101 Greats of European Basketball

His only trophy not won with Cantu came with
Philips Milan, the team he joined in 1989 after 12 years
in Cantu. Riva was the most expensive transfer in the
history of Italian basketball at the time. With Milan, he
won the 1993 Korac Cup in Rome, against Virtus Bologna,
by the score of 95-90. Milan had a great trio with
Riccardo Pittis (31 points), Sasha Djordjevic (29) and
Riva (18 points). One year before that, Milan and Riva
had been at the 1992 EuroLeague Final Four in Istanbul
but lost in semis to eventual champ Partizan Belgrade,
led by Djordjevic and Predrag Danilovic. In the domestic
league, Milan lost the fifth game of the final series in
1991 against Caserta, 88-97, despite playing the decisive
game at home.
After Milan, Riva played two years in Scavolini Pesaro
and two more in Pallacanestro Gorizia before going
back to Cantu from 1998 until 2002. After that, he went
to Rieti. Since retiring, Riva has more time for his family
and his passions: mountain climbing, motorbikes, movies,
books, skiing...
Antonello Riva, the Italian bomber.
Antonello Riva
World Cup in Argentina and then scored 14.0 points a
game at the 1991 EuroBasket in Rome before tallying
22.1 points at the 1992 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
If you talk about Antonello Riva, you have to talk
about points and records. He set many records and
some of them are still standing today. For instance,
both his 797 games in the Italian League and his 23,269
minutes played are still records.
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