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2008–09 LNB Pro A season

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League
  
LNB Pro A

Number of games
  
240 (regular season)

TV partner(s)
  
Sport+

Sport
  
Basketball

Number of teams
  
16

Top seed
  
Lyon-Villeurbanne

2008–09 LNB Pro A season

The 2008–09 LNB Pro A season was the 87th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 22nd season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season started on October 3, 2008 and ended on May 11, 2009. The play-offs were held from May 22, 2009 until June 20, 2009.

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ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne, after finishing at the top seed of the regular season, won the French Pro A League by defeating Orléans in playoffs final (55-41).

Promotion and relegation

At the beginning of the 2008-09 season

Teams promoted from 2007–08 Pro B (French 2nd division)

  • Rouen
  • Besançon

    • Teams relegated to 2008–09 Pro B

  • Paris-Levallois
  • Clermont-Ferrand
    • At the end of the 2008-09 season

    2008-09 Pro A Champion: ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne

    Teams promoted from 2008–09 Pro B

  • Poitiers
  • Paris-Levallois

    • Teams relegated to 2009–10 Pro B

  • Besançon
  • Pau-Orthez

    • Regular Season MVPs

  • Foreign MVP: Austin Nichols (Hyères-Toulon)
  • French MVP: Alain Koffi (Le Mans)

    • Best Coach

  • fr:Philippe Hervé (Orléans)

    • Most Improved Player

  • Rodrigue Beaubois (Cholet)

    • Best Defensive Player

  • fr:Anthony Dobbins (Orléans)

    • Rising Star Award

  • Thomas Heurtel (Pau-Orthez)

    • References

    2008–09 LNB Pro A season Wikipedia
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