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.
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 TeamGPWLPFPA 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
Quarterfinals
Climamio Bologna - Angelico Biella 3-1 (78-67, 76-85, 105-55, 80-76) Benetton Treviso - Armani Jeans Milano 3-2 (83-76, 65-76, 77-70, 67-75, 81-66) Lottomatica Roma - Montepaschi Siena 3-1 (64-74, 84-60, 78-72, 84-63) Carpisa Napoli - Snaidero Udine 3-0 (107-87, 92-84, 91-72)
Semifinals
Climamio Bologna - Carpisa Napoli 3-2 (91-89, 78-89, 83-58, 82-92, 103-83) Benetton Treviso - Lottomatica Roma 3-1 (85-77, 67-70, 63-55, 81-73)
Finals
Benetton Treviso - Climamio Bologna 3-1 (77-69, 88-82, 72-73, 69-68)
Individual leaders
Statistics are for the regular season.
Scoring
Rank NameNation TeamPPG1. Lynn Greer Carpisa Napoli23.52. David Bluthenthal VidiVici Bologna20.23. Joe Crispin Navigo.it Teramo19.14. Damon Williams Angelico Biella18.95. Delonte Holland Navigo.it Teramo18.66. Rimantas Kaukenas Montepaschi Siena18.37. Keith Carter Upea Capo d'Orlando18.28. David Young Air Avellino18.19. David Hawkins Lottomatica Roma17.310. Terrell McIntyre Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia16.9
Assists Rank NameNation TeamAPG1. Antonio Porta Basket Livorno4.32. Terrell McIntyre Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia4.33. Leonardo Busca BT Roseto4.14. Davide Bonora Air Avellino3.85. Lynn Greer Carpisa Napoli3.56. Nikolaos Zisis Benetton Treviso3.57. Marque Perry Upea Capo d'Orlando3.08. Drew Nicholas Benetton Treviso3.09. DeJuan Collins Whirlpool Varese2.910. Aleksandar Ćapin Viola Reggio Calabria2.9
Rebounds Rank NameNation TeamRPG1. Jack Michael Martínez BT Roseto12.52. Kebu Stewart Vertical Vision Cantù11.83. Pervis Pasco Navigo.it Teramo10.04. Marcus Goree Benetton Treviso8.85. Brandon Brown Air Avellino8.46. Joseph Blair Armani Jeans Milano8.37. Jacob Jaacks Snaidero Udine7.98. Marko Milič VidiVici Bologna7.79. Jason Capel BT Roseto7.610. Travis Watson Climamio Bologna7.6
See also LBA
References