2017–18 Pro A season

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2017–18 Pro A
Season2017–18
Number of teams18
Regular season
Season
Hyères-Toulon
  • Boulazac Dordogne
  • Finals
    ChampionsLe Mans
    5th title
      Runners-upMonaco
    Statistical leaders
    Points Zachery Peacock 19.3
    Rebounds Mouphtaou Yarou 9.1
    Assists Jerel Blassingame 7.2

    The 2017–18 Pro A season is the 96th season of the

    Pro A, the top basketball league in France organised by the Ligue nationale de basket
    (LNB).

    On 2 March 2018, Jeep became the new main sponsor of the league and the league was re-named the Jeep Élite.[1]

    Teams

    Hyères-Toulon
    Location of teams in 2017–18 Pro A season

    Promotion and relegation

    JL Bourg promoted as the regular season champion of the Pro B season.[2] Boulazac Basket Dordogne was promoted as the winner of the Pro B promotion play-offs.[3]

    Locations and arenas

    Team Home city Stadium Capacity
    Antibes Sharks Antibes Azur Arena Antibes 5,249
    Boulazac Dordogne Boulazac Le Palio 5,200
    Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco Salle Gaston Médecin 3,700
    ASVEL LyonVilleurbanne Astroballe 5,556
    BCM Gravelines Dunkerque
    Gravelines Sportica 3,500
    Champagne Châlons Reims
    Reims Complexe René-Tys 3,000
    Cholet Basket Cholet La Meilleraie 5,191
    Élan Béarnais Pau Palais des Sports de Pau 7,707
    Élan Chalon Chalon-sur-Saône Le Colisée 5,000
    ESSM Le Portel Le Portel Le Chaudron 3,500
    Hyères-Toulon Var
    HyèresToulon Palais des Sports de Toulon 4,700
    JDA Dijon
    Dijon Palais des Sports de Dijon 5,000
    JL Bourg
    Bourg-en-Bresse Ekinox 3,548
    Nanterre 92 Nanterre
    Palais des Sports de Nanterre
    3,000
    Le Mans Sarthe Le Mans Antarès 6,003
    Limoges CSP Limoges
    Beaublanc
    6,000
    Levallois Metropolitans
    Levallois
    Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan
    4,000
    SIG Strasbourg
    Strasbourg Rhénus Sport 6,200

    Regular season

    In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, while the last two qualified teams will be relegated to the Pro B.

    Standings

    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
    1 Monaco 34 25 9 2925 2647 +278 Qualification for playoffs
    2
    SIG Strasbourg
    34 24 10 2849 2605 +244
    3 Le Mans Sarthe 34 21 13 2733 2541 +192
    4 Limoges CSP 34 20 14 2657 2630 +27
    5 JDA Dijon 34 20 14 2788 2679 +109
    6 ASVEL 34 19 15 2745 2677 +68
    7 Nanterre 92 34 19 15 2763 2748 +15
    8
    ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez
    34 18 16 2733 2710 +23
    9 JL Bourg 34 17 17 2793 2739 +54
    10
    Levallois Metropolitans
    34 16 18 2694 2745 −51
    11 ESSM Le Portel 34 16 18 2527 2553 −26
    12 Élan Chalon 34 15 19 2795 2793 +2
    13
    BCM Gravelines
    34 15 19 2595 2611 −16
    14
    Champagne Châlons Reims
    34 15 19 2754 2850 −96
    15 Cholet 34 14 20 2447 2572 −125
    16 Antibes Sharks 34 13 21 2653 2782 −129
    17 Boulazac Dordogne (R) 34 12 22 2639 2887 −248 Relegation to Pro B
    18
    Hyères-Toulon Var
    (R)
    34 6 28 2523 2844 −321
    Source: LNB.fr
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
    (R) Relegated

    Results

    Home \ Away
    ANT
    BOU MON ASV
    BCM
    REI
    CHO PAU CHA ESSM
    HTV
    JDA
    JLB N92 MSB LIM
    LEV
    SIG
    Antibes Sharks
    75–70 91–73 82–92 86–85 70–63 83–79 77–74 69–72 73–82 79–57
    Boulazac Dordogne 67–76 75–71 70–73 67–91 70–81 88–87 95–99 68–82 66–75 109–102
    Monaco 84–76 91–64 83–68 94–101 86–62 87–57 84–66 66–67 105–90 78–77 83–90
    ASVEL 93–80 77–59 82–88 83–69 102–85 86–69 83–87 81–65 79–71 71–68
    BCM Gravelines
    79–66 113–111 55–61 73–67 65–57 55–63 70–80 78–70 81–65
    Champagne Châlons Reims
    86–78 82–89 86–96 83–72 103–97 70–64 63–95 76–85 89–79 90–93
    Cholet 90–78 69–72 77–74 83–68 70–64 73–79 75–73 77–80 86–89 63–73
    Élan Béarnais 72–78 68–90 94–82 69–77 70–78 105–93 84–56 65–85 89–75 93–79
    Élan Chalon 95–81 87–89 84–52 74–75 62–82 82–67 81–77 93–99 85–55 77–79
    ESSM Le Portel 96–69 73–62 77–69 87–83 75–62 74–58 87–73 73–51 77–82 75–80
    Hyères-Toulon Var
    68–88 70–63 99–103 74–88 75–72 90–86 88–62 85–70 78–72 70–73
    JDA Dijon
    101–81 71–99 86–61 78–62 88–86 74–87 82–72 79–70 93–85 65–77
    JL Bourg 94–81 89–91 89–83 73–96 77–75 76–77 91–82 91–53 99–88 82–85 87–85
    Nanterre 92 93–77 98–68 99–69 67–89 93–82 85–54 84–72 92–86 77–80 73–75 102–100
    Le Mans Sarthe 94–85 103–63 90–84 65–47 73–58 63–66 77–63 91–70 83–87 89–65
    Limoges CSP 98–80 80–72 71–82 90–65 88–79 110–93 88–75 74–70 80–74
    Levallois Metropolitans
    81–71 71–77 72–65 94–84 55–67 65–74 96–91 76–87 81–87 81–83
    SIG Strasbourg 82–76 73–50 93–72 88–54 89–88 91–78 85–62 90–60 76–78
    Updated to match(es) played on 11 February 2018. Source: LNB
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

    Playoffs

    The quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the semi-finals and finals were played in a best-of-five format. The higher seeded team played game one, three and five (if needed) at home. The play-offs began on 22 May 2018.

    Bracket

    Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
    1 Monaco 2
    8
    ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez
    0
    1 Monaco 3
    4 Limoges CSP 1
    4 Limoges CSP 2
    5
    JDA Dijon
    0
    1 Monaco 2
    3 Le Mans 3
    2
    SIG Strasbourg
    2
    7 Nanterre 92 0
    2
    SIG Strasbourg
    2
    3 Le Mans 3
    3 Le Mans 2
    6 ASVEL 1

    Quarterfinals

    Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
    Monaco 2–0
    ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez
    99–97 98–73
    Limoges CSP 2–0
    JDA Dijon
    79–75 81–64
    SIG Strasbourg
    2–0 Nanterre 92 83–77 77–70
    Le Mans 2–1 ASVEL 68–81 72–67 79–68

    Semifinals

    Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
    Monaco 3–1 Limoges CSP 88–71 78–71 71-76 94-83
    SIG Strasbourg 2–3 Le Mans 76–66 71–80 60-80 89-82 79–85 OT

    Finals

    Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
    Monaco 2–3 Le Mans 78–71 77–87 72–84 78–69 74–76

    Individual honours

    Season awards

    Award Player Club
    Most Valuable Player[4]
    Zach Peacock
    JL Bourg
    Final MVP[4] United StatesNorth Macedonia Romeo Travis Le Mans
    Best Young Player[4] France Adam Mokoka BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
    Best Sixth Man[4] United States D. J. Stephens Le Mans
    Best Coach[4] Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović Monaco

    MVP of the Month

    Month Player Club Ref.
    October United States Zachery Peacock
    JL Bourg
    November United States Trae Golden ESSM Le Portel
    December United States Quincy Diggs Boulazac Dordogne
    January United States Frank Hassell ESSM Le Portel
    February United States Chris Johnson BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
    March France Jacques Alingue
    JDA Dijon
    April France Valentin Bigote
    JDA Dijon
    May United States Kevin Jones Nanterre 92 [5]

    French clubs in European competitions

    Team Competition Progress Ref
    Levallois Metropolitans
    EuroCup Group Stage [6]
    ASVEL Basket Top 16
    Limoges Top 16
    Élan Chalon Champions League Group Stage [7]
    SIG Strasbourg
    Quarterfinal
    AS Monaco Basket Final
    Nanterre 92 Top 16
    ESSM Le Portel FIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinal

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "La PRO A devient la Jeep® ELITE" [The PRO A becomes the Jeep® ELITE]. Msb.fr. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
    2. ^ "Un trophée de champion de ProB et une victoire "cadeau" pour la JL Bourg Basket". Fracetvinfo.fr. 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
    3. ^ "BOULAZAC RETROUVE LA PRO A AU BOUT DU SUSPENSE !". Archived from the original on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
    4. ^ a b c d e "Accueil".
    5. ^ "Accueil".
    6. ^ "7DAYS EuroCup Board meets ahead of 2017-18 season". EuroCup Basketball. 14 June 2017. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
    7. ^ "Champions line up in battle for European glory". BasketballCL.com. 28 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.