The 2010–11 LNB Pro A season was the 89th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 24th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season started on October 9, 2010, and ended on May 10, 2011. The play-offs were held from May 17, 2011, till June 11, 2011. SLUC Nancy became the 2010–11 Pro A champions and gained its second French League title after beating defending champion Cholet Basket in the single-game Final, with a score of 74–76.
Promotion and relegation At the beginning of the 2010–11 season Teams promoted from 2009 to 2010 Pro B (French 2nd division) Pau-Lacq-Orthez Limoges
Teams relegated to 2010-11 Pro B Dijon Rouen
At the end of the 2010–11 season 2010-11 Pro A Champion: Nancy
Teams promoted from 2010 to 2011 Pro B Nanterre Dijon
Teams relegated to 2011–12 Pro B Vichy Limoges
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 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 CSP Limoges Limoges Palais des Sports de Fetes 5,516 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 Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez Pau-Orthez Palais des Sports de Pau 7,813 Poitiers Basket 86 Poitiers Les Arènes 4,300 Chorale Roanne Basket Roanne Halle André Vacheresse 5,020 Strasbourg IG Strasbourg Rhénus Sport 6,200 JA Vichy Vichy Palais des Sports Pierre Coulon 3,300
Team standings
Clinched playoff berth Relegated
#Team PldWLPFPA1Cholet 30 22 8 2217 20692Nancy 30 21 9 2272 22073Chalon-sur-Saône 30 20 10 2269 21554Gravelines-Dunkerque 30 20 10 2223 20065Roanne 30 18 12 2279 21856Lyon-Villeurbanne 30 17 13 2277 22437Hyères-Toulon 30 15 15 2235 22528Le Mans 30 14 16 2154 21049Pau-Lacq-Orthez 30 13 17 2164 223410Orléans 30 12 18 2083 208611Strasbourg 30 12 18 2116 220812STB Le Havre 30 12 18 2133 216913Paris-Levallois 30 12 18 2157 233514Poitiers 30 12 18 2065 216715Vichy 30 11 19 2060 217916Limoges 30 9 21 2163 2268
Season Team leader(s)
Playoffs
Stats Leaders StatisticPlayerTeamAveragePoints per Game Rick HughesHyères-Toulon 19.10Ranking per Game :fr:Chris MassieLimoges 21.28Rebounds per Game :fr:Chris MassieLimoges 9.20Assists per Game Teddy GipsonPau-Lacq-Orthez 5.87Steals per Game John LinehanNancy 3.08Blocks per Game Cyril AkpomedahGravelines-Dunkerque 2.00
Awards
Regular season MVPs "Foreign" MVP: Sammy Mejia (Cholet) "French" MVP: Mickaël Gelabale (Lyon-Villeurbanne)
Finals MVP John Linehan (Nancy)
Best Coach – Erman Kunter (Cholet)
Most Improved Player Evan Fournier (Poitiers)
Best Defensive Player John Linehan (Nancy)
Rising Star Award Evan Fournier (Poitiers)
Player of the month MonthPlayerTeamNovember Yannick BokoloGravelines-DunkerqueDecember Tremmell DardenNancyJanuary Blake SchilbChalon-sur-SaôneFebruary Tremmell DardenNancyMarch Pops Mensah-BonsuLyon-VilleurbanneApril Sammy MejiaCholet
References
External links LNB website