 [63]
13 Italy Giancarlo Ferrero Openjobmetis Varese 35 [64]
14 United States Henry Sims Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 42 [65]
15 United States Kyle Weems Segafredo Virtus Bologna 31 [66]
16 United States Dwayne Evans Banco di Sardegna Sassari 40 [67]
17 United States Jason Clark Openjobmetis Varese 36 [68]
18 Canada Dyshawn Pierre (2) Banco di Sardegna Sassari 40 [69]
19 Canada Dyshawn Pierre (3) Banco di Sardegna Sassari 44 [70]
20 United States Ethan Happ Vanoli Cremona 34 [71]
21 United States Ethan Happ (2) Vanoli Cremona 27 [72]

Playoffs

The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals are best of five formats, while the finals series are best of seven format. The playoffs will start in May 2020, to finish in June 2020, depending on result.

Serie A clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress Ref
AX Armani Exchange Milano EuroLeague Regular season
Dolomiti Energia Trento EuroCup Top 16 [73]
Germani Basket Brescia Top 16
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Quarterfinals
Umana Reyer Venezia Quarterfinals
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Champions League Top 16 [74][75]
Happy Casa Brindisi Regular season

Supercup

The 2019 Italian Supercup, also known as Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2019 for sponsorship reasons,[76] was the 25th edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. The Supercup opened the 2019–20 season on 21 and 22 September 2019, and it was contested in the PalaFlorio in Bari.[77]

Qualified for the tournament were Vanoli Cremona and New Basket Brindisi,[78] as Italian Cup finalists, while Umana Reyer Venezia and Banco di Sardegna Sassari as LBA Playoffs finalist.[79]

AX Armani Exchange Milano were the defending champions.[80]

Banco di Sardegna Sassari went to win his 2nd Supercup by beating Umana Reyer Venezia 83–80 in the Finals.[81] Curtis Jerrells was named MVP of the competition.[82]

Cup

The 52nd edition of the Italian Cup will be contested from 13 to 16 of February 2020.[83] Adriatic Arena in Pesaro will host the Cup.[84] First eight ranked teams at the end of the first half of the regular season will qualified for the tournament.

Vanoli Cremona are the defending champions.[85][86]

Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight are Brescia, Brindisi, Cremona, Fortitudo Bologna, Milano, Sassari and Venezia, Virtus Bologna.[87]

Umana Reyer Venezia put it hands on the Italian Cup for the first time in club history after a 73–67 victory over Happy Casa Brindisi in the final in Pesaro. Mitchell Watt tallied 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Reyer, which started the game on a 15-2 tear and led the rest of the way. Brindisi fought back and closed the gap a number of times, but Reyer was always up to the challenge. Austin Daye scored 9 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter to help put the game on ice. Stefano Tonut also scored 13 and Michael Bramos added 12 for the victors. Adrian Banks paced Brindisi with 27 points in defeat.[88] Austin Daye was named Panasonic MVP of the competition.[89]

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