2018–19 LBA season

The 2018–19 LBA season, also known as Serie A PosteMobile for sponsorship reasons,^[6] was the 97th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system (LBA). The regular season began on October 7, 2018 and finished on May 12, 2019, with the playoffs started on May 18 (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four, 2019 EuroCup Playoffs or for the 2019 Champions League Playoffs) and finished on June 22.^[7]

Serie A PosteMobile1
Season	2018–19
Duration	7 October 2018 – June 2019
Games played	265
Teams	16
TV partner(s)	Rai Sport, Eurosport[1]
Regular season
Top seed	AX Armani Exchange Milano
Season MVP	Drew Crawford
Relegated	Fiat Torino[2]
Finals
Champions	Umana Reyer Venezia
Runners-up	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Semifinalists	AX Armani Exchange Milano Vanoli Cremona
Finals MVP	Austin Daye
Awards
Best Young Player	Tony Carr
Statistical leaders
Points Frank Gaines 20.3 Rebounds Egidijus Mockevičius 11.5 Assists Luca Vitali 5.8 Index Rating Davon Jefferson 23.5
Records
Biggest home win	Trieste 110–64 Avellino (December 16, 2018)
Biggest away win	Avellino 49–79 Venezia (November 25, 2018)
Highest scoring	Pesaro 106–122 Cremona (December 16, 2018)
Winning streak	15 games Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Losing streak	8 games Red October Cantù
Highest attendance	12,005 AX Milano 72–67 Varese (December 23, 2018)[3]
Average attendance	960,823 (4,003 per match)[4][5]
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of complete. 1 Sponsored league name, referring to PosteMobile.

As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.^[8]

AX Armani Exchange Milano were the defending champions.^[9]

Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the finals.^[10]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2017–18 season and one promoted from the 2017–18 Serie A2.^[11]

Alma Pallacanestro Trieste was the promoted club from the Serie A2 Basket after beating Novipiù Casale Monferrato at game 3 of league's playoffs,^[12] and returned to the top division after a 14 years absence.^[13]

Trieste replaced Betaland Capo d'Orlando who were relegated during the previous season.^[14]

Number of teams by region

Number of teams	Region	Team(s)
5	Lombardy	AX Armani Exchange MilanoLBA Germani Basket Brescia Openjobmetis Varese Red October Cantù Vanoli Cremona
2	Emilia-Romagna	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Segafredo Virtus Bologna
1	Apulia	New Basket Brindisi
	Campania	Sidigas Avellino
	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Alma Pallacanestro TriesteA2
	Marche	VL Pesaro
	Piedmont	Fiat Torino
	Sardinia	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	Dolomiti Energia Trento
	Tuscany	OriOra Pistoia
	Veneto	Umana Reyer Venezia

Notes

^LBA 2017–18 LBA champion.

^A2 2017–18 Serie A2 champion.

Venues and locations

Avellino

Trieste

Brescia

Milano

Cantù

Cremona

Varese

Pesaro

Sassari

Trento

Torino

Venezia

Pistoia

Reggio Emilia

Brindisi

Virtus Bologna

Location of teams in 2018–19 LBA season

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	Trieste	Allianz Dome	6,943[15]
AX Armani Exchange Milano	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	12,700[16]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Sassari	PalaSerradimigni	5,000[17]
Dolomiti Energia Trento	Trento	BLM Group Arena	4,360[18]
Fiat Torino	Turin	PalaVela	6,305[19]
Germani Basket Brescia	Brescia	PalaLeonessa	5,200[20]
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia	PalaBigi	4,530[21]
New Basket Brindisi	Brindisi	PalaPentassuglia	3,534[22]
Openjobmetis Varese	Varese	Enerxenia Arena	5,100[23]
OriOra Pistoia	Pistoia	PalaCarrara	4,000[24]
Red October Cantù	Cantù	PalaBancoDesio[25] (in Desio)	6,700[26]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Bologna	Unipol Arena	9,513[27]
		PalaDozza	5,570[28]
Sidigas Avellino	Avellino	PalaDelMauro	5,195[29]
Umana Reyer Venezia	Venice	Palasport Taliercio	3,506[30]
Vanoli Cremona	Cremona	PalaRadi	3,511[31]
VL Pesaro	Pesaro	Adriatic Arena	10,323[32]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	Gianluca Mauro	Eugenio Dalmasson	Andrea Coronica	Adidas	Alma Agenzia per il lavoro, Allianz
AX Armani Exchange Milano	Livio Proli	Simone Pianigiani	Andrea Cinciarini	Armani	AX Armani Exchange
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Stefano Sardara	Gianmarco Pozzecco	Giacomo Devecchi	Eye Sport	Banco di Sardegna, Tirrenia
Dolomiti Energia Trento	Luigi Longhi	Maurizio Buscaglia	Andrés Pablo Forray	Spalding	Dolomiti Energia
Fiat Torino	vacant[a]	Paolo Galbiati	Giuseppe Poeta	Kappa	Fiat Automobiles
Germani Basket Brescia	Graziella Bragaglio	Andrea Diana	David Moss	Erreà	Germani Trasporti
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Maria Licia Ferrarini	Stefano Pillastrini	Riccardo Cervi	Sportika	Grissin Bon, Mapei
New Basket Brindisi	Fernando Marino	Francesco Vitucci	Adrian Banks	Adidas	Enel
Openjobmetis Varese	Marco Vittorelli	Attilio Caja	Giancarlo Ferrero	Spalding	Openjobmetis
OriOra Pistoia	Roberto Maltinti	Paolo Moretti	Dominique Johnson	Erreà	OriOra
Red October Cantù	Irina Gerasimenko	Nicola Brienza	Ike Udanoh	Eye Sport	Red October Steel Works
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	vacant[b]	Aleksandar Đorđević	Pietro Aradori	Macron	Segafredo Zanetti
Sidigas Avellino	Giuseppe Sampietro	Massimo Maffezzoli	Ariel Filloy	Joma	Sidigas, Citroën
Umana Reyer Venezia	Luigi Brugnaro	Walter De Raffaele	MarQuez Haynes	Erreà	Umana
Vanoli Cremona	Aldo Vanoli	Romeo Sacchetti	Giulio Gazzotti	Erreà	Ferramenta Vanoli
VL Pesaro	Ario Costa	Matteo Boniciolli	Andrea Ancellotti	Erreà	Consultinvest, ButanGas

1. On 26 April 2019, President Antonio Forni left the presidency of the team because of the change of ownership.^[33]
2. On 9 March 2019, President Alberto Bucci died at 70 years old, due to complications from a cancer.^[34]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Massimiliano Menetti	Sacked	17 May 2018[35]	Pre-season	Devis Cagnardi	23 May 2018[36]
OriOra Pistoia	Vincenzo Esposito	Signed with Banco di Sardegna Sassari	19 May 2018[37]		Alessandro Ramagli	12 June 2018[38]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Zare Markovski	Mutual consent	22 May 2018[39]		Vincenzo Esposito	22 May 2018[40]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Alessandro Ramagli	Sacked	25 May 2018[41]		Stefano Sacripanti	12 June 2018[42]
Red October Cantù	Marco Sodini	Resigned	29 May 2018[43]		Evgeniy Pashutin	7 June 2018[44]
Sidigas Avellino	Stefano Sacripanti	Sacked	1 June 2018[45]		Nenad Vučinić	12 June 2018[46]
Fiat Torino	Paolo Galbiati	Resigned	7 June 2018[47]		Larry Brown	17 June 2018[48]
Fiat Torino	Larry Brown	Mutual consent	27 December 2018[49]	12th (4–8)	Paolo Galbiati	28 December 2018[50]
VL Pesaro	Massimo Galli	Sacked	8 January 2019[51]	15th (4–10)	Matteo Boniciolli	8 January 2019[52]
Red October Cantù	Evgeniy Pashutin	Signed with Avtodor Saratov	30 January 2019[53]	11th (7–10)	Nicola Brienza	30 January 2019[54]
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Devis Cagnardi	Sacked	4 February 2019[55]	15th (5–13)	Stefano Pillastrini	5 February 2019[56]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Vincenzo Esposito	Resigned	11 February 2019[57]	8th (9–10)	Gianmarco Pozzecco	11 February 2019[58]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Stefano Sacripanti	Sacked	11 March 2019[59]	10th (10–11)	Aleksandar Đorđević	11 March 2019[60]
OriOra Pistoia	Alessandro Ramagli		28 March 2019[61]	16th (5–18)	Fabio Bongi (interim)	28 March 2019[62]
OriOra Pistoia	Fabio Bongi	End of interim spell	31 March 2019[63]	16th (5–19)	Paolo Moretti	2 April 2019[64]
Sidigas Avellino	Nenad Vučinić	Mutual consent	10 April 2019[65]	7th (14–11)	Massimo Maffezzoli	10 April 2019[66]

Changes from 2017–18

As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people.^[67] From 2017–18 season, all clubs must host their home playoffs matches in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 5,000 people.^[68]

Rules

Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:

1. 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
2. 3 foreigners from countries outside the EU, 4 foreigners from EU countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement)

Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the EU and four foreigners from EU countries or "Cotonou Countries".^[69]

At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500.000,00 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200.000,00 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.^[70]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams were eliminated, while the last one qualified team was relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays were from October 7, 2018, to May 2019.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AX Armani Exchange Milano	30	23	7	2609	2391	+218	46	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Vanoli Cremona	30	20	10	2504	2360	+144	40
3	Umana Reyer Venezia	30	20	10	2440	2256	+184	40
4	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	30	18	12	2593	2436	+157	36
5	New Basket Brindisi	30	18	12	2454	2370	+84	36
6	Dolomiti Energia Trento	30	17	13	2383	2410	−27	34
7	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	30	16	14	2634	2527	+107	32
8	Sidigas Avellino	30	16	14	2470	2456	+14	32
9	Openjobmetis Varese	30	16	14	2385	2284	+101	32
10	Red October Cantù	30	16	14	2526	2571	−45	32
11	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	30	15	15	2387	2410	−23	30
12	Germani Basket Brescia	30	14	16	2408	2443	−35	28
13	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	30	9	21	2363	2493	−130	18
14	VL Pesaro	30	7	23	2382	2754	−372	14
15	OriOra Pistoia	30	6	24	2253	2511	−258	12
16	Fiat Torino[a] (R)	30	9	21	2492	2611	−119	10	Relegation to Serie A2

Source: LBA
(R) Relegated

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
AX Armani Exchange Milano	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Vanoli Cremona	5	3	8	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Umana Reyer Venezia	7	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	14	8	4	3	4	6	9	10	8	10	11	11	9	6	6	5	7	8	8	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	7	5	5	4
New Basket Brindisi	15	5	9	8	6	5	4	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	6	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
Dolomiti Energia Trento	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	10	9	8	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	9	8	10	8	8	6	6	6	9	6
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	11	14	10	11	12	13	11	9	10	8	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	10	8	7	5	5	5	7	7	7
Sidigas Avellino	1	4	12	10	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	8	8	10	8
Openjobmetis Varese	8	11	7	6	7	8	6	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	5	6	5	7	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	9	9	10	6	9
Red October Cantù	16	12	3	4	8	9	10	12	13	13	14	14	14	12	14	13	11	10	10	9	8	7	9	12	10	10	10	9	8	10
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	6	10	6	7	10	7	7	8	9	6	9	8	10	8	8	7	8	6	7	7	10	9	7	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Germani Basket Brescia	9	9	11	12	11	11	12	11	12	9	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	3	7	13	14	13	14	14	16	15	16	16	16	15	13	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	15	14	14	14	13	13
VL Pesaro	4	13	14	13	14	12	8	7	7	11	13	13	13	15	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14
OriOra Pistoia	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	11	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Fiat Torino	10	6	5	9	9	10	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	13	13	13	13	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on May 12, 2019. Source: LBA

	Leader of the Regular Season
	Qualification to Playoffs
	Relegation to Serie A2

Results

Home \ Away	TRI	AXM	SAS	TRE	TOR	BRE	REG	BRI	VAR	PIS	CTU	BOL	AVE	VEN	CRE	PES
Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	—	73–77	65–86	85–74	115–110	90–86	104–88	71–92	96–104	96–79	102–82	88–92	110–64	104–85	97–80	105–68
AX Armani Exchange Milano	93–88	—	79–93	86–78	110–91	87–75	100–75	103–92	72–67	107–83	98–91	94–75	85–79	86–87	76–75	111–74
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	102–97	106–107	—	88–70	96–82	95–87	82–71	98–103	71–60	111–113	87–81	90–72	105–84	83–86	0–20b	114–73
Dolomiti Energia Trento	82–75	77–79	71–66	—	95–87	76–75	68–60	76–79	74–71	82–73	92–97	71–65	97–79	64–87	99–104	81–76
Fiat Torino	86–74	71–93	102–83	86–84	—	89–91	77–58	66–72	72–66	86–80	96–106	64–80	79–96	66–73	88–94	93–71
Germani Basket Brescia	77–85	92–86	71–95	79–84	83–76	—	83–79	97–80	78–73	87–79	81–63	77–75	74–77	72–70	86–89	84–81
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	71–84	67–71	85–77	80–84	85–98	79–82	—	82–76	74–68	82–84	89–99	81–89	75–91	82–74	82–81	108–66
New Basket Brindisi	85–77	101–92	84–90	76–81	96–89	72–65	67–75	—	81–77	80–70	76–59	89–81	68–70	71–65	80–86	88–73
Openjobmetis Varese	78–66	84–94	84–73	93–85	77–60	81–80	92–80	85–67	—	98–70	89–71	79–86	79–83	87–79	83–64	81–75
OriOra Pistoia	77–90	20–0a	82–90	70–78	78–81	73–70	76–80	74–90	71–65	—	74–84	71–81	73–88	69–97	73–90	77–81
Red October Cantù	66–88	74–101	88–97	84–72	86–75	82–76	101–95	81–79	84–75	100–79	—	96–94	83–73	71–93	82–66	87–90
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	82–74	79–88	74–86	74–69	82–79	88–80	81–69	61–77	84–72	67–78	90–81	—	88–66	76–77	66–84	78–70
Sidigas Avellino	96–97	85–81	86–78	110–72	109–82	79–67	91–59	83–87	76–71	82–78	98–81	90–96	—	49–79	62–70	82–81
Umana Reyer Venezia	75–83	81–84	98–90	77–81	76–75	86–70	76–71	70–59	61–66	95–72	94–90	94–75	76–65	—	78–67	97–62
Vanoli Cremona	87–78	76–72	80–73	84–89	100–87	88–91	98–81	93–86	79–82	90–80	79–96	87–70	94–88	80–65	—	97–64
VL Pesaro	103–77	82–97	81–88	65–77	102–98	86–92	73–100	80–101	78–98	83–77	72–80	89–86	91–89	86–89	106–122	—

Source: LBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Notes

^a AX Armani Exchange Milano won the game on the road 91-81, but OriOra Pistoia awarded 20-0 win over Milano due to playing James Nunnally while he was under suspension.^[72]

^b Vanoli Cremona won the game on the road 105-100 after an overtime, but awarded 20-0 win over Banco di Sardegna Sassari due to coaching Gianmarco Pozzecco while he was under suspension.^[73]

Statistical leaders

As of May 12, 2019.^[74]

Points

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Frank Gaines	Red October Cantù	20.3
2.	Blackmon Jr.	VL Pesaro	19.7
3.	Erik McCree	VL Pesaro	18.5
4.	Davon Jefferson	Red October Cantù	18.0
5.	Aleksa Avramović	Openjobmetis Varese	17.7

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Luca Vitali	Germani Basket Brescia	5.8
2.	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Milano	5.1
3.	Chris Wright	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	4.9
4.	Tony Taylor	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	4.8
5.	Jaime Smith	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	4.5

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	Egidijus Mockevičius	VL Pesaro	11.5
2.	Tyler Cain	Openjobmetis Varese	10.8
3.	Ousman Krubally	OriOra Pistoia	10.1
4.	Mangok Mathiang	Vanoli Cremona	9.7
5.	Jack Cooley	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	9.0

Valuation

Rank	Name	Team	VPG
1.	Davon Jefferson	Red October Cantù	23.5
2.	Caleb Green	Sidigas Avellino	21.9
3.	Ike Udanoh	Sidigas Avellino	20.0
4.	Egidijus Mockevičius	VL Pesaro	19.4
5.	Tyler Cain	Openjobmetis Varese	19.4

Other Statistics

Category	Player	Team	Average
Steals	Aaron Craft	Dolomiti Energia Trento	2.0
Blocks	Hamady N'Diaye	Sidigas Avellino	1.8
Turnovers	Tony Mitchell	OriOra Pistoia	2.9
	Caleb Green	Sidigas Avellino
2P%	Mitchell Watt	Umana Reyer Venezia	70.1%
3P%	Juan Fernández	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	48.3%
FT%	James Blackmon	VL Pesaro	89.9%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Total	Opponent
Points	Frank Gaines	Red October Cantù	44	AX Armani Exchange Milano (Mar 31, 19)
Rebounds	Egidijus Mockevičius	VL Pesaro	21	Fiat Torino (Jan 13, 19)
Assists	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Milano	15	Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Dec 16, 18)
Steals	Dominic Artis	VL Pesaro	9	Fiat Torino (Jan 13, 19)
Blocks	Hamady N'Diaye	Sidigas Avellino	5	Red October Cantù (Oct 6, 18)
	John Brown	New Basket Brindisi		Dolomiti Energia Trento (Jan 13, 19)
	Andrea Ancellotti	VL Pesaro		Dolomiti Energia Trento (Apr 14, 19)
Three Pointers	Jordan Hamilton	Germani Basket Brescia	11	Fiat Torino (Mar 24, 19)

Source: RealGM

Awards

Main article: Lega Basket Serie A awards

Finals MVP

• Austin Daye (Umana Reyer Venezia)^[75]

Most Valuable Player

• Drew Crawford (Vanoli Cremona)^[76]

Best Player Under 22

• Tony Carr (Red October Cantù)^[77]

Best Coach

• Romeo Sacchetti (Vanoli Cremona)^[78]

Best Executive

• Simone Giofré (New Basket Brindisi)^[79]

Round MVP

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref
1	Caleb Green	Sidigas Avellino	32	[80]
2	Ike Udanoh	Red October Cantù	40	[81]
3	Davon Jefferson	Red October Cantù	29	[82]
4	Tony Mitchell	Red October Cantù	28	[83]
5	Caleb Green (2)	Sidigas Avellino	34	[84]
6	Erik McCree	VL Pesaro	33	[85]
7	L. J. Peak	OriOra Pistoia	37	[86]
8	Thomas Scrubb	Openjobmetis Varese	28	[87]
9	Scott Bamforth	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	29	[88]
10	Mitchell Watt	Umana Reyer Venezia	31	[89]
11	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Milano	33	[90]
12	Thomas Scrubb (2)	Openjobmetis Varese	33	[91]
13	Davon Jefferson (2)	Red October Cantù	45	[92]
14	Jack Cooley	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	32	[93]
15	Scott Bamforth (2)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	35	[94]
16	Adrian Banks	New Basket Brindisi	30	[95]
17	Davon Jefferson (3)	Red October Cantù	27	[96]
18	Davon Jefferson (4)	Red October Cantù	34	[97]
19	Frank Gaines	Red October Cantù	41	[98]
20	Tyler Cain	Openjobmetis Varese	29	[99]
21	Julyan Stone	Umana Reyer Venezia	30	[100]
	Davon Jefferson	Red October Cantù
22	Dyshawn Pierre	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	35	[101]
	Keifer Sykes	Sidigas Avellino
23	Mitchell Watt (2)	Umana Reyer Venezia	33	[102]
24	Mike James (2)	AX Armani Exchange Milano	31	[103]
25	Ousman Krubally	OriOra Pistoia	43	[104]
26	Jeremy Chappell	New Basket Brindisi	38	[105]
27	Davon Jefferson (2)	Red October Cantù	32	[106]
28	Riccardo Moraschini	New Basket Brindisi	38	[107]
29	Adrian Banks	New Basket Brindisi	33	[108]
30	Dustin Hogue	Dolomiti Energia Trento	29	[109]

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 LBA Playoffs

The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals were best of five formats, while the finals series were best of seven format. The playoffs began on May 18, 2019,^[110] and finished on June 22, 2019.^[111]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	AX Armani Exchange Milano	3
	8	Sidigas Avellino	2
						1	AX Armani Exchange Milano	0
						4	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	3
	4	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	3
	5	New Basket Brindisi	0
											4	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	3
											3	Umana Reyer Venezia	4
	2	Vanoli Cremona	3
	7	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	1
						2	Vanoli Cremona	2
						3	Umana Reyer Venezia	3
	3	Umana Reyer Venezia	3
	6	Dolomiti Energia Trento	2

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Umana Reyer Venezia (C)	30	20	10	Qualification to EuroCup
2	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	30	18	12	Qualification to Champions League
3	AX Armani Exchange Milano	30	23	7	Already qualified to EuroLeague
4	Vanoli Cremona	30	20	10
5	New Basket Brindisi	30	18	12	Qualification to Champions League
6	Dolomiti Energia Trento	30	17	13	Qualification to EuroCup
7	Alma Pallacanestro Trieste	30	16	14
8	Sidigas Avellino	30	16	14
9	Openjobmetis Varese	30	16	14
10	Red October Cantù	30	16	14
11	Segafredo Virtus Bologna[b]	30	15	15	Qualification to EuroCup
12	Germani Basket Brescia[c]	30	14	16
13	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	30	9	21
14	VL Pesaro	30	7	23
15	OriOra Pistoia	30	6	24
16	Fiat Torino	30	9	21	Relegation to Serie A2

Source: LBA
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Fiat Torino were deducted 8 points by the Federal Council due to financial irregularities.^[71]
2. Segafredo Virtus Bologna qualified to EuroCup through a wild card.
3. Germani Basket Brescia qualified to EuroCup through a wild card.

Serie A clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress	Ref
AX Armani Exchange Milano	EuroLeague	12th (14–16)	[112]
Germani Basket Brescia	EuroCup	Regular season	[113]
Dolomiti Energia Trento		Regular season
Fiat Torino		Regular season
Red October Cantù	Champions League	Second qualifying round	[114]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna		Champions
Sidigas Avellino		Regular season
Umana Reyer Venezia		Round of 16
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	FIBA Europe Cup	Champions	[115][116]
Openjobmetis Varese		Semi-finals

Supercup

Main article: 2018 Italian Basketball Supercup

The 2018 Italian Supercup, also known as Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2018 for sponsorship reasons,^[117] was the 24rd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. The Supercup opened the 2018–19 season on 29 and 30 September 2018,^[118] and it was contested in the PalaLeonessa in Brescia.^[119]

Qualified for the tournament were Fiat Torino and Germani Brescia,^[120] as Italian Cup finalists, AX Armani Exchange Milano and Dolomiti Energia Trento as LBA Playoffs finalist.^[121]

AX Armani Exchange Milano beat the tournament host Germani Basket Brescia 59–81, while Fiat Torino beat Dolomiti Energia Trento 81–72.^[122]

AX Armani Exchange Milano was the Supercup winner for the third consecutive season after beating Fiat Torino in the final 82–71. Milano used an 11–0 run to start the second quarter and jump in front. Milano held a 41–31 lead at halftime, then Vladimir Micov nailed three triples early in the third quarter to open a 55–38 lead. Torino closed in with a 0–12 run in the fourth quarter, but Artūras Gudaitis had a three-point play to extend it to 76–67, and sending Milano on its way to victory. Micov and Gudaitis scored 17 points apiece to lead Milano to its first trophy of the season. Nemanja Nedović scored 14, and Mike James had 10 in a victory. Tony Carr paced Torino with 15 points, while Tekele Cotton, Tyshawn Taylor and Jamil Wilson scored 11 apiece.^[123]

Vladimir Micov was named MVP of the competition.^[124]

Cup

Main article: 2019 Italian Basketball Cup

The 51st edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,^[125] was contested in February 2019.^[126] As in the previous edition, Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence hosted the Cup.^[127] Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were Avellino, Bologna, Brindisi, Cremona, Milano, Sassari, Varese and Venezia.^[128]

Fiat Torino were the defending champions.^[129]

Segafredo Virtus Bologna stunned AX Armani Exchange Milano 84-86 and Vanoli Cremona defeated Openjobmetis Varese 82–73 in the Italian Cup quarterfinals on Thursday. The game was not as close as the final score would indicate with Bologna leading by multiple possessions throughout the fourth quarter and Milano only getting within 2 on a Curtis Jerrells triple on the buzzer. Tony Taylor scored 23 points and Pietro Aradori 16 for Bologna, which took a big step towards adding to its record eight Italian Cup triumphs. James Nunnally paced Milano with 19 points while leading scorer Mike James shot just 1 for 11 on three-pointers and finished with 13 points. For Cremona, Drew Crawford scored 22 points and Wesley Saunders added 20.^[130]

On the second night of the Italian Cup quarterfinals, Banco di Sardegna Sassari edged Umana Reyer Venezia 88-89 behind 24 points from Dyshawn Pierre and New Basket Brindisi out-gunned Sidigas Avellino 95-98 as Adrian Banks poured in 26 points.^[131]

Vanoli Cremona will play New Basket Brindisi in the final of the Italian Cup. In the semifinals, Cremona topped Segafredo Virtus Bologna 102-91 as Travis Diener netted 26 points on 6-for-9 three-point shooting. Mangok Mathiang added 19 points and 10 rebounds in the victory. Brindisi held off Sassari 86–87, with John Brown scoring 20 points, and Jeremy Chappell collecting 18 points plus 9 rebounds.^[132]

Vanoli Cremona lifted the Italian Cup for the first time after beating New Basket Brindisi 83–74 in the final. Wesley Saunders posted 18 points and 9 rebounds and Drew Crawford also scored 18 to lead the winners. Michele Ruzzier added 12 points off the bench. Cremona used a 9-0 second-quarter run to surge ahead from a 25–25 tie and led 45–37 at halftime. The lead stood in double figures for most of the second half and Brindisi never got closer than 6. John Brown posted 21 points and 8 rebounds and Tony Gaffney scored 19 in defeat.^[133][134] Drew Crawford was named Panasonic MVP of the competition.^[135]