2017 LBA Finals

2017 LBA finals
Dates	10–20 June 2015
MVP	Melvin Ejim

The 2017 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2016–17 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The second placed Umana Reyer Venezia possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio) and the 4th placed Dolomiti Energia Trento contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from 10 to 20 June 2017. These were the first Finals for Trento and the 3rd for Venezia.

Umana Reyer Venezia won their 3rd title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.^[1]

Melvin Ejim of the Umana Reyer Venezia was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.^[2]

Road to the finals

Umana Reyer Venezia

Dolomiti Energia Trento

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	30	23	7	2584	2384	+200
2	Umana Reyer Venezia	30	21	9	2447	2330	+117
3	Sidigas Avellino	30	19	11	2392	2285	+107
4	Dolomiti Energia Trento	30	18	12	2352	2201	+151
5	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	30	17	13	2301	2218	+83
6	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	30	17	13	2458	2443	+15
7	The Flexx Pistoia	30	15	15	2306	2298	+8
8	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	30	15	15	2291	2315	−24

9	Enel Brindisi	30	14	16	2495	2465	+30
10	Germani Basket Brescia	30	13	17	2360	2453	−93
11	Fiat Torino	30	13	17	2455	2551	−96
12	Openjobmetis Varese	30	13	17	2319	2402	−83
13	Juvecaserta	30	12	18	2337	2430	−93
14	Red October Cantù	30	11	19	2335	2476	−141
15	Consultinvest Pesaro	30	10	20	2285	2420	−135
16	Vanoli Cremona	30	9	21	2370	2416	−46

Source: LBA

2nd best league record

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	30	23	7	2584	2384	+200
2	Umana Reyer Venezia	30	21	9	2447	2330	+117
3	Sidigas Avellino	30	19	11	2392	2285	+107
4	Dolomiti Energia Trento	30	18	12	2352	2201	+151
5	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	30	17	13	2301	2218	+83
6	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	30	17	13	2458	2443	+15
7	The Flexx Pistoia	30	15	15	2306	2298	+8
8	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	30	15	15	2291	2315	−24

9	Enel Brindisi	30	14	16	2495	2465	+30
10	Germani Basket Brescia	30	13	17	2360	2453	−93
11	Fiat Torino	30	13	17	2455	2551	−96
12	Openjobmetis Varese	30	13	17	2319	2402	−83
13	Juvecaserta	30	12	18	2337	2430	−93
14	Red October Cantù	30	11	19	2335	2476	−141
15	Consultinvest Pesaro	30	10	20	2285	2420	−135
16	Vanoli Cremona	30	9	21	2370	2416	−46

Source: LBA

4th best league record

Defeated the 7th seeded The Flexx Pistoia, 3-1

Quarterfinals

Defeated the 5th seeded Banco di Sardegna Sassari, 3-0

Defeated the 3rd seeded Sidigas Avellino, 4-2

Semifinals

Defeated the 1st seeded EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, 4-1

Regular season series

16 October 2016	Umana Reyer Venezia	59–76	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Mestre, Venice
19:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 7–22, 21–13, 21–20, 10–21
	Pts: three players 8 Rebs: Ejim 6 Asts: Tonut 5 PIR: Tonut 16	Boxscore	Pts: Jefferson 18 Rebs: Jefferson 11 Asts: Craft 7 PIR: Jefferson 24	Arena: Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio Referees: Tolga Sahin, Luca Weidmann, Mauro Belfiore

5 February 2017	Dolomiti Energia Trento	65–57	Umana Reyer Venezia	Trento
12:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 17–14, 16–13, 18–19
Sky Sport	Pts: Craft 18 Rebs: Hogue 7 Asts: Craft, Forray 3 PIR: Craft 26	Boxscore	Pts: Bramos 17 Rebs: Ejim 6 Asts: Viggiano 3 PIR: Bramos 20	Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Emanuele Aronne, Dario Morelli

Series

Game 1

10 June 2017	Umana Reyer Venezia	74–83 (Series: 0–1)	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Mestre, Venice
21:15 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 14–23, 20–21, 24–15
Rai Sport Sky Sport	Pts: Perić 19 Rebs: Batista 11 Asts: Haynes 5 PIR: Batista 16	Boxscore	Pts: Sutton 16 Rebs: Hogue, Shields 6 Asts: Craft 7 PIR: Shields 21	Arena: Taliercio Referees: Enrico Sabetta, Massimiliano Filippini, Michele Rossi

Game 2

12 June 2017	Umana Reyer Venezia	79–64 (Series: 1–1)	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Mestre, Venice
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 15–22, 24–11, 14–12
Rai Sport Sky Sport	Pts: Haynes 20 Rebs: Perić 9 Asts: Ejim 3 PIR: Haynes 20	Boxscore	Pts: Craft 17 Rebs: Hogue 7 Asts: Flaccadori, Gomes 3 PIR: Craft 14	Arena: Taliercio Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Alessandro Martolini

Game 3

14 June 2017	Dolomiti Energia Trento	67–73 (Series: 1–2)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Trento
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 23–13, 15–23, 14–17
Rai Sport Sky Sport	Pts: Craft, Forray 14 Rebs: Shields 9 Asts: Craft 6 PIR: Forray 14	Boxscore	Pts: Haynes 14 Rebs: Ejim 8 Asts: Stone 3 PIR: Stone 18	Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Tolga Sahin Dino Seghetti, Gianluca Sardella

Game 4

16 June 2017	Dolomiti Energia Trento	78–56 (Series: 2–2)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Trento
21:15 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 18–22, 14–15, 24–10
Rai Sport Sky Sport	Pts: three players 14 Rebs: Gomes 13 Asts: Hogue 4 PIR: Hogue 21	Boxscore	Pts: Filloy 12 Rebs: Ejim 7 Asts: Stone 3 PIR: Bramos 14	Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Roberto Begnis, Manuel Mazzoni, Maurizio Biggi

Game 5

18 June 2017	Umana Reyer Venezia	65–63 (Series: 3–2)	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Mestre, Venice
18:15 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–20, 16–14, 21–11
Rai Sport Sky Sport	Pts: Haynes 13 Rebs: Bramos 7 Asts: Ejim, Bramos 3 PIR: Stone 13	Boxscore	Pts: Hogue 17 Rebs: Craft 8 Asts: Craft 5 PIR: Craft 23	Arena: Taliercio Referees: Tolga Sahin, Enrico Sabetta, Massimiliano Filippini

Game 6

20 June 2017	Dolomiti Energia Trento	78–81 (Series: 2–4)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Trento
21:15 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 19–18, 15–21, 27–25
Rai Sport Sky Sport	Pts: Sutton 23 Rebs: Sutton, Hogue 13 Asts: Craft 7 PIR: Sutton 28	Boxscore	Pts: Ejim 15 Rebs: Stone 6 Asts: Bramos, Filloy 3 PIR: Ejim 18	Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Roberto Begnis, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Gianluca Sardella

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PF	22	Dustin Hogue	16	13	0
PG	4	Aaron Craft	11	6	7
F	31	Shavon Shields	2	2	0
G/F	2	Dominique Sutton	23	13	0
F	15	João Gomes	4	4	0
Reserves:
SF	5	Mark Czumbel	DNP
PG	10	Andrés Pablo Forray	15	2	1
G	11	Luca Conti	DNP
SG	12	Diego Flaccadori	7	0	2
C	25	Luca Lechthaler	0	2	0
Head coach:
Maurizio Buscaglia

Dolomiti Energia Trento

Umana Reyer Venezia

Serie A Finals MVP: Melvin Ejim
Game rules: Game played under FIBA rules.

2016–17 LBA Winners
Umana Reyer Venezia 3rd title

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	0	MarQuez Haynes	14	1	2
F	4	Hrvoje Perić	4	3	1
SF	3	Melvin Ejim	15	5	2
SG	8	Julyan Stone	8	6	2
G/F	6	Michael Bramos	8	5	3
Reserves:
SF	7	Stefano Tonut	0	1	0
SG	9	Riccardo Visconti	DNP
PG	12	Ariel Filloy	14	1	3
F/C	14	Tomas Ress	8	2	1
C	15	Esteban Batista	5	3	0
SF	22	Jeffrey Viggiano	DNP
SG	25	Tyrus McGee	5	3	0
Head coach:
Walter De Raffaele

Rosters

Umana Reyer Venezia

Umana Reyer Venezia roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	0	Haynes, MarQuez	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	37 – (1986-12-19)19 December 1986
C	2	Hagins, Jamelle	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	34 – (1990-10-19)19 October 1990
SF	3	Ejim, Melvin	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	33 – (1991-03-04)4 March 1991
F	4	Perić, Hrvoje	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	39 – (1985-10-25)25 October 1985
SG	5	Stone, Julyan	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	35 – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988
G/F	6	Bramos, Michael	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	37 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987
SG	7	Tonut, Stefano	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	31 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993
SG	9	Visconti, Riccardo	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	26 – (1998-10-08)8 October 1998
PG	12	Filloy, Ariel	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	37 – (1987-03-11)11 March 1987
F/C	14	Ress, Tomas	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	44 – (1980-08-22)22 August 1980
C	15	Batista, Esteban	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	122 kg (269 lb)	41 – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983
C	16	Ortner, Benjamin	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	41 – (1983-03-16)16 March 1983
SF	22	Viggiano, Jeff	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	40 – (1984-07-24)24 July 1984
SG	25	McGee, Tyrus	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	33 – (1991-03-14)14 March 1991

Head coach

Walter De Raffaele

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2 July 2017

Dolomiti Energia Trento

Dolomiti Energia Trento roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G/F	2	Sutton, Dominique	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	38 – (1986-10-20)20 October 1986
PG	3	Bernardi, Andrea	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	27 – (1997-04-02)2 April 1997
PG	4	Craft, Aaron	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	33 – (1991-02-12)12 February 1991
F/C	8	Baldi Rossi, Filippo	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	33 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
SG	9	Moraschini, Riccardo	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	33 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991
PG	10	Forray, Andrés Pablo (C)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	38 – (1986-03-20)20 March 1986
G	11	Conti, Luca	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		23 – (2000-12-20)20 December 2000
SG	12	Flaccadori, Diego	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	28 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996
PF	14	Lovisotto, Isacco	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	26 – (1998-06-04)4 June 1998
F	15	Gomes, João	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	39 – (1985-02-05)5 February 1985
PF	22	Hogue, Dustin	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	32 – (1992-06-30)30 June 1992
C	25	Lechthaler, Luca	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	38 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986
F	32	Shields, Shavon	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)		30 – (1994-06-05)5 June 1994

Head coach

Maurizio Buscaglia

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2 July 2017

References

^ "Reyer campione, è il giorno della festa" [Reyer champions, it is the day of celebrations]. nuovavenezia.gelocal.it (in Italian). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Melvin Ejim della Reyer Venezia è l'MVP delle finali scudetto" [Melvin Ejim of Reyer Venezia is the MVP of the finals]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] "Reyer campione, è il giorno della festa" [Reyer champions, it is the day of celebrations]. nuovavenezia.gelocal.it (in Italian). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[2] "Melvin Ejim della Reyer Venezia è l'MVP delle finali scudetto" [Melvin Ejim of Reyer Venezia is the MVP of the finals]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 20 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

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