# 2021 LBA Playoffs

The 2021 LBA Playoffs, officially known as the 2021 LBA Playoff UnipolSai, was the postseason tournament of the 2020–21 LBA season, which began on 26 September 2021. The Playoffs started on May 13, 2021 with the match Milano–Trento.
Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions, from the season 2018–19 as the 2019–20 season was suppressed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Qualified teams

The eight first qualified teams after the end of the regular season were qualified to the playoffs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2385 | 2099 | +286 | Seeded teams |
| 2 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2395 | 2212 | +183 | Seeded teams |
| 3 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2397 | 2168 | +229 | Seeded teams |
| 4 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2257 | 2142 | +115 | Seeded teams |
| 5 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2527 | 2437 | +90 | Non-seeded teams |
| 6 | De' Longhi Treviso | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2353 | 2468 | −115 | Non-seeded teams |
| 7 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2253 | 2249 | +4 | Non-seeded teams |
| 8 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2191 | 2228 | −37 | Non-seeded teams |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 88 | 93 | 74 | | | | | | | | |
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 62 | 79 | 65 | | | | | | | | |
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 62 | 79 | 65 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 81 | 99 | 93 |
| | | | | | | | | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | 79 | 65 | 83 |
| Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | 92 | 83 | 60 | 73 | 93 | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | 79 | 65 | 83 |
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 91 | 78 | 75 | 86 | 91 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 91 | 78 | 75 | 86 | 91 | | | | | | | | | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 77 | 72 | 58 | 62 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 83 | 83 | 76 | 73 |
| Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | 85 | 86 | 79 | | | | | | | | | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 83 | 83 | 76 | 73 |
| Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 64 | 54 | 77 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 64 | 54 | 77 | Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | 66 | 74 | 75 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 73 | 83 | 78 |
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 91 | 88 | 105 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 73 | 83 | 78 |
| De' Longhi Treviso | De' Longhi Treviso | De' Longhi Treviso | De' Longhi Treviso | De' Longhi Treviso | 72 | 83 | 100 | | | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals

    All times were in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
The quarterfinals were played in a best of five format.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | 3–0 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 88–62 | 93–77 | 74–65 | 0 | 0 |
| Umana Reyer Venezia | 3–2 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 92–91 (OT) | 83–78 | 60–75 | 73–86 | 93–91 |
| Happy Casa Brindisi | 3–0 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 85–64 | 86–54 | 79–77 | 0 | 0 |
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 3–0 | De' Longhi Treviso | 91–72 | 88–83 | 105–100 (OT) | 0 | 0 |

### Game 5
## Semifinals

The semifinals were played in a best of five format.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | 3–0 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 81–79 | 99–65 | 93–83 |
| Happy Casa Brindisi | 0–3 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 66–73 | 74–83 | 75–78 |

### Game 3
## Finals

The finals were played in a best of seven format.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 |
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | 0–4 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 77–83 | 72–83 | 58–76 | 62–73 |

### Game 1

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 23 | Malcolm Delaney | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 2 | Zach LeDay | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Riccardo Moraschini | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 13 | Sergio Rodríguez | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 32 | Jeff Brooks | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 81 | Jakub Wojciechowski | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | Virtus Segafredo Bologna 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Stefan Marković | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| SF | 34 | Kyle Weems | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| PF | 11 | Giampaolo Ricci | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 45 | Julian Gamble | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| PF | 7 | Amar Alibegović | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| SG | 14 | Josh Adams | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 32 | Vince Hunter | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 35 | Stefan Nikolić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 44 | Miloš Teodosić | 19 | 1 | 7 |
| SF | 55 | Awudu Abass | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||

### Game 2

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 23 | Malcolm Delaney | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| PF | 2 | Zach LeDay | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Riccardo Moraschini | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 13 | Sergio Rodríguez | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 32 | Jeff Brooks | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 81 | Jakub Wojciechowski | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | Virtus Segafredo Bologna 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Stefan Marković | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| SG | 55 | Awudu Abass | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| SF | 34 | Kyle Weems | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 11 | Giampaolo Ricci | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 45 | Julian Gamble | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| PF | 7 | Amar Alibegović | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| SG | 14 | Josh Adams | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 32 | Vince Hunter | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| SF | 35 | Stefan Nikolić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 44 | Miloš Teodosić | 21 | 4 | 5 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||

### Game 3

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Stefan Marković | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| SG | 55 | Awudu Abass | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 34 | Kyle Weems | 23 | 10 | 1 |
| PF | 11 | Giampaolo Ricci | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 45 | Julian Gamble | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| PF | 7 | Amar Alibegović | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| SG | 14 | Josh Adams | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 32 | Vince Hunter | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 35 | Stefan Nikolić | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 44 | Miloš Teodosić | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | AX Armani Exchange Milano 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 13 | Sergio Rodríguez | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| SG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| PF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 15 | Kaleb Tarczewski | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 9 | Riccardo Moraschini | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 32 | Jeff Brooks | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 81 | Jakub Wojciechowski | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||

### Game 4

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Stefan Marković | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| SG | 55 | Awudu Abass | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| SF | 34 | Kyle Weems | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 11 | Giampaolo Ricci | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 45 | Julian Gamble | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| PF | 7 | Amar Alibegović | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SG | 14 | Josh Adams | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 32 | Vince Hunter | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 35 | Stefan Nikolić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 44 | Miloš Teodosić | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | AX Armani Exchange Milano 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 13 | Sergio Rodríguez | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| SG | 31 | Shavon Shields | 16 | 10 | 2 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 2 | Zach LeDay | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PG | 9 | Riccardo Moraschini | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| PF | 32 | Jeff Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 81 | Jakub Wojciechowski | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||