1970–71 Serie A (basketball)

1969–70 1971–72 Serie A #0079B9 white 1970–71 Ignis Varese 5th title Simmenthal Milano Libertas LivornoCecchi Biella 12 22 18 October 1970 – 4 April 1971 USA 20px Gary Schull 24.5 S. Milano 138–88 Udine (24 March 1971) 18 gamesIgnis Varese 12 gamesNorda Bologna The 1970–71 Serie A basketball championship was the 48th season of the Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season ran from 18 October 1970 to 28 March 1971, twelve teams played 22 games each. As both Ignis Varese and Simmenthal Milano were tied first with the same head-to-head record (having only lost once apiece, to each other) a single playoff game decided the title, the third ever played between the two squads (one on-the-court win per side, respectively in 1962 and 1966).http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,9/articleid,1517_02_1971_0075_0009_21395500/ Bennett salva il Cecchi! Tavarozzi Antonio 2 April 1971 ArchivoLaStampa.it 21 November 2015 Italian Bennett rescues Cecchi! Varese won the game played in Rome to earn their third straight championship, fifth overall (and the single spot in the European Champions Cup). The other end of the league table also saw a tie, with three teams on the same points for two relegation spots, hence playoffs were also played where Libertas Livorno and Cecchi Biella (both newly promoted) were relegated back to the Serie B. Preseason Ignis Varese, who had the previous season completed the domestic double (league and Italian Cup) in addition to winning the European Champions Cup (adding the Intercontinental Cup before the season) were seen as the overwhelming favourites. Simmenthal Milano, All'Onestà Milano and on a lesser note Forst Cantù and Splügen Venezia were seen as the likely challengers.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,17/articleid,0133_01_1970_0221_0017_4835525/ Basket, campionato da un miliardo Tavarozzi Antonio 16 October 1970 ArchivoLaStampa.it 3 September 2015 Italian Basketball, a billion [lira] championship All but one club had sponsorship names – widely the major source of revenue for clubs – with Libertas Livorno the involuntary exception. With only one foreign player allowed per club, nearly all were American, Varese's Mexican international Manuel Raga (considered the best foreigner in the league) and Splügen Venezia's newly arrived Brazilia international Ubiratan were the notable exceptions.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,10/articleid,1525_02_1970_0216_0010_21375305/ All stars,, stranieri 17 October 1970 ArchivoLaStampa.it 3 September 2015 Italian Foreign,, All stars Ignis, led by Aca Nikolić, could still count on Raga, Dino Meneghin, Aldo Ossola, Ottorino Flaborea and Paolo Vittori, adding Italian international Ivan Bisson from Snaidero Udine whilst sending Claudio Malagoli and Livio Paschini the other way (American John Fultz was signed only for the European Champions Cup).http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,17/articleid,0134_01_1970_0255_0017_6500749/ L'Ignis che ha già vinto tutto vuole riconquistare la Coppa Tavarozzi Antonio 25 November 1970 ArchivoLaStampa.it 20 November 2015 Italian Ignis, who has already won everything, wants to reconquer the Cup Simmenthal, coached by Cesare Rubini, had replaced on-off American Jim Tillman with compatriot Arthur Kenney, the retirement of historic player Sandro Riminucci was the only other change. All'Onesta put their trust in the proven quartet of Joe Isaac, Tony Gennari, Enrico Bovone and Marino Zanatta, Forst Cantù had supplemented key players Carlo Recalcati and Alberto De Simone with American newcomer Bob Lienhard whilst an important move saw Dado Lombardi move from Norda Bologna to cross-town rivals Eldorado Bologna for 25 million lira.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,0133_01_1970_0229_0019_6480924/ Gran basket oggi a Biella 25 October 1970 ArchivoLaStampa.it 20 November 2015 Italian Big basketball [game] today in Biellahttp://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2004/08/23/da-lombardi-guyton-quanto-duro-saltare-il.html Da Lombardi a Guyton quanto è duro saltare il fosso Martelli Marco 23 August 2004 Repubblica.it 20 November 2015 Italian From Lombardi a Guyton it's so hard to jump the fence Regular season Both Ignis and Simmenthal raced ahead of the others, so much that by the time they met each other in Varese on 27 December 1970 they were both unbeaten, with only Fides Napoli having provided any serious opposition. The game was already seen as title-deciding, Ignis had the best defence (60,1 points conceded per game to Simmenthal's 63.8) but the Milanese were more prolific in attack (81.8 points per game to Varese's 79.4) and were seen to have a slight edge over the holders.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,0134_01_1970_0276_0019_5912672/ Ignis e Simmenthal con i giovani rinnovano il loro classico duello Tavarozzi Antonio 23 December 1970 ArchivoLaStampa.it 20 November 2015 Italian Ignis and Simmenthal, with youngsters, renew their classic duel Ultimately, Varese would win a hard-fought if not spectacular game 71-58, Meneghin out-rebounded Massimo Masini to score 16 points while Vittori and Flaborea dominated in attack (the first scoring a game-high 22 points). Though Giorgio Giomo shackled Raga well and Kenney put in a fighting performance (15 points), it was not enough for Simmenthal, not helped by an anonymous performance from Renzo Bariviera (3 points).http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,13/articleid,0134_02_1970_0272_0013_5568692/ L'Ignis vince sempre Tavarozzi Antonio 28 December 1970 ArchivoLaStampa.it 20 November 2015 Italian Ignis always wins When came the time to play the return game in Milan on the 14 March 1971 the situation remained unchanged with both teams having won all their games in between (including in Europe). The game, reportedly played at the highest level, saw a partial repeat of the first leg as an in-form Vittori again top-scored (25 points) whilst Flaborea (18 points) also stepped up when Giomo's good marking on Raga restricted the sharpshooter. However, this time Simmenthal stepped up to the challenge and an extremely combative Kenney dished up 20 points, including two free-throws with only seconds left, whilst Masini added as much, to grab a close 72-71 win. With both squads on the same points and with the same head-to-head record, a playoff game was seen as virtually guaranteed despite there being three rounds left to play as no team could challenge the leaders.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,14/articleid,1517_02_1971_0060A_0014_23278192/ Vittoria "thrilling" del Simmenthal. Per lo scudetto spareggio a Roma Tavarozzi Antonio 15 March 1971 ArchivoLaStampa.it 20 November 2015 Italian Thrilling Simmenthal win. For the title, a playoff in Rome [is needed] It proved to be the case as both squads easily won their final games to preserve the status-quo and make a playoff necessary. Simmenthal even recorded the most points scored in a league game by downing Snaidero Udine 138-88 in the final round on 24 April, four days before other games as Milano were playing the Cup Winners' Cup final.lower-alpha Eur Milano defeated Spartak Leningrad to win the Cup Winners' Cup but Varese conceded their Champions Cup title to CSKA Moscow.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,15/articleid,0136_01_1971_0067_0015_24415749/ Nel basket è tempo di spareggi Tavarozzi Antonio 24 March 1971 ArchivoLaStampa.it 20 November 2015 Italian It's playoff time in basketball The 138 points record, replacing the 133 Simmenthal themselves had scored the previous season, stayed as league record for decades, it still is a club record as of 2015.http://www.museodelbasket-milano.it/leggi.php?s=testimonianze&idcontenuti=264 La partita del punteggio record: il racconto di Giorgio Papetti Papetti Giorgio MuseodelBasket-Milano.it 22 November 2015 Italian The record points-scored game: Giorgio Papetti's talehttp://195.56.77.208/other/record/Milano.pdf Olimpia Milano – Record di Società Lega Basket 22 November 2015 Italian Olimpia Milano – Club Records Forst Cantù comfortably beat presumed title-challenger All'Onesta Milano 90-57 in Milan in the second round. They proved to be the surprise squad of the tournament as the emergence of an eighteen-year-old Pierluigi Marzorati at playmaker coupled with good performances from Lienhard and Recalcati led them to third-place,http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,21/articleid,0133_01_1970_0230_0021_6497275/ I cestiti biellesi hanno pagato la loro mancanza di esperienza 27 October 1970 ArchivoLaStampa.it 21 November 2015 Italian The Biella basketball players paid for their lack of experience 10 points from the leading duo but themselves 8 points in front of the rest of the pack led by All'Onesta Milano, an Ubiratan-led Splügen Venezia and a workmanlike Fides Napoli. In the relegation battle, the two promoted squads Cecchi Biella and Libertas Livorno predictably struggled but managed to win the odd game (Biella was greatly helped by American import Rudy Bennett, third-best league scorer with 22.8 points per game). At the same time Norda Bologna spent a large part of the season in free-fall, losing twelve consecutive games until a win over Snaidero Udine during the penultimate round enabled them to join Biella and Livorno on 10 points (from five wins).http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,21/articleid,0133_01_1970_0230_0021_6497275/ Basket verso lo spareggio per scudetto e retrocessione 22 March 1971 ArchivoLaStampa.it 21 November 2015 Italian Basketball, towards a playoff for the title and relegation All three lost their final game, which both Livorno and Biella had to play at a neutral venue (respectively Florence and Borgosesia) due to being penalised for previous crowd behaviour), meaning a three-way playoff series was needed to decide relegation.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,12/articleid,1517_02_1971_0071A_0026_23279432/ Basket con l'appendice (scudetto e retrocessione) Cacioppo Rino 29 March 1971 ArchivoLaStampa.it 21 November 2015 Italian Basketball's appendix (title and relegation) Standings Italy black Serie A 1969–70 – Club Locations right 300 Italy 45.46 9.19 bottom Milano Italy 45.81 8.83 top Varese Italy 45.73 9.13 right Cantù Italy 40.83 14.25 left Napoli Italy 43.91 12.9 right Pesaro Italy 46.06 13.23 left Udine Italy 44.50 11.35 bottom Bologna Italy 45.43 12.33 bottom Venezia Italy 43.55 10.31 bottom Livorno Italy 45.56 8.06 left Biella Pos Position Teams P Played W Won L Lost PF Points for PA Points against Champion or relegation1 #C3BB70 c Ignis Varese 22 21 1 1805 1380Title playoff (see below) 2 #C3BB70 c Simmenthal Milano 22 21 1 1845 1565 3Forst Cantù 22 16 6 1768 1639 4All'Onestà Milano 22 12 10 1665 15905Splugen Venezia 22 11 11 1674 1622 6Fides Napoli 22 10 12 1579 15807 #C3BB70 c Tropicali Boario Pesaro 22 9 13 1549 1608 8 #C3BB70 cSnaidero Udine 22 9 13 1655 18319Eldorado Bologna 22 8 14 1598 1668 10 #C3BB70 c Libertas Livorno 22 5 17 1339 1561Relegation playoffs (see below)11 #C3BB70 c Norda Bologna 22 5 17 1425 1660 12 #C3BB70 c Cecchi Biella 22 5 17 1544 1742 Source: Lega Basket #C3BB70 c Ranking by head-to-head record in case of tie (see record). Individual scoring table RankNameTeamPointsPPG Points Per Game1.USA Gary Schull Eldorado Bologna 540 24.52.USA Joe Allen Snaidero Udine 524 23.83.USA Rudy Bennett Cecchi Biella 501 22.84.MEX Manuel Raga Ignis Varese 499 22.75.ITA Massimo Masini Simmenthal Milano 477 21.76.BRA Ubiratan Splügen Venezia 416 19.87.USA Bob Lienhard Forst Cantù 409 18.68.USA Vic Bartolome Libertas Livorno 370 17.69.USA Joe Isaac All'Onestà Milano 363 16.510.ITA Ottorino Flaborea Ignis Varese 357 16.2 Source: unofficial statistics compiled by the Giganti del Basket magazine (official statistics started from the 1975–76 season).http://195.56.77.208/other/PDF/Stagione%2070-71%20classifiche.pdf Serie A 1969-70 - classifica marcatori LegaBasket.it 19 November 2015 Italian 1970–71 Serie A – scorers table Postseason Title playoff The title-deciding playoff was played as a single game on 3 April 1971 at a neutral venue, namely Rome's Palazzo dello Sport. It proved slightly anticlimactic as Ignis raced in front during the first minutes and never allowed Simmenthal back in the game on the way to securing a 65-57 win and their third straight league championship. Manuel Raga was the foremost contributor to Varese's lead, escaping first Giomo's then Giuseppe Brumatti's then Kenney's marking to score 17 points in 12 minutes whilst at the same time the normally accurate Giulio Iellini and Giomo were shooting astray for Milano. With Flaborea and Vittori also potent in attack and Meneghin in defence, Milano's task became even greater despite Masini's efforts as the half-time score read 39-21 for the champions. Though Simmenthal managed to reduce the deficit in the second half, the gulf was too big and Varese were comfortable enough to rest Raga and play eighth man Paolo Polzot (who had arrived from Biella that season and rarely came off the bench) for nearly all the half.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,0136_01_1971_0077_0019_24667006/ Lo scudetto del basket resta a Varese Tavarozzi Antonio 4 April 1971 ArchivoLaStampa.it 21 November 2015 Italian The basketball championship stays in Varese #eee 3 April 18:30 Palazzo dello Sport, Rome Ignis Varese 65 Simmenthal Milano 57 Boxscore Manuel Raga 18 Giuseppe Brumatti 16 Ottorino Flaborea 10 Arthur Kenney 13 Raga, Ossola 1 Giulio Iellini 1 13,312 Relegation playoffs The relegation playoffs were played on the 2nd, 3rd and 4 April 1971 in Cantù (originally scheduled in Milan's Palalido, they were moved after student protesters occupied the arena). Each team won and lost a game apiece, Norda Bologna ultimately escaped relegation thanks to a superior points differential (+14 to Livorno's -4 and Biella's -10).http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,12/articleid,0136_02_1971_0077A_0012_24702421/ Salva la Norda, retrocede il Biella 5 April 1971 ArchivoLaStampa.it 19 November 2015 Italian Norda is saved, Biella is relegated Teams P Played W Won L Lost PF Points for PA Points against RelegationNorda Bologna 2 1 1 112 98 Libertas Livorno 2 1 1 107 111Relegated to Serie B Cecchi Biella 2 1 1 116 126 #eee 2 April 18:00 Palazzetto dello Sport Parini, Cantù Norda Bologna 68 Cecchi Biella 49 Report Doug Cook 15 Rudy Bennett 22 Vietti, Solenghi #eee 3 April 18:30 Palazzetto dello Sport Parini, Cantù Cecchi Biella 67 Libertas Livorno 58 Report Carlo Caglieris 15 Daniele Stefanini 16 Cino Burcovich, Yurman #eee 4 April 18:00 Palazzetto dello Sport Parini, Cantù Libertas Livorno 49 Norda Bologna 44 Vic Bartolome 20 Bertolotti, Cook 13 Italian Cup Ignis Varese won nearly all the competitions they played after lifting the Italian Cup,lower-alpha Eur beating Fides Napoli 83-60 in the final, played in Viareggio on 12 April 1971. The third place game between losing semifinalists saw Simmenthal Milano down Forst Cantù 66-63.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,20/articleid,0136_01_1971_0083_0020_24420083/anews,true/ Basket: all'Ignis la Coppa Italia 13 April 1970 ArchivoLaStampa.it 19 November 2015 Italian The Italian Cup for Ignis Championship-winning squad Ignis Varese 1969–70 Serie A champions ITA 4 Edoardo Rusconi ITA 5 Ottorino Flaborea ITA 6 Paolo Polzot ITA 7 Augusto D'Amico ITA 9 Paolo Vittori ITA 10 Aldo Ossola ITA 11 Dino Meneghin ITA 14 Ivan Bisson MEX 15 Manuel Raga Coach: YUG Aca Nikolić Source: Lega Basket Notes lower-alpha References 30em External links Game-by-game stats at Pearlbasket Retrieved 22 November 2015 Category:Lega Basket Serie A seasons 1 Italy