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
Season2005–06
DurationOctober 9, 2005 – June 20, 2006
Games played34
Teams18
Regular season
Top seedClimamio Bologna
Season MVPUnited States Lynn Greer
RelegatedBT Roseto
Viola Reggio Calabria
Finals
ChampionsBenetton Treviso
5th title
  Runners-upClimamio Bologna
SemifinalistsCarpisa Napoli
Lottomatica Roma
Finals MVPLithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Statistical leaders
Points United States Lynn Greer 23.5
Rebounds Dominican Republic Jack Michael Martínez 12.5
Assists Italy Antonio Porta 4.3

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

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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

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Individual leaders

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Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

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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

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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

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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

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