2018 LBA Finals

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]

2018 LBA Finals

Team Coach Wins EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Simone Pianigiani 4 Dolomiti Energia Trento Maurizio Buscaglia 2
Dates	June 5–11, 2015
MVP	Andrew Goudelock
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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]

Road to the finals

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 −391 Source: 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 −391 Source: 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

Italian Basketball Supercup

23 September 2017	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	74–65	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Forlì
17:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 19–14, 20–14, 15–21
Eurosport	Pts: Goudelock 24 Rebs: Gudaitis 10 Asts: Theodore 6 PIR: Goudelock 20	Boxscore	Pts: Behanan 13 Rebs: Sutton 7 Asts: Forray 5 PIR: Behanan 19	Arena: Unieuro Arena Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Dolomiti Energia Trento

Regular season series

11 November 2017	Dolomiti Energia Trento	55–74	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Trento
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 10–15, 10–20, 11–18
Eurosport	Pts: Behanan 17 Rebs: Behanan 7 Asts: Sutton 3 PIR: Forray 14	Boxscore	Pts: Theodore 18 Rebs: Cusin 7 Asts: Goudelock 2 PIR: Cusin 13	Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Roberto Begnis, Luca Weidmann, Christian Borgo

Dolomiti Energia Trento v EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

17 March 2018	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	88–80	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Assago
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 20–16, 23–25, 27–19
Eurosport	Pts: Micov 28 Rebs: Gudaitis 8 Asts: Cinciarini 5 PIR: Micov 30	Boxscore	Pts: Flaccadori 16 Rebs: Shields 10 Asts: Shields 7 PIR: Gomes 16	Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Roberto Begnis, Alessandro Martolini, Andrea Bongiorni

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Dolomiti Energia Trento

Series

Game 1

5 June 2018	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	98–85 (Series: 1–0)	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Assago
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 32–22, 23–18, 28–33
Eurosport Rai Sport	Pts: Goudelock 26 Rebs: Tarczewski 9 Asts: Micov, Cinciarini 5 PIR: Tarczewski 27	Boxscore	Pts: Shields 31 Rebs: Sutton 7 Asts: Shields 5 PIR: Shields 31	Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Enrico Sabetta, Saverio Lanzarini, Emanuele Aronne

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Dolomiti Energia Trento

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 6 4 5 SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 5 2 2 SF 5 Vladimir Micov 16 3 5 SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 26 1 2 C 15 Kaleb Tarczewski 14 9 1 Reserves: SG 6 Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Davide Pascolo 2 0 0 C 22 Marco Cusin DNP SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 9 1 0 PG 55 Curtis Jerrells 10 1 3 C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 10 6 1 Head coach: Simone Pianigiani

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dolomiti Energia Trento

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Andrés Pablo Forray 11 1 3 PF 2 Dominique Sutton 8 7 2 SF 4 Ojārs Siliņš 0 0 0 SG 31 Shavon Shields 31 3 5 C 22 Dustin Hogue 8 3 2 Reserves: SG 5 Yannick Franke 11 1 3 G 11 Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Jorge Gutiérrez 6 4 1 SF 14 Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 João Gomes 10 5 0 C 25 Luca Lechthaler 0 2 1 Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

Game 2

7 June 2018	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	90–80 (Series: 2–0)	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Assago
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 30–18, 14–14, 19–19
Eurosport Rai Sport	Pts: Jerrells 27 Rebs: Gudaitis 9 Asts: Micov 3 PIR: Jerrells 24	Boxscore	Pts: Gomes 18 Rebs: Sutton 6 Asts: Shields 5 PIR: Gomes 21	Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Roberto Begnis, Tolga Sahin, Gianluca Sardella

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Dolomiti Energia Trento

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 2 1 2 SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 4 3 1 SF 5 Vladimir Micov 11 4 3 SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 25 3 1 C 15 Kaleb Tarczewski 4 6 1 Reserves: SG 6 Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Davide Pascolo 0 1 0 C 22 Marco Cusin DNP SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 6 1 1 PG 55 Curtis Jerrells 27 2 1 C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 11 9 0 Head coach: Simone Pianigiani

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dolomiti Energia Trento

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Andrés Pablo Forray 9 1 3 PF 2 Dominique Sutton 8 6 1 SF 4 Ojārs Siliņš 15 0 0 SG 31 Shavon Shields 17 2 5 C 22 Dustin Hogue 3 5 1 Reserves: SG 5 Yannick Franke 3 2 0 G 11 Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Jorge Gutiérrez 7 4 4 SF 14 Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 João Gomes 18 5 1 C 25 Luca Lechthaler DNP Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

Game 3

9 June 2018	Dolomiti Energia Trento	72–65 (Series: 1–2)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Trento
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 18–14, 23–17, 14–17
Eurosport Rai Sport	Pts: Sutton 19 Rebs: three players 10 Asts: Shields 6 PIR: Hogue 25	Boxscore	Pts: Jerrells, Bertāns 13 Rebs: Micov 9 Asts: Cinciarini 5 PIR: Gudaitis 11	Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Manuel Mazzoni, Michele Rossi

Dolomiti Energia Trento v EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Andrés Pablo Forray 4 10 0 PF 2 Dominique Sutton 19 10 2 SF 4 Ojārs Siliņš 8 1 0 SG 31 Shavon Shields 6 2 6 C 22 Dustin Hogue 18 10 0 Reserves: SG 5 Yannick Franke 0 0 0 G 11 Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Jorge Gutiérrez 4 1 4 SF 14 Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 João Gomes 13 5 1 C 25 Luca Lechthaler DNP Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

Dolomiti Energia Trento EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 3 3 5 SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 7 3 1 SF 5 Vladimir Micov 6 9 3 SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 8 2 0 C 15 Kaleb Tarczewski 6 3 0 Reserves: SG 6 Giordano Bortolani DNP PF 7 Davide Pascolo 2 1 0 C 22 Marco Cusin DNP SF 23 Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 13 0 0 PG 55 Curtis Jerrells 13 2 3 C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 7 6 0 Head coach: Simone Pianigiani

Game 4

11 June 2018	Dolomiti Energia Trento	77–74 (Series: 2–2)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Trento
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 18–21, 23–21, 25–19
Eurosport Rai Sport	Pts: Shields 31 Rebs: Shields 8 Asts: Forray 5 PIR: Shields 39	Boxscore	Pts: Goudelock 14 Rebs: Gudaitis 6 Asts: Micov 4 PIR: Micov 15	Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Dino Seghetti, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Alessandro Martolini

Dolomiti Energia Trento v EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Andrés Pablo Forray 3 5 5 PF 2 Dominique Sutton 13 2 1 SF 4 Ojārs Siliņš 9 0 0 SG 31 Shavon Shields 31 8 3 C 22 Dustin Hogue 14 7 0 Reserves: SG 5 Yannick Franke 0 0 0 G 11 Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Jorge Gutiérrez 2 5 3 SF 14 Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 João Gomes 3 4 1 C 25 Luca Lechthaler 2 1 0 Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

Dolomiti Energia Trento EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 9 2 1 SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 4 3 2 SF 5 Vladimir Micov 14 4 4 SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 14 1 0 C 15 Kaleb Tarczewski 8 3 0 Reserves: SG 6 Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Davide Pascolo DNP C 22 Marco Cusin 2 3 0 SF 23 Awudu Abass 0 4 0 SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 8 3 0 PG 55 Curtis Jerrells 10 0 1 C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 6 6 0 Head coach: Simone Pianigiani

Game 5

13 June 2018	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	91–90 (Series: 3–2)	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Assago
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 31–22, 17–28, 23–16, 20–24
Eurosport Rai Sport	Pts: Gudaitis, Kuzminskas 19 Rebs: Gudaitis, Tarczewski 6 Asts: Micov 7 PIR: Gudaitis 28	Boxscore	Pts: Shields 27 Rebs: Hogue 9 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Hogue, Shields 23	Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Mazzoni, Mark Bartoli

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Dolomiti Energia Trento

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 15 3 4 SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 19 2 1 SF 5 Vladimir Micov 4 2 7 SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 16 4 0 C 15 Kaleb Tarczewski 2 6 0 Reserves: SG 6 Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Davide Pascolo 0 0 1 C 22 Marco Cusin DNP SF 23 Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 8 1 0 PG 55 Curtis Jerrells 8 4 3 C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 19 6 2 Head coach: Simone Pianigiani

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dolomiti Energia Trento

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Andrés Pablo Forray 4 2 4 PF 2 Dominique Sutton 15 5 4 SF 4 Ojārs Siliņš 6 2 1 SG 31 Shavon Shields 27 1 2 C 22 Dustin Hogue 14 9 1 Reserves: SG 5 Yannick Franke 3 1 1 G 11 Luca Conti DNP SG 12 Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Jorge Gutiérrez 9 3 4 SF 14 Mark Czumbel DNP F 15 João Gomes 12 2 1 C 25 Luca Lechthaler 0 1 0 Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

Game 6

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]

15 June 2018	Dolomiti Energia Trento	71–96 (Series: 2–4)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Trento
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 13–23, 23–18, 15–30
Eurosport Rai Sport	Pts: Sutton 15 Rebs: Gomes, Hogue 7 Asts: Sutton, Forray 2 PIR: Forray 19	Boxscore	Pts: Goudelock 21 Rebs: Gudaitis 9 Asts: Jerrells 6 PIR: Goudelock 24	Arena: PalaTrento Referees: Carmelo Paternoco', Roberto Begnis, Lorenzo Baldini

Dolomiti Energia Trento v EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Andrés Pablo Forray 14 6 2 PF 2 Dominique Sutton 15 5 2 SF 4 Ojārs Siliņš 2 1 0 SG 31 Shavon Shields 14 3 0 C 22 Dustin Hogue 9 7 0 Reserves: SG 5 Yannick Franke 2 0 0 G 11 Mattia Musumeci DNP SG 12 Diego Flaccadori DNP PG 13 Jorge Gutiérrez 8 1 1 SF 14 Isacco Lovisotto DNP F 15 João Gomes 7 7 1 C 25 Luca Lechthaler 0 0 0 Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

Dolomiti Energia Trento EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Serie A Finals MVP 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 Andrea Cinciarini 2 0 1 SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 15 5 1 SF 5 Vladimir Micov 10 3 0 SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 21 3 4 C 15 Kaleb Tarczewski 6 3 0 Reserves: SG 6 Simone Vecerina DNP PF 7 Davide Pascolo DNP C 22 Marco Cusin 1 2 0 SF 23 Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 15 1 1 PG 55 Curtis Jerrells 12 4 6 C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 14 9 0 Head coach: Simone Pianigiani

Rosters

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Olimpia Milano roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Goudelock, Andrew 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 36 – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988 SF 5 Micov, Vladimir 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 40 – (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 PG 9 Kalnietis, Mantas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 38 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 PF 14 Pascolo, Davide 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 34 – (1990-12-14)14 December 1990 C 15 Tarczewski, Kaleb 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 32 – (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 SF 19 Kuzminskas, Mindaugas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 35 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 PG 20 Cinciarini, Andrea (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 39 – (1986-06-21)21 June 1986 C 22 Cusin, Marco 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 40 – (1985-02-28)28 February 1985 SF 23 Abass, Awudu 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1993-01-27)27 January 1993 PF 24 M'Baye, Amath 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 35 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 PG 25 Theodore, Jordan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 35 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989 SG 45 Bertāns, Dairis 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 35 – (1989-09-09)9 September 1989 PG 55 Jerrells, Curtis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 38 – (1987-02-05)5 February 1987 C 77 Gudaitis, Artūras 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 32 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993	Head coach Simone Pianigiani Assistant coach(es) Mario Fioretti Massimo Cancellieri Marco Esposito Stefano Bizzozero Athletic trainer(s) Giustino Danesi Physiotherapist(s) Claudio Lomma Alessandro Colombo Team manager Alberto Rossini Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: February 26, 2018

Dolomiti Energia Trento

Dolomiti Energia Trento roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Franke, Yannick 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 G/F 2 Sutton, Dominique 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 38 – (1986-10-20)20 October 1986 F 4 Siliņš, Ojārs 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1993-07-20)20 July 1993 PG 10 Forray, Andrés Pablo (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 39 – (1986-03-20)20 March 1986 G/F 11 Conti, Luca 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 24 – (2000-12-20)20 December 2000 SG 12 Flaccadori, Diego  1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 PG 13 Gutiérrez, Jorge 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 36 – (1988-12-27)27 December 1988 F 15 Gomes, João 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 40 – (1985-02-05)5 February 1985 F/C 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) 39 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 F 31 Shields, Shavon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 31 – (1994-06-05)5 June 1994	Head coach Maurizio Buscaglia Assistant coach(es) Vincenzo Cavazzana Davide Dusmet Emanuele Molin Athletic trainer(s) Christian Verona Team manager Salvatore Trainotti Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 31 May 2018