2005–06 Lega Basket Serie A

The 2005–06 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 84th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.

Lega Basket Serie A
Season	2005–06
Duration	October 9, 2005 – June 20, 2006
Games played	34
Teams	18
Regular season
Top seed	Climamio Bologna
Season MVP	Lynn Greer[1]
Relegated	BT Roseto Viola Reggio Calabria
Finals
Champions	Benetton Treviso 5th title
Runners-up	Climamio Bologna
Semifinalists	Carpisa Napoli Lottomatica Roma
Finals MVP	Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Statistical leaders
Points Lynn Greer 23.5 Rebounds Jack Michael Martínez 12.5 Assists Antonio Porta 4.3
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The regular season ran from October 9, 2005 to May 2006, 18 teams played 34 games each. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked team, Viola Reggio Calabria and the bankrupt club BT Roseto, were relegated to the Legadue.

Benetton Treviso won their second title by winning the playoff finals series against Climamio Bologna.

Regular Season 2005/06

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Coach
1	Climamio Bologna	34	27	7	2,929	2,650	Jasmin Repeša
2	Benetton Treviso	34	26	8	2,862	2,616	David Blatt
3	Montepaschi Siena	34	23	11	2,763	2,495	Carlo Recalcati
4	Carpisa Napoli	34	23	11	3,051	2,848	Piero Bucchi
5	Snaidero Udine	34	22	12	2,819	2,793	Cesare Pancotto
6	Lottomatica Roma	34	22	12	2,740	2,667	Svetislav Pešić
7	Armani Jeans Milano	34	22	12	2,826	2,662	Lino Lardo (first 17 games, 10-7) Mario Fioretti (next 1 game, 0-1) Aleksandar Đorđević (last 16 games, 12-4)
8	Angelico Biella	34	19	15	2,730	2,645	Alessandro Ramagli
9	VidiVici Bologna	34	19	15	2,730	2,645	Zare Markovski
10	Whirlpool Varese	34	17	17	2,620	2,643	Ruben Magnano
11	Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia	34	16	18	2,796	2,803	Fabrizio Frates
12	Basket Livorno	34	13	21	2,764	2,768	Paolo Moretti
13	Navigo.it Teramo	34	12	22	2,786	2,944	Matteo Boniciolli
14	Vertical Vision Cantù	34	12	22	2,699	2,799	Stefano Sacripanti
15	BT Roseto	34	10	24	2,464	2,693	Alberto Martelossi (first 10 games, 2-8) Attilio Caja (last 24 games, 8-16)
16	Upea Capo d'Orlando	34	10	24	2,779	2,913	Giovanni Perdichizzi
17	Air Avellino	34	10	24	2,589	2,828	Alessandro Giuliani (first 7 games, 0-7) Andrea Capobianco (last 27 games, 10-17)
18	Viola Reggio Calabria	34	3	31	2,549	3,055	Walter De Raffaele (first 12 games, 3-9) Pasquale Iracà (next 2 games, 0-2) Antonio Zorzi (next 9 games, 0-9) Pasquale Iracà (last 11 games, 0-11)

Teams marked in green qualified for the playoffs. Teams marked in red were relegated to Serie A2. BT Roseto team went bankrupt after the season, therefore Air Avellino was spared relegation.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

• Climamio Bologna - Angelico Biella 3-1 (78-67, 76-85, 105-55, 80-76)
• Benetton Treviso - Armani Jeans Milano 3-2 (83-76, 65-76, 77-70, 67-75, 81-66)
• Lottomatica Roma - Montepaschi Siena 3-1 (64-74, 84-60, 78-72, 84-63)
• Carpisa Napoli - Snaidero Udine 3-0 (107-87, 92-84, 91-72)

Semifinals

• Climamio Bologna - Carpisa Napoli 3-2 (91-89, 78-89, 83-58, 82-92, 103-83)
• Benetton Treviso - Lottomatica Roma 3-1 (85-77, 67-70, 63-55, 81-73)

Finals

• Benetton Treviso - Climamio Bologna 3-1 (77-69, 88-82, 72-73, 69-68)

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

Rank	Name	Nation	Team	PPG
1.	Lynn Greer		Carpisa Napoli	23.5
2.	David Bluthenthal		VidiVici Bologna	20.2
3.	Joe Crispin		Navigo.it Teramo	19.1
4.	Damon Williams		Angelico Biella	18.9
5.	Delonte Holland		Navigo.it Teramo	18.6
6.	Rimantas Kaukenas		Montepaschi Siena	18.3
7.	Keith Carter		Upea Capo d'Orlando	18.2
8.	David Young		Air Avellino	18.1
9.	David Hawkins		Lottomatica Roma	17.3
10.	Terrell McIntyre		Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia	16.9

Assists

Rank	Name	Nation	Team	APG
1.	Antonio Porta		Basket Livorno	4.3
2.	Terrell McIntyre		Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia	4.3
3.	Leonardo Busca		BT Roseto	4.1
4.	Davide Bonora		Air Avellino	3.8
5.	Lynn Greer		Carpisa Napoli	3.5
6.	Nikolaos Zisis		Benetton Treviso	3.5
7.	Marque Perry		Upea Capo d'Orlando	3.0
8.	Drew Nicholas		Benetton Treviso	3.0
9.	DeJuan Collins		Whirlpool Varese	2.9
10.	Aleksandar Ćapin		Viola Reggio Calabria	2.9

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Nation	Team	RPG
1.	Jack Michael Martínez		BT Roseto	12.5
2.	Kebu Stewart		Vertical Vision Cantù	11.8
3.	Pervis Pasco		Navigo.it Teramo	10.0
4.	Marcus Goree		Benetton Treviso	8.8
5.	Brandon Brown		Air Avellino	8.4
6.	Joseph Blair		Armani Jeans Milano	8.3
7.	Jacob Jaacks		Snaidero Udine	7.9
8.	Marko Milič		VidiVici Bologna	7.7
9.	Jason Capel		BT Roseto	7.6
10.	Travis Watson		Climamio Bologna	7.6

See also

• LBA