Umberto Gandini to those bored by the Olimpia-Virtus duopoly: “The truth is another.”

Umberto Gandini doesn’t go for it

In response to those who think the Milan and Bologna challenge is repetitive, Lega Basket Serie A President Umberto Gandini had his say in an interview granted to Corriere della Sera.

“Not only is it not my opinion, but the data, the numbers, the TV audience, the social results, reveal a whole different truth,” the executive pointed out. Not only that, three events of the Basketball League had this season three different winners, this is called alternation: Supercup in Bologna, Coppa Italia in Brescia and Scudetto in Milan.” “I would add: at the European level, in Spain, Greece, and Serbia, these are just three examples, it is always the usual ones who compete for national titles,” Gandini concluded.

The play offs of the UnipolSai Series A (28 games in all) ended by totaling 184,557 spectators for an average per game of 6,591 and a fill rate over capacity of 80 percent. The figures are first and foremost the result of the 7 games of the Scudetto final between EA7 Emporio Armani Milano and Virtus Segafredo Bologna that attracted 77,309 spectators with an average of 11,044. Also important were the numbers of the quarterfinals (66,864 for an average of 4,457) and semifinals (40,384 for an average of 6,730).

The 28 play-off games produced total receipts of €3,834,836, of which €2,136,454 was for the final series, which as is well known ended with the red-and-whites coached by Ettore Messina winning the Scudetto.