2007–08 LEB Oro season explained

2007-08 LEB season
League:Liga Española de Baloncesto
Sport:Basketball
Duration:September 21, 2007-May 16, 2008
Tv:Popular TV
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:CAI Zaragoza
Mvp: Andrew Panko (Bruesa)
Top Scorer: Antwain Barbour (Tenerife)
Playoffs:Playoffs
Finals:Finals
Finals Champ:Bruesa
Finals-Runner-Up:Tenerife
Finals Mvp: Martynas Andriuskevicius (Alicante)

The 2007–08 LEB season is the 12th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Friday, September 21, 2007, and will end on Friday, May 16, 2008. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 3 games play off between May 20 and May 27 to see who plays the Final Four in Cáceres, between May 31 and June 1. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.

LEB Oro Regular season

Pos. Teams Pld W L PF PA Avg Qualification or relegation
134 28 6 2950 2465 +485 Promotion to Liga ACB
234 24 10 2795 2648 +147 Promotion playoffs
334 24 10 2851 2684 +167
434 24 10 2739 2546 +193
534 19 15 2809 2678 +131
634 19 15 2714 2655 +59
734 17 17 2696 2752 -56
834 17 17 2636 2739 -103
934 17 17 2505 2557 -52
1034 15 19 2524 2586 -62
1134 15 19 2639 2661 -22
12Ciudad de Huelva 1 34 14 20 2576 2657 -81
13CB Alcúdia 2 34 13 21 2464 2596 -132
1434 13 21 2599 2686 -87
15Alerta Cantabria 3 34 12 22 2567 2736 -169
16Basquetinca.com 4 34 12 22 2590 2679 -89
17La Palma 5 34 12 22 2626 2782 -156 Relegation to LEB Plata
1834 11 23 2663 2836 -173
1 Ciudad de Huelva relegated to LEB Bronce due economic problems.
2 CB Alcúdia disappeared.
3 Alerta Cantabria relegated to LEB Bronce due economic problems.
4 Basquetinca.com refounded with Bàsquet Muro under the name of Bàsquet Mallorca.
5 UB La Palma clinched a vacant LEB berth and was not relegated

LEB Oro Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between teams in the 2-9 positions, with the best-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on May 20, 2008, and all second games were played on May 24. The deciding third games were played on May 27.

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Alicante Costa Blanca 2 - 1 73 - 67 52 - 66 103 - 67
Bruesa GBC 2 - 0 76 - 67 74 - 73  -
Leche Río Breogán 2 - 0 76 - 64 94 - 79  -
Tenerife Rural 2 - 1 86 - 89 92 - 81 91 - 85
* if necessary

Final Four

The Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in Cáceres. The semifinal games are played on May 31. The championship final is played on June 1.

Stats Leaders

Points

RankNameTeamGamesPointswidth=40PPG
1. Antwain BarbourTenerife Rural3976219.5
2. Brad Oleson3257017.8
3. Darren PhillipCAI Zaragoza3460017.6
4. Paolo QuinterosCAI Zaragoza3459517.5
5. Andrew PankoBruesa GBC3859715.7

Rebounds

RankNameTeamGamesPointswidth=40PPG
1. Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna363579.9
2. Oriol JunyentCiudad de Huelva212049.7
3. Serge IbakaL'Hospitalet282348.4
4. Ondrej Starosta342597.6
5. Andrew Panko382877.5

Assists

RankNameTeamGamesPointswidth=40PPG
1. Lucas VictorianoCAI Zaragoza341965.8
2. Jorge JiménezAguas de Valencia331544.7
3. Diego CiorciariMelilla Baloncesto341524.5
3. Xavier Puyada341524.5
5. Stéphane DumasAlicante Costa Blanca361574.4