2022–23 LBA season

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.

LBA
League	Lega Basket Serie A
Season	2022–23
Dates	2 October 2022 – 23 June 2023
Teams	16
Regular season
Season MVP	Colbey Ross
LBA Finals
Champions	AX Armani Exchange Milano (30th title)
Runners-up	Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Finals MVP	Luigi Datome
Statistical leaders
Points Frank Bartley 19.5 Rebounds Trevor Thompson 8.1 Assists Andrea Cinciarini 10.0

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	AX Armani Exchange Milano 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

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 v t e	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 LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals are best of five formats, while the finals series are best of seven format. The playoffs will start in May 2023, to finish in June 2023, depending on result.

	Quarterfinals										Semifinals										Finals
	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano				94	86	83	94
	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro				68	57	88	80
											EA7 Emporio Armani Milano					95	80	93
											Banco di Sardegna Sassari					72	75	61
	Umana Reyer Venezia				82	55	69	83
	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.
Season MVP
PG	Colbey Ross	Varese	[19]
Finals MVP
SF	Luigi Datome	Olimpia Milano	[20]
Top Scorer
SG	Frank Bartley	Pallacanestro Trieste	[21]
Domestic Player of the Year
SG	Marco Belinelli	Virtus Bologna	[22]
Best Young Player
PG	Matteo Spagnolo	Trento	[23]
Best Defender
SG	John Petrucelli	Brescia	[24]
Sixth Man of the Year
SG	Marco Belinelli	Virtus Bologna	[25]
Most Improved Player
C	Ousmane Diop	Dinamo Sassari	[26]
Revealing Player of the Year
PG	Colbey Ross	Varese	[27]
Coach of the Year
HD	Marco Ramondino	Derthona	[28]
All-LBA Team
PG	Colbey Ross	Varese	[29]
SG	Semaj Christon	Derthona
SF	Marco Belinelli	Virtus Bologna
PF	Nicolò Melli	Olimpia Milano
C	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

• Sports portal
• Italy portal

• 2022 Italian Basketball Supercup