2019 LBA Finals explained

League:	LBA
Year:	2019
Team A:	Umana Reyer Venezia
Team A Coach:	Walter De Raffaele
Team A Games:	4
Team B:	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Team B Coach:	Gianmarco Pozzecco
Team B Games:	3
Dates:	June 10–22, 2015
Mvp:	Austin Daye

The 2019 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2018–19 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile,^[1] the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The third placed Umana Reyer Venezia possessed home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Palasport Taliercio) and the 4th placed Banco di Sardegna Sassari contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 10 to June 22, 2019.^[2]

These were the second Finals for both Venezia and Sassari of their history.^[3]

Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the finals.^[4]

Austin Daye of the Umana Reyer Venezia was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.^[5]

Road to the finals

		Banco di Sardegna Sassari
3rd best league record	Regular season		4th best league record
Defeated the 6th seeded Dolomiti Energia Trento, 3-2	Quarterfinals		Defeated the 2nd seeded Vanoli Cremona, 3-2
Defeated the 5th seeded New Basket Brindisi, 3-0	Semifinals		Defeated the 1st seeded AX Armani Exchange Milano, 3-0

Regular season series

Series

Game 1

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Game 2

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Game 3

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Game 4

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Game 5

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Game 6

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Game 7

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LBA Finals MVP Austin Daye Game rules Game played under FIBA rules.

Rosters

Banco di Sardegna Sassari

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Basket, PosteMobile nuovo title sponsor della Lega di Serie A . . 16 December 2016 . calcioefinanza.it . 14 January 2017 . Italian . Basketball, PosteMobile new title sponsor of Lega Basket Serie A.
2. http://web.legabasket.it/news/125052/la_finale____umana-banco_di_sardegna__si_parte_luned___10__questa_la_programmazione_televisiva The Final is Umana-Banco di Sardegna. Legabasket.it. 7 June 2019
3. Web site: Le curiosità della sfida scudetto: per Umana e Banco di Sardegna seconda finale della loro storia . . 10 June 2019 . Sportando.basketball . 10 June 2019 . Italian . The curiosities of the Finals: for Umana and Banco di Sardegna these are the second finals of their history.
4. Web site: Reyer Venezia wins Italian LBA championship. 22 June 2019 . sportando.basketball. 23 June 2019 .
5. Web site: Austin Daye eletto MVP delle LBA Finals . 22 June 2019 . Sportando.basketball . 23 June 2019 . Italian. Austin Daye named LBA Finals MVP.