The 2006–07 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 85th season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.
The regular season ran from October 8, 2006 to May 2007, 18 teams played 34 games each. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked teams, Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia and TDShop.it Livorno, were relegated to the Legadue.
Montepaschi Siena won their second title by winning the playoff finals series against VidiVici Bologna.
Regular season 2006/07
Rank TeamGPWLPFPA Coach 1 Montepaschi Siena 34 30 4 2,943 2,522 Simone Pianigiani 2 Armani Jeans Milano 34 22 12 2,663 2,579 Aleksandar Đorđević 3 VidiVici Bologna 34 22 12 2,779 2,597 Zare Markovski 4 Lottomatica Roma 34 22 12 2,556 2,448 Jasmin Repeša 5 Eldo Napoli 34 19 15 2,648 2,635 Piero Bucchi 6 Angelico Biella 34 17 17 2,740 2,721 Luca Bechi 7 Whirlpool Varese 34 17 17 2,747 2,692 Ruben Magnano 8 Tisettanta Cantù 34 17 17 2,679 2,721 Stefano Sacripanti 9 Premiata Montegranaro 34 16 18 2,699 2,732 Stefano Pillastrini 10 Legea Scafati 34 16 18 2,748 2,854 Aza Petrović (first 12 games, 5-7) Teo Alibegović (last 22 games, 11-11) 11 Benetton Treviso 34 21 13 2,582 2,463 David Blatt 12 Snaidero Cucine Udine 34 15 19 2,753 2,811 Cesare Pancotto 13 Climamio Bologna 34 13 21 2,764 2,775 Fabrizio Frates (first 7 games, 3-4) Filippo Palumbi (next 1 game, 0-1) Ergin Ataman (next 16 games, 8-8) Massimiliano Oldoini (last 10 games, 2-8) 14 Upea Capo d'Orlando 34 13 21 2,524 2,705 Giovanni Perdichizzi 15 Siviglia Wear Teramo 34 13 21 2,758 2,744 Luca Dalmonte (first 18 games, 7-11) Massimo Bianchi (last 16 games, 6-10) 16 Air Avellino 34 12 22 2,648 2,815 Matteo Boniciolli 17 Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 34 12 22 2,560 2,723 Renato Pasquali (first 6 games, 2-4) Massimiliano Menetti (last 28 games, 10-18) 18 TDShop.it Livorno 34 9 25 2,681 2,935 Franco Ciani (first 15 games, 4-11) Sandro Dell'Agnello (last 19 games, 5-14)
Teams marked in green qualified for the playoffs. Teams marked in red were relegated to Serie A2. Benetton has been penalized 12 points for signing 19 professional players instead of maximum allowed 18. TDshop.it has been penalized 2 points for budgetary irregularities.
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Montepaschi Siena - Tisettanta Cantù 3-0 (95-76, 97-82, 91-60) Armani Jeans Milano - Whirlpool Varese 3-1 (75-72, 77-69, 62-71, 88-77) VidiVici Bologna - Angelico Biella 3-2 (87-97, 94-69, 104-102, 79-84, 89-72) Lottomatica Roma - Eldo Napoli 3-0 (73-57, 68-64, 83-58)
Semifinals Montepaschi Siena - Lottomatica Roma 3-1 (74-88, 84-76, 114-108, 70-49) VidiVici Bologna - Armani Jeans Milano 3-1 (75-71, 78-81, 80-73, 81-73)
Finals Montepaschi Siena - VidiVici Bologna 3-0 (81-71, 86-65, 90-82)
Individual leaders
Statistics are for the regular season.
Scoring
Rank NameNation TeamPPG1. Rick Apodaca Legea Scafati19.82.Alvin YoungUpea Capo d'Orlando19.73.Ramel CurryAir Avellino18.74.Anthony GrundySiviglia Wear Teramo18.25.Delonte HollandWhirlpool Varese17.66.Ronald SlayPremiata Montegranaro17.37.Rimantas KaukenasMontepaschi Siena16.88.Erik DanielsAngelico Biella16.89.Reece GainesAngelico Biella16.710.Marco BelinelliClimamio Bologna16.0
Assists Rank NameNation TeamAPG1.Michael JordanTisettanta Cantù5.42.Terrell McIntyreMontepaschi Siena4.03.Randolph ChildressPremiata Montegranaro4.04.Jason RoweTDShop.it Livorno3.95.Duane WoodwardSiviglia Wear Teramo3.86.Nikolaos ZisisBenetton Treviso3.87.Jerome AllenSnaidero Cucine Udine3.68.Tyus EdneyClimamio Bologna3.49.Travis BestVidiVici Bologna3.310.Rick ApodacaLegea Scafati3.2
Rebounds Rank NameNation TeamRPG1.James ThomasClimamio Bologna11.42.Erik DanielsAngelico Biella10.13.Travis WatsonArmani Jeans Milano9.74.Jack Michael MartínezLegea Scafati9.35.Brandon HunterTDShop.it Livorno8.66.Joseph BlairArmani Jeans Milano8.37.Ronald SlayPremiata Montegranaro7.68.Harold JamisonAir Avellino7.59.Cory VioletteBipop Carire Reggio Emilia7.110.Mason RoccaEldo Napoli6.9
See also LBA