The 2011–12 LNB Pro A season is the 90th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 25th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season starts on October 7, 2011, and ends on May 16, 2012. The play-offs are held from May 23, 2012, until June 16, 2012.
Promotion and relegation At the beginning of the 2011–12 season Teams promoted from 2010 to 2011 Pro B (French 2nd basketball division) Nanterre (Champion) Dijon (2nd)
Teams relegated to 2011–12 Pro B Vichy (15th) Limoges (16th) At the end of the 2011–12 season 2011-12 Pro A champion: Chalon-sur-Saône
Teams promoted from 2011 to 2012 Pro B Limoges (Champion) Boulazac (2nd)
Teams relegated to 2012–13 Pro B Pau-Lacq-Orthez (15th) Hyères-Toulon (16th)
Team Arenas
Team Home city Stadium Capacity ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône Chalon-sur-Saône Le Colisée Cholet Basket Cholet La Meilleraie JDA Dijon Dijon Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Gravelines Sportica Hyères Toulon Var Basket Hyères – Toulon Palais des Sports de Toulon Espace 3000 STB Le Havre Le Havre Salle des Docks Océane Le Mans Sarthe Basket Le Mans Antarès ASVEL Basket Lyon – Villeurbanne Astroballe SLUC Nancy Basket Nancy Palais des Sports Jean Weille JSF Nanterre Nanterre Palais des Sports de Nanterre Orléans Loiret Basket Orléans Zénith d'Orléans Paris-Levallois Basket Paris – Levallois Stade Pierre de Coubertin Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez Pau Palais des Sports de Pau Poitiers Basket 86 Poitiers Les Arènes Chorale Roanne Basket Roanne Halle André Vacheresse Strasbourg IG Strasbourg Rhénus Sport
Regular season Team standings
Clinched playoff berth Relegated Source lnb.fr
#TeamPldWLPFPA1Gravelines-Dunkerque 30 27 3 2377 19472Chalon-sur-Saône 30 23 7 2294 22723Orléans 30 21 9 2309 21194Le Mans 30 19 11 2487 23595Nancy 30 18 12 2374 22836Paris-Levallois 30 17 13 2449 24387Roanne 30 16 14 2287 22968Cholet 30 16 14 2387 23209Dijon 30 14 16 2099 213410Strasbourg 30 14 16 2306 224111Nanterre 30 14 16 2394 241312Lyon-Villeurbanne 30 13 17 2142 226513Poitiers 30 9 21 2174 233614Le Havre 30 9 21 2315 237815Pau-Lacq-Orthez 30 7 23 2270 257016Hyères-ToulonHyères-Toulon has a 3 points penalty due to non-respect of LNB regulations 30 3 27 2266 2859
Season Team leader(s)
Stats Leaders StatisticPlayerTeamAverageRanking per Game Lamont Hamilton Paris-Levallois 20.75Points per Game Eric Chatfield Paris-Levallois 19.79Rebounds per Game Chinemelu Elonu Pau-Lacq-Orthez 8.30Assists per Game Kareem Reid Hyères-Toulon 7.56Steals per Game Andrew Albicy Gravelines 2.48Blocks per Game Alexis Ajinça Strasbourg 2.00
Playoffs
This was the last season in which the championship final was contested as a one-off match. Starting in 2012–13, the final became a best-of-5 series.
Awards Regular season MVPs Foreign MVP : Blake Schilb (Chalon-sur-Saône) French MVP : Fabien Causeur (Cholet)
Finals MVP Blake Schilb (Chalon-sur-Saône)
Best Coach Gregor Beugnot (Chalon-sur-Saône)
Most Improved Player Evan Fournier (Poitiers)
Best Defensive Player Andrew Albicy (Gravelines-Dunkerque)
Rising Star Award Evan Fournier (Poitiers)
Player of the month MonthPlayerTeamOctober Tony Parker Lyon-VilleurbanneNovember Nicolas Batum NancyDecember Taylor Rochestie Le MansJanuary Fabien Causeur CholetFebruary Blake Schilb Chalon-sur-SaôneMarch Evan Fournier PoitiersApril Patrick Christopher Cholet
References
External links LNB website