The 2009–10 LNB Pro A season was the 88th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 23rd season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season started on October 3, 2009 and ended on May 11, 2010. The play-offs were held from May 18, 2010 till June 13, 2010.
Cholet Basket, after finishing first of the regular season, won the French Pro A League by defeating Le Mans SB in playoffs final (81-65).
Promotion and relegation At the beginning of the 2009–10 season Teams promoted from 2008 to 2009 Pro B (French 2nd division) Poitiers Paris-Levallois
Teams relegated to 2009–10 Pro B Besançon Pau-Orthez
At the end of the 2009–10 season 2009-10 Pro A Champion: Cholet Basket
Teams promoted from 2009 to 2010 Pro B Pau-Lacq-Orthez Limoges
Teams relegated to 2010–11 Pro B Rouen Dijon
Team arenas
Team Home city Stadium Capacity ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône 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 Hyères Toulon Var Basket Hyères – Toulon Palais des Sports de Toulon Espace 3000 4,700 2,200 STB Le Havre Le Havre Salle des Docks Océane 3,598 Le Mans Sarthe Basket Le Mans Antarès 6,003 ASVEL Basket Lyon – Villeurbanne Astroballe 5,643 SLUC Nancy Basket Nancy Palais des Sports Jean Weille 6,027 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 SPO Rouen Basket Rouen Salle des Cotonniers 1,300 Strasbourg IG Strasbourg Rhénus Sport 6,200 JA Vichy Vichy Palais des Sports Pierre Coulon 3,300
Team standings
Clinched playoff berth Relegated
#TeamPldWLPFPA1Cholet 30 23 7 2296 21252Le Mans 30 22 8 2390 21513Roanne 30 21 9 2490 23244Gravelines-Dunkerque 30 20 10 2322 22545Nancy 30 19 11 2431 22126Orléans 30 18 12 2331 21687Paris-Levallois 30 15 15 2378 23708Poitiers 30 15 15 2183 22239Lyon-Villeurbanne 30 14 16 2233 212710Vichy 30 13 17 2140 211111Hyères Toulon 30 13 17 2441 250612Chalon-sur-Saône 30 12 18 2343 241213Le Havre 30 10 20 2223 246614Strasbourg 30 10 20 2412 254215Rouen 30 8 22 2290 252116Dijon 30 7 23 2172 2563
Playoffs
Stats Leaders StatisticPlayerTeamAveragePoints per Game Derrick ObasohanHyères-Toulon 19.8Ranking per Game Ricardo GreerNancy 21.6Rebounds per Game Saer SeneHyères-Toulon 11.4Assists per Game Kareem ReidVichy 7.8Steals per Game John LinehanCholet 2.8Blocks per Game Saer SeneHyères-Toulon 2.4
Awards
Regular season MVPs Foreign MVP: Ricardo Greer (Nancy) French MVP: Ali Traore (Lyon-Villeurbanne)
Finals MVP Mickaël Gelabale (Cholet)
Best Coach Ruddy Nelhomme (Poitiers)
Most Improved Player Kevin Seraphin (Cholet)
Best Defensive Player John Linehan (Cholet)
Rising Star Award Andrew Albicy (Paris-Levallois)
Player of the month MonthPlayerTeamOctober Sean Marshall DijonNovember Ricardo Greer NancyDecember Dewarick Spencer Le MansJanuary Sammy Mejia CholetFebruary Cedrick Banks OrléansMarch Ralph Mims RoanneApril Dylan Page Roanne
References
External links LNB website