# 2014–15 Pro A season

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.
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.

## 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
** Champagne Châlons Reims
** SPO Rouen Basket

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| SOMB Boulogne-sur-Mer | Boulogne-sur-Mer | Salle Damrémont | 2,000 |
| 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 | 5,000 |
| Cholet Basket | Cholet | La Meilleraie | 5,191 |
| JDA Dijon | Dijon | Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy | 5,000 |
| 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 | 3,000 |
| 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 4,000 |
| 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 | Laurent Sciarra | Sacked | 13 June 2014 | Christophe Denis | 13 June 2014 |
| Le Mans Sarthe Basket | JD Jackson | End of contract | 30 June 2014 | Erman Kunter | 1 July 2014 |
| Orléans Loiret Basket | Philippe Hervé | End of contract | 30 June 2014 | François Péronnet | 1 July 2014 |

## 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 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Limoges | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2766 | 2593 | 1.067 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Le Mans Sarthe | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2553 | 2537 | 1.006 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | ASVEL | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2536 | 2465 | 1.029 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | STB Le Havre | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2585 | 2568 | 1.007 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | SLUC Nancy | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2608 | 2565 | 1.017 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Élan Chalon | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2618 | 2575 | 1.017 | Advance to playoffs |
| 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 | Relegation to Pro B |

### 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Strasbourg | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 1 | 1 | Strasbourg | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Le Mans | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Le Mans | 2 | 4 | Le Mans | 0 | | | |
| 5 | ASVEL | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | ASVEL | 1 | | | | 1 | Strasbourg | 1 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Limoges | 3 |
| 2 | Nanterre | 0 | | | | | | | 3 | Limoges | 3 |
| 7 | Nancy | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nancy | 2 | 7 | Nancy | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Limoges | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Limoges | 2 | 3 | Limoges | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Le Havre | 0 | | | | | | |

## All-Star Game

Team National :
| Pos | Player | Team |
| Starters |||
| G | Antoine Diot | Strasbourg IG |
| G | Pape Sy | BCM Gravelines |
| F | Charles Kahudi | Le Mans |
| F | Adrien Moerman | CSP Limoges |
| C | Mam Jaiteh | JSF Nanterre |
| Reserves |||
| G | Andrew Albicy | BCM Gravelines |
| G | Léo Westermann | CSP Limoges |
| G | Rodrigue Beaubois | Le Mans |
| F | Nobel Boungou Colo | CSP Limoges |
| F | Florent Piétrus | SLUC Nancy |
| C | Johan Passave-Ducteil | JSF Nanterre |
| C | Alain Koffi | SPO Rouen |
| Head coach: Vincent Collet (Strasbourg IG) |||
Team International :
| Pos | Player | Team |
| Starters |||
| G | Erving Walker | JDA Dijon |
| G | Jamar Smith | CSP Limoges |
| F | Mykal Riley | JSF Nanterre |
| F | Kyle Weems | JSF Nanterre |
| C | Sharrod Ford | Paris-Levallois |
| Reserves |||
| G | Steven Gray | JDA Dijon |
| G | Mark Payne | Châlons-Reims |
| G | Kenny Boynton | SOM Boulogne |
| F | Daequan Cook | SPO Rouen |
| F | Ricardo Greer | STB Le Havre |
| C | Zachery Peacock | Cholet |
| C | Marcus Dove | Elan Chalon |
| Head coach: Jean-Marc Dupraz (CSP Limoges) |||