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
Teams18
Games played34
DatesOctober 8, 2006 – June 17, 2007
Final positions
Top seedMontepaschi Siena
ChampionsMontepaschi Siena
2nd title
Runners-upVidiVici Bologna
SemifinalistsArmani Jeans Milano
Lottomatica Roma
RelegatedBipop Carire Reggio Emilia
TDShop.it Livorno
Awards
MVP Terrell McIntyre
Finals MVP Rimantas Kaukėnas
Statistical leaders
Points Rick Apodaca 19.8
Rebounds James Thomas 11.4
Assists 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

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

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

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

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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