2017 LBA Finals
TeamCoachWins
Umana Reyer Venezia Walter De Raffaele 4
Dolomiti Energia Trento Maurizio Buscaglia 2
DatesJune 10–20, 2015
MVPCanada Melvin Ejim
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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 June 10 to 20, 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 United States Dustin Hogue 16 13 0
PG 4 United States Aaron Craft 11 6 7
F 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 2 2 0
G/F 2 United States Dominique Sutton 23 13 0
F 15 Portugal João Gomes 4 4 0
Reserves:
SF 5 North Macedonia Mark Czumbel DNP
PG 10 Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 15 2 1
G 11 Italy Luca Conti DNP
SG 12 Italy Diego Flaccadori 7 0 2
C 25 Italy Luca Lechthaler 0 2 0
Head coach:
Italy Maurizio Buscaglia
Dolomiti Energia Trento jersey
Team colours
Dolomiti Energia Trento
Umana Reyer Venezia jersey
Team colours
Umana Reyer Venezia


Serie A Finals MVP
Canada Melvin Ejim
Game rules
Game played under FIBA rules.
2016–17 LBA Winners

Umana Reyer Venezia
3rd title


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Georgia (country) MarQuez Haynes 14 1 2
F 4 Croatia Hrvoje Perić 4 3 1
SF 3 Canada Melvin Ejim 15 5 2
SG 8 United States Julyan Stone 8 6 2
G/F 6 Greece Michael Bramos 8 5 3
Reserves:
SF 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 0 1 0
SG 9 Italy Riccardo Visconti DNP
PG 12 Italy Ariel Filloy 14 1 3
F/C 14 Italy Tomas Ress 8 2 1
C 15 Uruguay Esteban Batista 5 3 0
SF 22 Italy Jeffrey Viggiano DNP
SG 25 United States Tyrus McGee 5 3 0
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele

Rosters

Umana Reyer Venezia

Umana Reyer Venezia roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 0 Georgia (country) Haynes, MarQuez 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 37 – (1986-12-19)19 December 1986
C 2 United States Hagins, Jamelle 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 33 – (1990-10-19)19 October 1990
SF 3 Canada Ejim, Melvin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1991-03-04)4 March 1991
F 4 Croatia Perić, Hrvoje 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 38 – (1985-10-25)25 October 1985
SG 5 United States Stone, Julyan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 35 – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988
G/F 6 Greece Bramos, Michael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 36 – (1987-05-27)27 May 1987
SG 7 Italy Tonut, Stefano 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1993-11-07)7 November 1993
SG 9 Italy Visconti, Riccardo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 25 – (1998-10-08)8 October 1998
PG 12 Italy Filloy, Ariel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 36 – (1987-03-11)11 March 1987
F/C 14 Italy Ress, Tomas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 43 – (1980-08-22)22 August 1980
C 15 Uruguay Batista, Esteban 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 40 – (1983-09-02)2 September 1983
C 16 Austria Ortner, Benjamin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 40 – (1983-03-16)16 March 1983
SF 22 Italy Viggiano, Jeff 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 39 – (1984-07-24)24 July 1984
SG 25 United States McGee, Tyrus 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1991-03-14)14 March 1991
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Alberto Billio
  • Italy Alberto Buffo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: July 02, 2017

Dolomiti Energia Trento

Dolomiti Energia Trento roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G/F 2 United States Sutton, Dominique 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 37 – (1986-10-20)20 October 1986
PG 3 Italy Bernardi, Andrea 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 26 – (1997-04-02)2 April 1997
PG 4 United States Craft, Aaron 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 – (1991-02-12)12 February 1991
F/C 8 Italy Baldi Rossi, Filippo 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 32 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
SG 9 Italy Moraschini, Riccardo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 33 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991
PG 10 Italy Forray, Andrés Pablo (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 37 – (1986-03-20)20 March 1986
G 11 Italy Conti, Luca 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2000-12-20)20 December 2000
SG 12 Italy Flaccadori, Diego 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996
PF 14 Italy Lovisotto, Isacco 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1998-06-04)4 June 1998
F 15 Portugal Gomes, João 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 39 – (1985-02-05)5 February 1985
PF 22 United States Hogue, Dustin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1992-06-30)30 June 1992
C 25 Italy Lechthaler, Luca 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 37 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986
F 32 Denmark Shields, Shavon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1994-06-05)5 June 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2 July 2017

References

  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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