Premise: The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual award of the 1st-tier professional basketball league in Italy, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), given since the 1993–94 season, to the league's most valuable player in a given regular season.
Hypothesis: The (LBA) and Lega Basket Serie A both refer to the 1st-tier professional basketball league in Italy.