2008–09 Israeli Basketball Super League

2008-09 Israeli Basketball Super League season
League Israeli Basketball Super League
Sport Basketball
Duration October 26, 2008 - May 21, 2009
Number of games 158
Number of teams 12
TV partner/s Sport 5, Israel 10
Regular Season
League champions Maccabi Tel Aviv
Runners-up Hapoel Jerusalem
Top scorer Luis Flores (Hapoel Holon)
Relegated to Ligat Leumit Elitzur Kiryat Ata
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel
Final four
Final four champions Maccabi Tel Aviv
  Runners-up Maccabi Haifa Heat
Final four MVP Carlos Arroyo (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
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The Israeli Basketball Super League (BSL) 2008-09 season was the 55th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on October 26, 2008 and ended on May 21, 2009. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 48th league title, defeating Maccabi Haifa Heat 85-72 in the final. The defending champion was Hapoel Holon.

Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. The top eight teams qualified to the playoff, where they played best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on).

The four last ranked team competed in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, where Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel lost and were relegated to Liga Leumit. They will be replaced by Maccabi Elitzur Netanya and Hapoel Afula, who qualified from Liga Leumit.

Contents

Regular season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. Maccabi Tel Aviv 22 19 3 2002 1659 +343 41
2. Hapoel Jerusalem 22 17 5 1962 1828 +134 39
3. Maccabi Haifa 22 14 8 1734 1651 +83 36
4. Hapoel Holon 22 13 9 1811 1764 +47 35
5. Gilboa/Galil 22 13 9 1728 1672 +56 35
6. Bnei HaSharon 22 13 9 1713 1696 +17 35
7. Ironi Nahariya 22 10 12 1790 1740 +50 32
8. Ironi Ashkelon 22 8 14 1769 1797 -28 30
9. Ironi Ramat Gan 22 8 14 1707 1861 -154 30
10. Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 22 7 15 1706 1788 -82 29
11. Maccabi Rishon LeZion 22 7 15 1769 1903 -134 29
12. Elitzur Kiryat Ata 22 3 19 1688 2020 -332 25
Qualification to Playoffs
Qualification to Relegation Playoffs

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.
BNS EKA HPG HPH HPJ IAS INA IRG MGS MHA MRL MTA
Bnei HaSharon 82-67 71-66 76-87 77-73 74-91 80-76 88-78 96-75 97-78 90-92 83-75
Elitzur Kiryat Ata 79-74 63-84 68-104 72-117 71-75 87-80 82-85 80-101 76-86 93-91 56-88
Gilboa/Galil 74-54 86-75 58-64 87-90 70-68 84-72 79-84 77-72 88-83 101-87 64-87
Hapoel Holon 83-52 83-79 89-103 90-69 85-76
[1]		 77-75 93-67 85-89 75-82 107-106 72-91
Hapoel Jerusalem 92-85 103-94 81-74 91-81 85-82 93-92 105-90 101-86 100-78 96-74 91-77
Ironi Ashkelon 81-76 96-74 78-79 94-84 78-87 91-87 85-91 73-68 77-84 80-88 75-99
Ironi Nahariya 65-67 103-73 90-73 74-76 82-67 84-90 81-74 89-80 61-71 77-84 85-102
Ironi Ramat Gan 68-77 87-77 72-81 85-70 108-92 66-81 64-79 81-73 72-89 72-73 56-102
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel 68-79 93-81 68-65 63-74 77-87 76-70 90-96 89-90 60-76 87-76 73-77
Maccabi Haifa 70-75 92-75 72-79 90-71 73-80 79-68 57-76 94-74 77-69 75-68 79-76
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 78-95 108-86 63-86 71-79 74-81 77-69 92-93 68-57 77-88 54-81 93-96
Maccabi Tel Aviv 77-65 102-80 89-70 105-82 97-81 97-86 84-78 103-86 81-61 80-68 114-75

Playoff

The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 Game 1
April 25–26		 Game 2
May 3–4		 Game 3
May 7		 Game 4
May 10		 Game 5
May 14
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 3–1 Ironi Ashkelon (8) 95–96 (OT) 86–69 92–69 97–65
Hapoel Jerusalem (2) 3–0 Ironi Nahariya (7) 78–76 92–79 88–80
Maccabi Haifa (3) 3–1 Bnei HaSharon (6) 66–69 75–71 74–61 87–68
Hapoel Holon (4) 2–3 Galil/Gilboa (5) 74–81 63–61 79–78 (OT) 55–77 80–87(OT)

Final four

See 2008-09 Israeli Final Four

Relegation Playoff

The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 Game 1
April 26		 Game 2
May 3		 Game 3
May 7
Ironi Ramat Gan (9) 3–0 Elitzur Kiryat Ata (12) 83–76 96–79 100–87
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel (10) 0–3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion (11) 62–72 67–81 64–90

Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel were relegated to Liga Leumit.

Awards

The 2008–09 Basketball Super League Season Awards were granted during the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Gala Dinner on May 16 to the players who stood out the most during the regular season and the playoff.[2] The MVP awards for the best player and coach of the season were given before the final game had been played.

BSL 2008–09 MVP

BSL 2008–09 Final MVP

Coach of the season

All-BSL Team

Best 6th man

Best newcomer

Most improving player

Best defensive player

See also

References

  1. ^ The Hapoel Holon-Ironi Ashkelon match was stopped after 6 minutes after one of the rims had been broken. The rim couldn't be fixed, and the match was postponed to a later data. Hapoel Holon was fined for this incident.
  2. ^ The 2008/09 BSL Season Awards
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