2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League

2011–12 Ligat Loto 1
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv
50th title
Runners-up Maccabi Ashdod
Teams 11
Duration 16 October 2011 – 24 May 2012
Awards
MVP Israel Lior Eliyahu
Finals MVP Israel Meir Tapiro

The 2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 58th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 16 October 2011 and ended on 24 May 2012.

Maccai Tel Aviv won the championship title for the 50th time.

Format

Each of the 11 participating teams play 20 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. After that, there is 3rd round in which every team play against each other team once. The top eight teams advance to the playoff, where they play best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on). The series winners play in the Final Four to determine the championship. The two 9th and 10th ranked teams compete in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, and the loser will be relegated to Liga Leumit 2012–13.

Team Information

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Barak Netanya Netanya Yeshurun 1,000
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,750
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional Council Gan Ner Sports Hall 2,400
Hapoel Holon Holon Holon City Arena 2,850
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Malha Arena 3,000
Ironi Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashkelon Sport Arena 3,000
Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 1,260
Habik'a B.C. Ganei Tikva, Giv'at Shmuel, Kiryat Ono Leader Arena 1,400
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 3,000
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Bet Maccabi 2,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Nokia Arena 11,700

Head coaches

Team Head coach Seasons as head coach
Barak Netanya Danny Franko
1
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya Adi Azulay
1
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Lior Liubin
2
Hapoel Holon Dan Shamir
1
Hapoel Jerusalem Sharon Drucker
3
Ironi Ashkelon Eric Alfasi
1
Maccabi Ashdod Ofer Berkovich
2
Habik'a B.C. Avi Ashkenazi
1
Maccabi Haifa Miki Gorka
2
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Effi Birnbaum
3
Maccabi Tel Aviv David Blatt
4

Regular season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Qualification or relegation
1. Maccabi Tel Aviv 25 23 2 2218 1897 +321 48 2012–13 Euroleague Group stage
2. Hapoel Gilboa Galil 25 16 9 1955 1909 +46 41
3. Maccabi Rishon LeZion 25 15 10 1986 1917 +69 40
4. Hapoel Jerusalem 25 14 11 2043 1969 +74 39
5. Hapoel Holon 25 14 11 2041 1972 +69 39
6. Ironi Ashkelon 25 10 15 1965 2107 -142 35
7. Maccabi Ashdod 24 12 12 1987 1979 +8 36
8. Habik'a B.C. 24 10 14 1848 1883 –35 34
9. Barak Netanya 24 9 15 1948 1977 –29 33
10. Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya 24 7 17 1918 2165 –247 31
11. Maccabi Haifa 24 5 19 1951 2085 -134 29
Qualification to Playoffs

Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

Rounds 1-2

BNT BNS HPG HPH HPJ IAS MAS MHA HBC MRL MTA Rec.
Barak Netanya 97-77 86-74 75-98 79-85 92-73 86-90 96-75 88-80 65-80 70-85 5-5
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya 93-102 82-84 85-89 63-102 101-96 69-91 84-82 95-92 59-82 73-113 3-7
Hapoel Gilboa Galil 78–81 73-61 85-61 89-68 79-76 97-75 85-72 75-67 75-74 60–95 8-2
Hapoel Holon 71-70 119-80 89-80 70-65 87-91 93-84 83-53 72-59 87-83 77-82 8-2
Hapoel Jerusalem 88-83 99-96 67-79 80-69 93-95 84-73 95-76 87-61 88-87 100-104 7-3
Ironi Ashkelon 84-86 84-85 60-81 73-71 83-74 87-85 80-77 87-85 81-79 83-87 6-4
Maccabi Ashdod 82-71 89-53 74-76 97-98 84-83 79-89 85-86 83-72 69-76 74-103 4-6
Maccabi Haifa 104-94 79-89 90-77 91-104 93-96 80-81 74-84 76-78 102-105 79-84 2-8
Habik'a B.C. 79-56 76-74 77-84 68-66 81-59 93-74 74-88 81-80 76-81 76-88 6-4
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 79-69 90-80 83-88 88-77 69-64 84-79 69-80 76-74 78-66 75-76 7-3
Maccabi Tel Aviv 87-85 92-75 102-61 84-75 64-78 108-75 73-78 87-81 89-79 90-73 8-2
Record 5-5 3-7 8-2 8-2 7-3 6-4 4-6 2-8 6-4 7-3 8-2

The home team is listed on the left-hand column.
The rightmost column and the bottom row list the teams' home and away records respectively.

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals wiil be played as The-Best-of-5 series, while the Semifinals and the final will be 1 match stages.

Quarterfinals Semifinals
22 May 		Final
24 May
         
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3
8 Habik'a B.C. 0
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 102
5 Hapoel Holon 73
4 Hapoel Jerusalem 1
5 Hapoel Holon 3
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 83
7 Maccabi Ashdod 63
2 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 1
7 Maccabi Ashdod 3
7 Maccabi Ashdod 75
3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 68
3 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 3
6 Ironi Ashkelon 2


Israeli Basketball Super League 2012 Champions
Israel
Maccabi Tel Aviv
50th title

Stats Leaders

[1]

Efficiency

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games EPG
1.United States Bryant DunstonHapoel Holon6172524.68
2.United States Brian AsburyBarak Netanya5212421.71
3.United States Romeo TravisHapoel Gilboa Galil 5142421.42
4.United States Josh DuncanMaccabi Ashdod4001921.05
5.United States Dwayne MitchellIroni Ashkelon4522220.55

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.United States Adrian BanksBarak Netanya 4942321.48
2.United States Tweety CarterBnei HaSharon\Herzliya 4752320.65
3.Israel Sylven LandesbergMaccabi Haifa 4752320.65
4.United States Joe CrawfordMaccabi Rishon LeZion4612320.04
5.United States Ron LewisHapoel Holon 4772519.08

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1.United States Bryant DunstonHapoel Holon235259.4
2.Israel Isaac RosefeltBnei HaSharon\Herzliya 148169.25
3.United States Josh DuncanMaccabi Ashdod163198.58
4.United States Alex TyusMaccabi Ashdod 200248.33
5.United States Brandon BowmanMaccabi Rishon LeZion 189238.22

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.Israel Moran RothHapoel Holon167217.95
2.Israel Meir TapiroMaccabi Ashdod178247.42
3.United States Tweety CarterBnei HaSharon\Herzliya163237.09
4.United States Chris ThomasHapoel Gilboa Galil92194.84
5.United States Dwayne MitchellIroni Ashkelon 105224.77

Awards

Regular season MVP

All-BSL 1st team

Coach of the season

Rising star

Best Defender

Most Improved Player

Sixth Man of the Season

Player of the Week

Week Player Team Efficiency
1Israel Raviv LimonadIroni Ashkelon42
2Israel Dagan YivzoriHapoel Gilboa Galil19
3United States Bryant DunstonHapoel Holon49
4Israel Lior EliyahuMaacabi Tel aviv35
5Israel Sylven LandesbergMaccabi Haifa37
6Israel Yuval NaimyHapoel Jerusalem16
7Jamaica Adrian UterMaccabi Rishon LeZion32
8United States Delroy JamesBnei HaSharon/Herzliya36
9United States Brian AsburyBarak Netanya45
10United States Ron LewisHapoel Holon51
11United States Brian AsburyBarak Netanya48
12United States Derwin KitchenMaccabi Rishon LeZion47
13United States Tweety Carter Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya32
14United States Joe Crawford Maccabi Rishon LeZion32
15United States Josh Duncan Maccabi Ashdod39
16United States Josh Carter Maccabi Ashdod38
17Israel Yogev Ohayon Maacabi Tel aviv34
18United States Ron Lewis Hapoel Holon36
19United States Alex TyusMaccabi Ashdod31
20Israel Yehu Orland Barak Netanya24
21United States Adrian Banks Barak Netanya19
22United States Joe Crawford Maccabi Rishon LeZion38
23Israel Isaac Rosefelt Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya42
24Israel Eyal Shulman Maccabi Rishon LeZion20
25United States D. J. Strawberry Hapoel Jerusalem38
26United States Brian Randle Hapoel Jerusalem32
27United States Devin Smith Maacabi Tel aviv29

Month Awards

Month Weeks Best player
Best coach
Young Player		 Team Efficiency
W-L
October 1–3 United States Bryant Dunston Hapoel Holon 26.7 [2]
Israel Erik Alfasi Ironi Ashkelon 2-1 [3]
Israel Shlomi Harush Hapoel Holon 2.7 [4]
November 4-7 Israel Sylven Landesberg Maccabi Haifa 26 [5]
Israel Lior Liubin Hapoel Gilboa Galil 4-0 [6]
Israel Ezequiel Skverer Habik'a B.C. 9 [7]
December 8-11 United States Brian Asbury Barak Netanya 35.2 [8]
Israel Danny Franko Barak Netanya 4-0 [9]
Israel Anton Shoutvin Maccabi Ashdod 3 [10]
January 12-15 United States Derwin Kitchen Maccabi Rishon LeZion 37.7 [11]
Israel Effi Birnbaum Maccabi Rishon LeZion 3-0 [12]
Israel Amit Simhon Ironi Ashkelon 10 [13]
February 16-18 Israel Yogev Ohayon Maacabi Tel aviv 17.0 [14]
Israel David Blatt Maacabi Tel aviv 2-0 [15]
Not Selected
March 19-22 Israel Dror Hajaj Maccabi Ashdod 19.5 [16]
Israel Ofer Berkovich Maccabi Ashdod 3-1 [17]
Not Selected
April 23-27 United States D. J. Strawberry Hapoel Jerusalem 21.6 [18]
Israel Sharon Drucker Hapoel Jerusalem 3-2 [19]
Not Selected

See also

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "October's Best Player: Bryant Dunston" (in Hebrew). 6 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "October's Best Coach: Erik Alfasi" (in Hebrew). 3 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "October's Young Player: Shlomi Harush" (in Hebrew). 3 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "November's Best Player: Sylven Landesberg" (in Hebrew). 1 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "November's Best Coach: Lior Liubin" (in Hebrew). 5 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "November's Young Player: Ezequiel Skverer" (in Hebrew). 1 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "December's Best Player: Brian Asbury" (in Hebrew). 2 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "December's Best Coach: Danny Franko" (in Hebrew). 2 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "December's Young Player: Amit Simhon" (in Hebrew). 30 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "January's Best Player: Derwin Kitchen" (in Hebrew). 1 February 2012.
  12. ↑ "January's Best Coach: Effi Birnbaum" (in Hebrew). 2 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "January's Young Player: Amit Simhon" (in Hebrew). 30 January 2012.
  14. ↑ "February's Best Player: Yogev Ohayon" (in Hebrew). 29 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "February's Best Coach: David Blatt" (in Hebrew). 1 March 2012.
  16. ↑ "March's Best Player: Dror Hajaj" (in Hebrew). 28 March 2012.
  17. ↑ "March's Best Coach: Ofer Berkovich" (in Hebrew). 29 March 2012.
  18. ↑ "April's Best Player: Dror Hajaj" (in Hebrew). 3 May 2012.
  19. ↑ "April's Best Coach: Sharon Drucker" (in Hebrew). 3 May 2012.

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