The 2004–05 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 83rd season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.
The regular season ran from October 3, 2004 to May 2005, 18 teams played 34 games each. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked team, Sicc Cucine Jesi and the bankrupt club Scavolini Pesaro, were relegated to the Legadue.
Climamio Bologna won their second title by winning the playoff finals series against Armani Jeans Milano.
Regular season 2004/05
Rank TeamGPWLPFPA Coach 1 Benetton Treviso 34 28 6 2,836 2,457 Ettore Messina 2 Climamio Bologna 34 25 9 2,897 2,619 Jasmin Repeša 3 Montepaschi Siena 34 25 9 2,875 2,593 Carlo Recalcati 4 Armani Jeans Milano 34 24 10 2,680 2,486 Lino Lardo 5 Vertical Vision Cantù 34 22 12 2,911 2,745 Stefano Sacripanti 6 Lottomatica Roma 34 18 16 2,761 2,728 Piero Bucchi (first 17 games, 9-8) Guido Saibene (next 1 game, 0-1) Svetislav Pešić (last 16 games, 9-7) 7 Sedima Roseto 34 16 18 2,692 2,844 Neven Spahija 8 Pompea Napoli 34 16 18 2,885 2,943 Andrea Mazzon (first 7 games, 3-4) Maurizio Bartocci (next 1 game, 0-1) Attilio Caja (next 11 games, 5-6) Maurizio Bartocci (last 15 games, 8-7) 9 Scavolini Pesaro 34 15 19 2,709 2,753 Phil Melillo (first 13 games, 7-6) Marco Crespi (last 21 games, 8-13) 10 Navigo.it Teramo 34 15 19 2,709 2,753 Cesare Pancotto 11 Villaggio Solidago Livorno 34 14 20 2,815 2,893 Walter De Raffaele 12 Air Avellino 34 14 20 2,737 2,995 Zare Markovski 13 Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 34 13 21 2,657 2,576 Fabrizio Frates 14 Casti Group Varese 34 13 21 2,736 2,891 Giulio Cadeo (first 8 games, 3-5) Gianni Molina (next 1 game, 0-1) Ruben Magnano (last 25 games, 10-15) 15 Snaidero Cucine Udine 34 13 21 2,675 2,834 Teoman Alibegović 16 Lauretana Biella 34 12 22 2,747 2,831 Alessandro Ramagli 17 Eurofiditalia Reggio Calabria 34 12 22 2,720 2,950 Alessandro Giuliani (first 27 games, 7-20) Antonio Zorzi (last 7 games, 5-2) 18 Sicc Cucine Jesi 34 11 23 2,751 2,899 Luigi Gresta (first 18 games, 5-13) Slobodan Subotić (last 16 games, 6-10)
Teams marked in green qualified for the playoffs. Teams marked in red were relegated to Serie A2. Scavolini Pesaro has gone bankrupt after the season and moved to Serie B, sparing Reggio Calabria relegation.
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Benetton Treviso - Pompea Napoli 3-0 (94-75, 86-75, 86-73) Climamio Bologna - Sedima Roseto 3-0 (95-84, 77-72, 73-70) Lottomatica Roma - Montepaschi Siena 3-1 (88-86, 82-78, 79-85, 87-78) Armani Jeans Milano - Vertical Vision Cantù 3-0 (83-77, 92-83, 94-83)
Semifinals Armani Jeans Milano - Benetton Treviso 3-2 (60-82, 58-49, 61-80, 69-58, 61-57) Climamio Bologna - Lottomatica Roma 3-1 (78-64, 65-76, 80-61, 63-62)
Finals Climamio Bologna - Armani Jeans Milano 3-1 (77-70, 66-73, 80-71, 67-65)
Individual leaders
Statistics are for the regular season.
Scoring
Rank NameNation TeamPPG1. Drew Nicholas Villaggio Solidago Livorno22.82. Jamel Thomas Navigo.it Teramo20.23. Charles Smith Scavolini Pesaro19.64. Mike Penberthy Pompea Napoli19.25. Norman Nolan Casti Group Varese18.96. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Sedima Roseto18.77. Preston Shumpert Villaggio Solidago Livorno18.18. Duane Woodward Sedima Roseto17.29. Raymond Tutt Sicc Cucine Jesi16.710. Mario Austin Lauretana Biella16.7
Assists Rank NameNation TeamAPG1. Tyson Wheeler Navigo.it Teramo4.72. Misan Nikagbatse Sedima Roseto4.03. Cookie Belcher Lauretana Biella3.84. Sani Bečirovič Casti Group Varese3.85. Duane Woodward Sedima Roseto3.66. Gianmarco Pozzecco Climamio Bologna3.57. Kiwane Garris Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia3.48. Nate Green Air Avellino3.49. Jerry McCullough Armani Jeans Milano3.210. Tyus Edney Lottomatica Roma2.9
Rebounds Rank NameNation TeamRPG1. Casey Shaw Eurofiditalia Reggio Calabria9.42. Brooks Sales Navigo.it Teramo9.03. Chris Massie Air Avellino8.64. James Singleton Armani Jeans Milano8.45. Jacob Jaacks Lauretana Biella8.26. Damon Williams Air Avellino8.27. Aloysius Anagonye Villaggio Solidago Livorno8.18. Joseph Blair Armani Jeans Milano8.09. Denis Marconato Benetton Treviso7.510. Mason Rocca Pompea Napoli7.4
See also LBA