The 2008–09 LEB season is the 13th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Thursday, September 18, 2008, and will end on Friday, May 15, 2009. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 3 games play off to see who plays the Final Four. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.
LEB Oro Regular season Pos. Teams Pld W L PF PA Avg Qualification or relegation1 CB Valladolid 34 25 9 2700 2476 +224 Promotion to Liga ACB2 Lucentum Alicante 34 25 9 2742 2441 +301 Promotion playoffs3 Melilla Baloncesto 34 23 11 2714 2554 +1604 Leche Río Breogán 34 23 11 2661 2584 +775 Tenerife Rural 34 21 13 2879 2760 +1196 Clínicas Rincón Axarquía 34 19 15 2659 2593 +667 CB Villa de Los Barrios 1 34 18 16 2594 2550 +448 Grupo Begar León 34 18 16 2558 2507 +519 Ford Burgos 34 18 16 2762 2708 +5410 Plus Pujol Lleida 2 34 18 16 2715 2698 +1711 Cáceres 2016 34 15 19 2542 2592 -5012 CB Vic 3 34 15 19 2578 2664 -8613 Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias 34 15 19 2614 2713 -9914 UB La Palma 34 14 20 2528 2619 -9115 Mallorca 34 12 22 2751 2913 -16216 Gandía Bàsquet 4 34 11 23 2507 2677 -17017 Illescas Urban CLM 34 8 26 2386 2623 -237 Relegation to LEB Plata18 Beirasar Rosalía 34 8 26 2488 2706 -218
1 CB Villa de Los Barrios relegated due economic problems. 2 Plus Pujol Lleida relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems. 3 CB Vic relegated due economic problems and sold its berth to CB Sant Josep Girona. 4 Gandía Bàsquet relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems.
LEB Oro playoffs
Quarterfinals Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between teams in the 2-9 positions, with the best-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on May 19, 2009, and all second games were played on May 22. The deciding third games were played on May 24.
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg3rd leg* Lucentum Alicante 2 - 1 Ford Burgos 89-69 71-75 84-57 Melilla Baloncesto 2 - 0 Grupo Begar Léon 79-56 76-75 Leche Río Breogán 0 - 2 Villa de Los Barrios 81-89 58-76 Tenerife Rural 2 - 0 Clínicas Rincón Axarquía 83-77 67-66 * if necessary
Final Four The Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in Fuenlabrada. The semifinal games are played on May 30. The championship final is played on May 31.
Stats Leaders
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Kammron TaylorBeirasar Rosalía2036118.052. Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios3460517.793. Jason DetrickCiudad de La Laguna Canarias 3460117.684. Thomas TerrellLa Palma3153117.135. Diego GarcíaFord Burgos3356517.12
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias343239.502. Paulo PrestesClínicas Rincón Axarquía333099.363. Robert BattleValladolid 332898.764. Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios 342657.795. Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán282057.32
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Diego CiorciariMelilla Baloncesto332016.092. Javier MendiburuPlus Pujol Lleida331544.673. Pedro SalaLa Palma 341414.154. Juanjo JiménezIllescas Urban CLM341293.795. Daniel LópezLeche Río Breogán301133.77
MVP Week by Week DatePlayerTeamEfficiency1 Eulis Báez Pat CarrollGrupo Begar León Beirasar Rosalia302 Anthony Stacey Nedžad SinanovićGrupo Begar León Ford Burgos303 Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias324 Antwain BarbourTenerife Rural335 Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios286 Eulis Báez Juan RieraGrupo Begar León Mallorca317 Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios518 Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán319 Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán4110 Antwain BarbourTenerife Rural5411 Jason BlairMallorca3012 Robert BattleValladolid4113 Robert BattleValladolid3014 Vítor FaveraniClínicas Rincón Axarquía4215 Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias3916 Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios4217 Wayne SimienCáceres 20163118 Paulo PrestesClínicas Rincón Axarquía4319 Eulis BáezGrupo Begar León3620 Jason Blair Martin KohlmaierMallorca La Palma2621 Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias3522 Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán3523 Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán3124 Juan Riera Michal ChylinskiMallorca Clínicas Rincón Axarquía2925 Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias3726 Adrián BocciaTenerife Rural2827 Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán3028 Diego GuaitaCáceres 20163729 Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán3230 Zach MorleyGandía2931 Matt KieferVic3732 Paulo PrestesClínicas Rincón Axarquía4033 Charles Ramsdell Jakim DonaldsonBeirasar Rosalía Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias3434 Daniel LópezLeche Río Breogán38
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