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

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league in

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, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The second placed

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an Lega Basket Serie A, LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and th ...

possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the

Mediolanum Forum Unipol Forum (formerly the FilaForum, DatchForum and Mediolanum Forum; known as the Forum di Milano in events where commercial naming rights are prohibited) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, ...

) and the 5th placed

Dolomiti Energia Trento Aquila Basket Trento, also known for sponsorship reasons as Dolomiti Energia Trento, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Trent, Trentino. It was founded in 1995 as an amalgamation of two local clubs, going from the amateur divisi ...

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.

won their 28th title by beating

in game 6 of the finals.

Andrew Goudelock Andrew Darius Goudelock (born December 7, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basketball League (GBL). Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard position. He played college basketball for the ...

of the

was named

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in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.

Road to the finals

Italian Basketball Supercup

Regular season series

Series

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

returned to the Italian throne on Friday night. In Game 6 of the Italian League playoff finals, Milan dominated to defeated

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 Vladimir Micov ( sr-cyr, Владимир Мицов, born April 16, 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at a height of , he mainly played as a small forward. Professional career 2001–2009 Micov played for Beope ...

and

Mindaugas Kuzminskas Mindaugas Kuzminskas (born 19 October 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player and the captain (sports), vice-captain for AEK B.C., AEK Athens of the Greek Basketball League (GBL). He also formerly represented the Lithuania men's nat ...

hit triple and

Artūras Gudaitis Artūras Gudaitis (born 19 June 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League. Standing at , he plays at the center position. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 47th ...

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 Dairis Bertāns (born 9 September 1989) is a Latvian professional basketball player for VEF Rīga of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Bertāns also plays for the Latvia national basketball team. He is the older brother of Dāvis Bert� ...

, one from

, and baskets from Gudaitis and

Curtis Jerrells Curtis Louis Jerrells Jr. (born February 5, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. High school Jerrells was a four-year starter at Del Valle High School in his hometown, Au ...

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 Dominique Leondras Sutton (born October 20, 1986) is an American basketball player for Al Ahli Manama of the West Asia Super League. Sutton played college basketball for Kansas State University and North Carolina Central University. High school ...

scored 15 for Trento, and

Shavon Shields Shavon O'Day Shields (born June 5, 1994) is an American-Danish professional basketball player and the vice-captain for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornh ...

and Toto Forray each scored 14 in the losing effort.Domestic leagues roundup: June 15, 2018
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Rosters

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Dolomiti Energia Trento

References

External links

Official website
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