The 2020–21 LBA season was 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 finished on May 2, 2021.
On 11 June, Virtus Segafredo Bologna won its 16th title, defeating 4–0 AX Armani Exchange Milano in the national finals.
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.
But four teams, Roma, Pistoia, Cremona and U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, 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 and therefore relegated to the Serie A2.
Basket Torino first and then Scaligera Verona 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. 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. 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.
Venues and locations
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity2019–20 result Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù Cantù PalaBancoDesioAcqua S.Bernardo Cantù. 11th Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Trieste Allianz DomeAlma Trieste. 16th Milan CHI SIAMO. 4th Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigniBanco di Sardegna Sassari. 2nd Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Pesaro Vitifrigo ArenaConsultinvest Pesaro. 17th De'Longhi Treviso Treviso PalaVerde 13th Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento BLM Group ArenaLa struttura, Trentino Volley. 9th Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna Bologna Unipol ArenaSegafredo Virtus Bologna. 8th Germani Brescia Brescia PalaLeonessaGermani Basket Brescia. 3rd Happy Casa Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassugliaHappy Casa Brindisi. 5th Openjobmetis Varese Varese Enerxenia ArenaOpenjobmetis Varese. 10th Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport TaliercioUmana Reyer Venezia. 7th UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Unipol ArenaUNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia. 12th Vanoli Basket Cremona Cremona PalaRadi Vanoli Cremona. 6th Virtus Segafredo Bologna Bologna Segafredo ArenaSegafredo Arena , Virtus Segafredo Bologna 1st Virtus Roma (disqualified) Rome PalaLottomatica 14th
Source:Legabasket.it
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor 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 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Giacomo Devecchi Eye Sport Banco di Sardegna Jasmin Repeša Carlos Delfino Erreà Carpegna Prosciutto De'Longhi Treviso Massimiliano Menetti Matteo Imbrò Erreà De'Longhi Dolomiti Energia Trento Emanuele Molin 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 Attilio Caja 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 (disqualified) Piero Bucchi Tommaso Baldasso Macron
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna Antimo Martino Mutual consent 27 May 2020 Pre-season Romeo Sacchetti 27 May 2020 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Maurizio Buscaglia Mutual consent 27 May 2020 Antimo Martino 28 May 2020 Vanoli Basket Cremona Romeo Sacchetti Mutual consent 27 May 2017 Paolo Galbiati 30 July 2020 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro Giancarlo Sacco End of contract 1 July 2020 Jasmin Repeša 23 June 2020 Openjobmetis Varese Attilio Caja Sacked 5 September 2020 Massimo Bulleri 8 September 2020 Germani Basket Brescia Vincenzo Esposito Sacked 1 December 2020 15th (2/7) Maurizio Buscaglia 1 December 2020 Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna Romeo Sacchetti Sacked 6 December 2020 16th (1/8) Luca Dalmonte 7 December 2020 Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù Cesare Pancotto Sacked 25 January 2021 14th (4/12) Piero Bucchi 26 January 2021 Dolomiti Energia Trento Nicola Brienza Sacked 31 January 2021 12th (6/11) Emanuele Molin 31 January 2021 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Antimo Martino Sacked 15 March 2021 14th (7/14) Attilio Caja 16 March 2021
Referees A total of 38 FIP officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in Lega Basket Serie A:
Notes Newly promoted to the Serie A
Changes from 2019 to 2020
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.Lega Società di Pallacanestro Serie A, REGOLAMENTO ESECUTIVO
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
Positions by round
Results
Results by round
Statistics As of May 10, 2021
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR 1. Miro Bilan Banco di Sardegna Sassari 28 639 22.8 2. Zach LeDay 25 512 20.5 3. D'Angelo Harrison Happy Casa Brindisi 19 384 20.2 4. JaCorey Williams Dolomiti Energia Trento 26 515 19.8 5. Tyler Cain Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 26 486 18.7
Points RankNameTeamGamesPoints 1. D'Angelo Harrison Happy Casa Brindisi 19 354 18.6 2. JaCorey Williams Dolomiti Energia Trento 26 473 18.2 3. Luis Scola Openjobmetis Varese 28 499 17.8 4. David Logan De' Longhi Treviso 27 468 17.3 5. Miro Bilan Banco di Sardegna Sassari 28 474 16.9
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRebounds 1. Tyler Cain Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 26 235 9.0 2. Jarvis Williams Vanoli Cremona 27 224 8.3 3. Derek Willis Happy Casa Brindisi 25 202 8.1 4. Miro Bilan Banco di Sardegna Sassari 28 224 8.0 5. Frank Elegar UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 24 190 7.9
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssists 1. Giuseppe Poeta Vanoli Cremona 27 184 6.8 2. Miloš Teodosić Segafredo Virtus Bologna 27 182 6.7 3. Darius Thompson Happy Casa Brindisi 25 139 5.6 4. Gary Browne Dolomiti Energia Trento 28 156 5.6 5. Sergio Rodríguez AX Armani Exchange Milano 21 116 5.5
Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesTotalsAverage Steals Wesley Saunders Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna 14 22 1.6 Blocks Sha'markus Kennedy Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 20 35 1.8 Turnovers Marco Spissu Banco di Sardegna Sassari 27 82 3.0 2P% Julian Gamble Segafredo Virtus Bologna 28 117/177 66.1% 3P% Austin Daye Umana Reyer Venezia 25 48/90 53.3% FT% Jaime Smith Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 21 79/84 94.1%
Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Points Frank Gaines Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 43 vs Banco di Sardegna Sassari (May 10, 2021) Rebounds Tyler Cain Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 19 vs Vanoli Cremona (Nov. 1, 2020) Assists Miloš Teodosić Segafredo Virtus Bologna 14 @ Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna (Nov. 22, 2020) Justin Robinson Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro @ Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Jan. 17, 2021) PIR Frank Gaines Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 46 vs Banco di Sardegna Sassari (May 10, 2021) Steals T. J. Williams Vanoli Cremona 8 @ Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste (Sept. 27, 2020) Blocks Sha'markus Kennedy Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 7 vs Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste (Nov. 1, 2020) Three Pointers Adrian Banks Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna 9 vs Germani Basket Brescia (Apr. 3, 2021) Source: RealGM
Team statistics CategoryTeamAverage Rating Banco di Sardegna Sassari 105.1 Points Banco di Sardegna Sassari 90.3 Points Allowed AX Armani Exchange Milano 75.0 Rebounds Happy Casa Brindisi 39.7 Assists Virtus Segafredo Bologna 22.6 Steals Dolomiti Energia Trento 8.5 Blocks Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna 3.3 Turnovers De' Longhi Treviso 11.1 FT % Germani Basket Brescia 84.1% 2-Point % Virtus Segafredo Bologna 58.2% 3-Point % AX Armani Exchange Milano 42.3% Notes The team with the least turnovers per game
Awards
Title Player Team Season MVP Stefano Tonut Umana Reyer Venezia Finals MVP Miloš Teodosić Virtus Segafredo Bologna Best Italian Stefano Tonut Umana Reyer Venezia Best Under 22 Alessandro Pajola Virtus Segafredo Bologna Best revelation JaCorey Williams Dolomiti Energia Trento Best defender Kyle Hines AX Armani Exchange Milano Best coach Francesco Vitucci Happy Casa Brindisi Best executive Simone Giofrè Happy Casa Brindisi All-Italian League TeamPos.Player TeamRef.PG Darius Thompson BrindisiSG Stefano Tonut Reyer VeneziaSF Shavon Shields Olimpia MilanoPF Zach LeDay Olimpia MilanoC Miro BilanDinamo Sassari
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 Competition Team Progress Result Total W–L EuroleagueBasketball AX Armani Exchange Milano 3rd place vs CSKA Moscow (W) 25–16 Semifinal vs FC Barcelona (L) Playoffs vs Bayern Munich (3–2) Regular season 4th of 18 teams (21–13) Virtus Segafredo Bologna Semifinals vs UNICS Kazan (1–2) 19–2 Quarterfinals vs Joventut (2–0) Top 16 1st of 4 teams (6–0) Regular season 1st of 6 teams (10–0) Dolomiti Energia Trento Top 16 3rd of 4 teams (3–3) 9–7 Regular season 3rd of 6 teams (6–4) Germani Brescia Regular season 6th of 6 teams (2–8) 2–8 Umana Reyer Venezia Regular season 6th of 6 teams (2–8) 2–8 FIBA Banco di Sardegna Sassari Play-Offs 4th of 4 teams (1–5) 5–7 Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Happy Casa Brindisi Play-Offs 3rd of 4 teams (3–3) 7–5 Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna Regular season 4th of 4 teams (0–6) 0–6 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Quarterfinals vs CSM U Oradea (L) 3–2 Round of 16 vs Sibiu (W) Regular season 2nd of 4 teams (2–1)
See also
2021 Italian Basketball Cup 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup
References
External links Lega Basket website