2006–07 Korisliiga season

Korisliiga
Korisliiga
Season	2006–07
Duration	September 30, 2006-April 24, 2007
Games played	44
Teams	12
Regular season
Top seed	Joensuun Kataja
Season MVP	Sami Lehtoranta (Domestic) ; Jerald Fields (Foreign)
Relegated	UU-Korihait (11) ; Pussihukat (12)
Finals
Champions	Espoon Honka ; (6th title)
Runners-up	Namika Lahti
Third place	Joensuun Kataja
Fourth place	KTP-Basket
Finals MVP	Jukka Matinen
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Chris Davis
Rebounds	Marcus Jackson
Assists	James Wright
Records
Average attendance	918
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2006-07 season was the 67th Finnish club basketball season. It began on September 30, 2006 and ended on April 24, 2007. Espoon Honka won the Final series by 3-0 against Namika Lahti and obtained their sixth national championship.^[1] Sami Lehtoranta won the MVP Award and Jukka Matinen won the Finals MVP Award.^[2]

Regular season

	Team	G	W	L	PF/G	PA/G	PTS
1	Joensuun Kataja	44	34	10	89.5	79.5	68
2	Espoon Honka	44	30	14	88.6	82.1	60
3	KTP-Basket	44	27	17	88.7	85.0	54
4	Torpan Pojat	44	27	17	84.3	81.0	54
5	Namika Lahti	44	24	20	82.8	81.9	48
6	Lappeenrannan NMKY	44	21	23	82.5	80.7	42
7	Porvoon Tarmo	44	21	23	84.8	85.6	42
8	Team Componenta	44	18	26	83.0	84.5	36
9	Kouvot	44	18	26	78.5	82.0	36
10	Tampereen Pyrintö	44	16	28	87.8	94.4	32
11	UU-Korihait	44	16	28	82.0	86.3	32
12	Pussihukat	44	12	32	75.3	85.1	24

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Chris Davis	Team Componenta	23.0
2.	Ed Nelson	UU-Korihait	22.3
3.	Eric Washington	Tampereen Pyrintö	21.2
4.	James Wright	Tampereen Pyrintö	20.3
5.	Dennis Harrison	Tampereen Pyrintö	19.4

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	James Wright	Tampereen Pyrintö	4.9
2.	Jermaine Spivey	KTP-Basket	4.2
3.	Petteri Koponen	Espoon Honka	4.1
4.	Petri Virtanen	Joensuun Kataja	3.7
5.	Ben Perkins	UU-Korihait	3.1

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	Marcus Jackson	Team Componenta	12.3
2.	Ed Nelson	UU-Korihait	11.6
3.	Luke Lloyd	Joensuun Kataja	10.5
4.	Ryan McDade	Porvoon Tarmo	10.3
5.	Sidney Holmes	Namika Lahti	10.1

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals		Finals

3	KTP-Basket	3

6	Lappeenrannan NMKY	0
			Espoon Honka	3

			KTP-Basket	2
2	Espoon Honka	3

7	Porvoon Tarmo	0
					Espoon Honka	3

					Namika Lahti	0
4	Torpan Pojat	1

5	Namika Lahti	3
			Joensuun Kataja	2	Third place

			Namika Lahti	3
1	Joensuun Kataja	3			Joensuun Kataja	168

8	Team Componenta	0			KTP-Basket	154

References

Korisliiga Schedule & Results^{[permanent dead link‍]}

^ "Hongasta upeasti Suomen mestari (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2007-04-24. Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
^ "Katajan Sami Lehtoranta äänestettiin Korisliigan vuoden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2007-05-03. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-22.

[1] "Hongasta upeasti Suomen mestari (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2007-04-24. Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-22.

[2] "Katajan Sami Lehtoranta äänestettiin Korisliigan vuoden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2007-05-03. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-22.

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