2022–23 LBA season

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LBA
League
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Finals MVPItaly Luigi Datome
Statistical leaders
Points United States Frank Bartley 19.5
Rebounds United States Trevor Thompson 8.1
Assists Italy Andrea Cinciarini 10.0
Lega Basket Serie A seasons

The 2022–23 LBA season is the 101st season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the men's top tier professional basketball division of the Italian basketball league system.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Fortitudo Bologna and Vanoli Cremona ended, respectively, on 15th and 16th place and therefore relegated to the Serie A2.

Scafati and Verona were two best teams in Serie A2 and therefore promoted to Serie A.

Number of teams by region

Number of teams Region Team(s)
3  Lombardy
Germani Basket Brescia
Openjobmetis Varese
 Veneto NutriBullet Treviso
Umana Reyer Venezia
Tezenis Verona
2  Campania Gevi Napoli
Givova Scafati
 Emilia-Romagna UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia
Virtus Segafredo Bologna
1  Apulia Happy Casa Brindisi
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste
 Marche
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro
 Sardinia Banco di Sardegna Sassari
 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Dolomiti Energia Trento
 Piedmont Bertram Derthona Tortona

Venues and locations

Brescia
Derthona
Brindisi
Verona
Scafati
Milano
Pesaro
Reggio Emilia
Sassari
Trento
Treviso
Trieste
Varese
Venezia
Napoli
Virtus Bologna
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Location of teams in 2022–23 LBA season
Team Home city Arena Capacity 2021–22 result
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Trieste Allianz Dome 6,943[1] 9th
AX Armani Exchange Milano Milan
Mediolanum Forum
 		12,331[2] 1st
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari
PalaSerradimigni
 5,000[3] 4th
Bertram Derthona Basket Tortona Tortona PalaFerraris 3,510[4] 3rd
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro
 Pesaro
Vitifrigo Arena
 10,323[5] 8th
Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento
BLM Group Arena
 4,360[6] 13th
Germani Brescia
 Brescia PalaLeonessa 5,200[7] 5th
Givova Scafati Scafati PalaMangano 3,700[8] promoted to LBA
Gevi Napoli Naples PalaBarbuto 5,500[9] 14th
Happy Casa Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 3,534[10] 11th
NutriBullet Treviso Treviso
PalaVerde
 5,134[11] 10th
Openjobmetis Varese Varese
Enerxenia Arena
 5,107[12] 12th
Tezenis Verona Verona PalaOlimpia 5,200[13] promoted to LBA
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,506[14] 6th
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia PalaBigi 4,530[15] 7th
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Bologna Segafredo Arena 9,980[16] 2nd

Source:[17]

Managerial changes

Referees

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are from 2 October 2022, to May 2023.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 30 23 7 2481 2191 +290 46 Qualification to Playoffs
2 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 30 23 7 2542 2334 +208 46
3
Bertram Derthona Basket
 30 18 12 2407 2337 +70 36
4
Umana Reyer Venezia
 30 17 13 2510 2402 +108 34
5
Banco di Sardegna Sassari
 30 17 13 2530 2413 +117 34
6
Dolomiti Energia Trento
 30 15 15 2288 2335 −47 30
7
Happy Casa Brindisi
 30 15 15 2494 2446 +48 30
8
Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro
 30 14 16 2531 2613 −82 28
9
Germani Basket Brescia
 30 14 16 2474 2426 +48 28
10 Givova Scafati 30 12 18 2378 2414 −36 24
11
NutriBullet Treviso
 30 12 18 2433 2609 −176 24
12
GeVi Napoli
 30 12 18 2379 2515 −136 24
13
Openjobmetis Varese[a]
 30 17 13 2726 2722 +4 23
14
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia
 30 11 19 2287 2312 −25 22
15
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste
 30 11 19 2345 2519 −174 22 Relegation to
Serie A2
16 Tezenis Verona 30 9 21 2353 2570 −217 18
Source: LBA
Notes:
  1. ^ 11 point deducted.[18]

Playoffs

Main article: 2023 LBA Playoffs

The

best of seven
format. The playoffs will start in May 2023, to finish in June 2023, depending on result.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                            
 
 
 
 
Banco di Sardegna Sassari
79 81 80 87
 
 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 92 79 61 89 79 66 67
 
 
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 82 76 69 93 72 85 55
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 104 109 100
 
 
 
 Happy Casa Brindisi 68 95 95
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 84 108 89
 
 
 
 Bertram Derthona Tortona 61 78 82
 
 Bertram Derthona Tortona 79 84 76 82
 
 
 Dolomiti Energia Trentino 78 81 79 81
 

Awards

Pos. Player Team Ref.
MVP
PG United States Colbey Ross Varese [19]
Finals MVP
SF Italy Luigi Datome Olimpia Milano [20]
Top Scorer
SG United States Frank Bartley Pallacanestro Trieste [21]
Domestic Player of the Year
SG Italy Marco Belinelli Virtus Bologna [22]
Best Young Player
PG Italy Matteo Spagnolo Trento [23]
Best Defender
SG Italy John Petrucelli Brescia [24]
Sixth Man of the Year
SG Italy Marco Belinelli Virtus Bologna [25]
Most Improved Player
C Senegal Ousmane Diop Dinamo Sassari [26]
Revealing Player of the Year
PG United States Colbey Ross Varese [27]
Best Coach
HD
 Italy Marco Ramondino Derthona [28]
All-Italian League Team
PG United States Colbey Ross Varese [29]
SG United States Semaj Christon Derthona
SF Italy Marco Belinelli Virtus Bologna
PF
 Italy Nicolò Melli Olimpia Milano
C United States JaCorey Williams Napoli

Serie A clubs in European competitions

In the 2022–23 season, Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna participate in the EuroLeague. Brescia, Trento and Venezia participate in the EuroCup. Reggio Emilia and Sassari participate in the Champions League. Brindisi participates in the Europe Cup.[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ Pallacanestro Trieste (in Italian)
  2. ^ EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (in Italian)
  3. ^ Banco di Sardegna Sassari (in Italian)
  4. ^ Bertram Yachts Derthona Basket
  5. ^ Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro (in Italian)
  6. ^ Dolomiti Energia Trento (in Italian)
  7. ^ Germani Brescia (in Italian)
  8. ^ Givova Scafati (in Italian)
  9. ^ GeVi Napoli (in Italian)
  10. ^ Happy Casa Brindisi (in Italian)
  11. ^ NutriBullet Treviso Basket
  12. ^ Openjobmetis Varese (in Italian)
  13. ^ Tezenis Verona (in Italian)
  14. ^ Umana Reyer Venezia (in Italian)
  15. ^ UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia (in Italian)
  16. ^ Virtus Segafredo Bologna
  17. ^ Legabasket.it
  18. FIP
    . 26 April 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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  21. ^ "Home Page". m.legabasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  22. ^ "LBA Awards 2023, all award winners unveiled". Sportal.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  23. ^ "LBA Awards 2023, all award winners unveiled". Sportal.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  24. ^ "LBA Awards 2023, all award winners unveiled". Sportal.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  25. ^ "LBA Awards 2023, all award winners unveiled". Sportal.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  26. ^ "LBA Awards 2023, all award winners unveiled". Sportal.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  27. ^ "LBA Awards 2023, all award winners unveiled". Sportal.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  28. ^ "LBA Awards 2023, all award winners unveiled". Sportal.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  29. ^ "LBA Awards 2023, all award winners unveiled". Sportal.eu. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  30. ^ Cristaldi, Laura (2022-06-23). "Coppe europee 2022–23: Sassari e Reggio Emilia in BCL si aggiungono a Venezia, Brescia e Trento in EuroCup e Olimpia e Virtus in Eurolega". All-Around (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-07-07.

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