2007–08 Korisliiga season

Korisliiga
Korisliiga
Season	2007–08
Teams	12
Games played	44
Dates	October 6, 2007 - April 27, 2008
Final positions
Top seed	Joensuun Kataja
Champions	Espoon Honka ; (7th title)
Runners-up	Kouvot
Third place	Lappeenrannan NMKY
Fourth place	Torpan Pojat
Relegated	Kauhajoen Karhu
Awards
MVP	Petteri Koponen (Domestic) ; (Foreign)
Finals MVP	Akeem Scott
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Damon Williams
Rebounds
Assists	Tyson Patterson
Records
Average attendance	883
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2007-08 season was the 68th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 6, 2007 and ended on April 27, 2008. The Espoon Honka successfully defended their national championship with a 3-1 victory over the Kouvot.^[1] Petteri Koponen won the MVP Award and Akeem Scott won the Finals MVP Award.^[2]

Regular season[]

	Team	G	W	L	PF/G	PA/G	PCT.
1	Lappeenrannan NMKY	22	17	5	93.6	77.1	.773
2	Torpan Pojat	42	32	10	87.6	81.6	.762
3	Kouvot	42	31	11	82.8	73.6	.738
4	Espoon Honka	42	27	15	86.4	81.7	.643
5	Namika Lahti	42	21	21	82.3	80.9	.500
6	UU-Korihait	42	19	23	81.2	82.0	.452
7		42	18	24	82.5	87.8	.429
8	Tampereen Pyrintö	42	18	24	81.9	85.5	.429
9	KTP-Basket	42	17	25	89.5	90.0	.405
10	Joensuun Kataja	42	16	26	79.8	82.6	.381
11		42	14	28	80.1	87.7	.333
12	Kauhajoen Karhu	42	12	30	80.9	89.8	.286

Individual leaders[]

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring[]

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Damon Williams	Tampereen Pyrintö	23.1
2.		Lappeenrannan NMKY	22.3
2.			22.3
4.		KTP-Basket	21.7
5.		Kouvot	21.0

Assists[]

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Tyson Patterson	Torpan Pojat	5.2
2.	Petri Virtanen	Lappeenrannan NMKY	4.5
3.		Lappeenrannan NMKY	4.4
4.		Joensuun Kataja	4.4
5.	Damon Williams	Tampereen Pyrintö	4.2

Rebounds[]

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.			12.4
2.			12.0
3.		KTP-Basket	11.4
4.	Damon Williams	Tampereen Pyrintö	11.0
5.		Tampereen Pyrintö	10.8

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Final

2	Torpan Pojat	3
7		2
				Torpan Pojat	0

				Kouvot	3
3	Kouvot	3

6	UU-Korihait	0
								Kouvot	1
								Espoon Honka	3
1	Lappeenrannan NMKY	3
8	Tampereen Pyrintö	1
				Lappeenrannan NMKY	1	Third place

				Espoon Honka	3
4	Espoon Honka	3						Lappeenrannan NMKY	64

5	Namika Lahti	0						Torpan Pojat	56

References[]

Korisliiga Schedule & Results

^ "Scott säkitti Hongalle kultaa (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2008-04-27. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
^ "Petteri Koponen äänestettiin Korisliigan vuoden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-05-18.

[1] "Scott säkitti Hongalle kultaa (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2008-04-27. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-18.

[2] "Petteri Koponen äänestettiin Korisliigan vuoden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-05-18.

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