The 2012–2013 Israeli Basketball Super League, for sponsorship reasons known as Ligat Loto, was the 59th season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The season began on 14 October 2012, and ended on 13 June 2013.
Maccabi Haifa won its first-ever Israeli championship. Teams
Team changes
No team has Relegated as there was no relegation spot in last season.
Hapoel Tel Aviv been promoted to the league after winning Ligat Leumit last season. Another new team is Hapoel Eilat as the owner of Habik'a B.C. moved his license to the city of Eilat.
Stadia and locations Team Home city Stadium CapacityLast season Barak Netanya Netanya Yeshurun 1,000 9th Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,750 10th Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional Council Gan Ner Sports Hall 2,400 2nd Hapoel Holon Holon Holon City Arena 2,850 5th Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Malha Arena 3,000 4th Ironi Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashkelon Sports Arena 3,0006th Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 1,2607th Hapoel Eilat Eilat Begin Arena 1,100 8th (as Habik'a B.C.) Maccabi Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 5,000 11th Maccabi Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Beit Maccabi Rishon 2,500 3rd Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Nokia Arena 10,383 1st Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Beit Maccabi Rishon 2,500 1st (Liga Leumit)
Head coaches Team Head coach Seasons as head coach Barak Netanya Danny Franco2 Bnei Herzliya Matan Harush1 Hapoel Gilboa Galil Lior Lubin3 Hapoel Holon Dan Shamir2 Hapoel Jerusalem Sharon Drucker4 Ironi Ashkelon Ariel Beit-Halahmy6 Maccabi Ashdod Ofer Berkovich3 Hapoel Eilat Oded Kattash1 Maccabi Haifa Brad Greenberg1 Maccabi Rishon LeZion Roni Bussani5 Maccabi Tel Aviv David Blatt5 Hapoel Tel Aviv Erez Edelstein3
Regular season TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsPlayoff 1. Maccabi Tel Aviv 27 22 5 2279 1917 +362 49 Upper Playoffs 2. Maccabi Haifa 27 17 10 2224 2150 +74 44 3. Hapoel Eilat 27 17 10 2160 2059 +101 44 4. Barak Netanya 27 15 12 2095 2065 +30 42 5. Hapoel Jerusalem 27 13 14 2226 2204 +22 40 6. Maccabi Rishon LeZion 27 12 15 2112 2145 -33 39 7. Hapoel Gilboa Galil 27 14 13 2125 2137 -12 41 Lower Playoffs 8. Hapoel Tel Aviv 27 13 14 1981 2027 -46 40 9. Hapoel Holon 27 12 15 2127 2144 -17 39 10. Maccabi Ashdod 27 11 16 2202 2300 -98 38 11. Bnei Herzliya 27 10 17 2210 2356 -146 37 12. Ironi Ashkelon 27 6 21 2094 2331 -237 33
Qualification to Upper Playoffs Qualification to Quarterfinals Relegation to the Second Division
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.
Quarterfinals
The Quarterfinals were played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosted games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 18–9 May Game 212–13 May Game 316 May Game 419–20 May Game 523 May Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 3–0 (8) Hapoel Tel Aviv 76-68 80-67 76-74 Maccabi Haifa (2) 3–0 (7) Hapoel Gilboa Galil 87-85 93-81 93-87 Hapoel Eilat (3) 3–2 (6) Maccabi Rishon LeZion 77-79 91-63 69-67 70-79 91-80 Barak Netanya (4) 2–3 (5) Hapoel Jerusalem 80-87 68-87 92-69 73-70 68-79
Semifinals
The Semifinals were played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosted games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 126–27 May Game 229–30 May Game 32–3 June Game 45 June Game 59 June Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 3–0 (5) Hapoel Jerusalem 91-73 74-68 78-72 Maccabi Haifa (2) 3–2 (3) Hapoel Eilat 87-75 105-84 75-78 (OT) 72-82 71-68
Final
The Final was held on 13 June at Romema Arena.
Team #1ScoreTeam #2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 79-86 (2) Maccabi Haifa
Individual statistics
Rating RankNameTeamGamesPIR1. Frank HassellHapoel Holon2625.42. Diamon SimpsonMaccabi Ashdod2722.503. Julian WrightMaccabi Rishon LeZion2721.1
Points RankNameTeamGamesPPG1. Jerome Dyson Hapoel Holon2720.42. Romel BeckBnei HaSharon/Herzliya2618.93. Scotty Hopson Hapoel Eilat2418.6
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRPG1. Frank HassellHapoel Holon2614.22. Jumaine JonesBnei HaSharon/Herzliya2710—. Eli Holman Hapoel Eilat2610
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAPG1. Dominic Waters Hapoel Holon167.32. Paul Stoll Maccabi Haifa265.43. Donta SmithMaccabi Haifa265.2
All-Star Game The 2013 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 18, 2013, at the Romema Arena, Haifa.
+Israeli All-StarsPosPlayerTeamStartersG Meir Tapiro Hapoel JerusalemG Afik Nissim Hapoel EilatF Matan Naor Hapoel Tel AvivF Lior Eliyahu Maccabi Tel AvivC Ido Kozikaro Maccabi HaifaReservesG Gal Mekel Maccabi HaifaG Nitzan Hanochi Maccabi Rishon LeZionG Dagan Yivzori Hapoel Gilboa GalilG Shlomi Harush Hapoel HolonG Ben Reis Bnei HerzliyaG Oded Shashoua Ironi AshkelonG Yehu Orland Barak NetanyaF Guy Pnini Maccabi Tel AvivHead coach: Oded Kattash (Hapoel Eilat)
+International All-StarsPosPlayerTeamStartersG Paul Stoll Maccabi HaifaG Jamar Smith Hapoel Gilboa GalilF Scotty Hopson Hapoel EilatF Donta Smith Maccabi HaifaC Shawn James Maccabi Tel AvivReservesG Demontez Stitt Hapoel Tel AvivG Jerome Dyson Hapoel HolonF Deron Washington Barak NetanyaF Pat Calathes Maccabi HaifaC Adrian Uter Maccabi Rishon LeZionC Marcus Dove Ironi AshkelonHead coach: Brad Greenberg (Maccabi Haifa)
Three-point shootout
+ContestantsPos. Player TeamG Paul Stoll (W)Maccabi HaifaG Afik NissimHapoel EilatG Amit SimhonHapoel Gilboa GalilG Dagan YivzoriHapoel Gilboa GalilF Guy PniniMaccabi Tel AvivF Moshe MizrahiMaccabi AshdodG Yehu OrlandBarak NetanyaG Ben ReisBnei Herzliya
Slam Dunk Contest +ContestantsPos. Player TeamF Scotty Hopson (W)Hapoel EilatF Deron WashingtonBarak NetanyaG Kenny HayesHapoel Gilboa Galil
Awards
Regular season MVP
Gal Mekel (Maccabi Haifa)
All-BSL 1st team Gal Mekel (Maccabi Haifa) Scotty Hopson (Hapoel Eilat) Devin Smith (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Pat Calathes (Maccabi Haifa) Shawn James (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Coach of the season Brad Greenberg (Maccabi Haifa)
Rising star Bar Timor (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Best Defender Shawn James (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Most Improved Player Eyal Shulman (Barak Netanya)
Sixth Man of the Season Yehu Orland (Barak Netanya)
References
External links IBA's official website (Hebrew)