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
Season2007–08
DurationSeptember 20, 2007 – June 12, 2008
Number of games34
Number of teams18
Regular season
Top seedMontepaschi Siena
Season MVPItaly Danilo Gallinari
RelegatedCimberio Varese
Legea Scafati
Finals
ChampionsMontepaschi Siena
3rd title
  Runners-upLottomatica Roma
SemifinalistsAir Avellino
Armani Jeans Milano
Finals MVPUnited States Terrell McIntyre

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
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