# 2017 LBA Finals

The 2017 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2016–17 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The second placed Umana Reyer Venezia possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio) and the 4th placed Dolomiti Energia Trento contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from 10 to 20 June 2017. These were the first Finals for Trento and the 3rd for Venezia.
Umana Reyer Venezia won their 3rd title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.
Melvin Ejim of the Umana Reyer Venezia was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.

## Road to the finals

| Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
| Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD 1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 30 23 7 2584 2384 +200 2 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 21 9 2447 2330 +117 3 Sidigas Avellino 30 19 11 2392 2285 +107 4 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 18 12 2352 2201 +151 5 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 17 13 2301 2218 +83 6 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30 17 13 2458 2443 +15 7 The Flexx Pistoia 30 15 15 2306 2298 +8 8 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 30 15 15 2291 2315 −24 9 Enel Brindisi 30 14 16 2495 2465 +30 10 Germani Basket Brescia 30 13 17 2360 2453 −93 11 Fiat Torino 30 13 17 2455 2551 −96 12 Openjobmetis Varese 30 13 17 2319 2402 −83 13 Juvecaserta 30 12 18 2337 2430 −93 14 Red October Cantù 30 11 19 2335 2476 −141 15 Consultinvest Pesaro 30 10 20 2285 2420 −135 16 Vanoli Cremona 30 9 21 2370 2416 −46 Source: LBA 2nd best league record | Regular season | Regular season | Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD 1 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 30 23 7 2584 2384 +200 2 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 21 9 2447 2330 +117 3 Sidigas Avellino 30 19 11 2392 2285 +107 4 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 18 12 2352 2201 +151 5 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 17 13 2301 2218 +83 6 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30 17 13 2458 2443 +15 7 The Flexx Pistoia 30 15 15 2306 2298 +8 8 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 30 15 15 2291 2315 −24 9 Enel Brindisi 30 14 16 2495 2465 +30 10 Germani Basket Brescia 30 13 17 2360 2453 −93 11 Fiat Torino 30 13 17 2455 2551 −96 12 Openjobmetis Varese 30 13 17 2319 2402 −83 13 Juvecaserta 30 12 18 2337 2430 −93 14 Red October Cantù 30 11 19 2335 2476 −141 15 Consultinvest Pesaro 30 10 20 2285 2420 −135 16 Vanoli Cremona 30 9 21 2370 2416 −46 Source: LBA 4th best league record |
| Defeated the 7th seeded The Flexx Pistoia, 3-1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Defeated the 5th seeded Banco di Sardegna Sassari, 3-0 |
| Defeated the 3rd seeded Sidigas Avellino, 4-2 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Defeated the 1st seeded EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, 4-1 |

### Regular season series
## Series
### Game 6

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PF | 22 | Dustin Hogue | 16 | 13 | 0 |
| PG | 4 | Aaron Craft | 11 | 6 | 7 |
| F | 31 | Shavon Shields | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| G/F | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 23 | 13 | 0 |
| F | 15 | João Gomes | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 5 | Mark Czumbel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 10 | Andrés Pablo Forray | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| G | 11 | Luca Conti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Diego Flaccadori | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 25 | Luca Lechthaler | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Maurizio Buscaglia ||||||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Umana Reyer Venezia |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | MarQuez Haynes | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 4 | Hrvoje Perić | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 3 | Melvin Ejim | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| SG | 8 | Julyan Stone | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| G/F | 6 | Michael Bramos | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 9 | Riccardo Visconti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| F/C | 14 | Tomas Ress | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 15 | Esteban Batista | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 22 | Jeffrey Viggiano | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 25 | Tyrus McGee | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Walter De Raffaele ||||||