2004–05 Lega Basket Serie A Explained

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Lega Basket Serie A
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T Color:white
Season:2004–05
Champions:Climamio Bologna
2nd title
Runners Up:Armani Jeans Milano
Semifinalists:Benetton Treviso
Lottomatica Roma
Relegated:Sicc Cucine Jesi
Scavolini Pesaro
Teams:18
Games:34
Duration:October 3, 2004 – June 5, 2005
Top Seed:Benetton Treviso
Mvp: Massimo Bulleri
Finals Mvp: Gianluca Basile
Ppg:22.8
Rpg:9.4
Apg:4.7

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

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1Benetton Treviso342862,8362,457 Ettore Messina
2Climamio Bologna342592,8972,619 Jasmin Repeša
3Montepaschi Siena342592,8752,593 Carlo Recalcati
4Armani Jeans Milano3424102,6802,486 Lino Lardo
5Vertical Vision Cantù3422122,9112,745 Stefano Sacripanti
6Lottomatica Roma3418162,7612,728 Piero Bucchi (first 17 games, 9-8)
Guido Saibene (next 1 game, 0-1)
Svetislav Pešić (last 16 games, 9-7)
7Sedima Roseto3416182,6922,844 Neven Spahija
8Pompea Napoli3416182,8852,943 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)
9Scavolini Pesaro3415192,7092,753 Phil Melillo (first 13 games, 7-6)
Marco Crespi (last 21 games, 8-13)
10Navigo.it Teramo3415192,7092,753 Cesare Pancotto
11Villaggio Solidago Livorno3414202,8152,893 Walter De Raffaele
12Air Avellino3414202,7372,995 Zare Markovski
13Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia3413212,6572,576 Fabrizio Frates
14Casti Group Varese3413212,7362,891 Giulio Cadeo (first 8 games, 3-5)
Gianni Molina (next 1 game, 0-1)
Ruben Magnano (last 25 games, 10-15)
15Snaidero Cucine Udine3413212,6752,834 Teoman Alibegović
16Lauretana Biella3412222,7472,831 Alessandro Ramagli
17Eurofiditalia Reggio Calabria3412222,7202,950 Alessandro Giuliani (first 27 games, 7-20)
Antonio Zorzi (last 7 games, 5-2)
18Sicc Cucine Jesi3411232,7512,899 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

Semifinals

Finals

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

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1. Villaggio Solidago Livorno22.8
2. Navigo.it Teramo20.2
3. Scavolini Pesaro19.6
4. Pompea Napoli19.2
5. Casti Group Varese18.9
6. Sedima Roseto18.7
7. Preston Shumpert Villaggio Solidago Livorno18.1
8. Sedima Roseto17.2
9. Sicc Cucine Jesi16.7
10. Lauretana Biella16.7

Assists

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1. Navigo.it Teramo4.7
2. Sedima Roseto4.0
3. Lauretana Biella3.8
4. Casti Group Varese3.8
5. Sedima Roseto3.6
6. Climamio Bologna3.5
7. Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia3.4
8. Air Avellino3.4
9. Armani Jeans Milano3.2
10. Lottomatica Roma2.9

Rebounds

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1. Eurofiditalia Reggio Calabria9.4
2. Navigo.it Teramo9.0
3. Air Avellino8.6
4. Armani Jeans Milano8.4
5. Lauretana Biella8.2
6. Air Avellino8.2
7. Villaggio Solidago Livorno8.1
8. Armani Jeans Milano8.0
9. Benetton Treviso7.5
10. Pompea Napoli7.4

See also

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