# 2018 LBA Finals

The 2018 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2017–18 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), 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 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Mediolanum Forum) and the 5th placed Dolomiti Energia Trento contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 5 to June 15, 2018. These were the second Finals for Trento and the 18th for Milano.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.
Andrew Goudelock of the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.

## Road to the finals

| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
| Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD 1 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 23 7 2481 2364 +117 2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 30 22 8 2463 2244 +219 3 Germani Basket Brescia 30 20 10 2397 2282 +115 4 Sidigas Avellino 30 20 10 2492 2313 +179 5 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 18 12 2423 2304 +119 6 Openjobmetis Varese 30 16 14 2355 2271 +84 7 Red October Cantù 30 16 14 2619 2614 +5 8 Vanoli Cremona 30 15 15 2554 2495 +59 9 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 30 15 15 2353 2292 +61 10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 15 15 2586 2488 +98 11 Fiat Torino 30 13 17 2432 2494 −62 12 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30 13 17 2322 2362 −40 13 The Flexx Pistoia 29 9 20 2267 2449 −182 14 New Basket Brindisi 29 9 20 2232 2363 −131 15 VL Pesaro 29 8 21 2310 2547 −237 16 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 29 7 22 2153 2544 −391 Source: LBA 2nd best league record | Regular season | Regular season | Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD 1 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 23 7 2481 2364 +117 2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 30 22 8 2463 2244 +219 3 Germani Basket Brescia 30 20 10 2397 2282 +115 4 Sidigas Avellino 30 20 10 2492 2313 +179 5 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 18 12 2423 2304 +119 6 Openjobmetis Varese 30 16 14 2355 2271 +84 7 Red October Cantù 30 16 14 2619 2614 +5 8 Vanoli Cremona 30 15 15 2554 2495 +59 9 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 30 15 15 2353 2292 +61 10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 15 15 2586 2488 +98 11 Fiat Torino 30 13 17 2432 2494 −62 12 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30 13 17 2322 2362 −40 13 The Flexx Pistoia 29 9 20 2267 2449 −182 14 New Basket Brindisi 29 9 20 2232 2363 −131 15 VL Pesaro 29 8 21 2310 2547 −237 16 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 29 7 22 2153 2544 −391 Source: LBA 5th best league record |
| Defeated the 7th seeded Red October Cantù, 3-0 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Defeated the 4th seeded Sidigas Avellino, 3-1 |
| Defeated the 3rd seeded Germani Basket Brescia, 3-1 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Defeated the 1st seeded Umana Reyer Venezia, 3-1 |

### Regular season series
## Series
### Game 1

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| SF | 19 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 16 | 3 | 5 |
| SG | 0 | Andrew Goudelock | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 15 | Kaleb Tarczewski | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 6 | Simone Vecerina | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 7 | Davide Pascolo | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Marco Cusin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 45 | Dairis Bertāns | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 55 | Curtis Jerrells | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| C | 77 | Artūras Gudaitis | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Simone Pianigiani ||||||
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Andrés Pablo Forray | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| PF | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| SF | 4 | Ojārs Siliņš | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 31 | 3 | 5 |
| C | 22 | Dustin Hogue | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Yannick Franke | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| G | 11 | Luca Conti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Diego Flaccadori | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 13 | Jorge Gutiérrez | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 14 | Mark Czumbel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 15 | João Gomes | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| C | 25 | Luca Lechthaler | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Maurizio Buscaglia ||||||

### Game 2

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| SF | 19 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| SG | 0 | Andrew Goudelock | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| C | 15 | Kaleb Tarczewski | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 6 | Simone Vecerina | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 7 | Davide Pascolo | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Marco Cusin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 45 | Dairis Bertāns | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| PG | 55 | Curtis Jerrells | 27 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 77 | Artūras Gudaitis | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Simone Pianigiani ||||||
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Andrés Pablo Forray | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| PF | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| SF | 4 | Ojārs Siliņš | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 17 | 2 | 5 |
| C | 22 | Dustin Hogue | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Yannick Franke | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Luca Conti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Diego Flaccadori | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 13 | Jorge Gutiérrez | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| SF | 14 | Mark Czumbel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 15 | João Gomes | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 25 | Luca Lechthaler | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Maurizio Buscaglia ||||||

### Game 3

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Andrés Pablo Forray | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| PF | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 19 | 10 | 2 |
| SF | 4 | Ojārs Siliņš | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| C | 22 | Dustin Hogue | 18 | 10 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Yannick Franke | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Luca Conti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Diego Flaccadori | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 13 | Jorge Gutiérrez | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| SF | 14 | Mark Czumbel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 15 | João Gomes | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 25 | Luca Lechthaler | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Maurizio Buscaglia ||||||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| SF | 19 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| SG | 0 | Andrew Goudelock | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Kaleb Tarczewski | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 6 | Giordano Bortolani | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 7 | Davide Pascolo | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Marco Cusin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 45 | Dairis Bertāns | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 55 | Curtis Jerrells | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| C | 77 | Artūras Gudaitis | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Simone Pianigiani ||||||

### Game 4

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Andrés Pablo Forray | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| PF | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 4 | Ojārs Siliņš | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 31 | 8 | 3 |
| C | 22 | Dustin Hogue | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Yannick Franke | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Luca Conti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Diego Flaccadori | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 13 | Jorge Gutiérrez | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| SF | 14 | Mark Czumbel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 15 | João Gomes | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 25 | Luca Lechthaler | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Maurizio Buscaglia ||||||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 19 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 14 | 4 | 4 |
| SG | 0 | Andrew Goudelock | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Kaleb Tarczewski | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 6 | Simone Vecerina | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 7 | Davide Pascolo | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 22 | Marco Cusin | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| SG | 45 | Dairis Bertāns | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 55 | Curtis Jerrells | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 77 | Artūras Gudaitis | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Simone Pianigiani ||||||

### Game 5

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 15 | 3 | 4 |
| SF | 19 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| SG | 0 | Andrew Goudelock | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Kaleb Tarczewski | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 6 | Simone Vecerina | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 7 | Davide Pascolo | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 22 | Marco Cusin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 45 | Dairis Bertāns | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 55 | Curtis Jerrells | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| C | 77 | Artūras Gudaitis | 19 | 6 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Simone Pianigiani ||||||
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Andrés Pablo Forray | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| PF | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| SF | 4 | Ojārs Siliņš | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 27 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 22 | Dustin Hogue | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Yannick Franke | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 11 | Luca Conti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Diego Flaccadori | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 13 | Jorge Gutiérrez | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| SF | 14 | Mark Czumbel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 15 | João Gomes | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 25 | Luca Lechthaler | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Maurizio Buscaglia ||||||

### Game 6

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano returned to the Italian throne on Friday night. In Game 6 of the Italian League playoff finals, Milan dominated to defeated Dolomiti Energia Trento 71-96 to claim the series 4-2 and become the Italian champion for the 28th time in club history. This is also third league title in the last five years for Milan which took control of this game from the start. Vladimir Micov and Mindaugas Kuzminskas hit triple and Artūras Gudaitis had a pair of dunks in a 1-10 first-quarter run that helped Milan to a 20-25 lead after 10 minutes, before a pair of triples from Dairis Bertāns, one from Andrew Goudelock, and baskets from Gudaitis and Curtis Jerrells opened 23-42 margin early in the second quarter. The visitors went into halftime with a 15-point lead, and never relinquished it. Trento got within 50-57 midway through the third, but Milan entered the final period with a 56-66 lead, before Goudelock, Bertāns and Kuzminskas each hit once from downtown in the first 2 minutes of the fourth, restoring a 15-point lead and Milan cruised the rest of the way. Milan had a balanced attack with six scorers in double figures. Goudelock finished with 21 points, Kuzminskas and Bertāns netted 15 apiece, and Gudaitis collected 14 points and 9 rebounds. Dominique Sutton scored 15 for Trento, and Shavon Shields and Toto Forray each scored 14 in the losing effort.
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Andrés Pablo Forray | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| PF | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| SF | 4 | Ojārs Siliņš | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Dustin Hogue | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Yannick Franke | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Mattia Musumeci | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 12 | Diego Flaccadori | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 13 | Jorge Gutiérrez | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 14 | Isacco Lovisotto | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 15 | João Gomes | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| C | 25 | Luca Lechthaler | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Maurizio Buscaglia ||||||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 19 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| SF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| SG | 0 | Andrew Goudelock | 21 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 15 | Kaleb Tarczewski | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 6 | Simone Vecerina | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 7 | Davide Pascolo | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 22 | Marco Cusin | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 45 | Dairis Bertāns | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| PG | 55 | Curtis Jerrells | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| C | 77 | Artūras Gudaitis | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Simone Pianigiani ||||||