2006–07 Korisliiga season

Finnish basketball season

Korisliiga

Season| 2006–07
Duration| September 30, 2006-April 24, 2007
Number of games| 44
Number of 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|  Chris Davis|  23.0

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Rebounds|  Marcus Jackson|  12.3
Assists|  James Wright|  4.9
Records
Average attendance| 918

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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[edit]

| Team  | G  | W  | L  | PF/G  | PA/G  | PTS

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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[edit]

Statistics are for the regular season.

### Scoring[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Team  | PPG

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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[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Team  | APG

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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[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Team  | RPG

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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[edit]

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 3 | KTP-Basket | 3 | | |
| 6 | Lappeenrannan NMKY | 0 |
| | Espoon Honka | 3 |
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| | | KTP-Basket | 2 |
| 2 | Espoon Honka | 3 |

| 7 | Porvoon Tarmo | 0 |
| | Espoon Honka | 3 |
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| | | Namika Lahti | 0 |
| 4 | Torpan Pojat | 1 | |
| 5 | Namika Lahti | 3 |
| | Joensuun Kataja | 2 | | | Third place
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| | | Namika Lahti | 3 |
| 1 | Joensuun Kataja | 3 | | | Joensuun Kataja | 168

| 8 | Team Componenta | 0 | | | KTP-Basket | 154

## References[edit]

* Korisliiga Schedule & Results[permanent dead link]

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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