# 2006–07 Pro A season

The 2006–07 LNB Pro A season was the 85th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 20th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) . The regular season started on September 23, 2006 and ended on April 27, 2007. The play-offs were held from May 15, 2007 till June 2, 2007.
Roanne, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season, won its second French Pro A League title by defeating Nancy in playoffs final (81-74).

## Promotion and relegation

Due to the change of the LNB Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006 to 2007 LNB Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.

### At the beginning of the 2006–07 season

Teams promoted from 2005 to 2006 Pro B
* Besançon
* Orléans
Teams relegated to 2006–07 Pro B
* Brest
* Rouen

### At the end of the 2006–07 season

* 2006-07 Pro A Champion: Roanne
Teams promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B
* Vichy
Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B
* Besançon
* Bourg-en-Bresse
* Reims

## Team arenas

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Besançon BCD | Besançon | Palais des Sports | 4,000 |
| JL Bourg-en-Bresse | Bourg-en-Bresse | Salle des Sports | 2,300 |
| ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône | Chalon-sur-Saône | Le Colisée | 4,070 |
| Cholet Basket | Cholet | La Meilleraie | 5,191 |
| Stade Clermontois BA | Clermont-Ferrand | Maison des Sports | 4,630 |
| JDA Dijon | Dijon | Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy | 5,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 BR | Paris | Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan | 4,200 4,000 |
| Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez | Pau-Orthez | Palais des Sports de Pau | 7,813 |
| Reims Champagne Basket | Reims | Complexe Sportif René Tys | 3,000 |
| Chorale Roanne Basket | Roanne | Halle André Vacheresse | 3,300 |
| Strasbourg IG | Strasbourg | Rhénus Sport | 6,200 |

## Team standings

* Clinched playoff berth
* Relegated
| # | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
| 1 | Nancy | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2825 | 2498 |
| 2 | Roanne | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2942 | 2780 |
| 3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2684 | 2623 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2753 | 2480 |
| 5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2752 | 2549 |
| 6 | Le Mans | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2529 | 2375 |
| 7 | Cholet | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2424 | 2408 |
| 8 | Gravelines-Dunkerque | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2625 | 2579 |
| 9 | Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2747 | 2622 |
| 10 | Dijon | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2642 | 2620 |
| 11 | Orléans | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2569 | 2590 |
| 12 | Le Havre | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2637 | 2698 |
| 13 | Clermont-Ferrand | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2402 | 2358 |
| 14 | Paris BR | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2453 | 2662 |
| 15 | Hyères Toulon | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2606 | 2838 |
| 16 | Besançon | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2744 | 2880 |
| 17 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2294 | 2673 |
| 18 | Reims | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2361 | 2755 |

## Playoffs

| Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Nancy | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Gravelines-Dunkerque | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Gravelines-Dunkerque | 1 | 1 | Nancy | 2 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 0 | 5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 2 | | | | 1 | Nancy | 74 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Roanne | 81 |
| 2 | Roanne | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Roanne | 81 |
| 7 | Cholet | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Cholet | 0 | 2 | Roanne | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 2 | 3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Le Mans | 1 | | | | | | |

## Awards
### Regular Season MVPs

* "Foreign" MVP: Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)
* "French" MVP: Cyril Julian (Nancy)

### Best Coach

* Jean-Denys Choulet (Roanne)

### Best Defensive Player

* Marc-Antoine Pellin (Roanne)

### Rising Star Award

* Nicolas Batum (Le Mans)