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
Season	2006–07
Duration	October 8, 2006 – June 17, 2007
Games played	34
Teams	18
Regular season
Top seed	Montepaschi Siena
Season MVP	Terrell McIntyre
Relegated	Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia TDShop.it Livorno
Finals
Champions	Montepaschi Siena 2nd title
Runners-up	VidiVici Bologna
Semifinalists	Armani Jeans Milano Lottomatica Roma
Finals MVP	Rimantas Kaukėnas
Statistical leaders
Points Rick Apodaca 19.8 Rebounds James Thomas 11.4 Assists Michael Jordan 5.4
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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

• Montepaschi Siena - Tisettanta Cantù 3-0 (95-76, 97-82, 91-60)
• Armani Jeans Milano - Whirlpool Varese 3-1 (75-72, 77-69, 62-71, 88-77)
• VidiVici Bologna - Angelico Biella 3-2 (87-97, 94-69, 104-102, 79-84, 89-72)
• Lottomatica Roma - Eldo Napoli 3-0 (73-57, 68-64, 83-58)

Semifinals

• Montepaschi Siena - Lottomatica Roma 3-1 (74-88, 84-76, 114-108, 70-49)
• VidiVici Bologna - Armani Jeans Milano 3-1 (75-71, 78-81, 80-73, 81-73)

Finals

• Montepaschi Siena - VidiVici Bologna 3-0 (81-71, 86-65, 90-82)

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

• LBA