2020–21 LBA season
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The 2020–21 LBA season was the 99th 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 26, 2020, and finished on May 2, 2021.
| LBA | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Lega Basket Serie A | ||||||||||||
| Season | 2020–21 | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 26, 2020 – June 11, 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Games played | 2,010 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 15 | ||||||||||||
| TV partners | Eurosport, Rai Sport | ||||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
| Top seed | AX Armani Exchange Milano | ||||||||||||
| Season MVP | |||||||||||||
| LBA Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up | AX Armani Exchange Milano | ||||||||||||
| Semifinalists | Umana Reyer Venezia Happy Casa Brindisi | ||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | |||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||
| Best Italian player | |||||||||||||
| Best under 22 | |||||||||||||
| Best revelation | |||||||||||||
| Best defender | |||||||||||||
| Best coach | |||||||||||||
| Best manager | |||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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| Records | |||||||||||||
| Biggest home win | 40 Milano 104–64 Treviso (October 4, 2020) | ||||||||||||
| Biggest away win | 31 Sassari 77–108 V.Bologna (April 3, 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Highest scoring | 207 points Cantù 106–101 Sassari (May 10, 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Winning streak | 9 games AX Armani Exchange Milano Happy Casa Brindisi | ||||||||||||
| Losing streak | 8 games Dolomiti Energia Trento | ||||||||||||
| All statistics correct as of May 10, 2021. | |||||||||||||
On 11 June, Virtus Segafredo Bologna won its 16th title, defeating 4–0 AX Armani Exchange Milano in the national finals.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
For he new season, after the first wave of coronavirus pandemic in Italy, the Serie A league decided to bring the number of teams from 17 of the previous season, to 18. Because the 2019–20 season was interrupted without winners and relegated, it was decided that one team from the Serie A2 had to be promoted to the Serie A.[1]
But four teams, Roma,[2] Pistoia, Cremona[3] and U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro,[4] were going through financial trouble which put at risk their participation to the 2020–21 season. Among them only Pistoia couldn't finalize the subscription[5] and therefore relegated to the Serie A2.
Basket Torino first and then Scaligera Verona[6][7] were invited to the highest league but they both declined, so that the final number of the teams was set to be 16.
Virtus Roma withdrawal
In December Virtus Roma had to face an unsustainable financial crisis. Claudio Toti (owner of the team) was looking for an exchange of ownership but no relevant offer was made that could save the team from an inevitable bankruptcy.[8] At the end, on December 9, the final decision was taken and the official withdrawal from the league was submitted to the Italian Basketball Federation.[9] At that moment Roma had played 9 games with only 2 wins and was holding the 15th position in the league table.
All the games from Virtus Roma were voided and the team disappeared from the official website.[10]
Venues and locations
Source:[27]
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | Eye Sport | Acqua S.Bernardo | ||
| Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Adidas | Allianz | ||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | Armani | AX Armani Exchange | ||
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Eye Sport | Banco di Sardegna | ||
| Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | Erreà | Carpegna Prosciutto | ||
| De'Longhi Treviso | Erreà | De'Longhi | ||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Nike | Dolomiti Energia | ||
| Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | Nike | Lavoropiù | ||
| Germani Brescia | Erreà | Germani Trasporti | ||
| Happy Casa Brindisi | Adidas | Happy Casa | ||
| Openjobmetis Varese | Macron | Openjobmetis | ||
| Umana Reyer Venezia | Erreà | Umana | ||
| UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | Adidas | UNAHOTELS | ||
| Vanoli Basket Cremona | Erreà | Ferramenta Vanoli | ||
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Macron | Segafredo Zanetti | ||
| Virtus Roma (disqualified) | Macron | |||
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | Mutual consent | 27 May 2020[28] | Pre-season | 27 May 2020[29] | ||
| UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | Mutual consent | 27 May 2020[30] | 28 May 2020[31] | |||
| Vanoli Basket Cremona | Mutual consent | 27 May 2017[32] | 30 July 2020[33] | |||
| Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | End of contract | 1 July 2020 | 23 June 2020[34] | |||
| Openjobmetis Varese | Sacked | 5 September 2020[35] | 8 September 2020[36] | |||
| Germani Basket Brescia | Sacked | 1 December 2020[37] | 15th (2/7) | 1 December 2020[38] | ||
| Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | Sacked | 6 December 2020[39] | 16th (1/8) | 7 December 2020[40] | ||
| Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | Sacked | 25 January 2021[41] | 14th (4/12) | 26 January 2021[42] | ||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Sacked | 31 January 2021[43] | 12th (6/11) | 31 January 2021[43] | ||
| UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | Sacked | 15 March 2021[44] | 14th (7/14) | 16 March 2021[45] |
Referees
A total of 38 FIP officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in Lega Basket Serie A:[46]
- Beniamino Manuel Attard (Siracusa)
- Lorenzo Baldini (Florence)
- Mark Bartoli (Trieste)
- Roberto Begnis (Cremona)
- Mauro Belfiore (Naples)
- Gabriele Bettini (Bologna)
- Andrea Bongiorni (Pisa)
- Matteo Boninsegna (Milan)
- Denny Borgioni (Rome)
- Christian Borgo (Vicenza)
- Federico Brindisi (Turin)
- Gianluca Capotorto (Rome)
- Guido Federico Di Francesco (Teramo)
- Giacomo Dori (Venice)
- Massimiliano Filippini (Bologna)
- Martino Galasso (Siena)
- Guido Giovannetti (Terni)
- Valerio Grigioni (Rome)
- Saverio Lanzarini (Bologna)
- Carmelo Lo Guzzo (Pisa)
- Alessandro Martolini (Rome)
- Manuel Mazzoni (Grosseto)
- Dario Morelli (Brindisi)
- Alessandro Nicolini (Palermo)
- Sergio Noce (Latina)
- Fabrizio Paglialunga (Taranto)
- Carmelo Paternicò (Enna)
- Giulio Pepponi (Perugia)
- Alessandro Perciavalle (Turin)
- Marco PierantozziE (Ascoli Piceno)
- Denis Quarta (Turin)
- Michele Rossi (Arezzo)
- Tolga Ozge Sahin (Messina)
- Gianluca Sardella (Rimini)
- Andrea ValzaniE (Milan)
- Alessandro Vicino (Bologna)
- Marco Vita (Ancona)
- Notes
- ^E Newly promoted to the Serie A
Changes from 2019 to 2020
Rules
Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:
- 5 foreigners plus #5 Italian or homegrown players
- 6 foreigners plus #6 Italian or homegrown 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.[47]
Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are from September 26, 2020, to May 2, 2021.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2385 | 2099 | +286 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2395 | 2212 | +183 | |
| 3 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2397 | 2168 | +229 | |
| 4 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2257 | 2142 | +115 | |
| 5 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2527 | 2437 | +90 | |
| 6 | De' Longhi Treviso | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2353 | 2468 | −115 | |
| 7 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2253 | 2249 | +4 | |
| 8 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2191 | 2228 | −37 | |
| 9 | Germani Basket Brescia | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2299 | 2389 | −90 | |
| 10 | Vanoli Cremona | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2370 | 2395 | −25 | |
| 11 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2122 | 2261 | −139 | |
| 12 | Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2179 | 2291 | −112 | |
| 13 | Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2271 | 2364 | −93 | |
| 14 | Openjobmetis Varese | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2271 | 2433 | −162 | |
| 15 | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2179 | 2313 | −134 | Relegation to Serie A2 |
| 16 | Virtus Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified |
Positions by round
Results
Results by round
Statistics
As of May 10, 2021
Individual statistics
Rating
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 28 | 639 | 22.8 | |
| 2. | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 25 | 512 | 20.5 | |
| 3. | Happy Casa Brindisi | 19 | 384 | 20.2 | |
| 4. | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 26 | 515 | 19.8 | |
| 5. | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 26 | 486 | 18.7 |
Points
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Happy Casa Brindisi | 19 | 354 | 18.6 | |
| 2. | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 26 | 473 | 18.2 | |
| 3. | Openjobmetis Varese | 28 | 499 | 17.8 | |
| 4. | De' Longhi Treviso | 27 | 468 | 17.3 | |
| 5. | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 28 | 474 | 16.9 |
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 26 | 235 | 9.0 | |
| 2. | Vanoli Cremona | 27 | 224 | 8.3 | |
| 3. | Happy Casa Brindisi | 25 | 202 | 8.1 | |
| 4. | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 28 | 224 | 8.0 | |
| 5. | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 24 | 190 | 7.9 |
Assists
| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vanoli Cremona | 27 | 184 | 6.8 | |
| 2. | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 27 | 182 | 6.7 | |
| 3. | Happy Casa Brindisi | 25 | 139 | 5.6 | |
| 4. | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 28 | 156 | 5.6 | |
| 5. | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 21 | 116 | 5.5 |
Other statistics
| Category | Player | Team | Games | Totals | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steals | Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | |
| Blocks | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 20 | 35 | 1.8 | |
| Turnovers | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 27 | 82 | 3.0 | |
| 2P% | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 28 | 117/177 | 66.1% | |
| 3P% | Umana Reyer Venezia | 25 | 48/90 | 53.3% | |
| FT% | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 21 | 79/84 | 94.1% | |
Individual game highs
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 43 | vs Banco di Sardegna Sassari (May 10, 2021) | |
| Rebounds | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 19 | vs Vanoli Cremona (Nov. 1, 2020) | |
| Assists | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 14 | @ Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna (Nov. 22, 2020) | |
| Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | @ Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Jan. 17, 2021) | |||
| PIR | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 46 | vs Banco di Sardegna Sassari (May 10, 2021) | |
| Steals | Vanoli Cremona | 8 | @ Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste (Sept. 27, 2020) | |
| Blocks | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 7 | vs Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste (Nov. 1, 2020) | |
| Three Pointers | Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | 9 | vs Germani Basket Brescia (Apr. 3, 2021) |
Source: RealGM
Team statistics
| Category | Team | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 105.1 |
| Points | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 90.3 |
| Points Allowed | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 75.0 |
| Rebounds | Happy Casa Brindisi | 39.7 |
| Assists | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 22.6 |
| Steals | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 8.5 |
| Blocks | Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | 3.3 |
| Turnovers1 | De' Longhi Treviso | 11.1 |
| FT % | Germani Basket Brescia | 84.1% |
| 2-Point % | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 58.2% |
| 3-Point % | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 42.3% |
- Notes
- ^1 The team with the least turnovers per game
Awards
| Title | Player | Team | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season MVP | Umana Reyer Venezia | [48] | |
| Finals MVP | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | [49] | |
| Best Italian | Umana Reyer Venezia | [48] | |
| Best Under 22 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | [50] | |
| Best revelation | Dolomiti Energia Trento | [51] | |
| Best defender | AX Armani Exchange Milano | [52] | |
| Best coach | Happy Casa Brindisi | [53] | |
| Best executive | Happy Casa Brindisi | [54] |
| All-Italian League Team | |||
| Pos. | Player | Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Brindisi | [55] | |
| SG | Reyer Venezia | ||
| SF | Olimpia Milano | ||
| PF | Olimpia Milano | ||
| C | Dinamo Sassari | ||
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 2021, to finish in June 2021, depending on result.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | 88 | 93 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | 62 | 79 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | 81 | 99 | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umana Reyer Venezia | 79 | 65 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umana Reyer Venezia | 92 | 83 | 60 | 73 | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 91 | 78 | 75 | 86 | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | 77 | 72 | 58 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 83 | 83 | 76 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Happy Casa Brindisi | 85 | 86 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 64 | 54 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Happy Casa Brindisi | 66 | 74 | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 73 | 83 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 91 | 88 | 105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| De' Longhi Treviso | 72 | 83 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serie A clubs in European competitions
| Competition | Team | Progress | Result | Total W–L | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euroleague Basketball |
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| EuroLeague | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 3rd place | vs |
25–16 | |||
| Semifinal | vs | ||||||
| Playoffs | vs | ||||||
| Regular season | 4th of 18 teams (21–13) | ||||||
| EuroCup | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Semifinals | vs |
19–2 | |||
| Quarterfinals | vs | ||||||
| Top 16 | 1st of 4 teams (6–0) | ||||||
| Regular season | 1st of 6 teams (10–0) | ||||||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Top 16 | 3rd of 4 teams (3–3) | 9–7 | ||||
| Regular season | 3rd of 6 teams (6–4) | ||||||
| Germani Brescia | Regular season | 6th of 6 teams (2–8) | 2–8 | ||||
| Umana Reyer Venezia | Regular season | 6th of 6 teams (2–8) | 2–8 | ||||
| FIBA | |||||||
| Champions League |
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Play-Offs | 4th of 4 teams (1–5) | 5–7 | |||
| Regular season | 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) | ||||||
| Happy Casa Brindisi | Play-Offs | 3rd of 4 teams (3–3) | 7–5 | ||||
| Regular season | 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) | ||||||
| Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | Regular season | 4th of 4 teams (0–6) | 0–6 | ||||
| Europe Cup | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | Quarterfinals | vs |
3–2 | |||
| Round of 16 | vs | ||||||
| Regular season | 2nd of 4 teams (2–1) | ||||||