2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A

2013–14 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A #0079B9 white 2014–15 Banco di Sardegna Sassari1st title Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia EA7 Emporio Armani MilanoUmana Reyer Venezia Pasta Reggia Caserta 16 12 October 2014 – 26 June 2015 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano USA 20px Tony Mitchell USA 20px Rakim Sanders Best Young Player Simone Fontecchio ITA Best Coach ITA 20px Maurizio Buscaglia USA 20px Tony Mitchell 20.7 USA 20px O. D. Anosike 10.9 ITA 20px Andrea Cinciarini 6.2 ITA 20px Luca Vitali 19.4 The 2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A was the 93rd season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season started on 12 October 2014 and finished on 10 May 2015,http://www.legabasket.it/art3/upload/116177_84_calendario-pdf.pdf Calendario Serie A Beko 2014-15 Lega Basket Serie A 24 July 2014 15 June 2015 Italian 2014-15 Serie A Beko calendar 9 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170809130643/http://www.legabasket.it/art3/upload/116177_84_calendario-pdf.pdf dead 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. Teams Italy black Lega Basket 2014–15 – Club Locations right 300 Italy 40.91 14.78 right Avellino Italy 45.46 9.19 right Milano Italy 40.73 8.57 left Sassari Italy 45.73 9.13 top Cantù Italy 44.50 11.35 right Bologna Italy 45.81 8.83 left Varese Italy 46.04 11.07 right Trento Italy 41.9 12.5 bottom Roma Italy 38.15 14.73 right Capo d'Orlando Italy 41.06 14.33 left Caserta Italy 43.91 12.9 right Pesaro Italy 45.13 10.03 right Cremona Italy 45.43 12.33 right Venezia Italy 43.93 10.91 left Pistoia Italy 44.7 10.63 left R. Emilia Italy 40.63 17.93 bottom Brindisi TeamCityArenaCapacityAcea RomaRomePalazzetto dello Sport3,500Acqua Vitasnella CantùCantùPalasport Pianella3,910Banco di Sardegna SassariSassariPalasport Roberta Serradimigni5,000Consultinvest PesaroPesaroAdriatic Arena6,119Dolomiti Energia TrentoTrentoPalaTrento4,360EA7 Emporio Armani MilanoMilanMediolanum Forum11,210Enel BrindisiBrindisiPalaPentassuglia3,534Giorgio Tesi Group PistoiaPistoiaPallaCarrara4,000Granarolo BolognaBolognaUnipol Arena9,200Grissin Bon Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaPalaBigi3,500Openjobmetis VareseVaresePalaWhirlpool5,100Pasta Reggia CasertaCasertaPalaMaggiò6,387Sidigas AvellinoAvellinoPalasport Del Mauro5,195Umana Reyer VeneziaVeneziaPalasport Taliercio3,509Upea Capo d'OrlandoCapo d'OrlandoPalaFantozzi3,613Vanoli CremonaCremonaPalasport Mario Radi3,527 Season narrative 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.http://www.repubblica.it/sport/basket/2014/10/04/news/basket_supercoppa_italiana_brindisi_non_ha_scampo_milano_prima_finalista-97351029/ Basket, Supercoppa Italiana: Milano batte Brindisi, in finale contro Sassari 4 October 2014 Repubblica.it 13 September 2015 Italian Basketball, Italian Supercup: Milano beats Brindisi, [is] in final against Sassari 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.http://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/SerieA/05-10-2014/basket-supercoppa-finale-sassari-milano-96-88-dyson-90659626770.shtml?refresh_ce-cp Basket, Supercoppa. Finale: Sassari-Milano 96-88 Canfora Mario 5 October 2014 Gazzetta.it Sassari 14 September 2015 Italian Basketball, Supercup: finals: Sassari-Milano 96-88 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.http://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/SerieA/05-01-2015/basket-all-star-game-100393935189.shtml Basket, All Star Game senza i milanesi impegnati in Eurolega 5 January 2015 Gazzetta.it 12 September 2015 Italian Basketball, All Star Game without the Milanese caught up in the Euroleague 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.http://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/SerieA/17-01-2015/basket-all-star-game-che-festa-fine-gioca-pure-poz-100521278311.shtml?refresh_ce-cp Basket, All Star Game, che festa: e alla fine gioca pure il Poz Oriani Massimo 17 January 2015 Gazzetta.it Verona 14 September 2015 Italian Basketball, All Star Game, what a party: and at the end the Poz also played Cup 2015 Italian Basketball 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.http://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/10-06-2015/basket-semifinale-gara-7-milano-sassari-73-71-olimpia-difende-tricolore-120115716043.shtml Basket, semifinale gara-7, storica Sassari, Milano abdica all'overtime Di Schiavi Vincenzo 10 June 2015 La Gazzetta dello Sport Milan 27 June 2015 Italian Basketball, semifinals game 7, historic Sassari, Milan abdicates in overtime Finals 2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals Having won the decisive game 6 after three overtimes,http://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/24-06-2015/basket-finale-gara-6-sassari-reggio-emilia-3-supplementari-120292713771.shtml Basket, finale gara-6: Sassari-Reggio Emilia 115-108 dopo 3 supplementari Di Schiavi Vincenzo 24 June 2015 La Gazzetta dello Sport Sassari 27 June 2015 Italian Basketball, finals game 6: Sassari-Reggio Emilia 115-108 after 3 overtimes 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.http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/65sxkgmc8fo3m7l5/domestic-roundup-june-26 Domestic roundup: June 26 26 June 2015 Euroleague 27 June 2015http://www.gazzetta.it/Basket/26-06-2015/basket-finale-scudetto-gara-7-reggio-emilia-sassari-120325515837.shtml Basket, finale scudetto, gara-7: Reggio Emilia-Sassari 73-75 Di Schiavi Vincenzo 26 June 2015 La Gazzetta dello Sport Reggio Emilia 27 June 2015 Italian Basketball, championship finals, game 7: Reggio Emilia-Sassari 73-75 Regular season Standings main WL 10 May 2015 Legabasket points 0 yes PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO R EA7 26 4 2584 2202 VEN 22 8 2400 2221 REG 21 9 2317 2219 TRE 19 11 2440 2402 SAS 19 11 2549 2435 BRI 16 14 2280 2231 CTU 15 15 2389 2354 BOL 15 15 2331 2416 -2 PIS 13 17 2307 2332 ROM 12 18 2143 2210 VAR 12 18 2418 2475 CRE 12 18 2308 2348 AVE 12 18 2283 2341 ORL 10 20 2094 2222 PES 8 22 2169 2463 CAS 8 22 2253 2394 -1 QR green1 Qualification to playoffs red1 Relegation to Serie A2 Gold 2 points deducted to Bologna for tax and social security contributions payment arrears.http://www.fip.it/News.asp?IDNews=7258 Italiani in serie A: solo il 47 per cento eleggibili per la Nazionale, i premi alle società, le penalizzazione di Virtus Bologna e Sutor Montegranaro, l'Istant Replay 18 July 2014 Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro 15 June 2015 Italian Italians in Serie A: only 47 per cent are eligible for the national team, prizes to societies, the penalties for Virtus Bologna and Sutor Montegranato, Instant Replay 1 point deducted to Caserta for income tax payment arrears.http://www.fip.it/News.asp?IDNews=7792 Consiglio federale a Milano. Lega di Serie A e diritti televisivi, Serie A2 campionato unico, JuveCaserta penalizzata di un punto Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro 21 February 2015 15 June 2015 Italian Federal council in Milan. Serie A league and television rights, single Serie A2 championship, JuveCaserta penalised of a point EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Banco di Sardegna Sassari Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Umana Reyer Venezia Enel Brindisi Dolomiti Energia Trento Vanoli Cremona Sidigas Avellino Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia Acea Roma Upea Capo d'Orlando Openjobmetis Varese Granarolo Bologna Acqua Vitasnella Cantù Consultinvest Pesaro Pasta Reggia Caserta Results main FBR grey 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 complete Statistical leaders 30em Points RankNameTeamPPG Points Per Game1.USA Tony MitchellDolomiti Energia Trento20.72.USA Allan RayGranarolo Bologna17.23.USA LaQuinton RossConsultinvest Pesaro17.14.POL David LoganBanco di Sardegna Sassari16.85.USA Jerome DysonBanco di Sardegna Sassari16.2 Assists RankNameTeamAPG Assists Per Game1.ITA Andrea Cinciarini Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia6.22.ITA Luca VitaliVanoli Cremona5.73.USA Ronald Moore Pasta Reggia Caserta5.24.USA Langston HallGiorgio Tesi Group Pistoia5.15.USA Jerome DysonBanco di Sardegna Sassari4.3 Steals RankNameTeamSPG Steals Per Game1.USA Jerome DysonBanco di Sardegna Sassari2.02.HUN Ádám HangaSidigas Avellino1.93.USA Ronald Moore Pasta Reggia Caserta1.74.POL David LoganBanco di Sardegna Sassari1.65.Equatorial GuineaUSA Bobby JonesAcea Virtus Roma1.5 Rebounds RankNameTeamRPG ReboundsPer Game1.NGAUSA O. D. AnosikeSidigas Avellino10.92.Central African Republic James MaysEnel Brindisi9.43.NGA Shane LawalBanco di Sardegna Sassari9.24.USA Dario HuntUpea Capo d'Orlando8.55.ITA Achille PolonaraGrissin Bon Reggio Emilia8.4 Blocks RankNameTeamBPG Blocks Per Game1.NGA Shane LawalBanco di Sardegna Sassari2.02.ITA Riccardo CerviGrissin Bon Reggio Emilia1.83.ITA Marco CusinVanoli Cremona1.24.GUYUSA Delroy JamesEnel Brindisi1.15.USA Dario HuntUpea Capo d'Orlando1.1 Valuation RankNameTeamVPG Valuation Per Game1.ITA Luca VitaliVanoli Cremona19.42.NGA Shane LawalBanco di Sardegna Sassari18.73.BUL Dejan IvanovPasta Reggia Caserta18.34.Central African Republic James MaysEnel Brindisi18.25.ITA Achille PolonaraGrissin Bon Reggio Emilia18.1 Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 25 200 25 1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 3 8 Granarolo Bologna 0 4 Dolomiti Energia Trento 1 5 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 3 2 Umana Reyer Venezia 3 7 Acqua Vitasnella Cantu 2 3 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 3 6 Enel Brindisi 2 1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 3 5 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 4 2 Umana Reyer Venezia 3 3 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 4 5 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 4 3 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 3 Awards Most Valuable Player: USA Tony Mitchell (Dolomiti Energia Trento)http://www.gazzettadellevalli.it/sport/basket-lega-awars-2015-pioggia-di-premi-su-trento-mitchell-mvp-di-serie-a1-trainotti-dirigente-dellanno-buscaglia-coach-of-the-year-47270/ Basket, Lega Awards 2015: pioggia di premi su Trento, Mitchell MVP di serie A1, Trainotti dirigente dell’anno, Buscaglia coach of the year 8 May 2015 GazzettadelleValli.it 31 August 2015 Italian Basketball, Lega Awards 2015: heap of awards for Trento, Mitchell Serie A MVP, Trainotti executive of the year, Buscaglia coach of the year Coach of the year: ITA Maurizio Buscaglia (Dolomiti Energia Trento) Best player under 22: ITA Simone Fontecchio (Granarolo Bologna)http://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/bologna/notizie/basket_city/2015/8-maggio-2015/virtus-fontecchio-nominato-miglior-giovane-dell-anno-2301359815874.shtml Virtus, Fontecchio nominato miglior giovane dell’anno Aquino Luca 8 May 2015 Corriere di Bologna RCS MediaGroup 17 June 2015 Italian Virtus, Fontecchio named best young player of the year Executive of the year: ITA Salvatore Trainotti (Dolomiti Energia Trento) Finals MVP: USA Rakim Sanders (Banco di Sardegna Sassari)http://www.legabasket.it/news/118281/banco_di_sardegna__sanders_mvp_e_top_scorer_della_finale Banco di Sardegna, Sanders MVP e top scorer della finale 27 June 2015 Lega Basket Serie A 27 June 2015 Italian Rakim Sanders is the MVP and top scorer of the finals 30 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630040826/http://www.legabasket.it/news/118281/banco_di_sardegna__sanders_mvp_e_top_scorer_della_finale dead References 2 Category:Lega Basket Serie A seasons 1 Italy