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2018 LBA Finals

TeamCoachWins EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Simone Pianigiani 4 Dolomiti Energia Trento Maurizio Buscaglia 2
Dates June 5–11, 2015
MVP United States Andrew Goudelock
2017 LBA finals 2019

The 2018 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2017–18 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile,[1] the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The second placed EA7 Emporio Armani Milano possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Mediolanum Forum) and the 5th placed Dolomiti Energia Trento contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 5 to June 15, 2018. These were the second Finals for Trento[2] and the 18th for Milano.[3]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.[4]

Andrew Goudelock of the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.[5]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dolomiti Energia Trento
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD 1 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 23 7 2481 2364 +117 2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 30 22 8 2463 2244 +219 3 Germani Basket Brescia 30 20 10 2397 2282 +115 4 Sidigas Avellino 30 20 10 2492 2313 +179 5 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 18 12 2423 2304 +119 6 Openjobmetis Varese 30 16 14 2355 2271 +84 7 Red October Cantù 30 16 14 2619 2614 +5 8 Vanoli Cremona 30 15 15 2554 2495 +59 9 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 30 15 15 2353 2292 +61 10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 15 15 2586 2488 +98 11 Fiat Torino 30 13 17 2432 2494 −62 12 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30 13 17 2322 2362 −40 13 The Flexx Pistoia 29 9 20 2267 2449 −182 14 New Basket Brindisi 29 9 20 2232 2363 −131 15 VL Pesaro 29 8 21 2310 2547 −237 16 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 29 7 22 2153 2544 −391Source: LBA 2nd best league record Regular season Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD 1 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 23 7 2481 2364 +117 2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 30 22 8 2463 2244 +219 3 Germani Basket Brescia 30 20 10 2397 2282 +115 4 Sidigas Avellino 30 20 10 2492 2313 +179 5 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 18 12 2423 2304 +119 6 Openjobmetis Varese 30 16 14 2355 2271 +84 7 Red October Cantù 30 16 14 2619 2614 +5 8 Vanoli Cremona 30 15 15 2554 2495 +59 9 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 30 15 15 2353 2292 +61 10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 15 15 2586 2488 +98 11 Fiat Torino 30 13 17 2432 2494 −62 12 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30 13 17 2322 2362 −40 13 The Flexx Pistoia 29 9 20 2267 2449 −182 14 New Basket Brindisi 29 9 20 2232 2363 −131 15 VL Pesaro 29 8 21 2310 2547 −237 16 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 29 7 22 2153 2544 −391Source: LBA 5th best league record
Defeated the 7th seeded Red October Cantù, 3-0 Quarterfinals Defeated the 4th seeded Sidigas Avellino, 3-1
Defeated the 3rd seeded Germani Basket Brescia, 3-1 Semifinals Defeated the 1st seeded Umana Reyer Venezia, 3-1

Regular season series

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Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 6 4 5 SF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 5 2 2 SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 16 3 5 SG 0 United States Andrew Goudelock 26 1 2 C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 14 9 1 Reserves: SG 6 Italy Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Italy Davide Pascolo 2 0 0 C 22 Italy Marco Cusin DNP SF 23 Italy Awudu Abass DNP SG 45 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 9 1 0 PG 55 United States Curtis Jerrells 10 1 3 C 77 Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 10 6 1 Head coach: Italy Simone Pianigiani EA7 Emporio Armani Milano jersey Team colours EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dolomiti Energia Trento jersey Team colours Dolomiti Energia Trento Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 11 1 3 PF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 8 7 2 SF 4 Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 0 0 0 SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 31 3 5 C 22 United States Dustin Hogue 8 3 2 Reserves: SG 5 Netherlands Yannick Franke 11 1 3 G 11 Italy Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Italy Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Mexico Jorge Gutiérrez 6 4 1 SF 14 North Macedonia Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 Portugal João Gomes 10 5 0 C 25 Italy Luca Lechthaler 0 2 1 Head coach: Italy Maurizio Buscaglia
Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 2 1 2 SF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 4 3 1 SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 11 4 3 SG 0 United States Andrew Goudelock 25 3 1 C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 4 6 1 Reserves: SG 6 Italy Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Italy Davide Pascolo 0 1 0 C 22 Italy Marco Cusin DNP SF 23 Italy Awudu Abass DNP SG 45 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 6 1 1 PG 55 United States Curtis Jerrells 27 2 1 C 77 Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 11 9 0 Head coach: Italy Simone Pianigiani EA7 Emporio Armani Milano jersey Team colours EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dolomiti Energia Trento jersey Team colours Dolomiti Energia Trento Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 9 1 3 PF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 8 6 1 SF 4 Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 15 0 0 SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 17 2 5 C 22 United States Dustin Hogue 3 5 1 Reserves: SG 5 Netherlands Yannick Franke 3 2 0 G 11 Italy Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Italy Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Mexico Jorge Gutiérrez 7 4 4 SF 14 North Macedonia Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 Portugal João Gomes 18 5 1 C 25 Italy Luca Lechthaler DNP Head coach: Italy Maurizio Buscaglia
Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 4 10 0 PF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 19 10 2 SF 4 Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 8 1 0 SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 6 2 6 C 22 United States Dustin Hogue 18 10 0 Reserves: SG 5 Netherlands Yannick Franke 0 0 0 G 11 Italy Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Italy Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Mexico Jorge Gutiérrez 4 1 4 SF 14 North Macedonia Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 Portugal João Gomes 13 5 1 C 25 Italy Luca Lechthaler DNP Head coach: Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Dolomiti Energia Trento jersey Team colours Dolomiti Energia Trento EA7 Emporio Armani Milano jersey Team colours EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 3 3 5 SF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 7 3 1 SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 6 9 3 SG 0 United States Andrew Goudelock 8 2 0 C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 6 3 0 Reserves: SG 6 Italy Giordano Bortolani DNP PF 7 Italy Davide Pascolo 2 1 0 C 22 Italy Marco Cusin DNP SF 23 Italy Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SG 45 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 13 0 0 PG 55 United States Curtis Jerrells 13 2 3 C 77 Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 7 6 0 Head coach: Italy Simone Pianigiani
Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 3 5 5 PF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 13 2 1 SF 4 Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 9 0 0 SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 31 8 3 C 22 United States Dustin Hogue 14 7 0 Reserves: SG 5 Netherlands Yannick Franke 0 0 0 G 11 Italy Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Italy Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Mexico Jorge Gutiérrez 2 5 3 SF 14 North Macedonia Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 Portugal João Gomes 3 4 1 C 25 Italy Luca Lechthaler 2 1 0 Head coach: Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Dolomiti Energia Trento jersey Team colours Dolomiti Energia Trento EA7 Emporio Armani Milano jersey Team colours EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 9 2 1 SF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 4 3 2 SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 14 4 4 SG 0 United States Andrew Goudelock 14 1 0 C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 8 3 0 Reserves: SG 6 Italy Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Italy Davide Pascolo DNP C 22 Italy Marco Cusin 2 3 0 SF 23 Italy Awudu Abass 0 4 0 SG 45 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 8 3 0 PG 55 United States Curtis Jerrells 10 0 1 C 77 Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 6 6 0 Head coach: Italy Simone Pianigiani
Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 15 3 4 SF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 19 2 1 SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 4 2 7 SG 0 United States Andrew Goudelock 16 4 0 C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 2 6 0 Reserves: SG 6 Italy Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Italy Davide Pascolo 0 0 1 C 22 Italy Marco Cusin DNP SF 23 Italy Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SG 45 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 8 1 0 PG 55 United States Curtis Jerrells 8 4 3 C 77 Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 19 6 2 Head coach: Italy Simone Pianigiani EA7 Emporio Armani Milano jersey Team colours EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dolomiti Energia Trento jersey Team colours Dolomiti Energia Trento Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 4 2 4 PF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 15 5 4 SF 4 Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 6 2 1 SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 27 1 2 C 22 United States Dustin Hogue 14 9 1 Reserves: SG 5 Netherlands Yannick Franke 3 1 1 G 11 Italy Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Italy Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Mexico Jorge Gutiérrez 9 3 4 SF 14 North Macedonia Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 Portugal João Gomes 12 2 1 C 25 Italy Luca Lechthaler 0 1 0 Head coach: Italy Maurizio Buscaglia

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano returned to the Italian throne on Friday night. In Game 6 of the Italian League playoff finals, Milan dominated to defeated Dolomiti Energia Trento 71-96 to claim the series 4-2 and become the Italian champion for the 28th time in club history. This is also third league title in the last five years for Milan which took control of this game from the start. Vladimir Micov and Mindaugas Kuzminskas hit triple and Artūras Gudaitis had a pair of dunks in a 1-10 first-quarter run that helped Milan to a 20-25 lead after 10 minutes, before a pair of triples from Dairis Bertāns, one from Andrew Goudelock, and baskets from Gudaitis and Curtis Jerrells opened 23-42 margin early in the second quarter. The visitors went into halftime with a 15-point lead, and never relinquished it. Trento got within 50-57 midway through the third, but Milan entered the final period with a 56-66 lead, before Goudelock, Bertāns and Kuzminskas each hit once from downtown in the first 2 minutes of the fourth, restoring a 15-point lead and Milan cruised the rest of the way. Milan had a balanced attack with six scorers in double figures. Goudelock finished with 21 points, Kuzminskas and Bertāns netted 15 apiece, and Gudaitis collected 14 points and 9 rebounds. Dominique Sutton scored 15 for Trento, and Shavon Shields and Toto Forray each scored 14 in the losing effort.[6]

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 14 6 2 PF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 15 5 2 SF 4 Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 2 1 0 SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 14 3 0 C 22 United States Dustin Hogue 9 7 0 Reserves: SG 5 Netherlands Yannick Franke 2 0 0 G 11 Italy Mattia Musumeci DNP SG 12 Italy Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Mexico Jorge Gutiérrez 8 1 1 SF 14 Italy Isacco Lovisotto DNP F 15 Portugal João Gomes 7 7 1 C 25 Italy Luca Lechthaler 0 0 0 Head coach: Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Dolomiti Energia Trento jersey Team colours Dolomiti Energia Trento EA7 Emporio Armani Milano jersey Team colours EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Serie A Finals MVP United States Andrew Goudelock Game rules Game played under FIBA rules. 2017–18 LBA Winners **EA7 Emporio Armani Milano**28th title Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 2 0 1 SF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 15 5 1 SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 10 3 0 SG 0 United States Andrew Goudelock 21 3 4 C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 6 3 0 Reserves: SG 6 Italy Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Italy Davide Pascolo DNP C 22 Italy Marco Cusin 1 2 0 SF 23 Italy Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SG 45 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 15 1 1 PG 55 United States Curtis Jerrells 12 4 6 C 77 Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 14 9 0 Head coach: Italy Simone Pianigiani

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

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Olimpia Milano roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 United States Goudelock, Andrew 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 35 – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988 SF 5 Serbia Micov, Vladimir 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 39 – (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 PG 9 Lithuania Kalnietis, Mantas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 38 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 PF 14 Italy Pascolo, Davide 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1990-12-14)14 December 1990 C 15 United States Tarczewski, Kaleb 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 31 – (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 SF 19 Lithuania Kuzminskas, Mindaugas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 35 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 PG 20 Italy Cinciarini, Andrea (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 38 – (1986-06-21)21 June 1986 C 22 Italy Cusin, Marco 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 39 – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 SF 23 Italy Abass, Awudu 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993 PF 24 France M'Baye, Amath 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 34 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 PG 25 North Macedonia Theodore, Jordan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 34 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989 SG 45 Latvia Bertāns, Dairis 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 35 – (1989-09-09)9 September 1989 PG 55 United States Jerrells, Curtis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 37 – (1987-02-05)5 February 1987 C 77 Lithuania Gudaitis, Artūras 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 31 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 Head coach Italy Simone Pianigiani Assistant coach(es) Italy Mario Fioretti Italy Massimo Cancellieri Italy Marco Esposito Italy Stefano Bizzozero Athletic trainer(s) Italy Giustino Danesi Physiotherapist(s) Italy Claudio Lomma Italy Alessandro Colombo Team manager Italy Alberto Rossini Legend (C) Team captainInjured Injured Roster Updated: February 26, 2018

Dolomiti Energia Trento

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Dolomiti Energia Trento roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Netherlands Franke, Yannick 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 G/F 2 United States Sutton, Dominique 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 38 – (1986-10-20)20 October 1986 F 4 Latvia Siliņš, Ojārs 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1993-07-20)20 July 1993 PG 10 Italy Forray, Andrés Pablo (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 38 – (1986-03-20)20 March 1986 G/F 11 Italy Conti, Luca 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 23 – (2000-12-20)20 December 2000 SG 12 Italy Flaccadori, Diego Injured 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 PG 13 Mexico Gutiérrez, Jorge 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 35 – (1988-12-27)27 December 1988 F 15 Portugal Gomes, João 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 39 – (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 F/C 22 United States Hogue, Dustin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-06-30)30 June 1992 C 25 Italy Lechthaler, Luca 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 38 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 F 31 Denmark Shields, Shavon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 Head coach Italy Maurizio Buscaglia Assistant coach(es) Italy Vincenzo Cavazzana Italy Davide Dusmet Italy Emanuele Molin Athletic trainer(s) Italy Christian Verona Team manager Italy Salvatore Trainotti Legend (C) Team captainInjured Injured Roster Updated: 31 May 2018
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