2014–15 Pro A season

































































Pro A
Competition details
Season
2014–15
Teams
18
Games played
34
Dates
September 26, 2014 – June 20, 2015
TV
Sport+, Canal+ Sport
Final positions
Champions
Limoges (11th title)
Runners-up
SIG Strasbourg
Relegated
SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer
JL Bourg-en-Bresse
Major awards
MVP
France Adrien Moerman
Finals MVP
France Ousmane Camara
Statistical leaders
Points
United States Steven Gray
16.8

Rebounds
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King
9.8

Assists
United States Mike Green
7.2


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All statistics correct as of 28 April 2015.

The 2014–15 LNB Pro A season was the 93rd season of the French Basketball Championship and the 28th season since inception of the LNB.


The season started on September 26, 2014 and ended on June 20, 2015.[1]


This season the number of teams was increased to 18, after SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer and JL Bourg-en-Bresse promoted from the LNB Pro B and Champagne Châlons Reims Basket and SPO Rouen Basket were offered spots through a wild card.




Contents






  • 1 Teams


    • 1.1 Promotion and relegation


    • 1.2 Venues and locations




  • 2 Managerial changes


    • 2.1 Before the start of the season




  • 3 Regular season


    • 3.1 League table


    • 3.2 Results




  • 4 Playoffs


  • 5 Awards


  • 6 All-Star Game


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Teams



Promotion and relegation




  • Relegated to Pro B


    • Chorale Roanne Basket (15th)


    • Antibes (16th)




  • Promoted from Pro B


    • SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer (Champion)


    • JL Bourg-en-Bresse (Playoffs winner)




  • Wild-cards offered by LNB [2]

    • Champagne Châlons Reims

    • SPO Rouen Basket





Venues and locations




2014–15 Pro A season is located in France

Boulogne-s/-M

Boulogne-s/-M



Bourg-en-Bresse

Bourg-en-Bresse



Chalon-s/-S

Chalon-s/-S



Reims

Reims



Cholet

Cholet



Dijon

Dijon



Gravelines

Gravelines



Le Havre

Le Havre



Le Mans

Le Mans



Limoges

Limoges



Villeurbanne

Villeurbanne



Nancy

Nancy



Nanterre

Nanterre



Orléans

Orléans



Paris

Paris



Pau-Orthez

Pau-Orthez



Rouen

Rouen



Strasbourg

Strasbourg




Location of teams in Pro A League 2014–15





















































































































Team
Home city
Stadium
Capacity

SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer

Boulogne-sur-Mer
Salle Damrémont
1,650

JL Bourg-en-Bresse

Bourg-en-Bresse
Ekinox
3,548

Champagne Châlons Reims

Reims
Complexe René-Tys
2,926

SPO Rouen Basket

Rouen
Kindarena
6,000

Élan Chalon

Chalon-sur-Saône

Le Colisée
4,070

Cholet Basket

Cholet

La Meilleraie
5,191

JDA Dijon

Dijon
Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy
4,600

BCM Gravelines Dunkerque

Gravelines

Sportica
3,500

STB Le Havre

Le Havre
Salle des Docks Océane
3,598

Le Mans Sarthe Basket

Le Mans

Antarès
6,003

Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre

Limoges

Beaublanc
6,000

ASVEL Basket

Lyon – Villeurbanne

Astroballe
5,556

SLUC Nancy Basket

Nancy

Palais des Sports Jean Weille
6,027

JSF Nanterre

Nanterre
Palais des Sports de Nanterre
1,594

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
3,050

Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez

Pau

Palais des Sports de Pau
7,707

Strasbourg IG

Strasbourg

Rhénus Sport
6,200


Managerial changes



Before the start of the season



































Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
SPO Rouen Basket
France Laurent Sciarra
Sacked 13 June 2014[3]

France Christophe Denis
13 June 2014
Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Canada JD Jackson
End of contract 30 June 2014[4]

Turkey France Erman Kunter
1 July 2014 [5]
Orléans Loiret Basket
France Philippe Hervé
End of contract 30 June 2014[6]

France François Péronnet
1 July 2014 [7]


Regular season



League table






































































































































































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

L

PF

PA

PR
Qualification or relegation
1

SIG Strasbourg
34
30
4
2592
2230
1.162
Advance to playoffs
2

Nanterre
34
25
9
2797
2517
1.111
3

Limoges
34
22
12
2766
2593
1.067
4

Le Mans Sarthe
34
19
15
2553
2537
1.006
5

ASVEL
34
19
15
2536
2465
1.029
6

STB Le Havre
34
19
15
2585
2568
1.007
7

SLUC Nancy
34
18
16
2608
2565
1.017
8

Élan Chalon
34
18
16
2618
2575
1.017
9

BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
34
18
16
2533
2441
1.038

10

JDA Dijon
34
17
17
2584
2595
0.996
11

Paris Levallois
34
17
17
2611
2551
1.024
12

Champagne Châlons-Reims
34
17
17
2712
2702
1.004
13

Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez
34
13
21
2539
2648
0.959
14

Cholet
34
13
21
2661
2770
0.961
15

SPO Rouen
34
12
22
2544
2718
0.936
16

Entente Orléanaise
34
10
24
2535
2751
0.921
17

JL Bourg
34
9
25
2635
2851
0.924
Relegation to Pro B
18

SOMB
34
9
25
2632
2964
0.888

Source: LNB


Results


















































































































































































































































































































































































































Home Away ASV BSM BEB CHS CHR CHO DIJ GRA HAV MSB LIM NCY NTR ORL PAR PAU ROU
SIG

ASVEL Basket


89–65

86–64

56–64

89–75

67–56

79–67

79–56

54–65

80–67

74–83

69–67

65–88

64–60

77–71

84–59

74–79

75–90

SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer

90–99


80–79

66–61

80–84

103–79

86–70

64–79

102–103

57–74

85–96

82–89

74–95

86–92

66–95

79–73

61–66

70–93

JL Bourg-en-Bresse

65–95

94–80


99–88

62–81

90–80

96–101

71–78

73–81

65–87

67–99

83–68

83–99

75–98

76–84

88–67

87–72

82–86

Élan Chalon

79–80

100–78

73–80


89–84

95–88

66–76

52–57

80–78

73–88

81–72

81–64

96–72

85–69

70–64

84–72

94–82

52–56

Châlons-Reims

88–71

87–91

85–87

84–80


88–70

86–80

85–84

84–96

74–83

103–92

69–76

80–83

69–49

84–85

85–75

70–76

69–73

Cholet Basket

75–73

115–90

91–77

79–81

77–80


81–73

74–73

79–84

83–85

66–78

87–84

77–88

89–67

78–85

78–79

80–75

52–67

JDA Dijon Basket

86–71

81–78

117–113

68–71

78–57

68–70


68–62

72–67

80–79

63–76

73–87

100–105

81–73

77–58

64–76

90–81

70–74

BCM Gravelines

61–50

66–80

68–62

65–74

75–66

90–71

73–53


69–78

69–63

78–81

66–71

92–84

83–61

87–68

95–86

92–49

62–76

STB Le Havre

73–85

116–77

77–76

79–70

80–76

76–81

83–63

62–78


71–85

85–79

72–78

79–105

79–66

73–87

69–61

71–63

59–72

Le Mans Sarthe Basket

92–76

68–61

96–83

68–66

79–88

61–82

63–80

78–73

70–56


59–74

74–70

63–81

82–89

73–67

83–78

61–63

76–83

Limoges CSP

79–81

83–88

79–70

78–63

77–65

83–73

78–67

87–83

84–77

89–83


75–56

72–90

102–66

73–65

96–89

92–62

68–87

SLUC Nancy Basket

72–66

105–74

94–68

74–59

72–77

98–94

64–73

67–61

78–84

71–74

101–107


70–79

73–64

64–74

75–83

96–83

65–78

JSF Nanterre

76–65

84–70

84–62

89–66

106–88

84–71

61–73

74–68

61–68

73–61

72–75

77–84


94–81

60–71

82–46

101–89

73–69

Orléans Loiret Basket

72–78

79–86

76–74

98–80

77–64

72–79

79–62

88–73

73–71

81–86

91–85

71–80

73–89


68–88

75–89

83–87

60–82

Paris-Levallois Basket

64–60

86–69

80–76

84–94

87–66

89–96

75–87

99–107

81–59

74–65

92–66

64–77

80–76

76–77


70–71

83–73

68–83

Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez

67–78

90–59

77–64

73–90

83–91

92–81

80–77

67–69

75–84

85–91

79–69

76–79

77–91

72–60

70–59


83–55

58–86

Rouen Métropole Basket

82–89

98–84

68–81

70–77

84–97

98–66

84–90

76–83

68–76

75–68

76–74

66–67

60–69

88–86

64–58

88–69


76–89

Strasbourg IG

68–58

93–71

76–63

85–84

56–63

77–63

63–56

77–58

63–54

67–68

56–65

82–72

69–49

80–61

89–80

70–62

77–68



Playoffs




Game 3 of the Finals between Limoges and Strasbourg








































































































































































Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
                 
1

Strasbourg

2
8

Chalon-sur-Saône
1
1

Strasbourg

3

4

Le Mans
0
4

Le Mans

2
5

ASVEL
1
1

Strasbourg
1

3

Limoges

3
2

Nanterre
0
7

Nancy

2
7

Nancy
0

3

Limoges

3
3

Limoges

2
6

Le Havre
0


Awards






































Awards[8]
Player
Team
MVP

France Adrien Moerman

Limoges
Finals MVP

France Ousmane Camara

Limoges
Best Coach

France Vincent Collet

Strasbourg
Best Young Player

France Petr Cornelie

Le Mans
Best Defender

France Florent Piétrus

Nancy
Most Improved Player

France Benjamin Sene

Nancy


All-Star Game











References





  1. ^ Eurobasket.com – France


  2. ^ Châlons-Reims et Rouen invités en PROA pour 2014-15; LNB.fr, 08 June 2014


  3. ^ Christophe Denis, nouveau coach de Rouen; LNB.fr 14 June 2014


  4. ^ JD Jackson va quitter Le Mans; basketactu.com, 25 February 2014


  5. ^ Erman Kunter nouvel entraîneur du Mans LNB.fr 22 May 2014


  6. ^ Philippe Hervé, retour sur 9 années à Orléans; insidebasketeurope.com, 8 May 2014


  7. ^ François Peronnet est le nouveau coach d'Orléans basketactu.com 24 March 2014


  8. ^ Awards – Sportando.com




External links



  • (in French) LNB website









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