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 season Teams 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 Source lnb.fr – Ranking
# Teams P W L PF PA Qualification or relegation1Gravelines-Dunkerque 30 21 9 2360 2174Playoffs2Strasbourg 30 18 12 2297 21803Lyon-Villeurbanne 30 18 12 2276 22204Chalon-sur-Saône 30 18 10 2291 21925Roanne 30 17 13 2172 20786Le Mans 30 16 14 2202 22007Dijon 30 15 15 2096 21348Nanterre 30 15 15 2352 23619Orléans 30 15 15 2356 236610Cholet 30 15 15 2268 227511Le Havre 30 13 17 2303 231412Paris-Levallois 30 13 17 2350 239913Limoges 30 13 17 2158 222714Nancy 30 12 18 2248 230015Boulazac 30 11 19 2128 2303Relegation to Pro B16Poitiers 30 10 20 2133 2267
Season team leader(s)
Stats leaders Source lnb.fr – Tops
StatisticPlayerTeamAverageRanking per Game Sean May Paris-Levallois 21.28Points per Game Sean May Paris-Levallois 18.41Rebounds per Game Jon Brockman Limoges 10.65Assists per Game Bernard King Le Havre 7.36Steals per Game Souleymane Diabate Nancy 2.17Blocks per Game Rudy Gobert Cholet 1.85
Playoffs
Awards
LNB awards 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 (Nanterre)
Player of the month MonthPlayerTeamOctober Ricardo Greer StrasbourgNovember Sean May Paris-LevalloisDecember Dwight Buycks Gravelines-DunkerqueJanuary Dwight Buycks Gravelines-DunkerqueFebruary Louis Campbell StrasbourgMarch Ricardo Greer StrasbourgApril Jérémy Leloup Dijon
References
External links LNB website