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.
| Serie A PosteMobile1 | |||||||||||||
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| Season | 2017–18 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 October 2017 – 15 June 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Number of games | 240 (Regular season) 27 (Playoffs) | ||||||||||||
| Number of teams | 16 | ||||||||||||
| TV partner(s) | Rai Sport, Eurosport | ||||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
| Top seed | Umana Reyer Venezia | ||||||||||||
| Season MVP | Jason Rich | ||||||||||||
| Relegated | Betaland Capo d'Orlando | ||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (28th title) | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up | Dolomiti Energia Trento | ||||||||||||
| Semifinalists | Germani Basket Brescia Umana Reyer Venezia | ||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Andrew Goudelock | ||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||
| Best Young Player | Diego Flaccadori | ||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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| Records | |||||||||||||
| Biggest home win | Reggio Emilia 90–42 Pistoia (11 November 2017) Trento 107–59 Capo d'Orlando (31 March 2018) | ||||||||||||
| Biggest away win | Capo d'Orlando 59–91 Venezia (2 January 2018) | ||||||||||||
| Highest scoring | Cremona 119–95 Capo d'Orlando (9 May 2018) | ||||||||||||
| Winning streak | 9 games EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Germani Basket Brescia | ||||||||||||
| Losing streak | 14 games Betaland Capo d'Orlando | ||||||||||||
| Highest attendance | 12,759 EA7 Milano 91–90 Trento (13 June 2018) | ||||||||||||
| Average attendance | 1,038,397 (3,904 per match) | ||||||||||||
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to PosteMobile. | |||||||||||||
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.