2013–14 Israeli Basketball Super League

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.

2013–2014 Ligat Winner
Season2013–2014
Teams12
Games played172 (regular season)
Dates13 October 2013 - 11 June 2014
TVSports Channel, Channel 1
Final positions
Top seedMaccabi Tel Aviv
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
51st title
Runners-upMaccabi Haifa
SemifinalistsHapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Eilat
PromotedIroni Nahariya
RelegatedBarak Netanya
Awards
MVP Donta Smith
Finals MVP Dagan Yivzori
Statistical leaders
Points Carlon Brown 19.8
Rebounds Marcus Dove 9.5
Assists Donta Smith 6.1
Records
Average attendance1,950
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Teams Information

Team Changes
Teams 2013-14

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 Capacity Last 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 1,200 1st (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
1
Bnei Herzliya Muli Katzurin
4 (1st)
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Sharon Drucker
2 (1st)
Hapoel Holon Elad Hasin
1
Hapoel Jerusalem Brad Greenberg
1
Ironi Nes Ziona Nadav Zilberstein
1
Maccabi Ashdod Eric Alfasi
1
Hapoel Eilat Oded Kattash
2
Maccabi Haifa Danny Franco
1
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Zvika Sherf
2 (1st)
Maccabi Tel Aviv David Blatt
6 (4th)
Hapoel Tel Aviv Erez Edelstein
4 (2nd)

Regular season
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Playoff
1.Maccabi Tel Aviv 2822622752089+18650Upper Playoffs
2.Hapoel Jerusalem 2821723282162+16649
3.Maccabi Haifa 28181022902167+12346
4.Hapoel Tel Aviv 28151322022206-443
5.Hapoel Eilat 29181123082261+4747Lower Playoffs
6.Ironi Nes Ziona 29161323442295+4945
7.Hapoel Holon 29151422902206+8444
8.Hapoel Gilboa Galil 29141521872205-1843
9.Barak Netanya 2992021402352-21238
10.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 2992021532314-16138
11.Bnei Herzliya 2982122962366-7037
12.Maccabi Ashdod 2972222142404-19036
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.

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
         
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3
8 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 1
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3
5 Hapoel Eilat 1
4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1
5 Hapoel Eilat 3
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 163
3 Maccabi Haifa 161
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 3
7 Hapoel Holon 1
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 1
3 Maccabi Haifa 3
3 Maccabi Haifa 3
6 Ironi Nes Ziona 2

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 #1 Agg. Team #2 Game 1
1–3 May		 Game 2
7–8 May		 Game 3
10–12 May		 Game 4
12–15 May		 Game 5
19 May
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)3-1(8) Hapoel Gilboa Galil99-9371-75 93-6794-65
Hapoel Jerusalem (2)3-1(7) Hapoel Holon89-8375-7985-7975-74
Maccabi Haifa (3)3-2(6) Ironi Nes Ziona78-6759-7988-7165-9268-67 (OT)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (4)1-3(5) Hapoel Eilat82-9868-8798-7783-73

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 #1 Agg. Team #2 Game 1
22 May		 Game 2
25 May		 Game 3
29 May		 Game 4
1 June		 Game 5
5 June
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)3-1(5) Hapoel Eilat90-7271-8197-75100-96 (OT)
Hapoel Jerusalem (2)1-3(3) Maccabi Haifa79-10770-8270-6368-90

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 #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa (3)161–163(1) Maccabi Tel Aviv77–8184–82

Game 1
8 June 2014
20:45
Maccabi Haifa 77–81 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Scoring by quarter: 19-27, 18-20, 25-22, 15-12
Pts: Smith 29
Rebs: Smith 8
Asts: Smith 8		 Pts: Rice 30
Rebs: Smith, Tyus 5
Asts: Rice 7
Romema Arena, Haifa
Attendance: 5,000

Game 2
11 June 2014
20:45
Maccabi Tel Aviv 82–84 (OT) Maccabi Haifa
Scoring by quarter: 18 - 17, 20 - 20, 15 - 22, 22 - 20, Overtime: 7 - 5
Pts: Hickman 22
Rebs: Tyus 9
Asts: Hickman, Rice 4		 Pts: Smith 29
Rebs: Smith 13
Asts: Smith 6
Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 11,700


2014 Israeli Basketball Super League Champions

Maccabi Tel Aviv
51st title

Average home attendances
PosTeamGP Total Average Capacity %
1 Maccabi Tel Aviv 19 122,3006,436209,000 .585
2 Maccabi Haifa 20 61,1003,055100,000 .611
3 Hapoel Jerusalem 17 40,4502,37942,500 .952
4 Hapoel Holon 17 32,5001,91142,500 .765
5 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 14 19,5701,39730,800 .635
6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 15 20,0501,33621,000 .955
7 Ironi Nes Ziona 17 20,1501,18522,100 .912
8 Bnei Herzliya 14 16,1501,15321,000 .769
9 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 17 17,2001,01135,700 .482
10 Hapoel Eilat B.C. 19 16,80088422,800 .737
11 Maccabi Ashdod 14 9,85070328,000 .352
12 Barak Netanya 14 8,08057714,000 .577

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Individual statistics

[2]

Rating
Rank Name Team Games PIR
1. Donta SmithMaccabi Haifa2825.5
2. Diamon SimpsonIroni Nes Ziona2222.8
3. Tyler HoneycuttIroni Nes Ziona2422.1

Points
Rank Name Team Games PPG
1. Carlon BrownHapoel Tel Aviv2819.6
2. Dawan RobinsonBarak Netanya2419.3
3. Raviv LimonadHapoel Tel Aviv2318.8

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games RPG
1. Marcus DoveMaccabi Ashdod299.5
2. Tyler HoneycuttIroni Nes Ziona249.3
3. Rashaun FreemanBarak Netanya298.8

Assists
Rank Name Team Games APG
1. Meir TapiroIroni Nes Ziona296.6
2. Donta SmithMaccabi Haifa286.2
3. 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.

February 25, 2014
Israeli All-Stars 103–111 International All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 27-36, 21-20, 21-26, 34-29
Pts: Eliyahu 25
Rebs: Eliyahu 9		 Pts: Knowles 20
Asts: Umeh 7

Three-point shootout
Contestants
Pos.PlayerTeamFirst roundFinal round
G Zack Rosen (W)Maccabi Ashdod1918
G Carlon BrownHapoel Tel Aviv1911
F 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
Contestants
Pos.PlayerTeam
F Itay Segev (W)Hapoel Holon
F Tyler HoneycuttIroni Nes Ziona
G Carlon BrownHapoel Tel Aviv
C Josh OwensHapoel Tel Aviv

Awards

[3]

Regular season MVP
Main article: Israeli Basketball Super League MVP

All-BSL 1st team

Coach of the season

Co-Rising star

Best Defender

Most Improved Player

Sixth Man of the Season

Monthly Awards
Month Best player
Best coach		 Team Points per game
W-L
October[4] Raviv LimonadHapoel Tel Aviv 20.3
Nadav ZilbersteinIroni Nes Ziona 2-1
November[5] Donta SmithMaccabi Haifa 18.3
Danny FrancoMaccabi Haifa 4-1
December[6] Carlon BrownHapoel Tel Aviv 19.4
Erez EdelsteinHapoel Tel Aviv 4-0
January[7] Lior EliyahuHapoel Jerusalem 19.5
Brad GreenbergHapoel Jerusalem 4-0
February[8] Devin SmithMaccabi Tel Aviv 24
David BlattMaccabi Tel Aviv 3-0
March[9] Josh DuncanHapoel Jerusalem 15.6
Brad GreenbergHapoel Jerusalem 4-1
April[10] Donta SmithMaccabi Haifa 15.3
David BlattMaccabi Tel Aviv 3-0

References
  1. "2013–14 BSL attendances data". Basket.co.il.
  2. "2013–14 BSL Stats Board". Basket.co.il.
  3. "Haifa's season also in those selected". Basket.co.il.
  4. "October's MVPs: Limonad and Zilberstein" (in Hebrew). 2 November 2013.
  5. "November's MVPs: Smith and Franco" (in Hebrew). 1 December 2011.
  6. "December's MVPs: Brown and Edelstein" (in Hebrew). 1 January 2014.
  7. "January's MVPs: Eliyahu and Greenberg" (in Hebrew). 30 January 2014.
  8. "February's MVPs: Smith and Blatt" (in Hebrew). 28 February 2014.
  9. "March's MVPs: Duncan and Greenberg" (in Hebrew). 2 April 2014.
  10. "April's MVPs: Smith and Blatt" (in Hebrew). 1 May 2014.
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