2016–17 LBA season

The 2016–17 LBA season, was the 95th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile,^[5] the highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season started on 2 October 2016 and finished on 7 May 2017, with the playoffs started on 12 May (dependent on an Italian club qualifying for the 2017 EuroLeague Final Four or for the 2017 Champions League Playoffs) and finished between 16 and 22 June depending on results.^[6]

Serie A PosteMobile^1
Season	2016–17
Duration	2 October 2016 – 20 June 2017
Number of games	240 (Regular season) 24–41 (Playoffs)
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	RAI, Sky Italia^[1]
Regular season
Top seed	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Season MVP	Marcus Landry
Relegated	Vanoli Cremona
Finals
Champions	Umana Reyer Venezia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Dolomiti Energia Trento
Semifinalists	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Sidigas Avellino
Finals MVP	Melvin Ejim^[2]
Awards
Best Young Player	Diego Flaccadori
Statistical leaders
Points Marcus Landry 19.6 Rebounds O. D. Anosike 11.1 Assists Luca Vitali 7.1 Index Rating Jarrod Jones 22.6
Records
Biggest home win	Capo d'Orlando 96–53 Cantù (30 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Vanoli Cremona 59–78 Trento (29 January 2017)
Highest scoring	Brindisi 106–108 Reyer Venezia (7 January 2017)
Winning streak	10 games EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Losing streak	7 games Juvecaserta Vanoli Cremona
Highest attendance	11,146 EA7 Milano 93–79 Brescia (12 February 2017)^[3]
Average attendance	3,863^[4]
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 29 June 2017. ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to PosteMobile.

As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.^[7]

Umana Reyer Venezia won their 3rd title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.^[8]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2015–16 season and one promoted from the 2015–16 Serie A2.^[9]

Germani Basket Brescia is the promoted club from the Serie A2 Citroën after beating Fortitudo Bologna at game 5 of league's playoffs, and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 28 years of absence from Serie A.^[10][11]

Brescia replaced Virtus Bologna who was relegated during the previous season.^[12]

Number of teams by region

Number of teams	Region	Team(s)
5	Lombardy	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano ^LBA Germani Basket Brescia ^A2 Openjobmetis Varese Red October Cantù Vanoli Cremona
2	Campania	Juvecaserta Sidigas Avellino
1	Apulia	Enel Brindisi
	Emilia-Romagna	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
	Marche	Consultinvest Pesaro
	Piedmont	Fiat Torino
	Sardinia	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
	Sicily	Betaland Capo d'Orlando
	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	Dolomiti Energia Trento
	Tuscany	The Flexx Pistoia
	Veneto	Umana Reyer Venezia

Notes

^LBA 2015–16 LBA champion.

^A2 2015–16 Serie A2 champion.

Venues and locations

 

 

Avellino

 

Brescia

 

Milano

 

Sassari

 

Cantù

 

Varese

 

Trento

 

Torino

 

Capo d'Orlando

 

Caserta

 

Pesaro

 

Cremona

 

Venezia

 

Pistoia

 

R. Emilia

 

Brindisi

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Location of teams in 2016–17 Lega Basket Serie A

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity	2015–16 season
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Sassari	PalaSerradimigni	5,000^[13]	Quarterfinals 2016 playoffs
Betaland Capo d'Orlando	Capo d'Orlando	PalaFantozzi	3,508^[14]	13th in Serie A
Consultinvest Pesaro	Pesaro	Adriatic Arena	6,119^[15]	12th in Serie A
Dolomiti Energia Trento	Trento	PalaTrento	4,360^[16]	Quarterfinals 2016 playoffs
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	12,700^[17]	Serie A Champions
Enel Brindisi	Brindisi	PalaPentassuglia	3,534^[18]	10th in Serie A
Fiat Torino	Turin	PalaRuffini	4,500^[19]	15th in Serie A
Germani Basket Brescia	Brescia	PalaGeorge^[20]	5,500^[21]	Serie A2 winner
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia	Land Rover Arena (Bologna)	5,570^[22]	Runners-up 2016 playoffs
		PalaBigi	4,600^[23]
Juvecaserta	Caserta	PalaMaggiò	6,387^[24]	14th in Serie A
Openjobmetis Varese	Varese	PalA2A	5,100^[25]	9th in Serie A
Red October Cantù	Cantù	PalaBancoDesio^[26] (Desio)	6,700^[27]	11th in Serie A
Sidigas Avellino	Avellino	PalaDelMauro	5,195^[28]	Semifinals 2016 playoffs
The Flexx Pistoia	Pistoia	PalaCarrara	4,000^[29]	Quarterfinals 2016 playoffs
Umana Reyer Venezia	Venice	Taliercio	3,506^[30]	Semifinals 2016 playoffs
Vanoli Cremona	Cremona	PalaRadi	3,527^[31]	Quarterfinals 2016 playoffs

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Stefano Sardara	Federico Pasquini	Giacomo Devecchi	Eyesportwear	Banco di Sardegna, Tirrenia Navigazione
Betaland Capo d'Orlando	Roberto Enzo Sindoni	Gennaro Di Carlo	Sandro Nicević	Legea	Betaland
Consultinvest Pesaro	Ario Costa	Spiro Leka	Giulio Gazzotti	Erreà	Consultinvest, ButanGas^1
Dolomiti Energia Trento	Luigi Longhi	Maurizio Buscaglia	Andrés Pablo Forray	Spalding	Dolomiti Energia
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Livio Proli	Jasmin Repeša	Andrea Cinciarini	Armani	EA7 Emporio Armani, BMW,^1 Aon^2
Enel Brindisi	Fernando Marino	Romeo Sacchetti	Marco Cardillo	Bitre Sport	Enel
Fiat Torino	Antonio Forni	Francesco Vitucci	Giuseppe Poeta	Spalding	Fiat Automobiles
Germani Basket Brescia	Graziella Bragaglio	Andrea Diana	David Moss	Erreà	Germani Trasporti, A2A
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Maria Licia Ferrarini	Massimiliano Menetti	Pietro Aradori	Sportika	Grissin Bon, Mapei^1
Juvecaserta	Raffaele Iavazzi	Sandro Dell'Agnello	Marco Giuri	Givova	Pasta Reggia, Fortune Investment & Co.
Openjobmetis Varese	Stefano Coppa	Attilio Caja	Daniele Cavaliero	Spalding	Openjobmetis, Teva
Red October Cantù	Dmitry Gerasimenko	Carlo Recalcati	Craig Callahan	Macron	Red October, Intesa Sanpaolo^1
Sidigas Avellino	Giuseppe Sampietro	Stefano Sacripanti	Marques Green	Joma	Sidigas
The Flexx Pistoia	Roberto Maltinti	Vincenzo Esposito	Michele Antonutti	Erreà	The Flexx, Conad, Hitachi
Umana Reyer Venezia	Luigi Brugnaro	Walter De Raffaele	Tomas Ress	Erreà	Umana
Vanoli Cremona	Aldo Vanoli	Paolo Lepore	Fabio Mian	Erreà	Vanoli Ferramenta

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the shorts.

Managerial Changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Enel Brindisi	Piero Bucchi	Signed with Consultinvest Pesaro	24 April 2016^[32]	Pre-season	Romeo Sacchetti	5 May 2016^[33]
Consultinvest Pesaro	Riccardo Paolini	End of contract	30 May 2016^[34]		Piero Bucchi	1 June 2016^[35]
Red October Cantù	Sergei Bazarevich		30 June 2016^[36]		Rimas Kurtinaitis	2 August 2016^[37]
Red October Cantù	Rimas Kurtinaitis	Resigned	30 November 2016^[38]^[39]	14th (2–7)	Kyrylo Bol'shakov (interim)	1 November 2016^[40]
Vanoli Cremona	Cesare Pancotto	Sacked	13 December 2016^[41]	16th (2–9)	Paolo Lepore	13 December 2016^[42]
Openjobmetis Varese	Paolo Moretti	Sacked	22 December 2016^[43]	14th (4–8)	Attilio Caja	23 December 2016^[44]
Red October Cantù	Kyrylo Bol'shakov	End of interim spell	27 February 2017^[45]	13th (7–13)	Carlo Recalcati	27 February 2017^[46]
Consultinvest Pesaro	Piero Bucchi	Resigned	7 March 2017^[47]	15th (7–14)	Spiro Leka	9 March 2017^[48]

Changes from 2015–16

New League's Title Sponsor

From the end of the 2015–16 season, Lega Basket Serie A has a new sponsor. The Turkish brand Beko left Serie A after four years of sponsorship. Beko decided to focus just on their sponsorship of the Spanish football team Barcelona.^[49]

In December 2016, took place in Rome the assembly of Lega Basket during which the president Egidio Bianchi has communicated to all the clubs to have reached the multi-year agreement with PosteMobile, an Italy-based mobile virtual network operator owned by Poste italiane Group, that will become the Title Sponsor of the LBA.^[50][51]

Rules

Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:

1. 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
2. 3 foreigners from countries outside the E.U., 4 foreigners from E.U. countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement)

Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the E.U. and four foreigners from E.U. countries or "Cotonou Countries".^[52]

At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500,000 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200,000 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.^[53]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams will be eliminated, while the last one qualified team will be relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays are from 2 October 2016 to 7 May 2017.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	30	23	7	2584	2384	+200	Qualification to playoffs
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 (R)	30	9	21	2370	2416	−46	Relegation to Serie A2

Source: LBA
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	SAS	ORL	PES	TRE	EA7	BRI	TOR	BRE	REG	CAS	VAR	CTU	AVE	PIS	VEN	CRE
Banco di Sardegna Sassari		74–64	86–59	69–66	75–82	79–78	96–64	96–73	82–72	95–77	78–72	80–65	70–75	81–75	85–89	82–83
Betaland Capo d'Orlando	72–65		98–88	63–71	65–71	86–82	90–77	71–67	59–62	74–71	76–71	96–53	68–76	79–64	90–82	79–76
Consultinvest Pesaro	76–71	70–68		73–78	90–79	96–102	65–66	76–63	81–91	83–67	83–87	78–73	55–60	57–59	84–78	63–73
Dolomiti Energia Trento	57–66	85–76	97–91		74–92	84–48	70–74	99–59	80–84	76–66	84–68	68–77	77–75	99–91	65–57	90–77
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	86–77	90–74	88–84	76–98		99–86	81–74	93–79	99–79	100–80	79–71	89–71	87–81	104–70	88–80	86–78
Enel Brindisi	76–61	87–75	93–94	69–61	70–68		87–79	83–91	78–82	100–72	80–58	90–82	94–74	86–85	106–108	94–82
Fiat Torino	79–87	91–92	83–79	76–67	97–100	90–88		86–91	85–73	80–77	89–76	87–76	84–79	91–95	90–93	85–82
Germani Basket Brescia	56–48	89–90	99–68	74–80	80–97	81–91	96–89		93–88	64–62	78–87	76–56	91–87	97–79	79–84	95–66
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	86–80	80–70	87–80	75–87	91–87	98–84	91–80	103–70		85–86	73–68	90–77	89–90	77–68	85–79	66–83
Juvecaserta	77–70	91–86	82–87	84–67	74–78	86–82	83–76	89–83	78–75		80–86	79–85	82–86	74–65	58–61	79–75
Openjobmetis Varese	76–83	74–72	93–78	83–80	82–98	91–81	79–86	68–74	81–71	93–74		82–92	77–79	75–70	60–73	78–75
Red October Cantù	90–69	73–79	77–68	77–91	79–85	83–77	77–89	81–65	98–83	82–83	72–85		75–74	73–71	92–99	72–71
Sidigas Avellino	77–65	94–65	79–62	79–69	80–68	76–73	86–83	92–79	81–86	79–75	75–82	92–86		83–67	78–80	85–78
The Flexx Pistoia	68–69	75–59	87–83	84–78	85–74	89–81	89–73	86–62	85–71	77–64	97–64	94–87	67–59		71–78	64–59
Umana Reyer Venezia	71–84	84–69	85–61	59–76	88–84	86–65	89–70	78–70	73–74	98–92	87–81	93–72	78–75	74–62		81–73
Vanoli Cremona	77–78	82–86	71–73	59–78	72–76	69–84	117–82	80–86	101–91	82–95	85–71	93–82	73–86	87–67	91–82

Source: LBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Umana Reyer Venezia	6	1	7	6	7	8	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sidigas Avellino	8	3	5	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Dolomiti Energia Trento	14	7	2	3	4	6	11	12	11	12	13	11	11	13	13	11	12	11	6	4	4	6	5	4	4	6	6	5	6	4
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	5	10	6	8	5	4	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	6	5	4	6	4	6	5	5	6	6	7	4	4	4	4	5
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	10	8	4	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	7	4	5	5	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	6
The Flexx Pistoia	16	12	13	13	9	10	15	9	12	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	9	7	9	9	11	11	10	8	8	8	7	7	7
Betaland Capo d'Orlando	13	15	9	14	8	9	7	6	6	7	6	6	7	5	5	7	5	5	8	7	6	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	8
Enel Brindisi	3	11	16	15	11	7	8	8	7	6	7	7	5	6	8	12	9	12	10	11	10	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	9
Germani Basket Brescia	15	14	11	16	16	16	12	11	10	11	10	12	12	10	7	8	10	8	9	8	8	10	10	12	12	9	10	10	11	10
Fiat Torino	9	9	10	9	13	11	10	10	9	10	9	8	10	11	11	10	6	10	11	10	11	7	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	11
Openjobmetis Varese	12	4	14	10	10	13	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	11	12	12	12	10	12
Juvecaserta	7	13	3	2	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	8	10	6	8	7	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Red October Cantù	11	16	12	7	12	12	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	14
Consultinvest Pesaro	2	5	15	11	14	14	13	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15
Vanoli Cremona	1	6	8	12	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to games played on 7 May 2017
Source: LBA

	Leader of the Regular Season
	Qualification to Playoffs
	Relegation to Serie A2

Playoffs

Main article: 2017 LBA Playoffs

The LBA playoffs quarterfinals are best-of-five, while the semifinals and finals series are best-of-seven. The playoffs will start on 12 May 2017 to finish between 16 and 22 June depending on result.

	Quarter-finals					Semifinals					Final
	1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	3
	8	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	1
						1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	1
						4	Dolomiti Energia Trento	4
	4	Dolomiti Energia Trento	3
	5	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	0
											4	Dolomiti Energia Trento	2
											2	Umana Reyer Venezia	4
	2	Umana Reyer Venezia	3
	7	The Flexx Pistoia	1
						2	Umana Reyer Venezia	4
						3	Sidigas Avellino	2
	3	Sidigas Avellino	3
	6	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	0

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Umana Reyer Venezia (C, O)	46	32	14	2447	2330	+117	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Dolomiti Energia Trento	44	27	17	2352	2201	+151	Qualification to EuroCup
3	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	39	27	12	2584	2384	+200	Qualification to EuroLeague
4	Sidigas Avellino	39	24	15	2392	2285	+107	Qualification to Champions League group stage
5	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	33	17	16	2301	2218	+83
6	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	33	17	16	2458	2443	+15	Qualification to EuroCup
7	The Flexx Pistoia^[a]	34	16	18	2306	2298	+8
8	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	34	16	18	2291	2315	−24	Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
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	Qualification to EuroCup
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 (R)	30	9	21	2370	2416	−46	Relegation to Serie A2 Basket

Source: LBA
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The Flexx Pistoia resigned to play European competitions for the 2017–18 season.

Individual statistics

As of 7 May 2017.^[54]

Points

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Marcus Landry	Germani Basket Brescia	19.6
2.	Édgar Sosa	Juvecaserta	19.3
3.	Jarrod Jones	Consultinvest Pesaro	19.2
4.	JaJuan Johnson	Red October Cantù	19.0
5.	Joe Ragland	Enel Brindisi	17.8

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Luca Vitali	Germani Basket Brescia	7.1
2.	Édgar Sosa	Juvecaserta	5.9
3.	Chris Wright	Fiat Torino	5.5
4.	Eric Maynor	Openjobmetis Varese	5.5
5.	Zabian Dowdell	Red October Cantù	5.4

Steals

Rank	Name	Team	SPG
1.	Aaron Craft	Dolomiti Energia Trento	2.0
2.	Marques Green	Sidigas Avellino	1.8
3.	David Moss	Germani Basket Brescia	1.7
4.	Joe Ragland	Sidigas Avellino	1.6
5.	Jarrod Jones	Consultinvest Pesaro	1.5

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	O. D. Anosike	Openjobmetis Varese	11.1
2.	Jarrod Jones	Consultinvest Pesaro	10.1
3.	Mitchell Watt	Juvecaserta	9.0
4.	Deron Washington	Fiat Torino	8.6
5.	D. J. White	Fiat Torino	8.0

Blocks

Rank	Name	Team	BPG
1.	Norvel Pelle	Openjobmetis Varese	2.1
2.	Riccardo Cervi	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	2.0
3.	Mitchell Watt	Juvecaserta	1.8
4.	JaJuan Johnson	Red October Cantù	1.4
5.	Gani Lawal	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	1.3

Valuation

Rank	Name	Team	VPG
1.	Jarrod Jones	Consultinvest Pesaro	22.6
2.	JaJuan Johnson	Red October Cantù	21.3
3.	Mitchell Watt	Juvecaserta	19.9
4.	D. J. White	Fiat Torino	19.6
5.	Joe Ragland	Sidigas Avellino	18.4

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
PIR	JaJuan Johnson	Red October Cantù	46
	Terran Petteway	The Flexx Pistoia
Points	Terran Petteway	The Flexx Pistoia	43
Rebounds	O. D. Anosike	Openjobmetis Varese	21
Assists	Luca Vitali	Germani Basket Brescia	18
Blocks	Norvel Pelle	Openjobmetis Varese	7
Three pointers	Terran Petteway	The Flexx Pistoia	10

Updated: 16 May 2017. Source: LBA

Awards

Main article: Lega Basket Serie A awards

Finals MVP

•   Melvin Ejim (Umana Reyer Venezia)^[55]

Most Valuable Player

•   Marcus Landry (Germani Basket Brescia)^[56]

Best Player Under 22

•   Diego Flaccadori (Dolomiti Energia Trento)^[57]

Best Coach

•   Vincenzo Esposito (The Flexx Pistoia)^[58]

Best Executive

•   Giuseppe Sindoni (Betaland Capo d'Orlando)^[59]

Round MVP

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref
1	Stefano Tonut	Umana Reyer Venezia	35	^[60]
2	D. J. White	Fiat Torino	35	^[61]
3	Retin Obasohan	Sidigas Avellino	28	^[62]
4	D. J. White (2)	Fiat Torino	28	^[63]
5	Pietro Aradori	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	35	^[64]
6	Bruno Fitipaldo	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	44	^[65]
7	Deron Washington	Fiat Torino	32	^[66]
8	Terran Petteway	The Flexx Pistoia	46	^[67]
9	Tu Holloway	Vanoli Cremona	42	^[68]
10	Edgar Sosa	Juvecaserta	33	^[69]
11	JaJuan Johnson	Red October Cantù	46	^[70]
12	David Lighty	Dolomiti Energia Trento	36	^[71]
13	Pietro Aradori (2)	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	25	^[72]
14	Tashawn Thomas	Vanoli Cremona	35	^[73]
15	Krunoslav Simon	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	34	^[74]
16	Rok Stipčević	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	29	^[75]
	Hrvoje Perić	Umana Reyer Venezia
17	Kyrylo Fesenko	Sidigas Avellino	36	^[76]
18	Achille Polonara	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	32	^[77]
19	Nic Moore	Enel Brindisi	25	^[78]
	Nathan Boothe	The Flexx Pistoia
20	Marcus Landry	Germani Basket Brescia	32	^[79]
21	Jamel McLean	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	29	^[80]
	JaJuan Johnson (2)	Red October Cantù
22	JaJuan Johnson (3)	Red October Cantù	39	^[81]
23	Dominique Sutton	Dolomiti Energia Trento	26	^[82]
	Dominique Johnson	Openjobmetis Varese
24	Trevor Lacey	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	30	^[83]
25	Ronald Moore	The Flexx Pistoia	36	^[84]
26	Rotnei Clarke	Consultinvest Pesaro	43	^[85]
27	JaJuan Johnson (4)	Red October Cantù	34	^[86]
28	Mitchell Watt	Juvecaserta	39	^[87]
29	Jarrod Jones	Consultinvest Pesaro	36	^[88]
30	Mitchell Watt (2)	Juvecaserta	31	^[89]
	Dominique Sutton	Dolomiti Energia Trento

Serie A clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress	Ref
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	EuroLeague	Regular season	^[90]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Basketball Champions League	Quarter-finals	^[91]^[92]
Openjobmetis Varese		Regular season
Sidigas Avellino		Round of 16
Umana Reyer Venezia		Semi-finals

Source: EuroLeague Champions League

Supercup

Main article: 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup

The 2016 Italian Supercup was the 22nd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. It opened the season on 24 and 25 September 2016. It was contested in Milan's Mediolanum Forum.^[93]

Qualified for the tournament were league winners and cup winners EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, cup finalists Sidigas Avellino, cup semifinalists Vanoli Cremona and league finalist Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia.^[94]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Sidigas Avellino 72-90. Krunoslav Simon led the winners with 25 points on 5-of-7 three-point shots. Ricky Hickman added 15 while Zoran Dragić had 11 for Milan. Hickman had 9 points in the second quarter to make Milan get a double-digit lead, 34-44, at halftime. Dragić, Simon and Davide Pascolo allowed Milan to extend their margin to 51-67 after 30 minutes, enough to control the game until the final buzzer and lift its first Supercup trophy.^[95]

Cup

Main article: 2017 Italian Basketball Cup

The 49th edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,^[96] was contested between 16 and 19 February 2017 in Rimini.^[97][98] Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were the best ranked teams at the end of the first stage of the 2016–17 Serie A season.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano rallied to beat Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 84-87 and reach the finals.^[99] In Sunday's final, Milan will play Banco di Sardegna Sassari which downed Germani Basket Brescia 77-70.^[100]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano successfully defended the Italian Cup with an 84-74 come-from-behind win over Banco di Sardegna Sassari in the final on Sunday. Ricky Hickman made 5 of 7 shots from downtown en route to 25 points, Rakim Sanders scored 15 points and Milan Mačvan added 11 for the winners. Sassari took charge from the start with a 2-13 run and led 11-19 after 10 minutes. A Josh Carter triple made it 15-25 midway through the second quarter, but Sanders heated up as Milan fought back and Hickman's triple to end the half drew Milan within 34-36. A three by Sanders to open the second half gave Milan its first lead. Hickman netted another three and Davide Pascolo converted a three-point play to boost the margin to 46-40. Andrea Cinciarini further extended the margin to 9 before strong play by Gani Lawal sparked a Sassari comeback. A David Bell jumper made it 56-54 through three quarters. It was still a 2-point game four minutes into the fourth quarter when Hickman and Macvan combined for all Milan's points in an 11-2 march to take a 75-64 advantage with 3:38 remaining. Sassari raced back with 8 straight points, but was held to a single basket over the final two minutes as Milan closed out the game from the line. Trevor Lacey paced Sassari with 15 points, Lawal scored 13 and Rok Stipčević 11.^[101]

Ricky Hickman was named Finals MVP of the competition.^[102]

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External links

• Lega Basket website (in Italian) Retrieved 14 June 2016