2006–07 Pro A season
2006–07 LNB Pro A season | |
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League | LNB Pro A |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of games | 306 (regular season) |
Number of teams | 18 |
TV partner(s) | Sport+ |
Regular Season | |
Top seed | Roanne |
Season MVP | Dewarick Spencer (Roanne) Cyril Julian (Nancy) |
Top scorer | Dewarick Spencer (Roanne) |
2006-07 Finals | |
Champions | Roanne |
Runners-up | Nancy |
The 2006–07 LNB Pro A season was the 85th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 20th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) . The regular season started on September 23, 2006 and ended on April 27, 2007. The play-offs were held from May 15, 2007 till June 2, 2007.
Roanne, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season,[1] won its second French Pro A League title by defeating Nancy in playoffs final (81-74).[2]
Promotion and relegation
[edit]Due to the change of the LNB Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006 to 2007 LNB Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.
- At the beginning of the 2006–07 season
Teams promoted from 2005 to 2006 Pro B
Teams relegated to 2006–07 Pro B
- At the end of the 2006–07 season
Teams promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B
Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B
Team arenas
[edit]Team standings
[edit]Clinched playoff berth | |
Relegated |
# | Team [1] | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
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1 | Nancy | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2825 | 2498 |
2 | Roanne | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2942 | 2780 |
3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2684 | 2623 |
4 | Strasbourg | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2753 | 2480 |
5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2752 | 2549 |
6 | Le Mans | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2529 | 2375 |
7 | Cholet | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2424 | 2408 |
8 | Gravelines-Dunkerque | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2625 | 2579 |
9 | Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2747 | 2622 |
10 | Dijon | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2642 | 2620 |
11 | Orléans | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2569 | 2590 |
12 | Le Havre | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2637 | 2698 |
13 | Clermont-Ferrand | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2402 | 2358 |
14 | Paris BR | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2453 | 2662 |
15 | Hyères Toulon | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2606 | 2838 |
16 | Besançon | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2744 | 2880 |
17 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2294 | 2673 |
18 | Reims | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2361 | 2755 |
Playoffs
[edit]Quarter Finals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Nancy | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | Gravelines-Dunkerque | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nancy | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Strasbourg | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Nancy | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Roanne | 81 | ||||||||||||
2 | Roanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | Cholet | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Roanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Le Mans | 1 |
Awards
[edit]Regular Season MVPs
[edit]- "Foreign" MVP: Dewarick Spencer[3] (Roanne)
- "French" MVP: Cyril Julian[3] (Nancy)
Best Coach
[edit]Best Defensive Player
[edit]Rising Star Award
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Classement général, Saison 2006/2007" (in French). LNB. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
- ^ "French League Final: June 2, 2007". Euroleague. June 2, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Dee FOR MVPee !!!!" (in French). Chorale Roanne. May 12, 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
External links
[edit]- (in French) LNB website