2006–07 Lega Basket Serie A

The 2006–07 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 85th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.

Lega Basket Serie A
Season2006–07
DurationOctober 8, 2006 – June 17, 2007
Games played34
Teams18
Regular season
Top seedMontepaschi Siena
Season MVPUnited States Terrell McIntyre
RelegatedBipop Carire Reggio Emilia
TDShop.it Livorno
Finals
ChampionsMontepaschi Siena
2nd title
  Runners-upVidiVici Bologna
SemifinalistsArmani Jeans Milano
Lottomatica Roma
Finals MVPLithuania Rimantas Kaukėnas
Statistical leaders
Points Puerto Rico Rick Apodaca 19.8
Rebounds Dominican Republic James Thomas 11.4
Assists United States Michael Jordan 5.4

The regular season ran from October 8, 2006 to May 2007, 18 teams played 34 games each. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia and TDShop.it Livorno, were relegated to the Legadue.

Montepaschi Siena won their second title by winning the playoff finals series against VidiVici Bologna.

Regular Season 2006/07

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Rank Team GP W L PF PA Coach
1 Montepaschi Siena 34 30 4 2,943 2,522   Simone Pianigiani
2 Armani Jeans Milano 34 22 12 2,663 2,579   Aleksandar Đorđević
3 VidiVici Bologna 34 22 12 2,779 2,597   Zare Markovski
4 Lottomatica Roma 34 22 12 2,556 2,448   Jasmin Repeša
5 Eldo Napoli 34 19 15 2,648 2,635   Piero Bucchi
6 Angelico Biella 34 17 17 2,740 2,721   Luca Bechi
7 Whirlpool Varese 34 17 17 2,747 2,692   Ruben Magnano
8 Tisettanta Cantù 34 17 17 2,679 2,721   Stefano Sacripanti
9 Premiata Montegranaro 34 16 18 2,699 2,732   Stefano Pillastrini
10 Legea Scafati 34 16 18 2,748 2,854   Aza Petrović (first 12 games, 5-7)

  Teo Alibegović (last 22 games, 11-11)

11 Benetton Treviso 34 21 13 2,582 2,463   David Blatt
12 Snaidero Cucine Udine 34 15 19 2,753 2,811   Cesare Pancotto
13 Climamio Bologna 34 13 21 2,764 2,775   Fabrizio Frates (first 7 games, 3-4)

  Filippo Palumbi (next 1 game, 0-1)
  Ergin Ataman (next 16 games, 8-8)
  Massimiliano Oldoini (last 10 games, 2-8)

14 Upea Capo d'Orlando 34 13 21 2,524 2,705   Giovanni Perdichizzi
15 Siviglia Wear Teramo 34 13 21 2,758 2,744   Luca Dalmonte (first 18 games, 7-11)

  Massimo Bianchi (last 16 games, 6-10)

16 Air Avellino 34 12 22 2,648 2,815   Matteo Boniciolli
17 Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 34 12 22 2,560 2,723   Renato Pasquali (first 6 games, 2-4)

  Massimiliano Menetti (last 28 games, 10-18)

18 TDShop.it Livorno 34 9 25 2,681 2,935   Franco Ciani (first 15 games, 4-11)

  Sandro Dell'Agnello (last 19 games, 5-14)

Teams marked in green qualified for the playoffs. Teams marked in red were relegated to Serie A2. Benetton has been penalized 12 points for signing 19 professional players instead of maximum allowed 18. TDshop.it has been penalized 2 points for budgetary irregularities.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Individual leaders

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Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

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Rank Name Nation Team PPG
1. Rick Apodaca   Legea Scafati 19.8
2. Alvin Young   Upea Capo d'Orlando 19.7
3. Ramel Curry   Air Avellino 18.7
4. Anthony Grundy   Siviglia Wear Teramo 18.2
5. Delonte Holland   Whirlpool Varese 17.6
6. Ronald Slay   Premiata Montegranaro 17.3
7. Rimantas Kaukenas   Montepaschi Siena 16.8
8. Erik Daniels   Angelico Biella 16.8
9. Reece Gaines   Angelico Biella 16.7
10. Marco Belinelli   Climamio Bologna 16.0

Assists

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Rank Name Nation Team APG
1. Michael Jordan   Tisettanta Cantù 5.4
2. Terrell McIntyre   Montepaschi Siena 4.0
3. Randolph Childress   Premiata Montegranaro 4.0
4. Jason Rowe   TDShop.it Livorno 3.9
5. Duane Woodward   Siviglia Wear Teramo 3.8
6. Nikolaos Zisis   Benetton Treviso 3.8
7. Jerome Allen   Snaidero Cucine Udine 3.6
8. Tyus Edney   Climamio Bologna 3.4
9. Travis Best   VidiVici Bologna 3.3
10. Rick Apodaca   Legea Scafati 3.2

Rebounds

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Rank Name Nation Team RPG
1. James Thomas   Climamio Bologna 11.4
2. Erik Daniels   Angelico Biella 10.1
3. Travis Watson   Armani Jeans Milano 9.7
4. Jack Michael Martínez   Legea Scafati 9.3
5. Brandon Hunter   TDShop.it Livorno 8.6
6. Joseph Blair   Armani Jeans Milano 8.3
7. Ronald Slay   Premiata Montegranaro 7.6
8. Harold Jamison   Air Avellino 7.5
9. Cory Violette   Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 7.1
10. Mason Rocca   Eldo Napoli 6.9

See also

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