2017–18 Pro A season

Basketball league season

2017–18 Pro A

Season| 2017–18
Teams| 18
Regular season
Season MVP| Zachery Peacock (JL Bourg)
Relegated|

* Hyères-Toulon
* Boulazac Dordogne

Finals
Champions| Le Mans
5th title
Runners-up| Monaco
Statistical leaders
| Points|  Zachery Peacock|  19.3

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Rebounds|  Mouphtaou Yarou|  9.1
Assists|  Jerel Blassingame|  7.2

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

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

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Monaco

Boulazac

Antibes

Reims

Chalon

Cholet

Dijon

Gravelines

Le Mans

Limoges

ASVEL

Levallois

Pau-Orthez

Strasbourg

Nanterre

Le Portel

Hyères-Toulon

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Pro A season

### Promotion and relegation

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Orléans Loiret Basket and SLUC Nancy Basket were relegated after the 2016–17 season after the teams ended in the last two places. 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

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Team  | Home city  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Antibes Sharks | Antibes | Azur Arena Antibes | 5,249
Boulazac Dordogne | Boulazac | Le Palio | 5,200
Monaco | Fontvieille, Monaco | Salle Gaston Médecin | 3,700
ASVEL | Lyon–Villeurbanne | 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 | Hyères–Toulon | 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

Notes
◆ Team makes its debut in the Pro A.
● The defending champions, winners of the 2016–17 Pro A season.

## Regular season

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation

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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

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Home \ Away  | ANT | BOU | MON | ASV | BCM | REI | CHO | PAU | CHA | ESSM | HTV | JDA | JLB | N92 | MSB | LIM | LEV | SIG

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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

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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

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| 1 | Monaco | 2 | | |
| 8 | ÉB Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 0 |
| | 1 | Monaco | 3 |
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| | | 4 | Limoges CSP | 1 |
| 4 | Limoges CSP | 2 |

| 5 | JDA Dijon | 0 |
| | 1 | Monaco | 2 |
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| | | 3 | Le Mans | 3 |
| 2 | SIG Strasbourg | 2 | |

| 7 | Nanterre 92 | 0 |
| | 2 | SIG Strasbourg | 2 |
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| | | 3 | Le Mans | 3 |
| 3 | Le Mans | 2 |

| 6 | ASVEL | 1 |

### Quarterfinals

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Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3

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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

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Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5

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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

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Team 1  | Series | Team 2  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5

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Monaco | 2–3  | Le Mans | 78–71  | 77–87  | 72–84 | 78–69 | 74–76

## Individual honours

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### Season awards

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Award  | Player  | Club

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Most Valuable Player[4] |  Zach Peacock | JL Bourg
Final MVP[4] |  Romeo Travis | Le Mans
Best Young Player[4] |  Adam Mokoka | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque
Best Sixth Man[4] |  D. J. Stephens | Le Mans
Best Coach[4] |  Zvezdan Mitrović | Monaco

### MVP of the Month

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Month  | Player  | Club  | Ref.

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

## French clubs in European competitions

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Team | Competition | Progress | Ref

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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

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* 2017–18 Pro B season

## References

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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.

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