2009–10 Dutch Basketball League

Dutch Basketball League 2009–10
League	Dutch Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Regular season
Top seed	GasTerra Flames
Season MVP	Danny Gibson (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)
Top scorer	Danny Gibson (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)
Finals
Champions	GasTerra Flames
Runners-up	World Class Aviation Academy Giants

The 2009–10 Dutch Basketball League was the 50th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands.

Groningen, who played as GasTerra Flames for the first time this year, dominated in the regular season and lost just 3 games. Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden player Danny Gibson was league top scorer and won the MVP award.^[1]

The GasTerra Flames from Groningen won their third title in team history, by beating World Class Aviation Academy Giants from Bergen op Zoom 4–1 in the Finals.

Participants

Team	City	Arena	Head coach
ABC Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Sporthallen Zuid	Ferry Steenmetz
World Class Aviation Academy Giants	Bergen op Zoom	Sporthal Boulevard	Erik Braal
EiffelTowers Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Maaspoort Sports & Events	Don Beck Maarten van Gent (replacement)
GasTerra Flames	Groningen	Martiniplaza	Marco van den Berg
De Friesland Aris	Leeuwarden	Sporthal Kalverdijkje	Pete Miller
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	Leiden	Vijf Meihal	Toon van Helfteren
Matrixx Magixx	Nijmegen	Sporthal De Horstacker	Michael Schuurs
Rotterdam Challengers	Rotterdam	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam	Zlatko Jezerkic
Upstairs Weert	Weert	Sporthal Boshoven	Olivier van Kempen
Landstede Basketbal	Zwolle	ZBC Hal	Adriaan van Bergen

Regular season

	club	GP	W	L	PT	Qualification
1	GasTerra Flames	36	33	3	66	Qualification for the Playoffs
2	WCAA Giants	36	24	12	48
3	EiffelTowers Den Bosch	36	24	12	48
4	Matrixx Magixx	36	23	13	46
5	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	36	22	14	44
6	De Friesland Aris	36	19	17	38
7	ABC Amsterdam	36	14	22	44
8	Upstairs! Weert	36	12	14	24
9	Landstede Basketbal	36	5	31	10	-
10	Rotterdam Challengers	36	4	32	8	-

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


1	GasTerra Flames	2

8	Upstairs! Weert	0
			1	GasTerra Flames	3

			5	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	2
4	Matrixx Magixx	0

5	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	2
						1	GasTerra Flames	4

						2	WCAA Giants	1
2	WCAA Giants	2

7	ABC Amsterdam	0
			2	WCAA Giants	3

			6	De Friesland Aris	1
3	EiffelTowers Den Bosch	1

6	De Friesland Aris	3

Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistics
Points per game	Danny Gibson	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	18.8
Rebounds per game	Patrick Hilliman	Rotterdam Challengers	10.1
Assists per game	Torey Thomas	Matrixx Magixx	7.2
Steals per game	Torey Thomas	Matrixx Magixx	2.9
Blocks per game	James Hughes	Matrixx Magixx	1.7

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Danny Gibson (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)

All-Star Team

Danny Gibson (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)
Ronny LeMelle (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)
Kees Akerboom, Jr. (EiffelTowers Den Bosch)
Patrick Hilliman (Rotterdam Challengers)
Matt Haryasz (GasTerra Flames)

Rookie of the Year

Mohamed Kherrazi (ABC Amsterdam)

Coach of the Year

Toon van Helfteren (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)

References

↑ "FEB: Leiden-guard Danny Gibson gekozen tot MVP". Sportloketalkmaar.nl. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2014-06-21.

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Current	Aris Leeuwarden Apollo Amsterdam Donar Den Helder Suns BAL Weert Forward Lease Rotterdam New Heroes Den Bosch Landstede Zwolle ZZ Leiden
Former	ABC Amsterdam Almere Pioneers Virtus Werkendam Den Helder Punch Magixx Flamingo's Haarlem Bergen op Zoom RZ DED The Wolves SVE Blue Stars AMVJ

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