2022 LBA Playoffs

Main article: 2021–22 LBA season
2022 LBA Playoffs
Tournament details
CountryItaly
Dates15 May–18 June
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsAX Armani Exchange Milano
Runner-upVirtus Segafredo Bologna
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The 2022 LBA Playoffs, officially known as the 2022 LBA Playoff UnipolSai, was postseason tournament of the 2021–22 LBA season, which began on 25 September 2021. The playoffs started on May 15, 2022, with the match Milano–Reggiana.[1] Virtus Segafredo Bologna are the defending champions, from the season 2020–21.[2]

Qualified teams

The eight first qualified teams after the end of the regular season were qualified to the playoffs.[3]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 30 26 4 2666 2364 +302 Seeded teams
2 AX Armani Exchange Milano 30 24 6 2465 2155 +310
3 Germani Basket Brescia 30 21 9 2524 2310 +214
4 Bertram Derthona Basket 30 17 13 2418 2412 +6
5 Umana Reyer Venezia 30 17 13 2331 2297 +34 Non-seeded teams
6 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30 17 13 2541 2449 +92
7 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 30 15 15 2409 2401 +8
8 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 30 14 16 2408 2518 −110
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2022. Source: LBA

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 82 70 75
 
 
 
 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 76 51 55
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 77 91 77
 
 
 
 Bertram Derthona Basket 73 70 69
 
 Bertram Derthona Basket 66 70 73 72
 
 
 
 Umana Reyer Venezia 77 58 63 60
 
 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 62 75 82 62 84 64
 
 
 
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 66 68 94 77 78 81
 
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 91 91 89
 
 
 
 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 82 65 59
 
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 88 91 87
 
 
 
 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 71 82 69
 
 Germani Basket Brescia 104 85 68 95
 
 
 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 97 91 98 98
 

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
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 3–0 Carpegna Prosciuto Pesaro 82–76 70–51 75–55
AX Armani Exchange Milano 3–0 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 91–82 91–65 89–59
Germani Basket Brescia 1–3 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 104–97 85–91 68–98 95–98
Bertram Derthona Basket 3–1 Umana Reyer Venezia 66–77 70–54 73–63 72–60

Game 1

15 May 2022 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 82–76
(Series: 1-0) 		Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Bologna
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 21–14, 17–18, 20–22
Discovery+, Rai Sport Pts: Belinelli 14
Rebs: Jaiteh 5
Asts: Pajola 10
PIR: Pajola 19 		Boxscore Pts: Sanford 21
Rebs: Jones 5
Asts: Delfino 4
PIR: Jones 21 		Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Alessandro Perciavalle
15 May 2022 AX Armani Exchange Milano 91–82
(Series: 1-0) 		UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Assago (Milan)
17:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 27–22, 29–22, 11–20
Discovery+, Eurosport Pts: Shields 20
Rebs: Bentil 7
Asts: Rodríguez 6
PIR: Bentil 25 		Boxscore Pts: Thompson 21
Rebs: Baldi Rossi 6
Asts: Cinciarini 10
PIR: Cinciarini 27 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Alessandro Vicino, Denis Quarta
15 May 2022 Bertram Derthona Basket 66–77
(Series: 1-0) 		Umana Reyer Venezia Casale Monferrato (Alessandria)
19:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 15–17, 16–24, 13–18
Discovery+, Eurosport Pts: Wright 16
Rebs: Mascolo 7
Asts: Wright 5
PIR: Cain 17 		Boxscore Pts: Watt 15
Rebs: Watt 6
Asts: Stone 5
PIR: Watt 17 		Arena: PalaFerraris
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Guido Giovannetti, Valerio Grigioni
16 May 2022 Germani Basket Brescia 104–97
(Series: 1-0) 		Banco di Sardegna Sassari Brescia
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 28–23, 27–21, 25–29
Discovery+, Rai Sport Pts: Della Valle 30
Rebs: Gabriel 8
Asts: Mitrou-Long 9
PIR: Della Valle 27 		Boxscore Pts: Bilan 22
Rebs: Bilan 11
Asts: Bendžius 4
PIR: Bilan 29 		Arena: PalaLeonessa
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Manuel Attard, Andrea Bongiorni

Game 2

17 May 2022 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 70–51
(Series: 2-0) 		Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Bologna
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 19–12, 16–13, 23–13
Discovery+, Eurosport Pts: Alibegović 10
Rebs: Mannion 5
Asts: Cordinier 5
PIR: Mannion 17 		Boxscore Pts: Mejeris 12
Rebs: Jones 9
Asts: Moretti 4
PIR: Mejeris 13 		Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Michele Rossi, Alessandro Martolini, Christian Borgo
17 May 2022 AX Armani Exchange Milano 91–65
(Series: 2-0) 		UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Assago (Milan)
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 30–18, 21–13, 13–20
Discovery+, Rai Sport Pts: Datome 16
Rebs: Ricci 6
Asts: Rodríguez 5
PIR: Datome 22 		Boxscore Pts: Cinciarini 19
Rebs: Larson 6
Asts: Crawford 3
PIR: Cinciarini 20 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Lorenzo Baldini, Martino Galasso
17 May 2022 Bertram Derthona Basket 70–58
(Series: 1-1) 		Umana Reyer Venezia Casale Monferrato (Alessandria)
20:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 16–11, 27–17, 13–16
Discovery+ Pts: Sanders 20
Rebs: Cannon 8
Asts: Wright 3
PIR: Sanders 23 		Boxscore Pts: Tonut 30
Rebs: Tonut 4
Asts: Theodore 3
PIR: Tonut 34 		Arena: PalaFerraris
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Mark Bartoli, Alessandro Perciavalle
18 May 2022 Germani Basket Brescia 85–91
(Series: 1-1) 		Banco di Sardegna Sassari Brescia
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 21–24, 12–26, 28–24
Discovery+, Rai Sport Pts: Mitrou-Long 27
Rebs: Brown 11
Asts: Mitrou-Long 6
PIR: Mitrou-Long 23 		Boxscore Pts: Bilan 16
Rebs: Bilan 11
Asts: Burnell 5
PIR: Bilan 24 		Arena: PalaLeonessa
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Guido Giovannetti, Denis Quarta

Game 3

19 May 2022 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 55–75
(Series: 0-3) 		Virtus Segafredo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 16–14, 10–24, 10–16
Discovery+, Rai Sport Pts: Lamb 15
Rebs: Jones 9
Asts: Mejeris 3
PIR: Jones 19 		Boxscore Pts: Jaiteh 15
Rebs: Weems 9
Asts: Cordinier 4
PIR: Jaiteh 22 		Arena: Vitrifrigo Arena
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Lorenzo Baldini, Mark Bartoli
19 May 2022 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 59–89
(Series: 0-3) 		AX Armani Exchange Milano Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna)
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 14–22, 14–27, 18–19
Discovery+ Pts: Bentil 16
Rebs: Ricci 7
Asts: Grant 6
PIR: Biligha 18 		Boxscore Pts: Strautiņš 12
Rebs: Hopkins 9
Asts: Cinciarini 7
PIR: Hopkins 11 		Arena: Unipol Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Attard, Alessandro Martolini
19 May 2022 Umana Reyer Venezia 63–73
(Series: 1–2) 		Bertram Derthona Basket Mestre (Venice)
20:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 18–16, 18–21, 15–16
Discovery+, Eurosport Pts: Brooks 16
Rebs: Brooks 6
Asts: Tonut 3
PIR: Brooks 21 		Boxscore Pts: Daum 19
Rebs: Wright 5
Asts: Wright 5
PIR: Daum 25 		Arena: Taliercio
Referees: Michele Rossi, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Andrea Bongiorni
20 May 2022 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 98–68
(Series: 2–1) 		Germani Basket Brescia Sassari
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 24–9, 33–15, 18–19
Discovery+, Rai Sport Pts: Krušlin 20
Rebs: Bilan 8
Asts: Gentile 7
PIR: Krušlin 22 		Boxscore Pts: Brown 18
Rebs: Mitrou-Long 6
Asts: Mitrou-Long 7
PIR: Brown 19 		Arena: PalaSerradimigni
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Alessandro Vicino, Valerio Grigioni

Game 4

21 May 2022 Reyer Venezia 60–72
(Series: 1–3) 		Bertram Derthona Basket Mestre (Venice)
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 19–16, 15–20, 14–18
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Theodore 12
Rebs: Watt 6
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Watt 11 		Boxscore Pts: Macura 14
Rebs: Cannon, Daum 8
Asts: Wright 7
PIR: Wright 16 		Arena: Taliercio
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni
22 May 2022 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 98–95
(Series: 3–1) 		Germani Basket Brescia Sassari
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 30–23, 30–30, 18–18, 20–24
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Burnell 21
Rebs: Bendžius 8
Asts: Robinson 6
PIR: Bilan 26 		Boxscore Pts: Mitrou-Long 38
Rebs: Cobbins 11
Asts: Mitrou-Long 7
PIR: Mitrou-Long 29 		Arena: PalaSerradimigni
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Lorenzo Baldini, Mark Bartoli

Semifinals

The semifinals were played in a best of five format.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 3–0 Bertram Derthona Basket 77–73 91–70 77–69
AX Armani Exchange Milano 3–0 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 88–71 91–82 87–69

Game 1

27 May 2022 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 77–73
(Series: 1–0) 		Bertram Derthona Basket Bologna
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 14–22, 16–17, 26–18
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Belinelli 24
Rebs: Shengelia 8
Asts: Teodosić 9
PIR: Belinelli 19 		Boxscore Pts: Sanders 16
Rebs: Cannon 6
Asts: Wright 6
PIR: Sanders 20 		Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Lorenzo Baldini, Valerio Grigioni
28 May 2022 AX Armani Exchange Milano 88–71
(Series: 1–0) 		Banco di Sardegna Sassari Assago (Milan)
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 32–26, 18–16, 21–15, 17–14
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Shields 16
Rebs: Hines 7
Asts: Rodríguez 8
PIR: Hall 23 		Boxscore Pts: Robinson 17
Rebs: Bendžius 7
Asts: Burnell, Gentile 3
PIR: Bendžius 24 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Denis Quarta

Game 2

29 May 2022 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 91–70
(Series: 2–0) 		Bertram Derthona Basket Bologna
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 21–9, 31–20, 19–15
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Teodosić 17
Rebs: Tessitori 7
Asts: Teodosić 4
PIR: Teodosić 21 		Boxscore Pts: Macura 18
Rebs: Daum 6
Asts: Sanders 5
PIR: Macura 19 		Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Andrea Bongiorni
30 May 2022 AX Armani Exchange Milano 91–82
(Series: 2–0) 		Banco di Sardegna Sassari Assago (Milan)
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 19–31, 27–20, 23–13
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Hall 17
Rebs: Hines 7
Asts: Rodríguez 5
PIR: Rodríguez 22 		Boxscore Pts: Bendžius 23
Rebs: Bilan 13
Asts: Robinson 8
PIR: Bendžius 29 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Michele Rossi, Denny Borgioni

Game 3

31 May 2022 Bertram Derthona Basket 69–77
(Series: 0–3) 		Virtus Segafredo Bologna Casale Monferrato (Alessandria)
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 20–29, 18–15, 18–15
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Sanders 13
Rebs: Daum 7
Asts: Mascolo 3
PIR: Daum 16 		Boxscore Pts: Jaiteh 17
Rebs: Jaiteh 9
Asts: Shengelia 6
PIR: Jaiteh 27 		Arena: PalaFerraris
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Manuel Attard, Mark Bartoli
1 June 2022 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 69–87
(Series: 0–3) 		AX Armani Exchange Milano Sassari
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 15–30, 19–24, 16–16
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Robinson 14
Rebs: Bilan 10
Asts: Robinson 4
PIR: Bilan 18 		Boxscore Pts: Baldasso 17
Rebs: Ricci 6
Asts: Rodríguez 6
PIR: Rodríguez 15 		Arena: PalaSerradimigni
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Tolga Sahin, Guido Giovannetti

Finals

The finals are being played in a best of seven format.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 2–4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 62–66 75–68 82–94 62–77 84–78 64–81

Game 1

8 June 2022 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 62–66
(Series: 0–1) 		AX Armani Exchange Milano Bologna
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 17–15, 13–22, 22–16
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Teodosić 16
Rebs: Shengelia 7
Asts: Teodosić 6
PIR: Teodosić 19 		Boxscore Pts: Shields 18
Rebs: Hines 10
Asts: Rodríguez 7
PIR: Shields 18 		Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Roberto Begnis, Tolga Sahin

Game 2

10 June 2022 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 75–68
(Series: 1–1) 		AX Armani Exchange Milano Bologna
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 21–15, 17–16, 19–14
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Shengelia 22
Rebs: Jaiteh 10
Asts: Teodosić 8
PIR: Shengelia 25 		Boxscore Pts: Hall 16
Rebs: Melli 7
Asts: Rodríguez 7
PIR: Shields 15 		Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Michele Rossi, Guido Giovannetti

Game 3

12 June 2022 AX Armani Exchange Milano 94–82
(Series: 2–1) 		Virtus Segafredo Bologna Assago (Milan)
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 31–27, 17–18, 30–23, 16–14
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Melli 22
Rebs: Shields 7
Asts: Rodríguez 8
PIR: Melli 22 		Boxscore Pts: Hackett 18
Rebs: Hackett 6
Asts: Hackett, Teodosić 5
PIR: Hackett 34 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Mazzoni, Manuel Attard

Game 4

14 June 2022 AX Armani Exchange Milano 77–62
(Series: 3–1) 		Virtus Segafredo Bologna Assago (Milan)
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 24–10, 15–21, 22–7
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Shields 21
Rebs: Melli 6
Asts: Rodríguez 5
PIR: Shields 27 		Boxscore Pts: Shengelia 21
Rebs: Jaiteh 8
Asts: Hackett, Pajola 4
PIR: Jaiteh, Shengelia 20 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Michele Rossi, Lorenzo Baldini

Game 5

16 June 2022 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 84–78
(Series: 2–3) 		AX Armani Exchange Milano Bologna
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 17–27, 20–19, 22–20
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Jaiteh 17
Rebs: Jaiteh 13
Asts: Shengelia, Teodosić 5
PIR: Jaiteh 34 		Boxscore Pts: Melli 20
Rebs: Hall 6
Asts: Rodríguez 6
PIR: Melli 23 		Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Saverio Lanzarini, Guido Giovannetti

Game 6

18 June 2022 AX Armani Exchange Milano 81–64
(Series: 4–2) 		Virtus Segafredo Bologna Assago (Milan)
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 14–20, 18–10, 20–18
Discovery+, Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Datome 23
Rebs: Hines 6
Asts: Rodríguez 8
PIR: Datome 20 		Boxscore Pts: Alibegovic 11
Rebs: Jaiteh 7
Asts: Hackett 4
PIR: Jaiteh 13 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Carmelo Paternico, Manuel Attard, Lorenzo Baldini

References

  1. ^ Playoff, quarti: Shields e Datome domano Reggio. Venezia e Virtus ok, Gazzetta dello Sport
  2. ^ Virtus, sei magnifica! Bologna, scudetto dopo 20 anni, Milano schiacciata 4–0, Gazzetta dello Sport
  3. ^ "BASKET, SERIE A PLAYOFF: TABELLONE, CALENDARIO, ORARI DELLE PARTITE E RISULTATI" (in Italian). eurosport.it. 16 May 2022.