2020–21 LBA season
The 2020–21 LBA season is 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 is scheduled to finish on May 2, 2021.
LBA | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2020–21 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 15 | ||||||||||||
Games played | 102/210 | ||||||||||||
Dates | September 26, 2020 - June 2021 | ||||||||||||
TV | Eurosport, Rai Sport | ||||||||||||
Final positions | |||||||||||||
Top seed | AX Armani Exchange Milano | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Milano 104-64 Treviso (October 4, 2020) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | R.Emilia 56-85 Cremona (December 6, 2020) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Venezia 99-92 Sassari (October 25, 2020) Treviso 101-90 Cremona (December 16, 2020) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 9 games AX Armani Exchange Milano Happy Casa Brindisi | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 7 games Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | ||||||||||||
All statistics correct as of February 4, 2021. |
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]
Number of teams by region
Venues and locations
Source:[27]
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | Piero Bucchi | Andrea La Torre | Eye Sport | Acqua S.Bernardo |
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Eugenio Dalmasson | Andrea Coronica | Adidas | Allianz |
AX Armani Exchange Milano | Ettore Messina | Andrea Cinciarini | Armani | AX Armani Exchange |
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Gianmarco Pozzecco | Giacomo Devecchi | Eye Sport | Banco di Sardegna |
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | Jasmin Repeša | Carlos Delfino | Erreà | Carpegna Prosciutto |
De'Longhi Treviso | Massimiliano Menetti | Matteo Imbrò | Erreà | De'Longhi |
Dolomiti Energia Trento | Emanuele Molin | Andrés Pablo Forray | Nike | Dolomiti Energia |
Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | Luca Dalmonte | Stefano Mancinelli | Nike | Lavoropiù |
Germani Brescia | Maurizio Buscaglia | David Moss | Erreà | Germani Trasporti |
Happy Casa Brindisi | Francesco Vitucci | Alessandro Zanelli | Adidas | Happy Casa |
Openjobmetis Varese | Massimo Bulleri | Giancarlo Ferrero | Macron | Openjobmetis |
Umana Reyer Venezia | Walter De Raffaele | Michael Bramos | Erreà | Umana |
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | Antimo Martino | Leonardo Candi | Adidas | UNAHOTELS |
Vanoli Basket Cremona | Paolo Galbiati | Giuseppe Poeta | Erreà | Ferramenta Vanoli |
Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Aleksandar Đorđević | Giampaolo Ricci | Macron | Segafredo Zanetti |
Virtus Roma (excluded from the league) | Piero Bucchi | Tommaso Baldasso | Macron |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | Antimo Martino | Mutual consent | 27 May 2020[28] | Pre-season | Romeo Sacchetti | 27 May 2020[29] |
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | Maurizio Buscaglia | Mutual consent | 27 May 2020[30] | Antimo Martino | 28 May 2020[31] | |
Vanoli Basket Cremona | Romeo Sacchetti | Mutual consent | 27 May 2017[32] | Paolo Galbiati | 30 July 2020[33] | |
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | Giancarlo Sacco | End of contract | 1 July 2020 | Jasmin Repeša | 23 June 2020[34] | |
Openjobmetis Varese | Attilio Caja | Sacked | 5 September 2020[35] | Massimo Bulleri | 8 September 2020[36] | |
Germani Basket Brescia | Vincenzo Esposito | Sacked | 1 December 2020[37] | 15th (2/7) | Maurizio Buscaglia | 1 December 2020[38] |
Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | Romeo Sacchetti | Sacked | 6 December 2020[39] | 16th (1/8) | Luca Dalmonte | 7 December 2020[40] |
Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | Cesare Pancotto | Sacked | 25 January 2021[41] | 14th (4/12) | Piero Bucchi | 26 January 2021[42] |
Dolomiti Energia Trento | Nicola Brienza | Sacked | 31 January 2021[43] | 12th (6/11) | Emanuele Molin | 31 January 2021[43] |
Referees
A total of 38 FIP officials set to work on the 2020-21 season in Lega Basket Serie A:[44]
- 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
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.[45]
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 |
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1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1502 | 1281 | +221 | Qualification to Playoffs |
2 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1349 | 1279 | +70 | |
3 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1463 | 1379 | +84 | |
4 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1452 | 1327 | +125 | |
5 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1361 | 1307 | +54 | |
6 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1374 | 1351 | +23 | |
7 | De' Longhi Treviso | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1434 | 1510 | −76 | |
8 | Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1412 | 1412 | 0 | |
9 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1295 | 1361 | −66 | |
10 | Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1185 | 1222 | −37 | |
11 | Germani Basket Brescia | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1308 | 1362 | −54 | |
12 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 17 | 6 | 11 | 1315 | 1359 | −44 | |
13 | Vanoli Cremona | 17 | 6 | 11 | 1411 | 1467 | −56 | |
14 | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1328 | 1434 | −106 | |
15 | Openjobmetis Varese | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1182 | 1320 | −138 | Relegation to Serie A2 |
16 | Virtus Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excluded from the league |
Leader | |
Qualification to Playoffs | |
Relegation to Serie A2 |
Results
Results by round
W = Win; L = Loss; - = Postponed; C = Cancelled; V = Void
Statistics
As of February 4, 2021
Individual statistics
Rating
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
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1. | Miro Bilan | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 16 | 390 | 24.4 |
2. | Zach LeDay | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 16 | 355 | 22.2 |
3. | D'Angelo Harrison | Happy Casa Brindisi | 14 | 293 | 20.9 |
4. | Luis Scola | Openjobmetis Varese | 15 | 313 | 20.9 |
5. | Jason Burnell | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 16 | 316 | 19.8 |
Points
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Luis Scola | Openjobmetis Varese | 15 | 304 | 20.3 |
2. | David Logan | De' Longhi Treviso | 17 | 334 | 19.6 |
3. | D'Angelo Harrison | Happy Casa Brindisi | 14 | 266 | 19.0 |
4. | Daulton Hommes | Vanoli Cremona | 17 | 317 | 18.6 |
5. | Miro Bilan | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 16 | 284 | 17.8 |
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Tyler Cain | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 16 | 145 | 9.1 |
2. | Jarvis Williams | Vanoli Cremona | 16 | 138 | 8.6 |
3. | Miro Bilan | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 16 | 136 | 8.5 |
4. | Derek Willis | Happy Casa Brindisi | 14 | 110 | 7.9 |
5. | Frank Elegar | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 16 | 126 | 7.9 |
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Miloš Teodosić | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 17 | 127 | 7.5 |
2. | Marco Spissu | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 16 | 106 | 6.6 |
3. | Sergio Rodríguez | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 13 | 77 | 5.9 |
4. | Giuseppe Poeta | Vanoli Cremona | 17 | 100 | 5.9 |
5. | DeWayne Russell | De' Longhi Treviso | 17 | 97 | 5.7 |
Other statistics
Category | Player | Team | Games | Totals | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steals | Alessandro Pajola | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 10 | 19 | 1.9 |
Blocks | Sha'markus Kennedy | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 15 | 32 | 2.1 |
Turnovers | Marco Spissu | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 16 | 50 | 3.1 |
2P% | Miro Bilan | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 16 | 103/155 | 66.5% |
3P% | Luigi Datome | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 15 | 32/55 | 58.2% |
FT% | Jaime Smith | Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù | 11 | 43/46 | 93.5% |
Individual game highs
Source: RealGM
Team statistics
Category | Team | Average |
---|---|---|
Rating | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 108.2 |
Points | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 91.4 |
Points Allowed | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 75.4 |
Rebounds | Happy Casa Brindisi | 39.9 |
Assists | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 22.6 |
Steals | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 8.4 |
Blocks | Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | 3.7 |
Turnovers1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 10.8 |
FT % | Germani Basket Brescia | 85.0% |
2-Point % | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 56.7% |
3-Point % | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 42.6% |
- Notes
- ^1 The team with the least turnovers per game
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.
Serie A clubs in European competitions
Team | Competition | Progress |
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AX Armani Exchange Milano | EuroLeague | Regular season |
Dolomiti Energia Trento | EuroCup | Top 16 |
Virtus Segafredo Bologna | ||
Germani Brescia | Regular season | |
Umana Reyer Venezia | ||
Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Champions League | Play-Offs |
Happy Casa Brindisi | ||
Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | Regular season | |
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | FIBA Europe Cup | Round of 16 |
Supercup
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External links
- Lega Basket website (in Italian)