2012–13 Pro A season

The 2012–13 LNB Pro A season was the 91st season of the French Basketball Championship and the 26th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB).

2012–13 LNB Pro A season
League	LNB Pro A
Sport	Basketball
Number of games	240 (regular season)
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	Sport+
Regular Season
Top seed	Gravelines-Dunkerque
Season MVP	Edwin Jackson Dwight Buycks
Top scorer	Sean May
2012-13 Finals
Champions	JSF Nanterre
Runners-up	Strasbourg IG
Finals MVP	David Lighty

The regular season started on October 5, 2012 and ended on April 30, 2013. Playoffs started on May 14 and ended on June 8, 2013. JSF Nanterre won their first title.

Promotion and relegation

At the beginning of the 2012–13 season Teams promoted from 2011 to 2012 Pro B (French 2nd basketball division) Limoges (Champion) Boulazac (2nd) Teams relegated to 2012–13 Pro B Pau-Lacq-Orthez (15th) Hyères-Toulon (16th)

At the end of the 2012–13 season 2012-13 Pro A champion: Nanterre Teams promoted from 2012 to 2013 Pro B Pau-Lacq-Orthez (1st) Antibes (Champion) Teams relegated to 2013–14 Pro B Boulazac (15th) Poitiers (16th)

Team arenas

Boulazac

Chalon-s/-S

Cholet

Dijon

Gravelines

Le Havre

Le Mans

Limoges

Villeurbanne

Nancy

Nanterre

Orléans

Paris

Poitiers

Roanne

Strasbourg

Location of teams in Pro A League 2011–12

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Boulazac Basket Dordogne	Boulazac	Le Palio	5,200
Élan sportif chalonnais	Chalon-sur-Saône	Le Colisée	5,000
Cholet Basket	Cholet	La Meilleraie	5,191
JDA Dijon	Dijon	Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy	5,000
BCM Gravelines Dunkerque	Gravelines	Sportica	3,500
STB Le Havre	Le Havre	Salle des Docks Océane	3,598
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Le Mans	Antarès	6,003
Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre	Limoges	Beaublanc	6,000
ASVEL Basket	Lyon – Villeurbanne	Astroballe	5,643
SLUC Nancy Basket	Nancy	Palais des Sports Jean Weille	6,027
JSF Nanterre	Nanterre	Palais des Sports de Nanterre	3,000
Orléans Loiret Basket	Orléans	Zénith d'Orléans	5,338
Paris-Levallois Basket	Paris – Levallois	Stade Pierre de Coubertin Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan	4,200 4,000
Poitiers Basket 86	Poitiers	Les Arènes	4,300
Chorale Roanne Basket	Roanne	Halle André Vacheresse	5,020
Strasbourg IG	Strasbourg	Rhénus Sport	6,200

Regular season

Source

lnb.fr – Ranking

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	Qualification or relegation
1	Gravelines-Dunkerque	30	21	9	2360	2174	Playoffs
2	Strasbourg	30	18	12	2297	2180
3	Lyon-Villeurbanne	30	18	12	2276	2220
4	Chalon-sur-Saône	30	18	10	2291	2192
5	Roanne	30	17	13	2172	2078
6	Le Mans	30	16	14	2202	2200
7	Dijon	30	15	15	2096	2134
8	Nanterre	30	15	15	2352	2361
9	Orléans	30	15	15	2356	2366
10	Cholet	30	15	15	2268	2275
11	Le Havre	30	13	17	2303	2314
12	Paris-Levallois	30	13	17	2350	2399
13	Limoges	30	13	17	2158	2227
14	Nancy	30	12	18	2248	2300
15	Boulazac	30	11	19	2128	2303	Relegation to Pro B
16	Poitiers	30	10	20	2133	2267

Season team leader(s)

Stats leaders

Source

lnb.fr – Tops

Statistic	Player	Team	Average
Ranking per Game	Sean May	Paris-Levallois	21.28
Points per Game	Sean May	Paris-Levallois	18.41
Rebounds per Game	Jon Brockman	Limoges	10.65
Assists per Game	Bernard King	Le Havre	7.36
Steals per Game	Souleymane Diabate	Nancy	2.17
Blocks per Game	Rudy Gobert	Cholet	1.85

Playoffs

	Quarter Finals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Gravelines-Dunkerque	0
	8	Nanterre	2
						8	Nanterre	2
						4	Chalon-sur-Saône	0
	4	Chalon-sur-Saône	2
	5	Roanne	1
											8	Nanterre	3
											2	Strasbourg	1
	2	Strasbourg	2
	7	Dijon	0
						2	Strasbourg	2
						3	Lyon-Villeurbanne	0
	3	Lyon-Villeurbanne	2
	6	Le Mans	1

Awards

LNB awards

Source

catch-and-shoot.com

Sean May

Regular Season MVPs

• Foreign MVP : Dwight Buycks (Gravelines-Dunkerque)
• French MVP : Edwin Jackson (Lyon-Villeurbanne)

Best scorer

• Sean May (Paris-Levallois)

Rising Star Award

• Livio Jean-Charles (Lyon-Villeurbanne)

Best Defensive Player

• Tony Dobbins (Poitiers)

Most Improved Player

• Edwin Jackson (Lyon-Villeurbanne)

Block Leader

• Rudy Gobert (Cholet)

Best Coach

• Christian Monschau (Gravelines-Dunkerque)

Finals MVP

• David Lighty^[1] (Nanterre)

Player of the month

Month	Player	Team
October[2]	Ricardo Greer	Strasbourg
November[3]	Sean May	Paris-Levallois
December[4]	Dwight Buycks	Gravelines-Dunkerque
January[5]	Dwight Buycks	Gravelines-Dunkerque
February[6]	Louis Campbell	Strasbourg
March[7]	Ricardo Greer	Strasbourg
April[8]	Jérémy Leloup	Dijon

References

1. "David Lighty élu MVP de la finale de Pro A" (in French). catch-and-shoot.com. June 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
2. "Ricardo Greer élu joueur du mois d'octobre" (in French). lnb.fr. November 13, 2012.
3. "Sean May Joueur du Mois de Novembre" (in French). lnb.fr. December 11, 2012.
4. "Dwight Buycks MVP du mois de décembre" (in French). basketactu.com. January 14, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
5. "Pro A : Dwight Buycks encore élu joueur du mois" (in French). basketnews.net. February 11, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
6. "LNB: Campbell élu joueur du mois" (in French). ouest-france.fr. March 11, 2013.
7. "LNB: Greer élu joueur du mois de mars" (in French). ouest-france.fr. April 8, 2013.
8. "Jérémy Leloup élu MVP du mois d'avril en Pro A" (in French). catch-and-shoot.com. May 13, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-10.

External links

• (in French) LNB website