2019 LBA Finals
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The 2019 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2018–19 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile,[2] the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The third placed Umana Reyer Venezia possessed home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Palasport Taliercio) and the 4th placed Banco di Sardegna Sassari contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 10 to June 22, 2019.[3]
These were the second Finals for both Venezia and Sassari of their history.[4]
Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the finals.[5]
Austin Daye of the Umana Reyer Venezia was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.[6]
Road to the finals
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Source: LBA 3rd best league record
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Regular season |
Source: LBA 4th best league record
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Defeated the 6th seeded Dolomiti Energia Trento, 3-2 | Quarterfinals | Defeated the 2nd seeded Vanoli Cremona, 3-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defeated the 5th seeded New Basket Brindisi, 3-0 | Semifinals | Defeated the 1st seeded AX Armani Exchange Milano, 3-0 |
15 February 2018 Quarterfinals
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Umana Reyer Venezia | 88–89 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Florence |
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18:00 (CET) | Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 28–21, 18–25, 13–23 | |||
Eurosport Rai Sport |
Pts: Tonut 20 Rebs: Watt 6 Asts: Haynes 8 PIR: Watt 22 |
Boxscore | Pts: Pierre 24 Rebs: Pierre 9 Asts: Spissu, McGee 2 PIR: Pierre 30 |
Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Mark Bartoli |
Regular season series
10 November 2018 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 83–86 | Umana Reyer Venezia | Sassari |
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20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 17–22, 20–29, 23–24 | |||
Eurosport, Rai Sport | Pts: Petteway 16 Rebs: Cooley 7 Asts: Smith 5 PIR: Polonara, Petteway 16 |
Boxscore | Pts: Daye 21 Rebs: Daye, Watt 5 Asts: Giuri 5 PIR: Daye 19 |
Arena: PalaSerradimigni Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Michele Rossi, Valerio Grigioni |
10 March 2019 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 98–90 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Mestre, Venice |
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19:05 | Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 27–15, 21–23, 23–29 | |||
Eurosport | Pts: Stone 24 Rebs: Stone 6 Asts: Haynes 6 PIR: Stone 30 |
Boxscore | Pts: Smith 21 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: McGee, Thomas 4 PIR: Thomas 23 |
Arena: Palasport Taliercio Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Maurizio Biggi, Gianluca Calbucci |
Series
Game 1
10 June 2019 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 72–70 (Series: 1–0) |
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Mestre, Venice |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 11–23, 25–15, 18–18 | |||
Eurosport, Rai Sport | Pts: Haynes 15 Rebs: Vidmar, Stone 4 Asts: Stone 3 PIR: Haynes 12 |
Boxscore | Pts: McGee 19 Rebs: Cooley 11 Asts: five players 2 PIR: McGee, Thomas 17 |
Arena: Palasport Taliercio Referees: Massimiliano Filippini, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Beniamino Manuel Attard |
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Game 2
12 June 2019 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 66–80 (Series: 1–1) |
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Mestre, Venice |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 13–20, 22–25, 14–14 | |||
Eurosport, Rai Sport | Pts: Daye 20 Rebs: Daye 8 Asts: four players 2 PIR: Daye 15 |
Boxscore | Pts: Smith 19 Rebs: Cooley 11 Asts: Smith 6 PIR: Cooley 25 |
Arena: Palasport Taliercio Referees: Tolga Sahin, Saverio Lanzarini, Luca Weidmann |
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Game 3
14 June 2019 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 73–76 (Series: 1–2) |
Umana Reyer Venezia | Sassari |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–20, 14–20, 27–17 | |||
Eurosport, Rai Sport | Pts: Thomas 17 Rebs: Cooley, Pierre 8 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Thomas 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Daye 22 Rebs: Daye, Watt 7 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Daye 24 |
Arena: PalaSerradimigni Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Manuel Mazzoni, Alessandro Martolini |
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Game 4
16 June 2019 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 95–88 (Series: 2–2) |
Umana Reyer Venezia | Sassari |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 28–25, 30–24, 14–23 | |||
Eurosport, Rai Sport | Pts: Thomas 19 Rebs: Cooley 9 Asts: Smith 4 PIR: Cooley 29 |
Boxscore | Pts: Haynes 22 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Stone 6 PIR: Stone 13 |
Arena: PalaSerradimigni Referees: Roberto Begnis, Michele Rossi, Maurizio Biggi |
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Game 5
18 June 2019 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 78–65 (Series: 3–2) |
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Mestre, Venice |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 17–20, 22–19, 18–12 | |||
Eurosport, Rai Sport | Pts: Daye 20 Rebs: Daye 7 Asts: Haynes, Stone 4 PIR: Daye 22 |
Boxscore | Pts: Thomas 20 Rebs: Pierre 11 Asts: Spissu 3 PIR: Thomas 19 |
Arena: Palasport Taliercio Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Massimiliano Filippini, Denis Quarta |
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Game 6
20 June 2019 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 87–77 (Series: 3–3) |
Umana Reyer Venezia | Sassari |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 15–15, 29–17, 24–20 | |||
Eurosport, Rai Sport | Pts: Cooley 26 Rebs: Cooley 11 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Cooley 29 |
Boxscore | Pts: Watt 17 Rebs: De Nicolao 6 Asts: Daye 7 PIR: Watt 21 |
Arena: PalaSerradimigni Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Mazzoni, Luca Weidmann |
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Game 7
22 June 2019 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 87–61 (Series: 4–3) |
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Mestre, Venice |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 23–18, 30–17, 18–14 | |||
Eurosport, Rai Sport | Pts: Bramos 22 Rebs: Mazzola 7 Asts: Stone 4 PIR: Bramos 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Thomas 16 Rebs: Cooley 11 Asts: McGee 3 PIR: Cooley 18 |
Arena: Palasport Taliercio Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Roberto Begnis, Michele Rossi |
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Rosters
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Updated: April 11, 2019 |
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Updated: February 16, 2019 |
References
- ^ "Italian League assembly approves sale of TV rights". Sportando.com. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Basket, PosteMobile nuovo title sponsor della Lega di Serie A" [Basketball, PosteMobile new title sponsor of Lega Basket Serie A]. calcioefinanza.it (in Italian). 16 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ The Final is Umana-Banco di Sardegna. Legabasket.it. 7 June 2019
- ^ "Le curiosità della sfida scudetto: per Umana e Banco di Sardegna seconda finale della loro storia" [The curiosities of the Finals: for Umana and Banco di Sardegna these are the second finals of their history]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Reyer Venezia wins Italian LBA championship". sportando.basketball. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Austin Daye eletto MVP delle LBA Finals" [Austin Daye named LBA Finals MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.