2006–07 ABA NLB League

2006–07 NLB League season
League Liga ABA
Sport Basketball
Number of teams  Croatia (4 teams)
 Serbia (4 teams)
 Slovenia (3 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 teams)
 Montenegro (1 team)
Season champions Serbia FMP Železnik
Season MVP Serbia Milan Gurović (Crvena zvezda)
Top scorer Serbia Milan Gurović (Crvena zvezda) (28.60 ppg)
Playoff
Champions Serbia Partizan

The 6th season of Liga ABA saw them change their name to the ABA NLB League as their general sponsor changed. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company ceded their sponsorship rights to the NLB group.

In other changes, after Montenegro declared independence in 2006, Budućnost returned to the regional league with a wild-card given by the NLB League board. And the Final Four tournament was replaced with a playoff.

14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia participated in the NLB League in its sixth season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona, Zadar, Zagreb, Split, Široki ERONET, Bosna ASA BH TELECOM, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, Hemofarm, FMP Železnik, Budućnost.

There were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season. The best four teams qualified for the play-off (best-of-three series).

Partizan became the 2007 NLB League Champion.

Regular season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. FMP Železnik 26 21 5 2256 2099 +157 47
2. Cibona 26 20 6 2222 2045 +177 46
3. Partizan 26 20 6 2187 1939 +248 46
4. Hemofarm 26 18 8 2132 1968 +164 44
5. Budućnost 26 16 10 2086 2018 +68 42
6. Crvena zvezda 26 15 11 2325 2212 +113 41
7. Zadar 26 14 12 2204 2149 +55 40
8. Helios 26 13 13 2073 2066 +7 39
9. Union Olimpija 26 13 13 2114 2047 +67 39
10. Bosna ASA BHT 26 10 16 2136 2251 -115 36
11. Široki Prima pivo 26 9 17 2002 2178 -150 35
12. Zagreb 26 8 18 2019 2105 -86 34
13. Geoplin Slovan 26 3 23 1922 2237 -315 29
14. Split CO 26 2 24 1928 2318 -390 28

Qualified for Playoffs
Relegated

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.Serbia Milan GurovićCrvena zvezda 5722528,60
2.Canada Carl EnglishZadar 4672320,30
3.United States Dwayne BroylesZagreb3662315,91
4.Croatia Robert TrohaHelios 4052615,58
5.Finland Teemu RannikkoOlimpija3582315,57

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1.Republic of Macedonia Todor GečevskiZadar246269,46
2.Croatia Stanko BaraćŠiroki184267,08
3.Serbia Milenko TopićHemofarm173276,41
4.Slovenia Mirza BegićSlovan138236,00
5.Slovenia Gašper VidmarSlovan149265,73

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.Serbia Aleksandar RašićFMP Železnik 111274,11
2.Slovenia Jure MočnikHelios98253,92
3.Finland Teemu RannikkoOlimpija88233,83
4.United States Vonteego CummingsPartizan93283,32
5.Serbia Miljan PavkovićBudućnost83263,19

Ranking MVP

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1.Serbia Milan GurovićCrvena zvezda5852523,40
2.Republic of Macedonia Todor GečevskiZadar5792622,27
3.Finland Teemu RannikkoOlimpija4102317,83
4.United States Dwayne BroylesZagreb4092317,78
5.Serbia Milenko TopićHemofarm4602717,04

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 FMP Železnik 2
4 Hemofarm 0
1 FMP Železnik 0
3 Partizan 2
2 Cibona 1
3 Partizan 2


2006–07 ABA NLB League Champions

Partizan
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