The 2022 LNBP season is the 22nd season of the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP), officially known as the Liga Grupo Caliente, Caliente LNBP for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball sports league, league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 1 ...

(LNBP), the top level basketball league of Mexico. The season began on July 12 and ended on October 28, 2022 with

Abejas de León The Abejas de León (English: ''León Bees'') is a Mexican professional basketball team. It has been a member of the LNBP since the 2009–10 season. History Foundation The team was previously known as the Piedras Negras Bravos but the Uni ...

got the championship sweep of 4–0 series win over

Astros de Jalisco Astros de Jalisco (English: ''Jalisco Astros'') is a professional Mexican basketball team, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The Astros are part the CIBACOPA and the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the top professional basketball league in ...

, giving Abejas their 1st Title. This season features 10 teams. The format was changed since last season, since an overall table was used to determine the 8 teams that qualify for the playoffs (instead of using the East and West Districts). Fuerza Regia de Monterrey were the defending champions but got eliminated in the Zone Molten Semifinal by Mineros de Zacatecas.

Teams

Correcaminos UAT Victoria Correbasket UAT is a Mexican professional basketball team. It has been a member of the LNBP since the 2000 season. History The team was founded as Correcaminos UAT in 1995 as a founding member of the Conferencia de Básquetbol Profesional (CB ...

and Mineros de Zacatecas returned to the league.

Panteras de Aguascalientes Panteras de Aguascalientes (English: ''Aguascalientes Panthers'') is a Mexican professional basketball team that is based in Aguascalientes City, Mexico. They play in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Bask ...

and Leñadores de Durango opted out of the season.

Regular season

Standings

''As of September 21, 2022.''

All-Star Game

The 2022 LNBP All-Star Game was played in

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at the Arena Astros on 28 August 2022. Punto CHG defeated Molten by a score of 153–138.

player Brooks DeBisschop was named All-Star Game MVP after scoring 22 points. Gary Ricks of the Fuerza Regia de Monterrey won the three-point shootout while Manny Hernández of the Libertadores de Querétaro won his second consecutive slam dunk contest title.

Teams

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(Libertadores de Querétaro) * Ken Brown (Plateros de Fresnillo) * Brooks Debisschop (Astros de Jalisco) * José Estrada (Halcones de Xalapa) * Dwayne Morgan (Correcaminos UAT Victoria) * Aaron Pérez (Correcaminos UAT Victoria) * Joshua Ramírez (Plateros de Fresnillo) * Karim Rodríguez (Astros de Jalisco) * Michael Smith (Abejas de León) * Bo Spencer (Libertadores de Querétaro) * Durrell Summers (Mineros de Zacatecas) * Jordan Williams (Mineros de Zacatecas) :*Coaches:

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(Astros de Jalisco) and Iván Deniz (Soles de Mexicali) :Molten * J. J. Avila (Fuerza Regia de Monterrey) * Daniel Bejarano (Fuerza Regia de Monterrey) * Javion Blake (Astros de Jalisco) * Juan Brussino (Dorados de Chihuahua) * Omar de Haro (Dorados de Chihuahua) * Shaquille Johnson (Halcones de Xalapa) * D.J. Laster (Soles de Mexicali) * Jordan Loveridge (Astros de Jalisco) * Tre McLean (Abejas de León) * Gary Ricks (Fuerza Regia de Monterrey) * Donald Sims (Dorados de Chihuahua) * Jordan Stevens (Correcaminos UAT Victoria :*Coaches: Sebastián González (Dorados de Chihuahua) and Nicolás Casalánguida (Fuerza Regia de Monterrey) Source:

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

''As of September 21, 2022.''

Awards

*National Most Valuable Player: Jorge Gutiérrez,

*Foreign Most Valuable Player: Donald Sims, Dorados de Chihuahua * Finals Most Valuable Player: Michael Smith,

*Rookie of the Year: Diego Willis, Libertadores de Querétaro *Revelation of the Year: Moisés Andriassi, Soles de Mexicali *Coach of the Year:

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References

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