2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League

2011–2012 Ligat Loto 1
Duration16 October 2011 – 24 May 2012
Teams11
Regular season
Season MVPIsrael Lior Eliyahu
Finals
ChampionsMaccabi Tel Aviv
50th title
  Runners-up Maccabi Ashdod
Finals MVPIsrael Meir Tapiro
^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Loto.

The 2011–2012 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

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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 2012–2013.

Team information

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Stadia and locations

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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 10,383

Head coaches

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Team Head coach Seasons as head coach
Barak Netanya Danny Franco 1
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya Adi Azulay 1
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Lior Lubin 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 Mickey Gorka 2
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Effi Birnbaum 3
Maccabi Tel Aviv David Blatt 4

Regular season

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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

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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.

Playoffs

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The Quarter Finals were played as The-Best-of-5 series, while the Semifinals and the final were 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

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Efficiency

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Rank Name Team Efficiency Games EPG
1. United States Bryant Dunston Hapoel Holon 617 25 24.68
2. United States Brian Asbury Barak Netanya 521 24 21.71
3. United States Romeo Travis Hapoel Gilboa Galil 514 24 21.42
4. United States Josh Duncan Maccabi Ashdod 400 19 21.05
5. United States Dwayne Mitchell Ironi Ashkelon 452 22 20.55

Points

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Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1. United States Adrian Banks Barak Netanya 494 23 21.48
2. United States Tweety Carter Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya 475 23 20.65
3. Israel Sylven Landesberg Maccabi Haifa 475 23 20.65
4. United States Joe Crawford Maccabi Rishon LeZion 461 23 20.04
5. United States Ron Lewis Hapoel Holon 477 25 19.08

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1. United States Bryant Dunston Hapoel Holon 235 25 9.4
2. Israel Isaac Rosefelt Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya 148 16 9.25
3. United States Josh Duncan Maccabi Ashdod 163 19 8.58
4. United States Alex Tyus Maccabi Ashdod 200 24 8.33
5. United States Brandon Bowman Maccabi Rishon LeZion 189 23 8.22

Assists

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Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1. Israel Moran Roth Hapoel Holon 167 21 7.95
2. Israel Meir Tapiro Maccabi Ashdod 178 24 7.42
3. United States Tweety Carter Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya 163 23 7.09
4. United States Chris Thomas Hapoel Gilboa Galil 92 19 4.84
5. United States Dwayne Mitchell Ironi Ashkelon 105 22 4.77

All-Star Game

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The 2012 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 8, 2012, at the Ashkelon Sports Arena.

March 8, 2012
Israeli All-Stars 113–109 International All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 36-34, 26-25, 24-26, 27-24
Pts: Kadir 40
Rebs: Landesberg 5
Asts: Tapiro 10
Pts: Bowman & Mitchell 17
Rebs: Killingsworth 8
Asts: Delaney 7

Three-point shootout

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Contestants
Pos. Player Team First round Final round
G Israel Amit Simhon (W) Ironi Ashkelon 18 13
G United States Ron Lewis Hapoel Holon 14 10
F United StatesIsrael David Blu Maccabi Tel Aviv 13 -
G Israel Yehu Orland Barak Netanya 13 -
F United States Dion Dowell Habik'a B.C. 12 -
G United States Yuval Naimy Hapoel Jerusalem 11 -

Slam Dunk Contest

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Contestants
Pos. Player Team
F Israel Roei Buchbinder (W) Bnei Hasharon
F United States Brandon Bowman Maccabi Rishon LeZion
G United States Adrian Banks Barak Netanya

Awards

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Regular season MVP

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All-BSL 1st team

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Coach of the season

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Rising star

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Best Defender

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Most Improved Player

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Sixth Man of the Season

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Player of the Week

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Week Player Team Efficiency
1 Israel Raviv Limonad Ironi Ashkelon 42
2 Israel Dagan Yivzori Hapoel Gilboa Galil 19
3 United States Bryant Dunston Hapoel Holon 49
4 Israel Lior Eliyahu Maacabi Tel aviv 35
5 Israel Sylven Landesberg Maccabi Haifa 37
6 Israel Yuval Naimy Hapoel Jerusalem 16
7 Jamaica Adrian Uter Maccabi Rishon LeZion 32
8 United States Delroy James Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya 36
9 United States Brian Asbury Barak Netanya 45
10 United States Ron Lewis Hapoel Holon 51
11 United States Brian Asbury Barak Netanya 48
12 United States Derwin Kitchen Maccabi Rishon LeZion 47
13 United States Tweety Carter Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya 32
14 United States Joe Crawford Maccabi Rishon LeZion 32
15 United States Josh Duncan Maccabi Ashdod 39
16 United States Josh Carter Maccabi Ashdod 38
17 Israel Yogev Ohayon Maacabi Tel aviv 34
18 United States Ron Lewis Hapoel Holon 36
19 United States Alex Tyus Maccabi Ashdod 31
20 Israel Yehu Orland Barak Netanya 24
21 United States Adrian Banks Barak Netanya 19
22 United States Joe Crawford Maccabi Rishon LeZion 38
23 Israel Isaac Rosefelt Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya 42
24 Israel Eyal Shulman Maccabi Rishon LeZion 20
25 United States D. J. Strawberry Hapoel Jerusalem 38
26 United States Brian Randle Hapoel Jerusalem 32
27 United States Devin Smith Maacabi Tel aviv 29

Month Awards

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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 Eric 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 Lubin 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 Franco 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

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References

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  1. ^ "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2011-12 Season | History".
  2. ^ "October's Best Player: Bryant Dunston" (in Hebrew). 6 November 2011.
  3. ^ "October's Best Coach: Eric 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 Lubin" (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 Franco" (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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