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
Season	2013–2014
Duration	13 October 2013 - 11 June 2014
Games played	172 (regular season)
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	Sports Channel, Channel 1
Regular season
Top seed	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Season MVP	Donta Smith
Promoted	Ironi Nahariya
Relegated	Barak Netanya
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv 51st title
Runners-up	Maccabi Haifa
Semifinalists	Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Eilat
Finals MVP	Dagan Yivzori
Statistical leaders
Points Carlon Brown 19.8 Rebounds Marcus Dove 9.5 Assists Donta Smith 6.1
Records
Total attendance	384,200
Average attendance	1,950
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Teams Information

Team Changes

Herzliya

Ness Ziona

Gilboa

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Haifa

Netanya

Eilat

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	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.

	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 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 #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 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 #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa (3)	161–163	(1) Maccabi Tel Aviv	77–81	84–82

Game 1

8 June 2014 20:45

Box score

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

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Game 2

11 June 2014 20:45

Box score

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

Pos	Team	GP	Total	Average	Capacity	%
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	19	122,300	6,436	209,000	.585
2	Maccabi Haifa	20	61,100	3,055	100,000	.611
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	17	40,450	2,379	42,500	.952
4	Hapoel Holon	17	32,500	1,911	42,500	.765
5	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	14	19,570	1,397	30,800	.635
6	Hapoel Tel Aviv	15	20,050	1,336	21,000	.955
7	Ironi Nes Ziona	17	20,150	1,185	22,100	.912
8	Bnei Herzliya	14	16,150	1,153	21,000	.769
9	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	17	17,200	1,011	35,700	.482
10	Hapoel Eilat B.C.	19	16,800	884	22,800	.737
11	Maccabi Ashdod	14	9,850	703	28,000	.352
12	Barak Netanya	14	8,080	577	14,000	.577

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Individual statistics

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Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	PIR
1.	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	28	25.5
2.	Diamon Simpson	Ironi Nes Ziona	22	22.8
3.	Tyler Honeycutt	Ironi Nes Ziona	24	22.1

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	PPG
1.	Carlon Brown	Hapoel Tel Aviv	28	19.6
2.	Dawan Robinson	Barak Netanya	24	19.3
3.	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv	23	18.8

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	RPG
1.	Marcus Dove	Maccabi Ashdod	29	9.5
2.	Tyler Honeycutt	Ironi Nes Ziona	24	9.3
3.	Rashaun Freeman	Barak Netanya	29	8.8

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	APG
1.	Meir Tapiro	Ironi Nes Ziona	29	6.6
2.	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	28	6.2
3.	Derwin Kitchen	Hapoel Jerusalem	27	5.9

All-Star Game

The 2014 Israeli League All-star event was held on February 25, 2014, at the Conch Arena, Beer-Sheva.

Israeli All-Stars Pos Player Team Starters G Meir Tapiro Ironi Nes Ziona G Yotam Halperin Hapoel Jerusalem F Guy Pnini Maccabi Tel Aviv F Lior Eliyahu Hapoel Jerusalem C Ido Kozikaro Maccabi Haifa Reserves G Afik Nissim Hapoel Eilat G Shlomi Harush Hapoel Holon G Raviv Limonad Hapoel Tel Aviv G Ben Reis Maccabi Haifa G Nimrod Tishman Hapoel Gilboa Galil F Shawn Dawson Maccabi Rishon LeZion F Eliran Guetta Barak Netanya F Oz Blayzer Bnei Herzliya C Isaac Rosefelt Hapoel Holon Head coach: Erez Edelstein (Hapoel Tel Aviv) Head coach: Danny Franco (Maccabi Haifa)

International All-Stars Pos Player Team Starters G Carlon Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv F Tasmin Mitchell Maccabi Rishon LeZion F Tyler Honeycutt Ironi Nes Ziona F Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa C Marcus Dove Maccabi Ashdod Reserves G Preston Knowles Ironi Nes Ziona G Michael Umeh Bnei Herzliya F Kevin Palmer Hapoel Eilat F Ronald Dupree Hapoel Jerusalem F Brian Asbury Hapoel Holon F Rashaun Freeman Barak Netanya C Josh Owens Hapoel Tel Aviv Head coach: Brad Greenberg (Hapoel Jerusalem) Head coach: Lior Lubin (Maccabi Ashdod)

February 25, 2014

Report

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

Conch Arena, Beer-Sheva

Three-point shootout

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Final round
G	Zack Rosen (W)	Maccabi Ashdod	19	18
G	Carlon Brown	Hapoel Tel Aviv	19	11
F	Guy Pnini	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14	-
F	Oz Blayzer	Bnei Herzliya	13	-
G	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem	13	-
G	Adi Markovitz	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	11	-
G	Afik Nissim	Hapoel Eilat	10	-
G	Ben Reis	Maccabi Haifa	8	-

Slam Dunk Contest

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Itay Segev (W)	Hapoel Holon
F	Tyler Honeycutt	Ironi Nes Ziona
G	Carlon Brown	Hapoel Tel Aviv
C	Josh Owens	Hapoel Tel Aviv

Awards

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Regular season MVP

Main article: Israeli Basketball Super League 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

Month	Best player Best coach	Team	Points per game W-L
October[4]	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv	20.3
	Nadav Zilberstein	Ironi Nes Ziona	2-1
November[5]	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	18.3
	Danny Franco	Maccabi Haifa	4-1
December[6]	Carlon Brown	Hapoel Tel Aviv	19.4
	Erez Edelstein	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4-0
January[7]	Lior Eliyahu	Hapoel Jerusalem	19.5
	Brad Greenberg	Hapoel Jerusalem	4-0
February[8]	Devin Smith	Maccabi Tel Aviv	24
	David Blatt	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3-0
March[9]	Josh Duncan	Hapoel Jerusalem	15.6
	Brad Greenberg	Hapoel Jerusalem	4-1
April[10]	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	15.3
	David Blatt	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3-0