2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A

The 2007–08 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 86th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.

Lega Basket Serie A
Season	2007–08
Duration	September 20, 2007 – June 12, 2008
Games played	34
Teams	18
Regular season
Top seed	Montepaschi Siena
Season MVP	Danilo Gallinari
Relegated	Cimberio Varese Legea Scafati
Finals
Champions	Montepaschi Siena 3rd title
Runners-up	Lottomatica Roma
Semifinalists	Air Avellino Armani Jeans Milano
Finals MVP	Terrell McIntyre
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The regular season ran from September 30, 2007 to April 27, 2008, 18 teams played 34 games each. At the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, Cimberio Varese and Legea Scafati, were relegated to the Legadue.

Montepaschi Siena won their 3rd title by winning the playoff finals series against Lottomatica Roma.

Teams

Team	Seasons in Serie A	Coach	Arena
Air Avellino	8	Matteo Boniciolli	Palasport Del Mauro
Angelico Biella	7	Luca Bechi	PalaBiella
Armani Jeans Milano	59	Attilio Caja	DatchForum
Benetton Treviso	27	Oktay Mahmuti	PalaVerde
Cimberio Varese	57	Valerio Bianchini	PalaWhirlpool
Eldo Napoli	6	Piero Bucchi	PalaBarbuto
La Fortezza Bologna	58	Renato Pasquali	PalaMalaguti
Legea Scafati	2	Marco Calvani	PalaMangano
Lottomatica Roma	28	Jasmin Repesa	PalaLottomatica
Montepaschi Siena	22	Simone Pianigiani	Palasport Mens Sana
Pierrel Capo d'Orlando	3	Romeo Sacchetti	PalaFantozzi
Premiata Montegranaro	2	Alessandro Finelli	PalaSavelli
Scavolini Spar Pesaro	53	Stefano Sacripanti	Adriatic Arena
Siviglia Wear Teramo	5	Massimo Bianchi	PalaScapriano
Snaidero Cucine Udine	8	Cesare Pancotto	PalaCarnera
Solsonica Rieti	9	Lino Lardo	PalaSojourner
Tisettanta Cantù	51	Luca Dalmonte	PalaPianella
Upim Bologna	35	Dragan Šakota	PalaDozza

Regular season

Pos Team Pts G W L PF PA 1 Montepaschi Siena 62 34 31 3 2998 2366 2 Lottomatica Roma 46 34 23 11 2878 2471 3 Air Avellino 46 34 23 11 2670 2637 4 Premiata Montegranaro 44 34 22 12 2853 2706 5 Armani Jeans Milano 38 34 19 15 2708 2666 6 Pierrel Capo d'Orlando 38 34 19 15 2941 2985 7 Tisettanta Cantù 34 34 17 17 2669 2696 8 Upim Bologna 34 34 17 17 2762 2819 9 Scavolini Spar Pesaro 34 34 17 17 2708 2776 10 Benetton Treviso 32 34 16 18 2607 2592 11 Siviglia Wear Teramo 30 34 15 19 2845 2966 12 Angelico Biella 30 34 15 19 2725 2860 13 Solsonica Rieti 28 34 14 20 2689 2773 14 Eldo Napoli 28 34 14 20 2672 2779 15 La Fortezza Bologna 26 34 13 21 2684 2731 16 Snaidero Udine 26 34 13 21 2591 2760 17 Cimberio Varese 16 34 8 26 2656 2889 18 Legea Scafati 13* 34 10 24 2587 2771

Key Qualified for Euroleague 2008-09 Qualified for ULEB Eurocup 2008-09 Qualified for EuroChallenge 2008-09 Relegated in LegADue

* Legea Scafati was penalized by 7 points for administrative irregularities

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Montepaschi Siena	91
	8	Upim Bologna	72
						1	Montepaschi Siena	75
						5	Armani Jeans Milano	71
	4	Premiata Montegranaro	73
	5	Armani Jeans Milano	69
											1	Montepaschi Siena	85
											2	Lottomatica Roma	73
	3	Air Avellino	103
	6	Pierrel Capo d'Orlando	92
						3	Air Avellino	63
						2	Lottomatica Roma	68
	2	Lottomatica Roma	85
	7	Tisettanta Cantù	59

Coppa Italia

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Montepaschi Siena	77
	8	Scavolini Spar Pesaro	78
						Scavolini Spar Pesaro		80
						La Fortezza Bologna		88
	4	Lottomatica Roma	69
	5	La Fortezza Bologna	75
											La Fortezza Bologna		67
											Air Avellino		73
	2	Premiata Montegranaro	69
	7	Air Avellino	73
						Angelico Biella		63
						Air Avellino		77
	3	Angelico Biella	75
	6	Pierrel Capo d'Orlando	72

External links

• Serie A official website (in Italian)