2015 Italian Basketball Cup

Italian Basketball Cup
Duration	20 – 22 February 2015
Number of games	7
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Season MVP	Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (2nd title)
Runners-up	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Semifinalists	Enel Brindisi Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
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The 2015 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the Beko Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th edition of the Italian Basketball Cup, the cup competition organised by Lega Basket for Lega Basket Serie A club. The tournament was held from 20 to 22 February at the PalaDesio in Desio.

was named the Cup final MVP.

Participants

Eight teams qualified for the final eight as the best ranked teams at the end of the first stage of the 2014-15 Serie A.^[1]

Road to the final

In the quarterfinals, Milano earned a close 68-60 win over Avellino on the back of

The semifinals saw Milano undo Brindisi 76-65, having led the first quarter 24-4 before a Brindisi upsurge in the next quarter conceded the lead, Milano retook it before half-time and resisted Brindisi's forays until the end,

Marshon Brooks

' 14 points made him one of five Milan players with 10 points or more. In the other contest, Sassari progressed past Reggio Emilia thanks to a third quarter run that took the game from a tie to a 57-46 Sassari lead, with Reggio Emilia not finding a way back into the game despite Rimantas Kaukėnas' 21 points, the winners had a number of players in double figure scoring including David Logan and Jerome Dyson (16 and 15 points respectively).^[3]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semifinals					Final
	1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	60
	8	Sidigas Avellino	58
						1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	76
						5	Enel Brindisi	65
	4	Umana Reyer Venezia	70
	5	Enel Brindisi	80
											1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	94
											2	Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari	101
	3	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	80
	6	Dolomiti Energia Trento	77
						3	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	65
						2	Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari	77
	2	Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari	74
	7	Vanoli Cremona	63

Final

Milano were seen as the favourites going into the final against defending champions Sassari, however it was the Sardinians that raced into a 33-15 lead after only eight minutes, league-leaders Milano fought back to reduce the lead to 49-47 before half-time but an excellent start to the third quarter enabled Sassari to accrue a determinant lead and repeat their 2014 Cup win. Game MVP Logan had 25 points as Dyson paced the winners with 27 points, Joe Ragland and Brooks contributed 21 and 18 points respectively to Milano's losing effort.^[4]

Milano

Sassari

MVP David Logan Game rules Game played under FIBA rules. 2015 Italian Cup Winners Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (1st title)

References