2016 Lega Basket Serie A Finals
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2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A 2016 Lega Basket Serie A Playoffs | ||||
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Dates | June 3 – 15, 2016 | ||||
MVP | Rakim Sanders | ||||
Format | Best of 7 | ||||
TV | RAI, Sky Italia[1] | ||||
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The 2016 Lega Basket Serie A Finals was the championship series of the 2015–16 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The 2015-16 regular season champion EA7 Emporio Armani Milano possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Mediolanum Forum) and the second placed Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 3 to 15, 2016.[2] These were the second Finals for Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 27th title bt beating Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in game 6 of the Finals.
Rakim Sanders of the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.
Road to the finals
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Source: Legabasket Best league record |
Regular season |
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Defeated the 8th seeded Dolomiti Energia Trento, 3-1 | Quarterfinals | Defeated the 7th seeded Banco di Sardegna Sassari, 3-0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defeated the 5th seeded Umana Reyer Venezia, 4-2 | Semifinals | Defeated the 3rd seeded Sidigas Avellino, 4-3 |
Regular season series
3 June 2016 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 74–72 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Reggio Emilia | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 12–17, 17–21, 24–26 | ||||
Rai Sport 1 | Pts: De Nicolao 17 Rebs: Veremeenko 7 Asts: Aradori, De Nicolao 4 PIR: De Nicolao 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: Gentile 18 Rebs: McLean 14 Asts: Cinciarini 4 PIR: Simon 16 |
Arena: PalaBigi Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Gianluca Mattioli, Stefano Ursi |
3 June 2016 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 84–80 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Milan | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 17–15, 19–18, 22–19 | ||||
Rai Sport 1 | Pts: Simon 25 Rebs: Lafayette, Batista 6 Asts: Lafayette 5 PIR: Simon 27 |
Boxscore | Pts: Della Valle 28 Rebs: Polonara 7 Asts: Aradori 6 PIR: Della Valle 27 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Enrico Sabetta, Gianluca Sardella |
Series
Game 1
3 June 2016 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 87–80 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Milan | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 27–14, 19–18, 21–27 | ||||
Rai Sport 1 Sky Sport |
Pts: Gentile 15 Rebs: Simon 8 Asts: Simon 5 PIR: McLean 27 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kaukėnas 27 Rebs: Polonara 8 Asts: De Nicolao 6 PIR: Kaukėnas 30 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Enrico Sabetta, Massimiliano Filippini | |
EA7 Milano leads series, 1–0 | |||||
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Game 2
5 June 2016 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 94–73 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Milan | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 28-21, 18-17, 25-11 | ||||
Rai Sport 1 Sky Sport |
Pts: Gentile 23 Rebs: Kalnietis 6 Asts: Lafayette 6 PIR: Gentile, Sanders 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Della Valle 20 Rebs: De Nicolao 5 Asts: three players 3 PIR: De Nicolao 14 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Paolo Taurino, Roberto Begnis, Gianluca Sardella | |
EA7 Milano leads series, 2–0 | |||||
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Game 3
7 June 2016 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 81–72 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Reggio Emilia | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 21–15, 15–18, 23–21 | ||||
Rai Sport 1 Sky Sport |
Pts: Lavrinovič 20 Rebs: Polonara 10 Asts: Needham 6 PIR: Della Valle 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Simon 14 Rebs: Kalnietis 6 Asts: Gentile, Cinciarini 4 PIR: three players 15 |
Arena: PalaBigi Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Tolga Sahin, Alessandro Martolini, Carmelo Lo Guzzo | |
EA7 Milano leads series, 2–1 | |||||
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Game 4
9 June 2016 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 81–76 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Reggio Emilia | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–17, 18–16, 22–21 | ||||
Rai Sport 1 Sky Sport |
Pts: Aradori, Lavrinovič 15 Rebs: Polonara 8 Asts: De Nicolao 4 PIR: Aradori 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Sanders 21 Rebs: Batista 7 Asts: Cerella, Kalnietis 4 PIR: McLean 18 |
Arena: PalaBigi Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Gianluca Mattioli, Manuel Mazzoni | |
Series tied, 2–2 | |||||
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Game 5
11 June 2016 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 97–73 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Milan | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 29–8, 23–23, 22–29, 23–13 | ||||
Rai Sport 1 Sky Sport |
Pts: Kalnietis 16 Rebs: Kalnietis, Simon 8 Asts: Simon 4 PIR: Kalnietis 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Aradori 14 Rebs: Polonara 9 Asts: De Nicolao 4 PIR: Aradori, Polonara 17 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Tolga Sahin, Emanuele Aronne | |
EA7 Milano leads series, 3–2 | |||||
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Game 6
13 June 2016 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 70–74 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Reggio Emilia | |
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20:45 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 19–8, 12–16, 20–29 | ||||
Rai Sport 1 Sky Sport |
Pts: Kaukėnas 18 Rebs: Polonara 8 Asts: De Nicolao, Kaukėnas 4 PIR: Kaukėnas 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Gentile 16 Rebs: Batista 9 Asts: Sanders 5 PIR: Batista 23 |
Arena: PalaBigi Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Enrico Sabetta, Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Martolini | |
EA7 Milano won series, 4–2 | |||||
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Rosters
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References
- ↑ "Basket in tv: a Rai e Sky i diritti tv delle prossime due stagioni" [Basketball on television: the tv rights for the next season for Rai and Sky]. Serie A (in Italian). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ Schedule Playoffs Finals on Legabasket.com