2007–08 Korisliiga season

Korisliiga
Competition details
Season	2007–08
Teams	12
Games played	44
Dates	October 6, 2007 - April 27, 2008
Final positions
Champions	Espoon Honka ; (7th title)
Runners-up	Kouvot
Third place	Lappeenrannan NMKY
Fourth place	Torpan Pojat
Relegated	Kauhajoen Karhu
Awards
MVP	Petteri Koponen (Domestic) ; Corey Smith (Foreign)
Finals MVP	Akeem Scott
Statistical leaders
Points	Damon Williams 23.1
Rebounds	Mark McCarroll 12.4
Assists	Tyson Patterson 5.2
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	Porvoon Tarmo	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	Team Componenta	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.	Adrian Henning	Lappeenrannan NMKY	22.3
2.	Chris Hester	Team Componenta	22.3
4.	Steve Smith	KTP-Basket	21.7
5.	Corey Smith	Kouvot	21.0

Assists

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

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	Mark McCarroll	Porvoon Tarmo	12.4
2.	Nick Wallery	Team Componenta	12.0
3.	Emmanuel Dies	KTP-Basket	11.4
4.	Damon Williams	Tampereen Pyrintö	11.0
5.	Damion Dantzler	Tampereen Pyrintö	10.8

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Final

2	Torpan Pojat	3
7	Porvoon Tarmo	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.

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[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.