The 2013–2014 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Loto) was the 60th season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The season began on 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 CapacityLast 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 1,2001st (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 10,383 Runners-up (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 Bnei Herzliya Muli Katzurin Hapoel Gilboa Galil Sharon Drucker Hapoel Holon Elad Hasin Hapoel Jerusalem Brad Greenberg Ironi Nes Ziona Nadav Zilberstein Maccabi Ashdod Eric Alfasi Hapoel Eilat Oded Kattash Maccabi Haifa Danny Franco Maccabi Rishon LeZion Zvika Sherf Maccabi Tel Aviv David Blatt Hapoel Tel Aviv Erez Edelstein
Regular season TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsPlayoff 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 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 The Finals series was played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion.
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 #1Agg.Team #2Game 11–3 May Game 27–8 May Game 310–12 May Game 412–15 May Game 519 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 (OT) 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 #1Agg.Team #2Game 122 May Game 225 May Game 329 May Game 41 June Game 55 June Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) 3-1 (5) Hapoel Eilat 90-72 71-81 97-75 100-96 (OT) 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 #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg Maccabi Haifa (3) 161–163 (1) Maccabi Tel Aviv 77–81 84–82
Game 1
Game 2
2014 Israeli Basketball Super League Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv 51st title
Average home attendances
Pos Team1Maccabi Tel Aviv19122,300 6,436 209,000 .5852Maccabi Haifa2061,100 3,055 100,000 .6113Hapoel Jerusalem1740,450 2,379 42,500 .9524Hapoel Holon1732,500 1,911 42,500 .7655Maccabi Rishon LeZion1419,570 1,397 30,800 .6356Hapoel Tel Aviv1520,050 1,336 21,000 .9557Ironi Nes Ziona1720,150 1,185 22,100 .9128Bnei Herzliya1416,150 1,153 21,000 .7699Hapoel Gilboa Galil1717,200 1,011 35,700 .48210Hapoel Eilat B.C.1916,800 884 22,800 .73711Maccabi Ashdod149,850 703 28,000 .35212Barak Netanya148,080 577 14,000 .577
Individual statistics
Rating RankNameTeamGamesPIR1. Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa2825.52. Diamon SimpsonIroni Nes Ziona2222.83. Tyler HoneycuttIroni Nes Ziona2422.1
Points RankNameTeamGamesPPG1. Carlon Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv2819.62. Dawan RobinsonBarak Netanya2419.33. Raviv Limonad Hapoel Tel Aviv2318.8
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRPG1. Marcus DoveMaccabi Ashdod299.52. Tyler HoneycuttIroni Nes Ziona249.33. Rashaun Freeman Barak Netanya298.8
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAPG1. Meir Tapiro Ironi Nes Ziona296.62. Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa286.23. Derwin KitchenHapoel Jerusalem275.9
All-Star Game The 2014 Israeli League All-star event was held on February 25, 2014, at the Conch Arena, Beer-Sheva.
+Israeli All-StarsPosPlayerTeamStartersG Meir Tapiro Ironi Nes ZionaG Yotam Halperin Hapoel JerusalemF Guy Pnini Maccabi Tel AvivF Lior Eliyahu Hapoel JerusalemC Ido Kozikaro Maccabi HaifaReservesG Afik Nissim Hapoel EilatG Shlomi Harush Hapoel HolonG Raviv Limonad Hapoel Tel AvivG Ben Reis Maccabi HaifaG Nimrod Tishman Hapoel Gilboa GalilF Shawn Dawson Maccabi Rishon LeZionF Eliran Guetta Barak NetanyaF Oz Blayzer Bnei HerzliyaC Isaac Rosefelt Hapoel HolonHead coach: Erez Edelstein (Hapoel Tel Aviv)Head coach: Danny Franco (Maccabi Haifa)
+International All-StarsPosPlayerTeamStartersG Carlon Brown Hapoel Tel AvivF Tasmin Mitchell Maccabi Rishon LeZionF Tyler Honeycutt Ironi Nes ZionaF Donta Smith Maccabi HaifaC Marcus Dove Maccabi AshdodReservesG Preston Knowles Ironi Nes ZionaG Michael Umeh Bnei HerzliyaF Kevin Palmer Hapoel EilatF Ronald Dupree Hapoel JerusalemF Brian Asbury Hapoel HolonF Rashaun Freeman Barak NetanyaC Josh Owens Hapoel Tel AvivHead coach: Brad Greenberg (Hapoel Jerusalem)Head coach: Lior Lubin (Maccabi Ashdod)
Three-point shootout +ContestantsPos. Player Team First round Final roundG Zack Rosen (W)Maccabi Ashdod1918G Carlon BrownHapoel Tel Aviv1911F Guy PniniMaccabi Tel Aviv14-F Oz BlayzerBnei Herzliya13-G Yotam HalperinHapoel Jerusalem13-G Adi MarkovitzHapoel Be'er Sheva11-G Afik NissimHapoel Eilat10-G Ben ReisMaccabi Haifa8-
Slam Dunk Contest +ContestantsPos. Player TeamF Itay Segev (W)Hapoel HolonF Tyler HoneycuttIroni Nes ZionaG Carlon BrownHapoel Tel AvivC Josh OwensHapoel Tel Aviv
Awards
Regular season MVP
Donta Smith (Maccabi Haifa)
All-BSL 1st team Raviv Limonad (Hapoel Tel Aviv) Kevin Palmer (Hapoel Eilat) Donta Smith (Maccabi Haifa) Josh Duncan (Hapoel Jerusalem) Alex Tyus (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Coach of the season David Blatt (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Co-Rising star Aviram Zelekovits (Bnei Herzliya) Oz Blayzer (Bnei Herzliya)
Best Defender Brian Randle (Maccabi Haifa)
Most Improved Player Shawn Dawson (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
Sixth Man of the Season David Blu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Monthly Awards MonthBest playerBest coachTeamPoints per gameW-LOctober Raviv Limonad Hapoel Tel Aviv20.3 Nadav Zilberstein Ironi Nes Ziona2-1November Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa18.3 Danny Franco Maccabi Haifa4-1December Carlon Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv19.4 Erez Edelstein Hapoel Tel Aviv4-0January Lior Eliyahu Hapoel Jerusalem19.5 Brad Greenberg Hapoel Jerusalem4-0February Devin Smith Maccabi Tel Aviv24 David Blatt Maccabi Tel Aviv3-0March Josh Duncan Hapoel Jerusalem15.6 Brad Greenberg Hapoel Jerusalem4-1April Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa15.3 David Blatt Maccabi Tel Aviv3-0
References
External links IBA's official website (Hebrew)