2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A

Lega Basket Serie A
Lega Basket Serie A
Season	2014–15
Duration	12 October 2014 – 26 June 2015
Teams	16
Regular season
Top seed	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Season MVP	Tony Mitchell
Relegated	Pasta Reggia Caserta
Finals
Champions	Banco di Sardegna Sassari; 1st title
Runners-up	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Semifinalists	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano; Umana Reyer Venezia
Finals MVP	Rakim Sanders
Awards
Best Young Player	Simone Fontecchio
Best Coach	Maurizio Buscaglia
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Tony Mitchell
Rebounds	O. D. Anosike
Assists	Andrea Cinciarini
Index Rating	Luca Vitali
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The 2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A was the 93rd season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.

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The regular season started on 12 October 2014 and finished on 10 May 2015,^[1] after all teams had played 30 games each. The eight best ranked teams advanced to the play-off phase whilst Pasta Reggia Caserta was relegated to the Serie A2 after finishing last in the league table.

The play-offs started on 18 May 2015 and finished on 26 June 2015, Banco di Sardegna Sassari won their first title by beating Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in game 7 of the finals.

Lega Basket 2014–15 – Club Locations

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Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Acea Roma	Rome	Palazzetto dello Sport	3,500
Acqua Vitasnella Cantù	Cantù	Palasport Pianella	3,910
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Sassari	Palasport Roberta Serradimigni	5,000
Consultinvest Pesaro	Pesaro	Adriatic Arena	6,119
Dolomiti Energia Trento	Trento	PalaTrento	4,360
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	11,210
Enel Brindisi	Brindisi	PalaPentassuglia	3,534
Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia	Pistoia	PallaCarrara	4,000
Granarolo Bologna	Bologna	Unipol Arena	9,200
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia	PalaBigi	3,500
Openjobmetis Varese	Varese	PalaWhirlpool	5,100
Pasta Reggia Caserta	Caserta	PalaMaggiò	6,387
Sidigas Avellino	Avellino	Palasport Del Mauro	5,195
Umana Reyer Venezia	Venezia	Palasport Taliercio	3,509
Upea Capo d'Orlando	Capo d'Orlando	PalaFantozzi	3,613
Vanoli Cremona	Cremona	Palasport Mario Radi	3,527

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Supercup

The Italian Supercup opened the season on October 4 and 5 at Sassari's PalaSerradimigni, in a final four format. The previous year's League and cup runners-up Montepaschi Siena (also defending champions) did not participate after declaring bankruptcy over the summer. League champions EA7 Emporio Armani Milano comfortably dispatched Enel Brindisi (third in the 2014 cup) 71–59 in the first semifinal on the back of Linas Kleiza's and Joe Ragland's long-distance shooting (17 and 16 points respectively) in a mistake-strewn game. The other semifinal saw cup-holders Banco di Sardegna Sassari have an easy 89–73 win over Acea Roma (league semifinalist), with the hosts always leading and coach Romeo Sacchetti rotating his squad.^[2]

The final saw Sassari add a second title to their prior cup win, downing Milano 96–88. The Sardinians started the game on the front foot, leading the first quarter 29-14 while Milano struggled to score (0-for-6 from three). They continued to drive the game at the start of the second quarter but Milano found a way back into the game thanks to stronger defense and a stellar MarShon Brooks to answer with a 15–0 run from 36-18 down, with Sassari then finding their scoring shoes to finish the half 50–40. Three's from Ragland and Kleiza helped Milano claw back at the lead but Brooks missed the shot to equalise, with the quarter ending on 72–68. Sassari would stay in front for the rest of the game, with Supercup MVP Jerome Dyson entertaining the fans. Brooks led all scorers with 26 points, followed for Milano by Ragland (17) and Kleizia (16) whilst Dyson paced the winners with 25 and three other players had 14 points.^[3]

All Star Game

The All Star Game was played on 17 January 2015 in Verona's PalaOlimpia, players from EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were absent as the club was involved in Euroleague games at the same period.^[4] An entertaining defense-free game between Dolomiti Energia and Named Sport sponsored squads finished 146-143 for the latter, with a token appearance by former star player and Named Sport coach Gianmarco Pozzecco at the end of the game. Christian Eyenga was named game MVP whilst Andy Rautins won the three-point contest and the pair of Tony Mitchell and Kader Kam (from freestyle group Da Move) won the dunk contest.^[5]

Cup

The Italian Cup was held from 20 to 22 February at the PalaDesio in Desio. Banco di Sardegna Sassari won its second successive title by beating EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 101–94 in the final. David Logan was named the Cup final MVP.

Playoffs

Banco di Sardegna Sassari surprised regular season leaders and competition favourites EA7 Emporio Armani Milano in a semifinal game 7 overtime victory to reach the finals for a historic first time.^[6]

Finals

Having won the decisive game 6 after three overtimes,^[7] Banco di Sardegna Sassari overcame hosts Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 73-75 during game 7 at the PalaBigi to win their first ever Serie A title. Sassari's Jerome Dyson's was named Finals MVP.^[8]^[9]

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	30	26	4	2584	2202	1.173	52	Qualification to playoffs
2	Umana Reyer Venezia	30	22	8	2400	2221	1.081	44
3	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	30	21	9	2317	2219	1.044	42
4	Dolomiti Energia Trento	30	19	11	2440	2402	1.016	38
5	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	30	19	11	2549	2435	1.047	38
6	Enel Brindisi	30	16	14	2280	2231	1.022	32
7	Acqua Vitasnella Cantù	30	15	15	2389	2354	1.015	30
8	Granarolo Bologna^[a]	30	15	15	2331	2416	0.965	28
9	Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia	30	13	17	2307	2332	0.989	26
10	Acea Roma	30	12	18	2143	2210	0.970	24
11	Openjobmetis Varese	30	12	18	2418	2475	0.977	24
12	Vanoli Cremona	30	12	18	2308	2348	0.983	24
13	Sidigas Avellino	30	12	18	2283	2341	0.975	24
14	Upea Capo d'Orlando	30	10	20	2094	2222	0.942	20
15	Consultinvest Pesaro	30	8	22	2169	2463	0.881	16
16	Pasta Reggia Caserta^[b]	30	8	22	2253	2394	0.941	15	Relegation to Serie A2 Gold

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Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2015. Source: Legabasket
Notes:

2 points deducted to Bologna for tax and social security contributions payment arrears.^[10]
1 point deducted to Caserta for income tax payment arrears.^[11]

Results

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Home \ Away	AVE	BOL	BRI	CAN	CAP	CAS	CRE	MIL	PES	PIS	REG	ROM	SAS	TRE	VAR	VEN
Sidigas Avellino		96–79	77–80	76–79	65–75	70–74	84–79	73–69	69–60	73–69	88–94	74–70	70–83	84–72	67–91	71–76
Granarolo Bologna	77–78		75–68	108–76	74–69	79–73	70–83	58–81	89–85	90–67	78–66	90–77	80–75	88–78	86–78	79–83
Enel Brindisi	81–67	75–64		76–75	78–73	60–72	81–65	73–85	92–56	89–77	56–79	84–54	76–74	82–74	69–71	74–81
Acqua Vitasnella Cantù	74–65	89–67	63–73		93–67	83–72	79–76	83–64	83–67	76–80	64–63	60–70	79–75	110–84	91–83	73–77
Upea Capo d'Orlando	67–81	63–72	66–65	79–71		68–64	57–74	71–57	69–70	71–74	67–73	70–73	72–71	67–68	84–71	67–54
Pasta Reggia Caserta	91–105	81–76	69–78	95–107	70–83		66–81	78–82	80–73	59–63	75–65	54–53	94–87	88–90	78–82	84–73
Vanoli Cremona	88–81	81–76	87–72	71–63	76–78	81–77		61–67	73–80	75–81	87–88	71–74	87–99	77–82	64–53	84–91
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	95–78	117–92	77–68	83–64	98–69	78–71	94–61		96–61	78–77	118–68	77–56	97–80	90–75	79–69	80–71
Consultinvest Pesaro	62–77	67–70	93–101	83–103	62–60	80–70	74–89	61–84		82–86	75–74	89–87	71–75	57–76	85–96	89–90
Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia	61–68	72–73	70–83	88–87	94–73	87–76	76–83	73–79	84–53		92–78	94–84	81–84	86–69	87–103	82–90
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	96–72	66–56	67–63	86–74	77–65	95–74	69–70	77–76	91–73	71–59		87–83	74–66	63–58	86–70	70–67
Acea Roma	81–72	90–84	80–58	75–78	67–63	75–62	63–50	68–79	76–80	70–63	66–56		75–84	68–75	87–78	62–72
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	81–75	89–76	87–78	86–69	70–68	95–84	88–82	111–112	92–64	96–78	87–74	72–61		84–92	71–79	88–80
Dolomiti Energia Trento	92–85	96–81	95–83	83–71	90–73	73–66	116–114	84–102	77–65	86–72	69–78	82–68	104–82		78–65	66–93
Openjobmetis Varese	66–73	83–73	82–93	93–84	80–73	84–80	86–82	97–105	70–80	67–71	112–118	78–73	113–117	70–76		53–67
Umana Reyer Venezia	79–71	96–71	76–71	80–68	90–67	88–76	82–56	74–84	84–72	66–63	59–68	74–57	90–100	90–80	98–95

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.