LNB Pro A 2012/13

Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A 2012/13

Duration		October 5, 2012 - June 8, 2013
Order of execution		20th season
organizer		Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB)
Number of games		30th
Number of teams		16
Main round
Main rounds - MVP		France Edwin Jackson Dwight Buycks United States
Top scorer		Sean May
Best defender		Anthony Dobbins
Best young player		Livio Jean-Charles
Coach of the year		Christian Monschau
Play-offs
French master		JSF Nanterre
Runner-up		Strasbourg IG
Finals - MVP		David Lighty
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The 2012/13 season was the 20th season of the French Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A , the top division in the French men's basketball club . It was the 91st championship in French men's basketball and the 26th championship since the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB) was founded . The main round started on October 5, 2012 and ended on April 30, 2013 with the 30th and final game day. The play-off -Finalrunde for the championship lasted until June 8, 2013.

As defending champion, Élan Sportif Chalonnais started the season, which also competed in the ULEB Euroleague 2012/13 . In the 2012/13 Eurocup the league was represented by Cholet Basket , Orléans Loiret Basket and Le Mans Sarthe Basket .

Promoted to the 2012/13 season were Limoges CSP and Boulazac Basket Dordogne .

French champion was JSF Nanterre , who prevailed in the final series against Strasbourg IG with 3-1 wins.

Teams

Teams of the LNB Pro A 2012/13

team	city	Hall	Places
Boulazac Basket Dordogne	Boulazac	Le Palio	05,200
Élan Sportif Chalonnais	Chalon-sur-Saône	Le Colisée	04,948
Cholet Basket	Cholet	Salle de la Meilleraie	05,191
JDA Dijon	Dijon	Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy	04,628
BCM Gravelines	Gravelines	Sportica	03,043
STB Le Havre	Le Havre	Salle des Docks Océane	03,298
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Le Mans	Antares	06,023
Limoges CSP	Limoges	Palais des sports de Beaublanc	05,516
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	Lyon	Astroballe	05,643
SLUC Nancy Basket	Nancy	Palais des sports Jean-Weille	06,027
JSF Nanterre	Nanterre	Palais des Sports	03,000
Orléans Loiret Basket	Orleans	Zénith d'Orléans	05,500
Paris-Levallois Basket	Paris	Stade Pierre de Coubertin , Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan	04,016, 3,000
Poitiers Basket 86	Poitiers	Salle Saint-Éloi, Les Arènes	02,700, 4,639
Chorale Roanne Basket	Roanne	André-Vacheresse hall	05,020
Strasbourg IG	Strasbourg	Rhenus Sport	06,200

	= Relegation places (places 15 and 16)
	= Playoff places (places 1 to 8)

in brackets: M = champions of the previous season / P = cup winners of the previous season / A = promoters for this season

#	team	Games	Victories	Defeats	baskets
1	BCM Gravelines Dunkerque	30th	21st	9	2360: 2174
2	Strasbourg IG	30th	18th	12	2297: 2180
3	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	30th	18th	12	2276: 2220
4th	Élan Sportif Chalonnais (M, P)	30th	18th	12	2291: 2192
5	Chorale Roanne Basket	30th	17th	13	2172: 2078
6th	Le Mans Sarthe Basket	30th	16	14th	2202: 2200
7th	JDA Dijon	30th	15th	15th	2096: 2134
8th	JSF Nanterre	30th	15th	15th	2352: 2361
9	Orléans Loiret Basket	30th	15th	15th	2356: 2366
10	Cholet Basket	30th	15th	15th	2268: 2275
11	STB Le Havre	30th	13	17th	2303: 2314
12	Paris-Levallois Basket	30th	13	17th	2350: 2399
13	Limoges CSP (A)	30th	13	17th	2158: 2227
14th	SLUC Nancy Basket	30th	12	18th	2248: 2300
15th	Boulazac Basket Dordogne (A)	30th	11	19th	2128: 2303
16	Poitiers Basket 86	30th	10	20th	2133: 2267