2006–07 Korisliiga season

Korisliiga
Korisliiga
Season	2006–07
Teams	12
Games played	44
Dates	September 30, 2006-April 24, 2007
Final positions
Top seed	Joensuun Kataja
Champions	Espoon Honka ; (6th title)
Runners-up	Namika Lahti
Third place	Joensuun Kataja
Fourth place	KTP-Basket
Relegated	UU-Korihait (11) ; Pussihukat (12)
Awards
MVP	(Domestic) ; (Foreign)
Finals MVP
Statistical leaders
Points
Points
Rebounds	Marcus Jackson
Assists
Records
Average attendance	918
	← 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] won the MVP Award and 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		44	21	23	84.8	85.6	42
8		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.			23.0
2.	Ed Nelson	UU-Korihait	22.3
3.	Eric Washington	Tampereen Pyrintö	21.2
4.		Tampereen Pyrintö	20.3
5.		Tampereen Pyrintö	19.4

Assists[]

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

Rebounds[]

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	Marcus Jackson		12.3
2.	Ed Nelson	UU-Korihait	11.6
3.		Joensuun Kataja	10.5
4.			10.3
5.		Namika Lahti	10.1

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Final

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

				KTP-Basket	2
2	Espoon Honka	3

7		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		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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