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2006–07 LNB Pro A season

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League
  
LNB Pro A

Number of games
  
306 (regular season)

TV partner(s)
  
Sport+

Sport
  
Basketball

Number of teams
  
18

Top seed
  
Roanne

2006–07 LNB Pro A season

The 2006–07 LNB Pro A season was the 85th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 20th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) . The regular season started on September 23, 2006 and ended on April 27, 2007. The play-offs were held from May 15, 2007 till June 2, 2007.

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Roanne, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season, won its second French Pro A League title by defeating Nancy in playoffs final (81-74).

Promotion and relegation

Due to the change of the LNB Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006-07 LNB Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.

At the beginning of the 2006-07 season

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Pro B

  • Besançon
  • Orléans
  • Teams relegated to 2006–07 Pro B

  • Brest
  • Rouen
  • At the end of the 2006-07 season
  • 2006-07 Pro A Champion: Roanne
  • Teams promoted from 2006–07 Pro B

  • Vichy
  • Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B

  • Besançon
  • Bourg-en-Bresse
  • Reims
  • Regular Season MVPs

  • "Foreign" MVP: Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)
  • "French" MVP: Cyril Julian (Nancy)
  • Best Coach

  • Jean-Denys Choulet (Roanne)
  • Best Defensive Player

  • Marc-Antoine Pellin (Roanne)
  • Rising Star Award

  • Nicolas Batum (Le Mans)
  • References

    2006–07 LNB Pro A season Wikipedia