2013–14 ACB season

The 2013–14 ACB season is the 31st season of the Spanish basketball league Liga ACB, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity. The regular season began on October 12, 2013, and ended on May 25, 2014. The playoffs began on May 29, 2014 and ended on June 26, 2014.

FC Barcelona won their 18th league title.

Teams, venues and locations Relegated to LEB Oro Lagun Aro GBC (17th) La Bruixa d'Or (18th) Promoted from LEB Oro Ford Burgos (Champion) Lucentum Alicante (2nd)

Lagun Aro GBC and La Bruixa d'Or remained in Liga ACB after Ford Burgos and Lucentum Alicante failed to meet requirements for joining the league. Team Home city Stadium Capacity Last season Head coach Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martin 5,700 14th Luis Casimiro 5th (1st) Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014 7th Rafa Pueyo 1st CAI Zaragoza Zaragoza Príncipe Felipe Arena 10,744 3rd José Luis Abós 5th Cajasol Sevilla Palacio San Pablo 10,200 15th Aíto García Reneses 2nd CB Valladolid Valladolid Polideportivo Pisuerga 6,800 16th Ricard Casas 1st FC Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 8,250 2nd Xavi Pascual 7th FIATC Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760 11th Salva Maldonado 3rd Gipuzkoa Basket San Sebastián San Sebastián Arena 10,241 17th Sito Alonso 3rd Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Centro Insular de DeportesGran Canaria ArenaSince May 1 5,20011,500 4th Pedro Martínez 8th (5th) Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín 5,003 10th Alejandro Martínez 10th La Bruixa d'Or Manresa Nou Congost 5,000 18th Pere Romero 1st Laboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504 5th Sergio Scariolo 3rd (1st) Real Madrid Madrid Palacio de los Deportes 13,500 1st Pablo Laso 3rd Río Natura Monbús Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 5,824 8th Moncho Fernández 4th Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes Madrid Palacio de los Deportes 13,500 12th Txus Vidorreta 2nd UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes de Murcia 7,454 13th Marcelo Nicola 1st Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,500 9th Joan Plaza 1st Valencia BC Valencia Fuente San Luis 9,000 6th Velimir Perasović 3rd

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment La Bruixa d'Or Jaume Ponsarnau End of contract 19 May 2013Ponsarnau concluye un ciclo idílico en Manresa; ACB.com, 10 May 2013 Borja Comenge 4 July 2013Borja Comenge firma por tres años por La Bruixa d'Or; ACB.com 4 July 2013 Unicaja Jasmin Repeša Sacked 21 May 2013Jasmin Repesa deja de ser entrenador del Unicaja; ACB.com, 21 May 2013 Joan Plaza 6 June 2013 Joan Plaza dirigirá la nave malagueña las próximas 2 temporadas ACB.com 6 June 2013 Laboral Kutxa Žan Tabak Sacked 3 June 2013Zan Tabak deja de pertenecer a la disciplina del Laboral Kutxa; ACB.com, 3 June 2013 Sergio Scariolo 12 June 2013 Sergio Scariolo, baskonista 14 años después ACB.com 12 June 2013 Bilbao Basket Fotios Katsikaris End of contract 6 June 2013Fotis Katsikaris no seguirá entrenando al Uxue Bilbao Basket; ACB.com, 6 June 2013 Rafa Pueyo 7 June 2013 Rafa Pueyo ocupará el banquillo del Uxue Bilbao Basket ACB.com 7 June 2013 CB Valladolid Roberto González Resigned 26 June 2013Roberto González no sigue en el CB Valladolid ACB.com 26 June 2013 Ricard Casas 16 September 2013Ricard Casas será el entrenador del CB Valladolid ACB.com 16 September 2013

During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table UCAM Murcia Óscar Quintana Sacked 20 January 2014Óscar Quintana destituido como entrenador del UCAM Murcia; UCAM Murcia, 20 January 2014 Marcelo Nicola 20 January 2014 15th (5–11) Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Chus Mateo Sacked 3 March 2014Chus Mateo no continuará en el Fuenla; ACB.com 3 March 2014 Luis Casimiro 4 March 2014Luis Casimiro retorna al Baloncesto Fuenlabrada; ACB.com 4 March 2014 14th (7–14) La Bruixa d'Or Borja Comenge Sacked 7 April 2014El Bàsquet Manresa y Borja Comenge rescinden el contrato que les unía; ACB.com 7 April 2014 Pere Romero 8 April 2014Pere Romero, nuevo entrenador de La Bruixa d’Or hasta final de temporada; ACB.com 8 April 2014 17th (7–19)

Regular season

League table

Results FUEBILCAICAJCBVFCBCJBGBCGCAITFMANLBORMBOBRESTUCMUNIVBCBaloncesto Fuenlabrada75–7272–8175–8491–8173–7776–6981–6778–8384–6881–7374–7367–9473–7882–7287–8471–8176–90Bilbao Basket95–7377–8679–8293–7780–7283–9078–6872–8393–9092–6496–9273–8792–9472–5582–6968–7580–83CAI Zaragoza77–6888–7266–7495–7985–7987–7367–9277–8460–6689–5275–8868–7585–5880–65103–6781–9195–89Cajasol74–6072–7579–5984–6857–6283–8180–5973–6081–6778–6082–6262–9780–7171–8273–9365–8577–95CB Valladolid83–10757–8168–9681–6866–11172–7964–8364–9291–10388–7658–8783–10577–7359–8970–7565–10677–91FC Barcelona81–63104–7573–5088–70109–5088–7981–7462–5287–7191–6391–7586–7577–6273–5696–6377–8476–75FIATC Mutua Joventut76–7980–7082–5765–7495–7380–8376–6578–8476–6393–7283–7468–7270–6376–8985–8963–6578–73Gipuzkoa Basket77–5883–7173–6276–7182–6775–8662–6457–7970–6673–6576–7865–7663–6779–7185–8069–6150–57Herbalife Gran Canaria96–7577–7058–5558–6889–6074–8289–8263–5679–6170–8584–8170–7553–6076–6286–6967–6581–86Iberostar Tenerife90–8296–8575–7875–5984–6856–7895–10376–7572–6878–8378–8274–8576–7494–9682–6960–7191–100La Bruixa d'Or84–8366–8871–7472–9775–7271–8190–7874–8265–9571–7564–6969–9256–7774–8184–7478–9964–76Laboral Kutxa95–7776–7092–83101–6584–6776–72100–7166–7296–9983–95101–7874–9083–7279–6698–9082–7578–79Real Madrid96–8192–7592–7981–7587–5398–84106–8881–7283–7487–76111–63105–7282–5972–57102–6588–67100–105Río Natura Monbús75–7689–8182–8656–7084–8377–6089–7272–7677–8384–7671–8892–9468–8385–9795–8679–6170–102Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes86–6686–8062–8954–6180–6651–7774–8172–6163–7585–88104–10384–8764–7187–7769–7784–8580–88UCAM Murcia93–7378–7790–8289–85101–9072–8476–8267–8571–7872–8790–7989–8081–8847–8385–8476–7876–85Unicaja88–81109–7467–7689–76112–5869–7458–6081–5576–6688–7391–7583–6483–8680–7197–7881–7271–74Valencia Basket75–6283–7196–76104–93108–5795–9385–6987–5874–7092–6792–5967–5575–8269–6496–8488–8691–83

Playoffs

Final standings Pos. Team Qualification or relegation1 FC Barcelona 45 35 10 Qualified to 2014–15 Euroleague2 Real Madrid 44 38 63Valencia Basket 42 34 84Unicaja 41 26 155Herbalife Gran Canaria 37 23 14 Qualified to 2014–15 Eurocup6Laboral Kutxa 36 19 17 Qualified to 2014–15 Euroleague7Cajasol 37 19 18Qualified to 2014–15 Eurocup8CAI Zaragoza 36 18 189FIATC Joventut 34 16 1810Gipuzkoa Basket 34 16 1811Iberostar Tenerife 34 14 2012Río Natura Monbús 34 13 2213UCAM Murcia 34 12 2214Bilbao Basket 34 12 2215Baloncesto Fuenlabrada 34 12 2216Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes 34 12 2217La Bruixa d'Or 34 7 27Relegated to LEB Oro18CB Valladolid 34 3 31 Notes: Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Baskonia and Unicaja are qualified to Euroleague thanks to their A licence. The worst qualified team of these four can have suspended its A license if other different team qualifies to the ACB Finals. There is an established limit of seven ACB teams between Euroleague and Eurocup Basketball, without counting possible wildcards. The invitational wildcard to the EuroChallenge is not confirmed.

Stats Leaders

Performance Index Rating RankNameTeamRatingGamesPIR1. Justin DoellmanValencia Basket5773218.0 2. Tibor PleißLaboral Kutxa5613217.53. Andy PankoBaloncesto Fuenlabrada5583316.94. Rudy FernándezReal Madrid4983016.65. Jason RobinsonGipuzkoa Basket5383316.3

Points RankNameTeamPointsGamesPPG1. Andy PankoBaloncesto Fuenlabrada 5913317.92. Jason RobinsonGipuzkoa Basket5463316.53. Justin DoellmanValencia Basket4813215.0 4. Álex MumbrúBilbao Basket5093415.05. Andrés NocioniLaboral Kutxa4433014.8

Rebounds RankNameTeamReboundsGamesRPG1. Augusto César LimaUCAM Murcia212307.07 2. Luke SikmaIberostar Tenerife237346.973. Ante TomićFC Barcelona207316.684. Tibor PleißLaboral Kutxa213326.66 5. Walter TavaresHerbalife Gran Canaria211326.59

Assists RankNameTeamAssistsGamesAPG1. Sergio RodríguezReal Madrid207346.092. Thomas HeurtelLaboral Kutxa 174325.443. Javi SalgadoGipuzkoa Basket166344.88 4. Oliver LafayetteValencia Basket 156324.885. Tomáš SatoranskýCajasol 158344.65

Attendances Attendances include playoff games:

|align="center"|1 ||align="left"|Real Madrid | 203,319 || 13,217 || 5,814 || 9,242 || % |- |align="center"|2 ||align="left"|Laboral Kutxa | 165,412 || 14,182 || 6,824 || 9,190 || % |- |align="center"|3 ||align="left"|Bilbao Basket | 154,650 || 10,000 || 7,610 || 9,097 || % |- |align="center"|4 ||align="left"|CAI Zaragoza | 152,189 || 10,853 || 6,358 || 8,010 || % |- |align="center"|5 ||align="left"|Valencia BC | 168,050 || 8,500 || 6,500 || 8,002 || % |- |align="center"|6 ||align="left"|Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes | 134,752 || 13,800 || 2,600 || 7,927 || %1 |- |align="center"|7 ||align="left"|Unicaja | 126,333 || 10,600 || 3,394 || 6,317 || % |- |align="center"|8 ||align="left"|Lagun Aro GBC | 101,960 || 8,890 || 3,780 || 5,998 || % |- |align="center"|9 ||align="left"|UCAM Murcia | 94,928 || 7,269 || 4,718 || 5,584 || % |- |align="center"|10||align="left"|FIATC Joventut | 92,638 || 10,500 || 3,156 || 5,449 || % |- |align="center"|11||align="left"|Herbalife Gran Canaria | 92,644 || 9,332 || 4,106 || 5,147 || %2 |- |align="center"|12||align="left"|Blu:sens Monbús | 85,841 || 6,000 || 4,438 || 5,049 || % |- |align="center"|13||align="left"|FC Barcelona | 100,455 || 7,539 || 3,471 || 4,909 || % |- |align="center"|14||align="left"|Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | 82,621 || 5,546 || 4,024 || 4,860 || % |- |align="center"|15||align="left"|Cajasol | 74,830 || 7,260 || 2,400 || 4,157 || % |- |align="center"|16||align="left"|La Bruixa d'Or | 64,361 || 4,900 || 2,100 || 4,023 || % |- |align="center"|17||align="left"|Iberostar Tenerife | 65,761 || 5,100 || 2,891 || 3,868 || % |- |align="center"|18||align="left"|CB Valladolid | 59,750 || 5,900 || 1,500 || 3,515 || %

Highest attendance: 14,623 at Fernando Buesa Arena (Round 19, Laboral Kutxa 74–90 Real Madrid) Lowest attendance: 1,500 at Pabellón Polideportivo Pisuerga (Round 32, CB Valladolid 68–96 CAI Zaragoza)

Awards

Regular season MVP Justin Doellman – Valencia BC

All-ACB Team

PositionPlayerTeamPG Sergio Rodríguez Real MadridSG Rudy Fernández Real MadridSF Romain Sato Valencia BasketPF Nikola Mirotić Real MadridC Justin Doellman Valencia Basket

Best Young Player Award Guillem Vives – FIATC Joventut Best All-Young Team

PositionPlayerTeamPG Guillem Vives FIATC JoventutSG Álex Abrines FC BarcelonaSF Marcus Eriksson La Bruixa d'OrPF Kristaps Porziņģis CajasolC Walter Tavares Herbalife Gran Canaria

Player of the week

Date Player Team PIR 1 Rasmus Larsen La Bruixa d'Or 37 2 Álex Mumbrú Tibor Pleiß Bilbao BasketLaboral Kutxa 32 3 Blagota Sekulić Iberostar Tenerife 41 4 Guille Rubio Estudiantes 28 5 Justin Doellman Valencia BC 42 6 Devoe Joseph FIATC Joventut 31 7 Jason Rowe CB Valladolid 29 8 Tibor Pleiß (2)Laboral Kutxa 41 9 Tibor Pleiß (3)Laboral Kutxa 29 10 Dejan Ivanov Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes 32 11 Saúl Blanco Iberostar Tenerife 31 12 Ricardo Úriz Iberostar Tenerife 35 13 Justin Doellman (2) Valencia BC 39 14 Dejan Ivanov (2)Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes 28 15 Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid 34 16 Tibor Pleiß (4)Laboral Kutxa 33 17 Kim Tillie UCAM Murcia 34 18 Mike Muscala Andy Panko Río Natura MonbúsBaloncesto Fuenlabrada 32 19 Andy Panko (2) Baloncesto Fuenlabrada 29 20 Pau Ribas Valencia BC 34 21 Alberto Corbacho Río Natura Monbús 31 22 Jacob Pullen FC Barcelona 41 23 James Feldeine Baloncesto Fuenlabrada 33 24 Jason Robinson Gipuzkoa Basket 34 25 Maciej Lampe FC Barcelona 28 26 Álex Mumbrú (2) Bilbao Basket 33 27 Sergio Rodríguez Real Madrid 28 28 Justin Doellman (3) Valencia BC 31 29 Luke Sikma Iberostar Tenerife 39 30 Rudy Fernández Real Madrid 40 31 Oliver Lafayette Valencia BC 28 32 Justin Doellman (4) Valencia BC 31 33 Scott Bamforth Cajasol 33 34 Tibor Pleiß (5)Laboral Kutxa 28

Player of the month