2016–17 Israeli Basketball Super League

The 2016–2017 Israeli Basketball Super League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, was the 63rd season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. Maccabi Rishon LeZion was the defending champion. The regular season started on October 8, 2016, and ended on May 15, 2017.

2016–2017 Ligat Winner1
Season	2016–17
Duration	8 October 2016 – 15 May 2017 (Regular season)
Games played	218
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	Sports Channel
Regular season
Top seed	Hapoel Holon
Season MVP	John DiBartolomeo
Promoted	Ironi Nes Ziona
Relegated	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Finals
Champions	Hapoel Jerusalem (2nd title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Haifa
Final Four MVP	Jerome Dyson
Awards
Most Improved Player(s)	Idan Zalmanson & Rafi Menco
Sixth Man	Jason Siggers
Defensive Player	Gregory Vargas
Statistical leaders
Points Mark Lyons 20.1 Rebounds Karam Mashour 10.3 Assists Gregory Vargas 6.6 Index Rating Murphy Holloway 20.3
Records
Biggest home win	Jerusalem 89–50 Kiryat Gat
Biggest away win	Ironi Naharia 80–105 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Winning streak	9 Hapoel Eilat
Losing streak	10 Maccabi Kiryat Gat
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 17 May 2017. 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Winner.

Teams

Herzliya

Gilboa

Kiryat Gat

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Haifa

Nahariya

Eilat

Teams 2016–17

Hapoel Gilboa Galil has been promoted to the league after winning 2015–16 National League. Ironi Nes Ziona who finished in last place during the 2015–2016 season, relegated from the Super League.^[1]

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Bnei Herzliya	Herzliya	HaYovel Herzliya	1,500
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Kiryat Gat	Ashkelon Sports Arena	3,000
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Gilboa Regional Council	Gan Ner Sports Hall	2,100
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	5,500
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Pais Arena	11,000
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sarah	2,500
Maccabi Ashdod	Ashdod	HaKiriya Arena	2,200
Hapoel Eilat	Eilat	Begin Arena	1,490
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	3,504

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bnei Herzliya	Eldad Akunis	Mickey Gorka	Peak	Dell EMC
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Tomer Yamin	Elad Hasin	Kappa
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Haim Ohayon	Ariel Beit-Halahmy	Peak
Hapoel Holon	Eitan Lanciano	Dan Shamir	Peak	UNET
Hapoel Jerusalem	Ori Allon	Simone Pianigiani	adidas	Bank Yahav
Ironi Nahariya	Nissim Alfasi	Eric Alfasi	Peak	–
Maccabi Ashdod	Meir Kikos	Meir Tapiro	And1	Kaplan Medical Center
Hapoel Eilat	Motti Amsalem	Oded Kattash	And1	Fattal
Maccabi Haifa	Jeff Rosen	Offer Rahimi	Peak	Hunter
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Itzhak Peri	Shmulik Brenner	Under Armour	Rand Media
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Shimon Mizrahi	Arik Shivek	Nike	FOX
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Rami Cohen	Rami Hadar	Peak	SP

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Maccabi Ashdod	Zvika Sherf	End of contract	21 June 2016	Pre-season	Meir Tapiro	21 June 2016
Hapoel Jerusalem	Danny Franco		20 June 2016		Simone Pianigiani	20 June 2016[2]
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Žan Tabak	Sacked	8 June 2016[3]		Erez Edelstein	9 June 2016[4]
Maccabi Haifa	Rami Hadar	End of contract	7 June 2016		Ofer Rahimi	7 June 2016[5]
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Erez Edelstein	Sacked	22 October 2016		Rami Hadar	23 October 2016
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Nati Cohen	Resigned	7 December 2016		Elad Hasin	10 December 2016
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Rami Hadar	Resigned	16 December 2016		Ainars Bagatskis	24 December 2016
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Sharon Avrahami	Sacked	1 January 2017		Rami Hadar	3 January 2017
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ainars Bagatskis	Sacked	16 May 2017	4th (19–14)	Arik Shivek	16 May 2017[6]

Regular season

The regular season started on October 8, 2016, and ended on May 15, 2017.^[7]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Holon	33	22	11	2709	2522	+187	Advance to Play-offs
2	Hapoel Eilat	33	21	12	2727	2625	+102
3	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	19	14	2552	2491	+61
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	19	14	2771	2660	+111
5	Bnei Herzliya	33	18	15	2639	2670	−31
6	Ironi Nahariya	33	18	15	2668	2595	+73
7	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	17	16	2689	2644	+45
8	Maccabi Haifa	33	16	17	2716	2588	+128
9	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	33	15	18	2601	2753	−152
10	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	14	19	2725	2810	−85
11	Maccabi Ashdod	33	13	20	2531	2621	−90
12	Maccabi Kiryat Gat (R)	33	6	27	2501	2850	−349	Relegated to Liga Leumit

Source: Basket.co.il
(R) Relegated

Results

Rounds 1–22

Home \ Away	BNE	KIR	HGG	HOL	JER	NAH	ASH	EIL	HAI	RIS	MTA	HTA
Bnei Herzliya		79–64	73–79	74–81	94–73	64–67	83–71	83–74	87–79	71–69	84–82	86–81
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	79–80		86–90	67–75	79–88	90–98	77–79	74–96	69–75	82–78	79–103	82–75
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	82–83	66–80		93–100	77–73	62–106	75–77	84–69	73–94	93–92	80–77	86–81
Hapoel Holon	55–59	98–66	77–61		99–76	61–79	84–66	78–86	80–75	92–77	73–78	80–78
Hapoel Jerusalem	81–61	89–50	100–75	79–85		75–67	75–67	81–92	93–71	79–59	74–63	72–65
Ironi Nahariya	72–75	80–72	72–73	75–80	78–81		76–69	79–86	83–73	76–72	93–97	77–86
Maccabi Ashdod	94–70	90–68	87–63	68–90	70–57	70–82		93–82	59–72	77–84	66–72	68–85
Hapoel Eilat	91–84	82–66	100–81	81–66	62–55	71–81	85–77		85–93	88–94	94–86	89–72
Maccabi Haifa	99–65	80–85	78–83	73–75	86–69	96–75	89–68	81–72		68–73	81–83	86–89
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	89–73	77–69	75–73	84–69	68–82	97–85	80–58	66–60	79–83		84–93	86–87
Maccabi Tel Aviv	92–99	91–67	91–92	81–72	85–83	99–93	91–85	95–77	97–96	83–81		87–73
Hapoel Tel Aviv	84–77	99–67	87–85	84–92	83–70	92–71	81–97	90–84	77–82	90–86	83–94

Source: Ligat Winner
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Rounds 23–33

Home \ Away	BNE	KIR	HGG	HOL	JER	NAH	ASH	EIL	HAI	RIS	MTA	HTA
Bnei Herzliya						99–87		71–79	96–94		94–88	75–60
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	101–95		79–82		75–79	83–84					65–84
Hapoel Gilboa Galil							95–85	69–76	82–84
Hapoel Holon	79–75	100–72			71–73		99–70			91–79		100–102
Hapoel Jerusalem	84–82		80–86			91–80			69–63			93–80
Ironi Nahariya				78–68			75–68	80–78	78–69	70–71
Maccabi Ashdod	84–68	85–70			92–74					74–91	80–70
Hapoel Eilat		81–90	76–66	84–81	86–80		90–69			94–85		91–84
Maccabi Haifa		99–78		74–85			77–82	84–86		88–71		95–79
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	110–104	94–87	83–69		83–59						74–88
Maccabi Tel Aviv			85–87	79–80		64–77		73–76	63–79			100–74
Hapoel Tel Aviv		99–83	65–80			80–105	91–86

Source: Ligat Winner
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Hapoel Holon	1–3	Maccabi Haifa	104–99	70–101	77–78	82–99	0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Bnei Herzliya	87–73	89–63	105–68	0	0
Hapoel Jerusalem	3–2	Ironi Nahariya	85–86	64–77	84–75	74–72	71–60
Hapoel Eilat	2–3	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	93–83	73–97	63–70	94–91	77–82

Source: Ligat Winner

Final Four

Main article: 2017 Israeli Final Four

	Semi-finals 12 June				Final 15 June
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	74
	Maccabi Haifa	85
					Maccabi Haifa	76
					Hapoel Jerusalem	83
	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	76
	Hapoel Jerusalem	93

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Jerusalem (C)	40	24	16	3106	3013	+93	Qualification to 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball
2	Maccabi Haifa	39	20	19	3254	3078	+176
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv[a]	37	22	15	3126	2949	+177	Qualification to 2017–18 EuroLeague
4	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	39	20	19	3188	3127	+61
5	Hapoel Holon	37	23	14	3042	2899	+143	Qualification to 2017–18 Basketball Champions League
6	Hapoel Eilat	38	23	15	3127	3048	+79
7	Bnei Herzliya	36	18	18	2843	2951	−108	Qualification to 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup
8	Ironi Nahariya	38	20	18	3038	2973	+65
9	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	33	15	18	2601	2753	−152
10	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	14	19	2725	2810	−85
11	Maccabi Ashdod	33	13	20	2531	2621	−90
12	Maccabi Kiryat Gat (R)	33	6	27	2501	2850	−349	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source: Ligat Winner
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Maccabi Tel Aviv was automatically qualified for the EuroLeague, as the club was an A-licence holder which guarantees its participation for each season.

Statistical leaders

Efficiency Pos Player Club PIR 1 Murphy Holloway Hapoel Gilboa Galil 20.5 2 Gregory Vargas Maccabi Haifa 19.3 3 Jake Cohen Maccabi Ashdod 18.8

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Mark Lyons Hapoel Tel Aviv 20.1 2 Khalif Wyatt Hapoel Holon 18.8 3 Josh Selby Maccabi Kiryat Gat 17.5

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Karam Mashour Bnei Herzliya 10.3 2 Murphy Holloway Hapoel Gilboa Galil 10.0 3 Darion Atkins Hapoel Holon 8.6

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Gregory Vargas Maccabi Haifa 6.8 2 Pierria Henry Hapoel Eilat 6.1 3 Derwin Kitchen Ironi Nahariya 5.8

Source: Basket.co.il

Season highs

Category		Player	Club
Points	38	Gilbert Brown	Ironi Nahariya
Rebounds	19	Karam Mashour	Bnei Herzliya
Assists	14	Derwin Kitchen	Ironi Nahariya
Blocks	6	2 occasions
Steals	8	Justin Carter	Maccabi Kiryat Gat

Source: RealGM

All-Star Game

The 2017 Israeli League All-star event was held on 18 April 2017, at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv.

Israeli All-Stars Pos Player Team Starters G Gal Mekel Maccabi Tel Aviv G Bar Timor Hapoel Jerusalem F Shawn Dawson Maccabi Rishon LeZion F Karam Mashour Bnei Herzliya F Lior Eliyahu Hapoel Jerusalem Reserves G Afik Nissim Hapoel Eilat G Tamir Blatt Hapoel Tel Aviv G Ezequiel Skverer Hapoel Gilboa Galil G Shlomi Harush Hapoel Holon G Yiftach Ziv Maccabi Ashdod G Eyal Shulman Maccabi Kiryat Gat F Oz Blayzer Maccabi Haifa F Jonathan Skjöldebrand Ironi Nahariya C Itay Segev Maccabi Tel Aviv C Daniel Koperberg Maccabi Haifa Head coach: Dan Shamir (Hapoel Holon) Head coach: Oded Kattash (Hapoel Eilat)

International All-Stars Pos Player Team Starters G Mark Lyons Hapoel Tel Aviv F Chase Simon Maccabi Ashdod F Victor Rudd Maccabi Tel Aviv F Jeff Adrien Bnei Herzliya C Amar'e Stoudemire Hapoel Jerusalem Reserves G Gregory Vargas Maccabi Haifa G Josh Selby Maccabi Kiryat Gat G Nick Faust Ironi Nahariya F Landon Milbourne Hapoel Eilat F Charles Thomas Maccabi Rishon LeZion F Eric Griffin Hapoel Gilboa Galil F Darion Atkins Hapoel Holon Head coach: Ainars Bagatskis (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Head coach: Mickey Gorka (Bnei Herzliya)

April 18, 2017

Boxscore

Israeli All-Stars	127–139	International All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 32-33, 25-37, 27-35, 43-34
Pts: Segev 20 Rebs: Skjöldebrand & Ziv 8 Asts: Ziv 7		Pts: Stoudemire 18 Rebs: Stoudemire & Thomas 8 Asts: Selby 8

Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 7,000

Three-point shootout

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Final round
G	Orlando Méndez-Valdez (W)	Maccabi Haifa	15	12
F	Jonathan Skjöldebrand	Ironi Nahariya	18	7
F	Guy Pnini	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14	-
G	Afik Nissim	Hapoel Eilat	12	-
G	Amit Simhon	Maccabi Haifa	11	-
G	Josh Selby	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	10	-
F	Chase Simon	Maccabi Ashdod	9	-
G	Mark Lyons	Hapoel Tel Aviv	9	-

Slam Dunk Contest

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Final round
F	Eric Griffin (W)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	50	45
F	Michael Qualls	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	45	40
F	Adom Jacko	Bnei Herzliya	45	-
C	Daniel Koperberg	Maccabi Haifa	38	-
G	Nick Faust	Ironi Nahariya	-	-

Awards

Yearly awards

Regular season MVP

John DiBartolomeo

• John DiBartolomeo (Maccabi Haifa)

All-BSL 1st team

• John DiBartolomeo (Maccabi Haifa)
• Curtis Jerrells (Hapoel Jerusalem)
• Andrew Goudelock (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• James Bell (Hapoel Holon)
• Karam Mashour (Bnei Herzliya)

All-BSL 2nd team

• Gregory Vargas (Maccabi Haifa)
• Rafi Menco (Hapoel Eilat)
• Landon Milbourne (Hapoel Eilat)
• Jonathan Skjöldebrand (Ironi Nahariya)
• Darion Atkins (Hapoel Holon)

Coach of the Season

• Simone Pianigiani (Hapoel Jerusalem)

Rising Star

• Tomer Ginat (Hapoel Tel Aviv)

Best Defender

• Gregory Vargas (Maccabi Haifa)

Most Improved Player

• Idan Zalmanson (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
• Rafi Menco (Hapoel Eilat)

Sixth Man of the Season

• Jason Siggers (Hapoel Gilboa Galil)

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref
October	Darion Atkins (1/2)	Hapoel Holon	24.8	[8]
November	Richard Howell	Hapoel Tel Aviv	24.3	[9]
December	Khalif Wyatt	Hapoel Holon	23.2	[10]
January	Landon Milbourne	Hapoel Eilat	24.8	[11]
February	Darion Atkins (2/2)	Hapoel Holon	23.0	[12]
March	James Bell (1/2)	Hapoel Holon	22.0	[13]
April	James Bell (2/2)	Hapoel Holon	22.8	[14]

Israeli Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref
October	Guy Pnini	Maccabi Tel Aviv	16.3	[15]
November	Karam Mashour (1/3)	Bnei Herzliya	15.0	[16]
December	Karam Mashour (2/3)	Bnei Herzliya	18.0	[17]
January	Oz Blayzer	Maccabi Haifa	23.0	[18]
February	Gal Mekel	Maccabi Tel Aviv	17.0	[19]
March	Rafi Menco	Hapoel Eilat	25.7	[20]
April	Karam Mashour (3/3)	Bnei Herzliya	24.0	[21]

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Team	W-L	Ref
October	Dan Shamir (1/3)	Hapoel Holon	3–1	[22]
November	Mickey Gorka	Bnei Herzliya	3–1	[23]
December	Dan Shamir (2/3)	Hapoel Holon	4–0	[24]
January	Eric Alfasi	Ironi Nahariya	3–1	[25]
February	Oded Kattash (1/2)	Hapoel Eilat	4–1	[26]
March	Dan Shamir (3/3)	Hapoel Holon	3–1	[27]
April	Oded Kattash (2/2)	Hapoel Eilat	5–0	[28]

MVP of the Round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October
1	Daniel Ewing	Maccabi Ashdod	23	[29]
2	Alando Tucker	Hapoel Tel Aviv	37	[30]
3	Jason Siggers (1/3)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	16	[31]
November
4	Curtis Jerrells	Hapoel Jerusalem	34	[32]
5	James Bell (1/4)	Hapoel Holon	33	[33]
6	Karam Mashour	Bnei Herzliya	28	[34]
7	D. J. Seeley	Maccabi Tel Aviv	23	[35]
8	Stephen Dennis	Bnei Herzliya	29	[36]
December
9	Khalif Wyatt (1/2)	Hapoel Holon	44	[37]
10	Murphy Holloway	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	37	[38]
11	John DiBartolomeo	Maccabi Haifa	45	[39]
12	James Bell (2/4)	Hapoel Holon	34	[40]
January
13	Landon Milbourne	Hapoel Eilat	39	[41]
14	Gal Mekel	Maccabi Tel Aviv	32	[42]
15	Oz Blayzer (1/2)	Maccabi Haifa	39	[43]
	Amit Simhon		32
16	Khalif Wyatt (2/2)	Hapoel Holon	24	[44]
February
17	Shawn Dawson	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	23	[45]
18	Amar'e Stoudemire	Hapoel Jerusalem	29	[46]
19	Mark Lyons	Hapoel Tel Aviv	37	[47]
20	Preston Knowles	Maccabi Ashdod	24	[48]
March
21	Oz Blayzer (2/2)	Maccabi Haifa	24	[49]
22	Tomer Ginat	Hapoel Tel Aviv	29	[50]
23	Rafi Menco	Hapoel Eilat	29	[51]
24	James Bell (3/4)	Hapoel Holon	30	[52]
April
25	Jeff Adrien	Bnei Herzliya	36	[53]
26	Tyrone Nash	Ironi Nahariya	40	[54]
27	Chase Simon	Maccabi Ashdod	24	[55]
28	Gregory Vargas	Maccabi Haifa	26	[56]
29	James Bell (4/4)	Hapoel Holon	27	[57]
May
30	Orr Leumi	Bnei Herzliya	25	[58]
31	Jason Siggers (2/3)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	46	[59]
32	Jason Siggers (3/3)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	28	[60]
33	Kevinn Pinkney	Maccabi Haifa	35	[61]

Playoffs

Round	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
1	Tu Holloway	Hapoel Holon	31	[62]
2	John DiBartolomeo	Maccabi Haifa	31	[63]
3	Willy Workman	Maccabi Haifa	26	[64]
4	Pierriá Henry	Hapoel Eilat	37	[65]

Attendance

Included playoffs games.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
	Final Four matches	30,860	11,060	10,287	9,900	n/a†
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	129,440	10,547	3,637	6,472	n/a†
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	100,500	10,500	1,650	5,025	n/a†
3	Hapoel Holon	65,300	4,800	1,800	3,265	n/a†
4	Hapoel Tel Aviv	47,400	3,400	1,000	2,963	n/a†
5	Maccabi Haifa	37,630	4,200	1,300	2,091	n/a†
6	Ironi Nahariya	34,250	2,500	1,500	1,903	n/a†
7	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	32,450	2,500	900	1,803	n/a†
8	Bnei Herzliya	21,200	1,500	900	1,178	n/a†
9	Hapoel Eilat	21,450	1,250	800	1,073	n/a†
10	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	15,970	1,500	550	1,065	n/a†
11	Maccabi Ashdod	13,850	1,700	400	866	n/a†
12	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	11,270	1,700	70	704	n/a†
	League total	561,570	11,060	70	2,576	n/a†

Updated to games played on 15 June 2017
Source: Israeli Basketball Super League

Other articles

• 2016–17 Israeli Basketball State Cup
• 2016 Israeli Basketball League Cup

External links

• Official website