2013–14 Israeli Basketball Super League

Israeli Basketball Super League
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv
51st title
Runners-up Maccabi Haifa
Semifinalists Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Eilat
Promoted Ironi Nahariya
Relegated Barak Netanya
Teams 12
Games played 172 (regular season)
Duration 13 October 2013 - 11 June 2014
Top seed Maccabi Tel Aviv
Awards
MVP Venezuela Donta Smith
Finals MVP Israel Dagan Yivzuri
Statistical leaders
Points

United States Carlon Brown

19.8

Rebounds

United States Marcus Dove

9.5

Assists

Venezuela Donta Smith

6.1

Records
Average attendance 1,950

The 2013–14 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Loto) was the 60th season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The season began in 13 October 2013 and ended on 11 June 2014.

Teams Information

Team Changes

Ironi Ashkelon has been relegated as they finished in the bottom spot last season.
Ironi Nes Ziona has been promoted to the league after winning Ligat Leumit last season.

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity Last Season (Regular season)
Barak Netanya Netanya Yeshurun 1,000 QF (4th)
Bnei Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,750 11th
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional Council Gan Ner Sports Hall 2,400 QF (7th)
Hapoel Holon Holon Holon City Arena 2,850 9th
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Malha Arena 3,000 SF (5th)
Ironi Nes Ziona Nes Ziona Lev Hamoshava 1,200 1st (Ligat Leumit)
Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 1,260 10th
Hapoel Eilat B.C. Eilat Begin Arena 1,100 SF (3rd)
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 5,000 Champions (2nd)
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Beit Maccabi Rishon 2,500 QF (6th)
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Nokia Arena 11,700 Runner-ups (1st)
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Hadar Yosef Arena 1,400 QF (8th)

Head coaches

Team Head coach Seasons in the club
Barak Netanya Yaniv Burger
1
Bnei Herzliya Muli Katzurin
4 (1st)
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Sharon Drucker
2 (1st)
Hapoel Holon Elad Hassin
1
Hapoel Jerusalem Brad Greenberg
1
Ironi Nes Ziona Nadav Zilberstein
1
Maccabi Ashdod Arik Elfasi
1
Hapoel Eilat Oded Kattash
2
Maccabi Haifa Danny Franco
1
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Zvika Sherf
2 (1st)
Maccabi Tel Aviv David Blatt
6 (4th)
Hapoel Tel Aviv Erez Edelshtein
4 (2nd)

Regular Season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Playoff
1. Maccabi Tel Aviv 28 22 6 2275 2089 +186 50 Upper Playoffs
2. Hapoel Jerusalem 28 21 7 2328 2162 +166 49
3. Maccabi Haifa 28 18 10 2290 2167 +123 46
4. Hapoel Tel Aviv 28 15 13 2202 2206 -4 43
5. Hapoel Eilat 29 18 11 2308 2261 +47 47 Lower Playoffs
6. Ironi Nes Ziona 29 16 13 2344 2295 +49 45
7. Hapoel Holon 29 15 14 2290 2206 +84 44
8. Hapoel Gilboa Galil 29 14 15 2187 2205 -18 43
9. Barak Netanya 29 9 20 2140 2352 -212 38
10. Maccabi Rishon LeZion 29 9 20 2153 2314 -161 38
11. Bnei Herzliya 29 8 21 2296 2366 -70 37
12. Maccabi Ashdod 29 7 22 2214 2404 -190 36
Qualification to Upper Playoffs
Qualification to Quarterfinals
style="background: bgcolor=FFCCCC width="20" | Relegation to the Second Division due to financial problems

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

Bracket

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
         
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3
8 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 1
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3
5 Hapoel Eilat 1
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1
5 Hapoel Eilat 3
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 163*
3 Maccabi Haifa 161*
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 3
7 Hapoel Holon 1
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 1
3 Maccabi Haifa 3
3 Maccabi Haifa 3
6 Ironi Nes Ziona 2

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals are played as The-Best-Of-5 series. 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
1–3 May 		Game 2
7–8 May 		Game 3
10-12 May 		Game 4
12–15 May 		Game 5
19 May
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 3-1 (8) Hapoel Gilboa Galil 99-93 71-75 93-67 94-65
Hapoel Jerusalem (2) 3-1 (7) Hapoel Holon 89-83 75-79 85-79 75-74
Maccabi Haifa (3) 3-2 (6) Ironi Nes Ziona 78-67 59-79 88-71 65-92 68-67
Hapoel Tel Aviv (4) 1-3 (5) Hapoel Eilat 82-98 68-87 98-77 83-73

Semifinals

The Semifinals are played as The-Best-Of-5 series. 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
22 May 		Game 2
25 May 		Game 3
29 May 		Game 4
1 June 		Game 5
5 June
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 3-1 (5) Hapoel Eilat 90-72 71-81 97-75 100-96
Hapoel Jerusalem (2) 1-3 (3) Maccabi Haifa 79-107 70-82 70-63 68-90

Finals

The Finals series is played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied. The team who finishes at a higher place in the regular season will host the second game.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa (3) 161–163 (1) Maccabi Tel Aviv 77–81 84–82

Game 1

8 June 2014
20:45
Maccabi Haifa 77–81 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Scoring by quarter: 19-27, 18-20, 25-22, 15-12
Pts: Smith 29
Rebs: Smith 8
Asts: Smith 8		 Pts: Rice 30
Rebs: Smith, Tyus 5
Asts: Rice 7
Romema Arena, Haifa
Attendance: 5,000

Game 2

11 June 2014
20:45
Maccabi Tel Aviv 82–84 OT Maccabi Haifa
Scoring by quarter: 18 - 17, 20 - 20, 15 - 22, 22 - 20, OT: 7 - 5
Pts: Hickman 22
Rebs: Tyus 9
Asts: Hickman, Rice 4		 Pts: Smith 29
Rebs: Smith 13
Asts: Smith 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,700


2014 Israeli Basketball Super League Champions
Israel
Maccabi Tel Aviv
51st title

Average home attendances

[1]

Pos TeamGP Total Average Capacity %
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 19 122,300 6,436 209,000 .585
2 Maccabi Haifa 20 61,100 3,055 100,000 .611
3 Hapoel Jerusalem 17 40,450 2,379 42,500 .952
4 Hapoel Holon 17 32,500 1,911 42,500 .765
5 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 14 19,570 1,397 30,800 .635
6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 15 20,050 1,336 21,000 .955
7 Ironi Nes Ziona 17 20,150 1,185 22,100 .912
8 Bnei Herzliya 14 16,150 1,153 21,000 .769
9 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 17 17,200 1,011 35,700 .482
10 Hapoel Eilat B.C. 19 16,800 884 22,800 .737
11 Maccabi Ashdod 14 9,850 703 28,000 .352
12 Barak Netanya 14 8,080 577 14,000 .577

Individual statistics

[2]

Rating

Rank Name Team Games PIR
1.Venezuela Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa2825.5
2.United States Diamon SimpsonIroni Nes Ziona2222.8
3.United States Tyler HoneycuttIroni Nes Ziona2422.1

Points

Rank Name Team Games PPG
1.United States Carlon Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv2819.6
2.United States Dawan RobinsonBarak Netanya2419.3
3.Israel Raviv Limonad Hapoel Tel Aviv2318.8

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games RPG
1.United States Marcus DoveMaccabi Ashdod299.5
2.United States Tyler HoneycuttIroni Nes Ziona249.3
3.United States Rashawn Freeman Barak Netanya298.8

Assists

Rank Name Team Games APG
1.Israel Meir Tapiro Ironi Nes Ziona296.6
2.Venezuela Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa286.2
3.United States Derwin KitchenHapoel Jerusalem275.9

Awards

[3]

Regular season MVP

All-BSL 1st team

Coach of the season

Co-Rising star

Best Defender

Most Improved Player

Sixth Man of the Season

Monthly Awards

Month Best player
Best coach		 Team Points per game
W-L
October[4] Israel Raviv Limonad Hapoel Tel Aviv 20.3
Israel Nadav Zilberstein Ironi Nes Ziona 2-1
November[5] Venezuela Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa 18.3
Israel Danny Franco Maccabi Haifa 4-1
December[6] United States Carlon Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv 19.4
Israel Erez Edelshtein Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-0
January[7] Israel Lior Eliyahu Hapoel Jerusalem 19.5
United States Brad Greenberg Hapoel Jerusalem 4-0
February[8] United States Devin Smith Maccabi Tel Aviv 24
Israel David Blatt Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0
March[9] United States Josh Duncan Hapoel Jerusalem 15.6
United States Brad Greenberg Hapoel Jerusalem 4-1
April[10] Venezuela Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa 15.3
Israel David Blatt Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0

External links

References

  1. ↑ "2013–14 BSL attendances data". Basket.co.il.
  2. ↑ "2012–13 BSL Stats Board". Basket.co.il.
  3. ↑ "Haifa's season also in those selected". Basket.co.il.
  4. ↑ "October's MVPs: Limonad and Zilberstein" (in Hebrew). 2 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "November's MVPs: Smith and Franco" (in Hebrew). 1 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "December's MVPs: Brown and Edelstein" (in Hebrew). 1 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "January's MVPs: Eliyahu and Greenberg" (in Hebrew). 30 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "February's MVPs: Smith and Blatt" (in Hebrew). 28 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "March's MVPs: Duncan and Greenberg" (in Hebrew). 2 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "April's MVPs: Smith and Blatt" (in Hebrew). 1 May 2014.