2012–13 Pro A season

2012–13 LNB Pro A season FRA LNB Pro A Basketball 16 240 (regular season) Sport+ Regular Season Gravelines-Dunkerque FRA Edwin Jackson USA Dwight Buycks LNB Pro A MVP USA Sean May LNB Pro A Top Scorer 2012-13 Finals JSF Nanterre Strasbourg IG USA David Lighty LNB Pro A Finals MVP List of LNB Pro A seasons LNB Pro A 2011–12 Pro A season 2011–12 2013–14 Pro A season 2013–14 The 2012–13 LNB Pro A season was the 91st season of the French Basketball Championship and the 26th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB). The regular season started on October 5, 2012 and ended on April 30, 2013. Playoffs started on May 14 and ended on June 8, 2013. JSF Nanterre won their first title. Promotion and relegation At the beginning of the 2012–13 season Teams promoted from 2011 to 2012 Pro B (French 2nd basketball division) Limoges (Champion) Boulazac (2nd) Teams relegated to 2012–13 Pro B Pau-Lacq-Orthez (15th) Hyères-Toulon (16th) At the end of the 2012–13 season 2012-13 Pro A champion: Nanterre Teams promoted from 2012 to 2013 Pro B Pau-Lacq-Orthez (1st) Antibes (Champion) Teams relegated to 2013–14 Pro B Boulazac (15th) Poitiers (16th) Team arenas France 300 right Location of teams in Pro A League 2011–12 France 45.1719 0.7731 Boulazac bottom France 46.7805555556 4.85277777778 Chalon-s/-S left France 47.060000 -0.878333 Cholet left France 47.32167 5.04139 Dijon left France 50.9858 2.1283 Gravelines France 49.49000 0.100000 Le Havre left France 48.020013 0.198784 Le Mans left France 45.847464 1.243358 Limoges left France 45.766667 4.880278 Villeurbanne right France 47.9025 6.1846 Nancy right France 48.898889 2.196944 Nanterre left France 47.9025 1.9090 Orléans France 48.856578 2.351828 Paris right France 46.581945 0.336112 Poitiers left France 46.0366666667 4.06888888889 Roanne left France 48.584445 7.748612 Strasbourg left Team Home city Stadium Capacity Boulazac Basket Dordogne Boulazac Le Palio Élan sportif chalonnais Chalon-sur-Saône Le Colisée Cholet Basket Cholet La Meilleraie JDA Dijon Dijon Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Gravelines Sportica STB Le Havre Le Havre Salle des Docks Océane Le Mans Sarthe Basket Le Mans Antarès Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre Limoges Beaublanc 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 Poitiers Basket 86 Poitiers Les Arènes Chorale Roanne Basket Roanne Halle André Vacheresse Strasbourg IG Strasbourg Rhénus Sport Regular season Source lnb.fr – Ranking # Teams P W L PF PA Qualification or relegation1Gravelines-Dunkerque 30 21 9 2360 2174Playoffs2Strasbourg 30 18 12 2297 21803Lyon-Villeurbanne 30 18 12 2276 22204Chalon-sur-Saône 30 18 10 2291 21925Roanne 30 17 13 2172 20786Le Mans 30 16 14 2202 22007Dijon 30 15 15 2096 21348Nanterre 30 15 15 2352 23619Orléans 30 15 15 2356 236610Cholet 30 15 15 2268 227511Le Havre 30 13 17 2303 231412Paris-Levallois 30 13 17 2350 239913Limoges 30 13 17 2158 222714Nancy 30 12 18 2248 230015Boulazac 30 11 19 2128 2303Relegation to Pro B16Poitiers 30 10 20 2133 2267 Season team leader(s) Stats leaders Source lnb.fr – Tops StatisticPlayerTeamAverageRanking per Game USA Sean May Paris-Levallois 21.28Points per Game USA Sean May Paris-Levallois 18.41Rebounds per Game USA Jon Brockman Limoges 10.65Assists per Game USA Bernard King Le Havre 7.36Steals per Game CIV Souleymane Diabate Nancy 2.17Blocks per Game FRA Rudy Gobert Cholet 1.85 Playoffs Quarter Finals Semifinals Finals 1 Gravelines-Dunkerque 0 8 Nanterre 2 4 Chalon-sur-Saône 2 5 Roanne 1 2 Strasbourg 2 7 Dijon 0 3 Lyon-Villeurbanne 2 6 Le Mans 1 8 Nanterre 2 4 Chalon-sur-Saône 0 2 Strasbourg 2 3 Lyon-Villeurbanne 0 8 Nanterre 3 2 Strasbourg 1 Awards LNB awards Source catch-and-shoot.com thumb |180px |Sean May Regular Season MVPs Foreign MVP : USA Dwight Buycks (Gravelines-Dunkerque) French MVP : FRA Edwin Jackson (Lyon-Villeurbanne) Best scorer USA Sean May (Paris-Levallois) Rising Star Award FRA Livio Jean-Charles (Lyon-Villeurbanne) Best Defensive Player ITA Tony Dobbins (Poitiers) Most Improved Player FRA Edwin Jackson (Lyon-Villeurbanne) Block Leader FRA Rudy Gobert (Cholet) Best Coach FRA Christian Monschau (Gravelines-Dunkerque) Finals MVP USA David Lightyhttp://www.catch-and-shoot.com/livenews/david-lighty-elu-mvp-de-la-finale-de-pro-a/2013/ David Lighty élu MVP de la finale de Pro A catch-and-shoot.com June 8, 2013 fr 2013-06-10 https://archive.today/20130623111805/http://www.catch-and-shoot.com/livenews/david-lighty-elu-mvp-de-la-finale-de-pro-a/2013/ 2013-06-23 dead (Nanterre) Player of the month MonthPlayerTeamOctoberhttp://www.lnb.fr/fr/Accueil/100004/Article/15228/Ricardo-Greer-elu-joueur-du-mois-d-octobre Ricardo Greer élu joueur du mois d'octobre lnb.fr November 13, 2012 fr DOM Ricardo Greer StrasbourgNovemberhttp://www.lnb.fr/fr/Accueil/100003/Article/15743/Sean-May-Joueur-du-Mois-de-Novembre Sean May Joueur du Mois de Novembre lnb.fr December 11, 2012 fr USA Sean May Paris-LevalloisDecemberhttp://basketactu.com/dwight-buycks-mvp-du-mois-de-decembre-33727/ Dwight Buycks MVP du mois de décembre basketactu.com January 14, 2013 fr 2013-05-06 https://archive.today/20130628172817/http://basketactu.com/dwight-buycks-mvp-du-mois-de-decembre-33727/ 2013-06-28 dead USA Dwight Buycks Gravelines-DunkerqueJanuaryhttp://www.basketnews.net/article/pro-dwight-buycks-encore-elu-joueur-du-mois-4456 Pro A : Dwight Buycks encore élu joueur du mois basketnews.net February 11, 2013 fr 2013-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20130214053528/http://www.basketnews.net/article/pro-dwight-buycks-encore-elu-joueur-du-mois-4456 2013-02-14 dead USA Dwight Buycks Gravelines-DunkerqueFebruaryhttp://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/ofbreves_-LNB-Campbell-elu-joueur-du-mois_toutes-10513014_filInfosport.Htm LNB: Campbell élu joueur du mois ouest-france.fr March 11, 2013 fr USA Louis Campbell StrasbourgMarchhttp://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/ofbreves_-LNB-Greer-elu-joueur-du-mois-de-mars_toutes-10585664_filInfosport.Htm LNB: Greer élu joueur du mois de mars ouest-france.fr April 8, 2013 fr DOM Ricardo Greer StrasbourgAprilhttp://www.catch-and-shoot.com/livenews/jeremy-leloup-elu-mvp-du-mois-davril-en-pro-a/2013/ Jérémy Leloup élu MVP du mois d'avril en Pro A catch-and-shoot.com May 13, 2013 fr 2013-06-10 https://archive.today/20130624190720/http://www.catch-and-shoot.com/livenews/jeremy-leloup-elu-mvp-du-mois-davril-en-pro-a/2013/ 2013-06-24 dead FRA Jérémy Leloup Dijon References External links fr LNB website 2012–13 Category:2012 in French men's sport Category:2013 in French men's sport Category:2012–13 in French basketball France