2017–18 LBA season
# 2017–18 LBA season

The 2017–18 Lega Basket Serie A, was the 96th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, which is highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season started on October 1, 2017, and ended on May 9, 2018, with the playoffs started on May 12 (due to some Italian clubs, Reggio Emilia, Avellino and Venezia, are qualifying for the 2018 EuroCup Playoffs and the 2018 Champions League Playoffs) and finished on June 15, 2018.

As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.

Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions. Venezia finished the regular season as top seeded team for the first time in its history.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.

## Teams

### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2016–17 season and one promoted from the 2016–17 Serie A2.

Segafredo Virtus Bologna was the promoted club from the Serie A2 Citroën after beating Alma Trieste at game 3 of league's playoffs, and returned in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after just one season of absence.

Virtus Bologna replaced Vanoli Cremona who were relegated during the previous season.

In July 2017, Juvecaserta Basket was excluded by CONI from the 2017–18 LBA season, due to financial issues. Vanoli Cremona was reprieved and took the place of Juvecaserta.

### Number of teams by region

| Number of teams | Region | Team(s) |
| - | - | - |
| 5 | Lombardy | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Germani Basket Brescia Openjobmetis Varese Red October Cantù Vanoli Cremona◆ |
| 2 | Emilia-Romagna | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Segafredo Virtus Bologna |
| 1 | Apulia | New Basket Brindisi |
| 1 | Campania | Sidigas Avellino |
| 1 | Marche | VL Pesaro |
| 1 | Piedmont | Fiat Torino |
| 1 | Sardinia | Banco di Sardegna Sassari |
| 1 | Sicily | Betaland Capo d'Orlando |
| 1 | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
| 1 | Tuscany | The Flexx Pistoia |
| 1 | Veneto | Umana Reyer Venezia |

**Notes**


    ^LBA 2016–17 LBA champion.
    ^A2 2016–17 Serie A2 champion.
    ◆ Vanoli Cremona took the place of Pasta Reggia Caserta which was excluded from the 2017-18 LBA season.

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity | 2016–17 season |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Sassari | PalaSerradimigni | 5,000 | Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs |
| Betaland Capo d'Orlando | Capo d'Orlando | PalaSikeliArchivi | 3,508 | Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs |
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Trento | PalaTrento | 4,360 | Runners-up 2016 playoffs |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Milan | Mediolanum Forum | 12,700 | Semifinals 2017 playoffs |
| Fiat Torino | Turin | PalaRuffini | 4,500 | 11th in Serie A |
| Germani Basket Brescia | Brescia | PalaGeorge | 5,500 | 10th in Serie A |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Reggio Emilia | Land Rover Arena (Bologna) | 5,570 | Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Reggio Emilia | PalaBigi | 4,600 | Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs |
| New Basket Brindisi | Brindisi | PalaPentassuglia | 3,534 | 9th in Serie A |
| Openjobmetis Varese | Varese | PalA2A | 5,100 | 12th in Serie A |
| Red October Cantù | Cantù | PalaBancoDesio (Desio) | 6,700 | 14th in Serie A |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Bologna | Unipol Arena | 9,513 | Serie A2 playoffs winner |
| Sidigas Avellino | Avellino | PalaDelMauro | 5,195 | Semifinals 2017 playoffs |
| The Flexx Pistoia | Pistoia | PalaCarrara | 4,000 | Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs |
| Umana Reyer Venezia | Venice | Taliercio | 3,506 | LBA Champions |
| Vanoli Cremona | Cremona | PalaRadi | 3,527 | 16th in Serie A |
| VL Pesaro | Pesaro | Adriatic Arena | 10,323 | 15th in Serie A |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Stefano Sardara | Zare Markovski | Giacomo Devecchi | Eyesportwear | Banco di Sardegna |
| Betaland Capo d'Orlando | Roberto Enzo Sindoni | Andrea Mazzon | Mario Delaš | Legea | Betaland |
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Luigi Longhi | Maurizio Buscaglia | Andrés Pablo Forray | Spalding | Dolomiti Energia |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Livio Proli | Simone Pianigiani | Andrea Cinciarini | Armani | EA7 Emporio Armani |
| Fiat Torino | Antonio Forni | Paolo Galbiati | Giuseppe Poeta | Spalding | Fiat Automobiles |
| Germani Basket Brescia | Graziella Bragaglio | Andrea Diana | David Moss | Erreà | Germani Trasporti |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Maria Licia Ferrarini | Massimiliano Menetti | Riccardo Cervi | Sportika | Grissin Bon |
| New Basket Brindisi | Fernando Marino | Francesco Vitucci | Marco Cardillo | Bitre Sport | Enel |
| Openjobmetis Varese | Marco Vittorelli | Attilio Caja | Giancarlo Ferrero | Spalding | Openjobmetis |
| Red October Cantù | Dmitry Gerasimenko | Marco Sodini | Jeremy Chappell | Macron | Red October Steel Works |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Alberto Bucci | Alessandro Ramagli | Klaudio Ndoja | Macron | Segafredo Zanetti |
| Sidigas Avellino | Giuseppe Sampietro | Stefano Sacripanti | Maarty Leunen | Joma | Sidigas |
| The Flexx Pistoia | Roberto Maltinti | Vincenzo Esposito | Michele Antonutti | Erreà | The Flexx |
| Umana Reyer Venezia | Luigi Brugnaro | Walter De Raffaele | Tomas Ress | Erreà | Umana |
| Vanoli Cremona | Aldo Vanoli | Romeo Sacchetti | Giulio Gazzotti | Erreà | Ferramenta Vanoli |
| VL Pesaro | Ario Costa | Massimo Galli | Marco Ceron | Erreà | Consultinvest |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiat Torino | Francesco Vitucci | Sacked | 22 May 2017 | Pre-season | Luca Banchi | 25 May 2017 |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Jasmin Repeša | Mutual consent | 3 June 2017 | Pre-season | Simone Pianigiani | 29 June 2017 |
| Vanoli Cremona | Paolo Lepore | Sacked | 9 June 2017 | Pre-season | Romeo Sacchetti | 15 June 2017 |
| New Basket Brindisi | Romeo Sacchetti | Signed with Vanoli Cremona | 15 June 2017 | Pre-season | Sandro Dell'Agnello | 1 July 2017 |
| Red October Cantù | Carlo Recalcati | Resigned | 1 August 2017 | Pre-season | Kyrylo Bol'shakov | 22 August 2017 |
| Red October Cantù | Kyrylo Bol'shakov | Resigned | 6 October 2017 | 13th (0–1) | Marco Sodini | 6 October 2017 |
| New Basket Brindisi | Sandro Dell'Agnello | Sacked | 11 December 2017 | 16th (2–8) | Francesco Vitucci | 14 December 2017 |
| Fiat Torino | Luca Banchi | Resigned | 15 January 2018 | 5th (10–5) | Carlo Recalcati | 16 January 2018 |
| Fiat Torino | Carlo Recalcati | Resigned | 5 February 2018 | 6th (10–8) | Paolo Galbiati | 5 February 2018 |
| VL Pesaro | Spiro Leka | Sacked | 27 March 2018 | 16th (5–18) | Massimo Galli | 27 March 2018 |
| Betaland Capo d'Orlando | Gennaro Di Carlo | Sacked | 2 April 2018 | 15th (5–19) | Andrea Mazzon | 3 April 2018 |
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Federico Pasquini | Resigned | 3 April 2018 | 9th (12–12) | Zare Markovski | 4 April 2018 |

## Changes from 2016–17

As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people. From 2017–18 season, all clubs must host their home playoffs matches in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 5,000 people.

In summer 2016, four Italian teams (Reggio Emilia, Trento, Sassari and Cantù) were forced to withdraw from EuroCup because of the FIBA and Euroleague Basketball controversy. From this season, Italian Basketball Federation will allow LBA clubs to rejoin EuroCup. There will be at least six teams in Europe. One in EuroLeague (Olimpia Milano directly enter the EuroLeague as licensed club), two in EuroCup (but they are negotiating with ECA for a third spot) and three in Basketball Champions League. Lega Basket decided Italian Clubs will be free to choose in which European Cup they want to play, based on final ranking and sports merit.

## Rules

Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:

* 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
* 3 foreigners from countries outside the EU, 4 foreigners from EU countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement)

Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the EU and four foreigners from EU countries or "Cotonou Countries".

At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500.000,00 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200.000,00 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.

## Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams were eliminated, while the last one qualified team was relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays were from October 1, 2017 to May 9, 2018.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2481 | 2364 | +117 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2463 | 2244 | +219 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2397 | 2282 | +115 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Sidigas Avellino | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2492 | 2313 | +179 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2423 | 2304 | +119 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Openjobmetis Varese | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2355 | 2271 | +84 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Red October Cantù | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2619 | 2614 | +5 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Vanoli Cremona | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2554 | 2495 | +59 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 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 (R) | 29 | 7 | 22 | 2153 | 2544 | −391 | Relegation to Serie A2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | SAS | CDO | TRE | EA7 | TOR | BRE | REG | BRI | VAR | CTU | BOL | AVE | PIS | VEN | CRE | PES |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | — | 81–88 | 78–67 | 90–69 | 92–80 | 76–80 | 77–67 | 90–66 | 87–91 | 94–80 | 82–74 | 88–95 | 88–81 | 84–92 | 102–86 | 112–81 |
| Betaland Capo d'Orlando | 89–103 | — | 82–80 | 62–68 | 70–73 | 78–88 | 70–81 | 67–66 | 73–75 | 71–70 | 69–86 | 73–77 | 57–73 | 59–91 | 85–95 | 73–56 |
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | 87–81 | 107–59 | — | 55–74 | 79–67 | 56–66 | 91–69 | 85–68 | 82–74 | 87–76 | 78–74 | 83–94 | 85–70 | 79–83 | 90–79 | 91–74 |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 116–93 | 91–54 | 88–80 | — | 90–78 | 74–71 | 92–78 | 93–73 | 74–73 | 93–77 | 72–64 | 92–94 | 101–74 | 80–84 | 82–80 | 70–75 |
| Fiat Torino | 97–92 | 92–89 | 88–92 | 71–59 | — | 95–86 | 87–64 | 68–82 | 92–83 | 89–94 | 65–67 | 59–77 | 77–84 | 82–90 | 88–80 | 88–79 |
| Germani Basket Brescia | 78–79 | 87–53 | 70–78 | 88–85 | 98–95 | — | 79–68 | 74–60 | 73–67 | 86–71 | 66–70 | 96–75 | 76–72 | 90–71 | 67–80 | 88–70 |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 65–63 | 69–75 | 68–82 | 71–72 | 89–82 | 71–75 | — | 73–77 | 76–66 | 86–80 | 104–99 | 89–86 | 90–42 | 76–81 | 91–84 | 95–102 |
| New Basket Brindisi | 105–98 | 74–75 | 72–77 | 72–84 | 67–72 | 69–78 | 75–72 | — | 95–90 | 86–88 | 79–75 | 92–88 | 88–74 | 74–77 | 72–99 | 93–83 |
| Openjobmetis Varese | 61–82 | 82–58 | 93–66 | 76–72 | 89–92 | 100–72 | 80–73 | 69–95 | — | 95–64 | 85–90 | 82–75 | 81–73 | 62–80 | 89–79 | 88–68 |
| Red October Cantù | 102–96 | 96–73 | 88–80 | 93–98 | 93–90 | 84–88 | 90–79 | 98–85 | 85–89 | — | 94–87 | 83–82 | 106–85 | 92–93 | 97–80 | 92–73 |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 89–72 | 88–52 | 82–75 | 67–73 | 84–76 | 74–76 | 85–75 | 94–85 | 69–71 | 83–88 | — | 64–70 | 75–67 | 87–88 | 79–78 | 85–67 |
| Sidigas Avellino | 67–80 | 97–69 | 78–74 | 75–82 | 72–63 | 95–96 | 66–62 | 89–71 | 65–61 | 86–71 | 87–59 | — | 101–71 | 87–77 | 95–72 | 103–81 |
| The Flexx Pistoia | 69–80 | 91–69 | 79–86 | 63–79 | 80–65 | 90–85 | 74–78 | 83–77 | 74–65 | 82–93 | 61–74 | 71–86 | — | 93–83 | 76–65 | 86–83 |
| Umana Reyer Venezia | 82–80 | 104–85 | 79–78 | 89–86 | 91–96 | 68–61 | 66–68 | 76–71 | 63–75 | 107–83 | 71–70 | 88–74 | 84–80 | — | 92–81 | 72–71 |
| Vanoli Cremona | 96–81 | 119–95 | 89–96 | 60–76 | 92–70 | 88–86 | 68–71 | 92–83 | 80–72 | 109–100 | 91–78 | 86–73 | 92–77 | 83–85 | — | 92–79 |
| VL Pesaro | 88–85 | 84–81 | 62–77 | 64–78 | 90–95 | 70–73 | 96–104 | 80–75 | 74–71 | 82–91 | 75–81 | 78–83 | 80–72 | 77–74 | 68–79 | — |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Umana Reyer Venezia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Germani Basket Brescia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sidigas Avellino | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Openjobmetis Varese | 16 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Red October Cantù | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Vanoli Cremona | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Fiat Torino | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| The Flexx Pistoia | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| New Basket Brindisi | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| VL Pesaro | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Betaland Capo d'Orlando | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

Updated to games played on 9 May 2018 Source: LBA

* Leader of the Regular Season
* Qualification to Playoffs
* Relegation to Serie A2

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (C) | 43 | 32 | 11 | Qualification to EuroLeague |
| 2 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 44 | 26 | 18 | Qualification to EuroCup |
| 3 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 37 | 27 | 10 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 4 | Germani Basket Brescia | 37 | 24 | 13 | Qualification to EuroCup |
| 5 | Sidigas Avellino | 34 | 21 | 13 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 6 | Openjobmetis Varese | 33 | 16 | 17 | Qualification to FIBA Europe Cup |
| 7 | Red October Cantù | 33 | 16 | 17 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 8 | Vanoli Cremona | 33 | 15 | 18 | |
| 9 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 30 | 15 | 15 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 10 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 30 | 15 | 15 | Qualification to FIBA Europe Cup |
| 11 | Fiat Torino | 30 | 13 | 17 | Qualification to EuroCup |
| 12 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 30 | 13 | 17 | |
| 13 | The Flexx Pistoia | 29 | 9 | 20 | |
| 14 | New Basket Brindisi | 29 | 9 | 20 | |
| 15 | VL Pesaro | 29 | 8 | 21 | |
| 16 | Betaland Capo d'Orlando (R) | 29 | 7 | 22 | Relegation to Serie A2 Basket |

## Individual statistics

    As of 9 May 2018.

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Jason Rich | Sidigas Avellino | 19.3 |
| 2. | Dallas Moore | VL Pesaro | 18.7 |
| 3. | Darius Johnson-Odom | Vanoli Cremona | 18.7 |
| 4. | Randy Culpepper | Red October Cantù | 17.0 |
| 5. | Alessandro Gentile | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 16.8 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Luca Vitali | Germani Basket Brescia | 6.2 |
| 2. | Ronald Moore | The Flexx Pistoia | 5.8 |
| 3. | Diante Garrett | Fiat Torino | 5.4 |
| 4. | Rok Stipčević | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 4.5 |
| 5. | Jaime Smith | Red October Cantù | 4.4 |

### Steals

| Rank | Name | Team | SPG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Randy Culpepper | Red October Cantù | 2.1 |
| 2. | Emmanuel Omogbo | VL Pesaro | 1.7 |
| 3. | Dominique Sutton | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 1.7 |
| 4. | Kelvin Martin | Vanoli Cremona | 1.7 |
| 5. | Jeremy Chappell | Red October Cantù | 1.7 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Christian Burns | Red October Cantù | 10.2 |
| 2. | Cady Lalanne | New Basket Brindisi | 9.9 |
| 3. | Emmanuel Omogbo | VL Pesaro | 8.9 |
| 4. | Tyler Cain | Openjobmetis Varese | 8.9 |
| 5. | Dominique Sutton | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 7.8 |

### Blocks

| Rank | Name | Team | BPG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Hamady N'Diaye | Sidigas Avellino | 2.3 |
| 2. | Cady Lalanne | New Basket Brindisi | 1.3 |
| 3. | Artūras Gudaitis | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 1.2 |
| 4. | Norvel Pelle | Fiat Torino | 1.1 |
| 5. | Andrea Crosariol | Red October Cantù | 1.0 |

### Valuation

| Rank | Name | Team | VPG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Christian Burns | Red October Cantù | 20.0 |
| 2. | Cady Lalanne | New Basket Brindisi | 19.1 |
| 3. | Darius Johnson-Odom | Vanoli Cremona | 18.3 |
| 4. | Trevor Mbakwe | Fiat Torino | 18.2 |
| 5. | Randy Culpepper | Red October Cantù | 18.0 |

## Awards

### Finals MVP

* Andrew Goudelock (EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)

### Most Valuable Player

* Jason Rich (Sidigas Avellino)

### Best Player Under 22

* Diego Flaccadori (Dolomiti Energia Trento)

### Best Coach

* Attilio Caja (Openjobmetis Varese)

### Best Executive

* Federico Casarin (Umana Reyer Venezia)

### Round MVP

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Artūras Gudaitis | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 31 |
| 2 | Dallas Moore | VL Pesaro | 37 |
| 3 | Darius Johnson-Odom | Vanoli Cremona | 40 |
| 4 | Jeremy Chappell | Red October Cantù | 37 |
| 5 | Scott Bamforth | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 28 |
| 5 | Cameron Wells | Openjobmetis Varese | 28 |
| 6 | Randy Culpepper | Red October Cantù | 41 |
| 7 | Justin Edwards | Betaland Capo d'Orlando | 30 |
| 8 | Nic Moore | New Basket Brindisi | 31 |
| 9 | Jakub Wojciechowski | Betaland Capo d'Orlando | 33 |
| 10 | Tyler Cain | Openjobmetis Varese | 39 |
| 11 | Dario Hunt | Germani Basket Brescia | 38 |
| 12 | Darius Johnson-Odom (2) | Vanoli Cremona | 37 |
| 13 | Donta Smith | New Basket Brindisi | 36 |
| 14 | Lamar Patterson | Fiat Torino | 34 |
| 15 | Jason Rich | Sidigas Avellino | 35 |
| 16 | Marcus Slaughter | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 38 |
| 17 | Cameron Wells (2) | Openjobmetis Varese | 34 |
| 18 | Tyler Cain (2) | Openjobmetis Varese | 32 |
| 19 | Amedeo Della Valle | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 30 |
| 20 | Sasha Vujačić | Fiat Torino | 32 |
| 20 | Darius Johnson-Odom (3) | Vanoli Cremona | 32 |
| 21 | Achille Polonara | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 31 |
| 22 | Stan Okoye | Openjobmetis Varese | 36 |
| 23 | Stan Okoye (2) | Openjobmetis Varese | 30 |
| 23 | Tyrus McGee | The Flexx Pistoia | 30 |
| 24 | Shavon Shields | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 33 |
| 25 | Taylor Braun | VL Pesaro | 32 |
| 26 | Jason Rich (2) | Sidigas Avellino | 32 |
| 27 | Jalen Reynolds | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 41 |
| 28 | Tyler Cain (3) | Openjobmetis Varese | 28 |
| 29 | Kyrylo Fesenko | Sidigas Avellino | 34 |
| 30 | Jalen Reynolds (2) | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 52 |

## Playoffs

The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals were best-of-five, while the finals series were best-of-seven. The playoffs started on May 12, 2018, and finished on June 15, 2018.

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Reyer Venezia | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vanoli Cremona | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vanoli Cremona | 0 | 1 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 1 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Sidigas Avellino | 1 | 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 3 | | | | 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 2 |
| | | | | | | 2 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 4 |
| 2 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 4 |
| 7 | Red October Cantù | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Red October Cantù | 0 | 2 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 3 | 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Openjobmetis Varese | 0 | | | | | | |

## Serie A clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| - | - | - |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | EuroLeague | 15th qualified |
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | EuroCup | Top 16 |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | EuroCup | Semifinals |
| Fiat Torino | EuroCup | Top 16 |
| Betaland Capo d'Orlando | Champions League | Regular season |
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | FIBA Europe Cup | Top 16 |
| Sidigas Avellino | FIBA Europe Cup | Runners-up |
| Umana Reyer Venezia | FIBA Europe Cup | Champions |

## Supercup

The 2017 Italian Supercup, also called Prozis Supercoppa 2017 for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. The Supercup opened the season on 23 and 24 September 2017, and it was contested in the Unieuro Arena in Forlì.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.

Qualified for the tournament were Banco di Sardegna Sassari, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, Umana Reyer Venezia and Dolomiti Energia Trento.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Umana Reyer Venezia 82–77. Jordan Theodore led the winners with 29 points on 10-of-17 two-point shots. Andrew Goudelock and Amath M'Baye added 14 while Artūras Gudaitis had 12 and 8 rebounds for Milan. Not enough for Venezia the 14 points each for Michael Jenkins, Dominique Johnson and Michael Bramos and the 13 points of Hrvoje Perić. Coach Simone Pianigiani's guys controlled the game until the final buzzer and lift its second Supercup trophy. Jordan Theodore was named MVP of the competition.

## Cup

The 50th edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was contested between 16 and 19 February 2017 in the Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence. Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were Avellino, Brescia, Milano, Venezia, Torino, Cantù, Bologna and Cremona.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.

Fiat Torino made it to the Italian Cup final after edging Vanoli Cremona in overtime 87–92. Cremona's Simone Fontecchio drove for a layup with 16 seconds to go in the regulation to tie the game at 80-80, and Fiat failed to convert the final possession of the fourth quarter to win the game. But Diante Garrett scored a basket and Sasha Vujačić hit a triple midway through the extra session to give Fiat 83–88, the lead it never relinquished. Garrett finished with 18 points, Vander Blue scored 17, while Vujačić netted 15 points with 7 rebounds. Deron Washington amassed 13 points plus 13 rebounds in victory, while Fontecchio had 16 points in defeat. The second semifinal also went into overtime in which Germani Basket Brescia ousted Red October Cantù 82–87. Luca Vitali collected 19 points and 9 rebounds, while Marcus Landry had 17 points for the winners. Charles Thomas scored 20 points, and Jeremy Chappell amassed 17 points plus 13 rebounds for Cantù.

In the final game Sasha Vujačić’s layup in the dying seconds lifted Fiat Torino to a 69–67 victory over Germani Basket Brescia for the club's first Italian Cup. After a series of threes in the closing seconds left the game tied, Brescia had the ball for what appeared to be the final possession, however Marcus Landry and Luca Vitali each missed from downtown, Deron Washington picked up the loose ball and started a fast break that Vujacic finished with the winning layup. Diante Garrett paced Fiat with 16 points, Nobel Boungou Colo and Vander Blue added 11 points apiece and Washington scored 10 for the winners. Landry paced Brescia with 22 points and 9 rebounds and Michele Vitali added 14 points in defeat.

Vander Blue of Torino was named Finals MVP of the competition.

