2021 LBA Playoffs

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2021 LBA Playoffs
Tournament details
CountryItaly
Dates13 May–11 June
Teams8
Defending champions
Happy Casa Brindisi
Tournament statistics
Matches played24

The 2021 LBA Playoffs, officially known as the 2021 LBA Playoff UnipolSai, was the postseason tournament of the 2020–21 LBA season, which began on 26 September 2021. The Playoffs started on May 13, 2021 with the match MilanoTrento.[1]

Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions, from the season 2018–19[2] as the 2019–20 season was suppressed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Qualified teams

The eight first qualified teams after the end of the regular season were qualified to the playoffs.[4]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1
AX Armani Exchange Milano
28 22 6 2385 2099 +286 Seeded teams
2
Happy Casa Brindisi
28 20 8 2395 2212 +183
3
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
28 19 9 2397 2168 +229
4
Umana Reyer Venezia
28 19 9 2257 2142 +115
5
Banco di Sardegna Sassari
28 18 10 2527 2437 +90 Non-seeded teams
6
De' Longhi Treviso
28 14 14 2353 2468 −115
7
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste
28 14 14 2253 2249 +4
8
Dolomiti Energia Trento
28 13 15 2191 2228 −37
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                            
 
 
 
 
De' Longhi Treviso
72 83 100
 

Quarterfinals

All times were in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

The quarterfinals were played in a

best of five
format.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
AX Armani Exchange Milano
3–0
Dolomiti Energia Trento
88–62 93–77 74–65 0 0
Umana Reyer Venezia
3–2
Banco di Sardegna Sassari
92–91 (OT) 83–78 60–75 73–86 93–91
Happy Casa Brindisi
3–0
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste
85–64 86–54 79–77 0 0
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
3–0
De' Longhi Treviso
91–72 88–83 105–100 (OT) 0 0

Game 1

13 May 2021 AX Armani Exchange Milano 88–62
(Series: 1-0)
Dolomiti Energia Trento
Assago (Milan)
17:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 23–14, 23–17, 26–11
Eurosport Player
23 Boxscore Pts: Browne 16
Rebs: Williams 6
Asts: Sanders 5
PIR: Browne 17
Arena:
Mediolanum Forum

Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Andrea Bongiorni, Gianluca Capotorto
13 May 2021 Umana Reyer Venezia 92–910(OT)
(Series: 1-0)
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Mestre (Venice)
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 21–19, 27–20, 19–18, Overtime: 11–10
Eurosport Player
23 Boxscore Pts: Bilan 19
Rebs: Bilan 11
Asts: Spissu 4
PIR: Bilan 34
Arena: Taliercio
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Fabrizio Paglialunga
13 May 2021 Happy Casa Brindisi 85–64
(Series: 1-0)
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Brindisi
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 22–10, 14–17, 28–19
Eurosport Player
21 Boxscore Pts: Doyle 12
Rebs: Alviti 6
Asts: Da Ros, Doyle 2
PIR: Upson 19
Arena: PalaPentassuglia
Referees: Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Denis Quarta, Christian Borgo
13 May 2021
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
91–72
(Series: 1-0)
De' Longhi Treviso
Bologna
19:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 21–26, 24–18, 19–11
Eurosport Player
24 Boxscore Pts: Logan 17
Rebs: Mekowulu 8
Asts: Sokołowski 4
PIR: Mekowulu 19
Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Mark Bartoli, Alessandro Nicolini

Game 2

14 May 2021 AX Armani Exchange Milano 93–79
(Series: 2-0)
Dolomiti Energia Trento
Assago (Milan)
19:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 26–14, 24–18, 20–26
Eurosport Player
21 Boxscore Pts: Morgan 17
Rebs: Williams 8
Asts: Browne 6
PIR: Browne, Morgan, Williams 18
Arena:
Mediolanum Forum

Referees: Roberto Begnis, Lorenzo Baldini, Martino Galasso
14 May 2021 Umana Reyer Venezia 83–78
(Series: 2-0)
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Mestre (Venice)
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 16–23, 20–7, 26–24
Eurosport Player
27 Boxscore Pts: Happ 14
Rebs: Burnell, Bendžius, Gentile 9
Asts: Spissu 5
PIR: Happ 20
Arena: Taliercio
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni
14 May 2021 Happy Casa Brindisi 86–54
(Series: 2-0)
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Brindisi
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 15–14, 28–16, 18–13
Eurosport Player
20 Boxscore Pts: Alviti 14
Rebs: Upson, Delía, Henry 4
Asts: Fernández, Cavaliero 3
PIR: Alviti 14
Arena: PalaPentassuglia
Referees: Michele Rossi, Alessandro Martolini, Giacomo Dori
14 May 2021
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
88–83
(Series: 2-0)
De' Longhi Treviso
Bologna
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 25–15, 22–21, 25–29
Eurosport Player
26 Boxscore Pts: Mekowulu 23
Rebs: Sokołowski 8
Asts: Sokołowski 7
PIR: Mekowulu 35
Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Guido Giovannetti, Giulio Pepponi

Game 3

Banco di Sardegna Sassari v Umana Reyer Venezia
16 May 2021 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 75–60
(Series: 1-2)
Umana Reyer Venezia Sassari
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 24–14, 15–16, 14–18
Eurosport Player
15 Boxscore Pts: Tonut 17
Rebs: Stone, Daye 7
Asts: Tonut, Daye 3
PIR: Daye 18
Arena: PalaSerradimigni
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Andrea Bongiorni
17 May 2021
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste
77–79
(Series: 0-3)
Happy Casa Brindisi
Trieste
19:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 21–22, 18–16, 18–16
Eurosport Player
24 Boxscore Pts: Perkins 19
Rebs: Willis 8
Asts: Thompson 5
PIR: Willis 30
Arena: Allianz Dome
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Alessandro Vicino, Alessandro Nicolini
17 May 2021
De' Longhi Treviso
100–1050(OT)
(Series: 0-3)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Villorba (Treviso)
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 36–22, 9–22, 23–25Overtime: 7–12
Eurosport Player
29 Boxscore Pts: Pajola 25
Rebs: Ricci 9
Asts: Pajola, Teodosić 7
PIR: Pajola 29
Arena: Palaverde
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Denny Borgioni, Denis Quarta

Game 4

18 May 2021 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 86–73
(Series: 2-2)
Umana Reyer Venezia Sassari
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 11–29, 28–24, 27–14
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 27 Boxscore Pts: Jerrells 14
Rebs: Chappell 9
Asts: Chappell 5
PIR: Chappell 19
Arena: PalaSerradimigni
Referees: Michele Rossi, Alessandro Martolini, Guido Giovannetti

Game 5

20 May 2021 Umana Reyer Venezia 93–91
(Series: 3-2)
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Mestre (Venice)
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 12–26, 27–28, 30–14
Eurosport Player
22 Boxscore Pts: Bilan 26
Rebs: Bendžius 9
Asts: Spissu, Gentile 5
PIR: Bilan 27
Arena: Taliercio
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Mark Bartoli, Denny Borgioni

Semifinals

The semifinals were played in a

best of five
format.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
AX Armani Exchange Milano
3–0
Umana Reyer Venezia
81–79 99–65 93–83
Happy Casa Brindisi
0–3
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
66–73 74–83 75–78

Game 1

22 May 2021
AX Armani Exchange Milano
81–79
(Series: 1-0)
Umana Reyer Venezia
Assago (Milan)
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 22–25, 22–17, 17–24
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 30 Boxscore Pts: Tonut 18
Rebs: Watt 10
Asts: Daye 3
PIR: Daye, Watt 22
Arena:
Mediolanum Forum

Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Andrea Bongiorni
23 May 2021
Happy Casa Brindisi
66–73
(Series: 0-1)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Brindisi
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 13–15, 21–21, 16–20
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 30 Boxscore Pts: Teodosić 24
Rebs: Gamble 7
Asts: Teodosić 4
PIR: Teodosić 20
Arena: PalaPentassuglia
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Fabrizio Paglialunga

Game 2

24 May 2021
AX Armani Exchange Milano
99–65
(Series: 2-0)
Umana Reyer Venezia
Assago (Milan)
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 31–22, 23–23, 22–13
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 24 Boxscore Pts: Watt 15
Rebs: Watt 7
Asts: De Nicolao 3
PIR: Watt 26
Arena:
Mediolanum Forum

Referees: Michele Rossi, Guido Giovannetti, Denis Quarta
25 May 2021
Happy Casa Brindisi
74–83
(Series: 0-2)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Brindisi
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 20–20, 18–21, 18–23
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 16 Boxscore Pts: Belinelli, Teodosić 16
Rebs: Ricci 11
Asts: Marković 5
PIR: Ricci 20
Arena: PalaPentassuglia
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Lorenzo Baldini

Game 3

2 June 2021
Umana Reyer Venezia
83–93
(Series: 3-0)
AX Armani Exchange Milano
Mestre (Venice)
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 17–17, 14–24, 31–31
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 23 Boxscore Pts: Punter 19
Rebs: LeDay 7
Asts: Rodríguez, Delaney 5
PIR: Punter, Hines 21
Arena: Taliercio
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Alessandro Martolini, Lorenzo Baldini
2 June 2021
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
78–75
(Series: 3-0)
Happy Casa Brindisi
Bologna
19:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 24–23, 18–13, 23–22
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 29 Boxscore Pts: Harrison 15
Rebs: Harrison, Willis 9
Asts: Thompson 5
PIR: Harrison 21
Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Mark Bartoli, Denny Borgioni

Finals

The finals were played in a

best of seven
format.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4
AX Armani Exchange Milano
0–4
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
77–83 72–83 58–76 62–73

Game 1

5 June 2021
AX Armani Exchange Milano
77–83
(Series: 0-1)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Assago (Milan)
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 20–25, 14–19, 24–16
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 19 Boxscore Pts: Teodosić 19
Rebs: Marković 6
Asts: Teodosić 7
PIR: Teodosić 18
Arena:
Mediolanum Forum

Referees: Tolga Sahin, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Guido Giovannetti


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 23 United States Malcolm Delaney 1 2 1
SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 7 3 2
SF 70 Italy Luigi Datome 15 1 1
PF
2 United States Zach LeDay 16 5 4
C 42 United States Kyle Hines 7 10 3
Reserves:
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 12 2 1
SF 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini 0 1 0
PG 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 16 1 3
C 19 Italy Paul Biligha 1 3 0
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini DNP
PF
32 Italy Jeff Brooks 2 2 0
C 81 Poland Jakub Wojciechowski DNP
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina
AX Armani Exchange Milano jersey
Team colours
AX Armani Exchange Milano
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 0 jersey
Team colours
Virtus Segafredo Bologna

0
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Serbia Stefan Marković 7 6 4
SG 3 Italy Marco Belinelli 9 3 3
SF 34 United States Kyle Weems 15 4 0
PF
11 Italy Giampaolo Ricci 8 1 2
C 45 United States Julian Gamble 8 1 2
Reserves:
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Pajola 0 1 4
PF
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Alibegović 7 5 0
SG 14 United States Josh Adams DNP
C 32 United States Vince Hunter 2 4 1
SF 35 Serbia Stefan Nikolić DNP
PG 44 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 19 1 7
SF 55 Italy Awudu Abass 8 5 0
Head coach:
Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević

Game 2

7 June 2021
AX Armani Exchange Milano
72–83
(Series: 0-2)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Assago (Milan)
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 21-16, 20-24, 18-18, 13-25
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 15 Boxscore Pts: Teodosić 21
Rebs: four players 4
Asts: Teodosić 5
PIR: Teodosić 21
Arena:
Mediolanum Forum

Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Fabrizio Paglialunga


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 23 United States Malcolm Delaney 10 6 4
SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 16 2 1
SF 70 Italy Luigi Datome 6 6 1
PF
2 United States Zach LeDay 11 0 1
C 42 United States Kyle Hines 4 4 0
Reserves:
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 12 4 1
SF 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini 0 3 1
PG 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 13 2 3
C 19 Italy Paul Biligha 0 3 1
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini DNP
PF
32 Italy Jeff Brooks 0 3 0
C 81 Poland Jakub Wojciechowski DNP
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina
AX Armani Exchange Milano jersey
Team colours
AX Armani Exchange Milano
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 0 jersey
Team colours
Virtus Segafredo Bologna

0
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Serbia Stefan Marković 3 4 3
SG 55 Italy Awudu Abass 0 1 2
SF 34 United States Kyle Weems 11 3 1
PF
11 Italy Giampaolo Ricci 15 4 0
C 45 United States Julian Gamble 4 3 3
Reserves:
SG 3 Italy Marco Belinelli 13 3 1
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Pajola 5 2 3
PF
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Alibegović 7 4 0
SG 14 United States Josh Adams DNP
C 32 United States Vince Hunter 4 3 3
SF 35 Serbia Stefan Nikolić DNP
PG 44 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 21 4 5
Head coach:
Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević

Game 3

9 June 2021
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
76–58
(Series: 3-0)
AX Armani Exchange Milano
Bologna
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 20-18, 15-18, 24-6
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 26 Boxscore Pts: Shields, Datome 14
Rebs: Shields, Datome, Punter 5
Asts: Rodríguez 3
PIR: Shields 12
Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Lorenzo Baldini, Mark Bartoli


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Serbia Stefan Marković 4 4 3
SG 55 Italy Awudu Abass 6 2 0
SF 34 United States Kyle Weems 23 10 1
PF
11 Italy Giampaolo Ricci 3 5 1
C 45 United States Julian Gamble 2 7 1
Reserves:
SG 3 Italy Marco Belinelli 7 0 0
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Pajola 10 6 1
PF
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Alibegović 5 5 3
SG 14 United States Josh Adams DNP
C 32 United States Vince Hunter 4 1 0
SF 35 Serbia Stefan Nikolić 0 0 0
PG 44 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 12 4 6
Head coach:
Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević
Virtus Segafredo Bologna jersey
Team colours
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
AX Armani Exchange Milano 0 jersey
Team colours
AX Armani Exchange Milano

0
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 4 2 3
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 11 5 0
SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 14 5 2
PF
5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 8 3 2
C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 0 2 0
Reserves:
PG 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini 0 0 0
C 19 Italy Paul Biligha 0 0 0
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini DNP
PF
32 Italy Jeff Brooks 3 4 0
C 42 United States Kyle Hines 4 4 0
SF 70 Italy Luigi Datome 14 5 1
C 81 Poland Jakub Wojciechowski 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina

Game 4

11 June 2021
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
73–62
(Series: 4-0)
AX Armani Exchange Milano
Bologna
19:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 19-24, 22-19, 14-8, 18-11
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2 18 Boxscore Pts: Shields 16
Rebs: Shields 10
Asts: Rodríguez 3
PIR: Shields 28
Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Alessandro Martolini, Denny Borgioni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Serbia Stefan Marković 7 4 1
SG 55 Italy Awudu Abass 2 5 0
SF 34 United States Kyle Weems 14 4 1
PF
11 Italy Giampaolo Ricci 5 3 0
C 45 United States Julian Gamble 0 3 1
Reserves:
SG 3 Italy Marco Belinelli 15 1 3
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Pajola 8 5 4
PF
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Alibegović 6 3 0
SG 14 United States Josh Adams DNP
C 32 United States Vince Hunter 6 3 0
SF 35 Serbia Stefan Nikolić DNP
PG 44 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 10 2 6
Head coach:
Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević
Virtus Segafredo Bologna jersey
Team colours
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
AX Armani Exchange Milano 0 jersey
Team colours
AX Armani Exchange Milano

0

LBA Finals MVP
Serbia Miloš Teodosić
Game rules
Game played under FIBA rules.
2020–21 LBA Winners



Virtus Segafredo Bologna

16th title


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 8 4 3
SG 31 Denmark Shavon Shields 16 10 2
SF 70 Italy Luigi Datome 10 0 1
PF
2 United States Zach LeDay 2 5 1
C 42 United States Kyle Hines 10 6 2
Reserves:
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 11 1 0
PF
5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 0 2 1
PG 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini 0 0 0
C 19 Italy Paul Biligha 0 3 0
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 5 5 2
PF
32 Italy Jeff Brooks 0 0 0
C 81 Poland Jakub Wojciechowski 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina

References

  1. ^ "Playoff, si apre con AX Armani Exchange Milano-Dolomiti Energia Trentino: 3 anni fa fu finale scudetto, Messina all'edizione numero 13 (62 vittorie su 95 gare)" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "2 anni dopo l'Umana Reyer Venezia torna sul trono d'Italia: Banco di Sardegna sconfitto nella 'bella'. Austin Daye è l'MVP" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 22 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Emergenza COVID-19: la FIP dichiara conclusa la stagione 2019/2020 del Campionato di Serie A" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 7 April 2020.
  4. ^ "I verdetti per i playoff: entra la Dolomiti Energia Trentino che è ottava, l'Umana Reyer Venezia è quarta" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 10 May 2021.

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