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
Number of games34
Number of 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

Rank Team GP W L PF PA Coach
1 Climamio Bologna 34 27 7 2,929 2,650 Croatia Jasmin Repeša
2 Benetton Treviso 34 26 8 2,862 2,616 United States David Blatt
3 Montepaschi Siena 34 23 11 2,763 2,495 Italy Carlo Recalcati
4 Carpisa Napoli 34 23 11 3,051 2,848 Italy Piero Bucchi
5 Snaidero Udine 34 22 12 2,819 2,793 Italy Cesare Pancotto
6 Lottomatica Roma 34 22 12 2,740 2,667 Serbia Svetislav Pešić
7 Armani Jeans Milano 34 22 12 2,826 2,662 Italy Lino Lardo (first 17 games, 10-7)

Italy Mario Fioretti (next 1 game, 0-1)
Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević (last 16 games, 12-4)

8 Angelico Biella 34 19 15 2,730 2,645 Italy Alessandro Ramagli
9 VidiVici Bologna 34 19 15 2,730 2,645 North Macedonia Zare Markovski
10 Whirlpool Varese 34 17 17 2,620 2,643 Argentina Ruben Magnano
11 Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 34 16 18 2,796 2,803 Italy Fabrizio Frates
12 Basket Livorno 34 13 21 2,764 2,768 Italy Paolo Moretti
13 Navigo.it Teramo 34 12 22 2,786 2,944 Italy Matteo Boniciolli
14 Vertical Vision Cantù 34 12 22 2,699 2,799 Italy Stefano Sacripanti
15 BT Roseto 34 10 24 2,464 2,693 Italy Alberto Martelossi (first 10 games, 2-8)

Italy Attilio Caja (last 24 games, 8-16)

16 Upea Capo d'Orlando 34 10 24 2,779 2,913 Italy Giovanni Perdichizzi
17 Air Avellino 34 10 24 2,589 2,828 Italy Alessandro Giuliani (first 7 games, 0-7)

Italy Andrea Capobianco (last 27 games, 10-17)

18 Viola Reggio Calabria 34 3 31 2,549 3,055 Italy Walter De Raffaele (first 12 games, 3-9)

Italy Pasquale Iracà (next 2 games, 0-2)
Italy Antonio Zorzi (next 9 games, 0-9)
Italy 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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

Rank Name Nation Team PPG
1. Lynn Greer United States Carpisa Napoli 23.5
2. David Bluthenthal United States VidiVici Bologna 20.2
3. Joe Crispin United States Navigo.it Teramo 19.1
4. Damon Williams United States Angelico Biella 18.9
5. Delonte Holland United States Navigo.it Teramo 18.6
6. Rimantas Kaukenas Lithuania Montepaschi Siena 18.3
7. Keith Carter United States Upea Capo d'Orlando 18.2
8. David Young United States Air Avellino 18.1
9. David Hawkins United States Lottomatica Roma 17.3
10. Terrell McIntyre United States Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 16.9

Assists

Rank Name Nation Team APG
1. Antonio Porta Italy Basket Livorno 4.3
2. Terrell McIntyre United States Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 4.3
3. Leonardo Busca Italy BT Roseto 4.1
4. Davide Bonora Italy Air Avellino 3.8
5. Lynn Greer United States Carpisa Napoli 3.5
6. Nikolaos Zisis Greece Benetton Treviso 3.5
7. Marque Perry United States Upea Capo d'Orlando 3.0
8. Drew Nicholas United States Benetton Treviso 3.0
9. DeJuan Collins United States Whirlpool Varese 2.9
10. Aleksandar Ćapin Slovenia Viola Reggio Calabria 2.9

Rebounds

Rank Name Nation Team RPG
1. Jack Michael Martínez Dominican Republic BT Roseto 12.5
2. Kebu Stewart United States Vertical Vision Cantù 11.8
3. Pervis Pasco United States Navigo.it Teramo 10.0
4. Marcus Goree United States Benetton Treviso 8.8
5. Brandon Brown United States Air Avellino 8.4
6. Joseph Blair United States Armani Jeans Milano 8.3
7. Jacob Jaacks United States Snaidero Udine 7.9
8. Marko Milič Slovenia VidiVici Bologna 7.7
9. Jason Capel United States BT Roseto 7.6
10. Travis Watson United States Climamio Bologna 7.6

See also

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