2012–13 Pro A season explained

2012–13 LNB Pro A season
League:	LNB Pro A
Sport:	Basketball
No Of Teams:	16
No Of Games:	240 (regular season)
Tv:	Sport+
Season:	Regular Season
Top Seed:	Gravelines-Dunkerque
Mvp:	Edwin Jackson Dwight Buycks
Mvp Link:	LNB Pro A MVP
Top Scorer:	Sean May
Top Scorer Link:	LNB Pro A Top Scorer
Finals:	2012-13 Finals
Finals Champ:	JSF Nanterre
Finals Runner-Up:	Strasbourg IG
Finals Mvp:	David Lighty
Finals Mvp Link:	LNB Pro A Finals MVP
Seasonslist:	List of LNB Pro A seasons
Seasonslistnames:	LNB Pro A
Prevseason Link:	2011–12 Pro A season
Prevseason Year:	2011–12
Nextseason Link:	2013–14 Pro A season
Nextseason Year:	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 seasonTeams 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

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

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lnb.fr – Ranking

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1		30	21	9	2360	2174	Playoffs
2		30	18	12	2297	2180
3		30	18	12	2276	2220
4		30	18	10	2291	2192
5		30	17	13	2172	2078
6		30	16	14	2202	2200
7		30	15	15	2096	2134
8		30	15	15	2352	2361
9		30	15	15	2356	2366
10		30	15	15	2268	2275
11		30	13	17	2303	2314
12		30	13	17	2350	2399
13		30	13	17	2158	2227
14		30	12	18	2248	2300
15		30	11	19	2128	2303	Relegation to Pro B
16		30	10	20	2133	2267

Season team leader(s)

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Colors = id:Chalon value:rgb(1,0,0) id:Cholet value:rgb(0.6,0,0) id:Dijon value:rgb(0,0,0) id:Gravelines value:rgb(1,0.6,0) id:Hyères value:rgb(0.06, 0.46, 0.86) id:LeHavre value:rgb(0.66, 0.06, 0.06) id:LeMans value:rgb(1,0.4,0) id:Lyon-Villeurbanne value:rgb(0.46,0.86,0.26) id:Nancy value:rgb(1,0,0) id:Nanterre value:rgb(0,0.4,0) id:Orléans value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0) id:Paris value:rgb(0.4,0.4,0.8) id:Pau value:rgb(0,0.8,0.6) id:Poitiers value:rgb(0.2,0.4,0.8) id:Roanne value:rgb(0.2,0.4,1) id:Strasbourg value:rgb(0.9,0,0)PlotData= anchor:till bar:Leaders width:15 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:00 till:03 shift:(-70,15) text:"Le Havre" color:LeHavre from:03 till:05 shift:(-50,15) text:"Chalon" color:Chalon from:05 till:07 shift:(-50,15) text:"Le Mans" color:LeMans from:07 till:13 shift:(-130,15) text:"Chalon-sur-Saône" color:Chalon from:13 till:14 shift:(-25,15) text:"PAR" color:Paris from:14 till:15 shift:(-25,15) text:"GRA" color:Gravelines from:15 till:16 shift:(-25,15) text:"STR" color:Strasbourg from:16 till:30 shift:(-255,15) text:"Gravelines-Dunkerque" color:Gravelines

Stats leaders

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lnb.fr – Tops

Statistic	Player	Team	Average
Ranking per Game			21.28
Points per Game			18.41
Rebounds per Game			10.65
Assists per Game			7.36
Steals per Game			2.17
Blocks per Game			1.85

Awards

LNB awards

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Source

catch-and-shoot.com

Regular Season MVPs

• Foreign MVP : Dwight Buycks (Gravelines-Dunkerque)
• French MVP : Edwin Jackson (Lyon-Villeurbanne)

Best scorer

• Sean May (Paris-Levallois)

Rising Star Award

• Livio Jean-Charles (Lyon-Villeurbanne)

Best Defensive Player

• Tony Dobbins (Poitiers)

Most Improved Player

• Edwin Jackson (Lyon-Villeurbanne)

Block Leader

• Rudy Gobert (Cholet)

Best Coach

• Christian Monschau (Gravelines-Dunkerque)

Finals MVP

• David Lighty^[1] (Nanterre)

Player of the month

Month	Player	Team
October^[2]		Strasbourg
November^[3]		Paris-Levallois
December^[4]		Gravelines-Dunkerque
January^[5]		Gravelines-Dunkerque
February^[6]		Strasbourg
March^[7]		Strasbourg
April^[8]		Dijon

References

1. Web site: 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 .
2. Web site: Ricardo Greer élu joueur du mois d'octobre . lnb.fr . November 13, 2012. fr.
3. Web site: Sean May Joueur du Mois de Novembre . lnb.fr . December 11, 2012. fr.
4. Web site: 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 .
5. Web site: 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 .
6. Web site: LNB: Campbell élu joueur du mois . ouest-france.fr . March 11, 2013. fr.
7. Web site: LNB: Greer élu joueur du mois de mars . ouest-france.fr . April 8, 2013. fr.
8. Web site: 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 .

External links

• LNB website