2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals
| Event | 2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A | ||||
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| Dates | June 14 – 26, 2015 | ||||
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 Rakim Sanders
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The 2015 Lega Basket Serie A Finals was the championship series of the 2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy. It was played between Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia and Banco di Sardegna Sassari, from June 14 to 26, 2015.
The Finals was played as a best-of-seven series with regular season third seed Reggio Emilia possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the PalaBigi) over fifth seeded Sassari.
In the first game of the series, Reggio Emilia comfortably dispatched Sassari. A 16-2 run for the hosts in the second quarter helped them go to half-time 52-32 up, a lead they preserved for the rest of the game. Achille Polonara led the side with 18 points to which he added 12 rebounds, Rakim Sanders scored 19 with 7 rebounds for Sassari.
Reggio Emilia cruised to another home win in the second game. Helped by 5 points from Rimantas Kaukėnas (14 points and 5 assists overall) they accrued an early 15-6 lead and never conceded the initiative, coasting to a 47-36 half-time lead. A strong start to the third quarter increased the team's lead, which reached 20 midway through the quarter and proved a comfortable enough cushion. Polonora again led his team in scoring with a game-best 20 points, complemented by 15 points and 8 assists from Andrea Cinciarini whilst Jeff Brooks paced Sassari with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Kaukėnas again drove Reggio Emilia into an 11-5 early lead but Sassari came back to retake the lead and then extend it to 36-25 in the second quarter before two Vitalis Chikoko reduced it to 43-37 at the break. Reggio Emilia scored 16 points unanswered points to start the third quarter, including 3 three-pointers from Amedeo Della Valle, whilst Sassari only had 4 points during the whole quarter. David Logan scored 5 three-pointers in the fourth quarter (7-for-12 from three in the game) to help Sassari tie the game at 66-66 with 2:20 remaining, before Jerome Dyson's tough jumper put them 6 points ahead with 49 seconds left as they earned their first win of the series. Logan top scored with 25 points, Dyson added 16 points and 8 rebounds whilst Della Valle led Reggio Emilia with 18 points.
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