2004–05 Lega Basket Serie A

The 2004–05 Lega Basket Serie A season, known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 83rd season of the Lega Basket Serie A, the highest professional basketball league in Italy.

Lega Basket Serie A
Competition details
Season 2004–05
Teams 18
Games played 34
Dates October 3, 2004 – June 5, 2005
Final positions
Champions Climamio Bologna
2nd title
Runners-up Armani Jeans Milano
Semifinalists Benetton Treviso
Lottomatica Roma
Relegated Sicc Cucine Jesi
Scavolini Pesaro
Awards
MVP Massimo Bulleri
Finals MVP Gianluca Basile
Statistical leaders
Points Drew Nicholas
22.8
Rebounds Casey Shaw
9.4
Assists Tyson Wheeler
4.7

The regular season ran from October 3, 2004 to May 2005, 18 teams played 34 games each. The top 8 teams made the play-offs whilst the lowest ranked team, Sicc Cucine Jesi and the bankrupt club Scavolini Pesaro, were relegated to the Legadue.

Climamio Bologna won their second title by winning the playoff finals series against Armani Jeans Milano.

Regular Season 2004/05
Rank Team GP W L PF PA Coach
1 Benetton Treviso 34 28 6 2,836 2,457 Ettore Messina
2 Climamio Bologna 34 25 9 2,897 2,619 Jasmin Repeša
3 Montepaschi Siena 34 25 9 2,875 2,593 Carlo Recalcati
4 Armani Jeans Milano 34 24 10 2,680 2,486 Lino Lardo
5 Vertical Vision Cantù 34 22 12 2,911 2,745 Stefano Sacripanti
6 Lottomatica Roma 34 18 16 2,761 2,728 Piero Bucchi (first 17 games, 9-8)

Guido Saibene (next 1 game, 0-1)
Svetislav Pešić (last 16 games, 9-7)

7 Sedima Roseto 34 16 18 2,692 2,844 Neven Spahija
8 Pompea Napoli 34 16 18 2,885 2,943 Andrea Mazzon (first 7 games, 3-4)

Maurizio Bartocci (next 1 game, 0-1)
Attilio Caja (next 11 games, 5-6)
Maurizio Bartocci (last 15 games, 8-7)

9 Scavolini Pesaro 34 15 19 2,709 2,753 Phil Melillo (first 13 games, 7-6)

Marco Crespi (last 21 games, 8-13)

10 Navigo.it Teramo 34 15 19 2,709 2,753 Cesare Pancotto
11 Villaggio Solidago Livorno 34 14 20 2,815 2,893 Walter De Raffaele
12 Air Avellino 34 14 20 2,737 2,995 Zare Markovski
13 Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 34 13 21 2,657 2,576 Fabrizio Frates
14 Casti Group Varese 34 13 21 2,736 2,891 Giulio Cadeo (first 8 games, 3-5)

Gianni Molina (next 1 game, 0-1)
Ruben Magnano (last 25 games, 10-15)

15 Snaidero Cucine Udine 34 13 21 2,675 2,834 Teoman Alibegović
16 Lauretana Biella 34 12 22 2,747 2,831 Alessandro Ramagli
17 Eurofiditalia Reggio Calabria 34 12 22 2,720 2,950 Alessandro Giuliani (first 27 games, 7-20)

Antonio Zorzi (last 7 games, 5-2)

18 Sicc Cucine Jesi 34 11 23 2,751 2,899 Luigi Gresta (first 18 games, 5-13)

Slobodan Subotić (last 16 games, 6-10)

Teams marked in green qualified for the playoffs. Teams marked in red were relegated to Serie A2. Scavolini Pesaro has gone bankrupt after the season and moved to Serie B, sparing Reggio Calabria relegation.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring
Rank Name Nation Team PPG
1. Drew Nicholas Villaggio Solidago Livorno 22.8
2. Jamel Thomas Navigo.it Teramo 20.2
3. Charles Smith Scavolini Pesaro 19.6
4. Mike Penberthy Pompea Napoli 19.2
5. Norman Nolan Casti Group Varese 18.9
6. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Sedima Roseto 18.7
7. Preston Shumpert Villaggio Solidago Livorno 18.1
8. Duane Woodward Sedima Roseto 17.2
9. Raymond Tutt Sicc Cucine Jesi 16.7
10. Mario Austin Lauretana Biella 16.7

Assists
Rank Name Nation Team APG
1. Tyson Wheeler Navigo.it Teramo 4.7
2. Misan Nikagbatse Sedima Roseto 4.0
3. Cookie Belcher Lauretana Biella 3.8
4. Sani Bečirovič Casti Group Varese 3.8
5. Duane Woodward Sedima Roseto 3.6
6. Gianmarco Pozzecco Climamio Bologna 3.5
7. Kiwane Garris Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia 3.4
8. Nate Green Air Avellino 3.4
9. Jerry McCullough Armani Jeans Milano 3.2
10. Tyus Edney Lottomatica Roma 2.9

Rebounds
Rank Name Nation Team RPG
1. Casey Shaw Eurofiditalia Reggio Calabria 9.4
2. Brooks Sales Navigo.it Teramo 9.0
3. Chris Massie Air Avellino 8.6
4. James Singleton Armani Jeans Milano 8.4
5. Jacob Jaacks Lauretana Biella 8.2
6. Damon Williams Air Avellino 8.2
7. Aloysius Anagonye Villaggio Solidago Livorno 8.1
8. Joseph Blair Armani Jeans Milano 8.0
9. Denis Marconato Benetton Treviso 7.5
10. Mason Rocca Pompea Napoli 7.4
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