2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League Explained

Nextseason:	2012–2013
Extra Information:	Sponsored league name, referring to Loto.
T Bg:	121212; border:#F47D34 2px solid;
T Color:	white
Champions:	Maccabi Tel Aviv 50th title
Runners Up:	Maccabi Ashdod
Teams:	11
Duration:	16 October 2011 – 24 May 2012
Mvp N:	ISR
Finals Mvp N:	ISR

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

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

Stadia and locations

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

Team	Head coach	width=80	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

width=15		width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=30	Diff	width=20	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

	width=50	BNT	width=50	BNS	width=50	HPG	width=50	HPH	width=50	HPJ	width=50	IAS	width=50	MAS	width=50	MHA	width=50	HBC	width=50	MRL	width=50	MTA	width=50	Rec.
Barak Netanya	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#dfd;"	97-77	style="background:#dfd;"	86-74	style="background:#fdd;"	75-98	style="background:#fdd;"	79-85	style="background:#dfd;"	92-73	style="background:#fdd;"	86-90	style="background:#dfd;"	96-75	style="background:#dfd;"	88-80	style="background:#fdd;"	65-80	style="background:#fdd;"	70-85	5-5
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya	style="background:#fdd;"	93-102	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fdd;"	82-84	style="background:#fdd;"	85-89	style="background:#fdd;"	63-102	style="background:#dfd;"	101-96	style="background:#fdd;"	69-91	style="background:#dfd;"	84-82	style="background:#dfd;"	95-92	style="background:#fdd;"	59-82	style="background:#fdd;"	73-113	3-7
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	style="background:#fdd;"	78–81	style="background:#dfd;"	73-61	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#dfd;"	85-61	style="background:#dfd;"	89-68	style="background:#dfd;"	79-76	style="background:#dfd;"	97-75	style="background:#dfd;"	85-72	style="background:#dfd;"	75-67	style="background:#dfd;"	75-74	style="background:#fdd;"	60–95	8-2
Hapoel Holon	style="background:#dfd;"	71-70	style="background:#dfd;"	119-80	style="background:#dfd;"	89-80	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#dfd;"	70-65	style="background:#fdd;"	87-91	style="background:#dfd;"	93-84	style="background:#dfd;"	83-53	style="background:#dfd;"	72-59	style="background:#dfd;"	87-83	style="background:#fdd;"	77-82	8-2
Hapoel Jerusalem	style="background:#dfd;"	88-83	style="background:#dfd;"	99-96	style="background:#fdd;"	67-79	style="background:#dfd;"	80-69	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fdd;"	93-95	style="background:#dfd;"	84-73	style="background:#dfd;"	95-76	style="background:#dfd;"	87-61	style="background:#dfd;"	88-87	style="background:#fdd;"	100-104	7-3
Ironi Ashkelon	style="background:#fdd;"	84-86	style="background:#fdd;"	84-85	style="background:#fdd;"	60-81	style="background:#dfd;"	73-71	style="background:#dfd;"	83-74	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#dfd;"	87-85	style="background:#dfd;"	80-77	style="background:#dfd;"	87-85	style="background:#dfd;"	81-79	style="background:#fdd;"	83-87	6-4
Maccabi Ashdod	style="background:#dfd;"	82-71	style="background:#dfd;"	89-53	style="background:#fdd;"	74-76	style="background:#fdd;"	97-98	style="background:#dfd;"	84-83	style="background:#fdd;"	79-89	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fdd;"	85-86	style="background:#dfd;"	83-72	style="background:#fdd;"	69-76	style="background:#fdd;"	74-103	4-6
Maccabi Haifa	style="background:#dfd;"	104-94	style="background:#fdd;"	79-89	style="background:#dfd;"	90-77	style="background:#fdd;"	91-104	style="background:#fdd;"	93-96	style="background:#fdd;"	80-81	style="background:#fdd;"	74-84	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fdd;"	76-78	style="background:#fdd;"	102-105	style="background:#fdd;"	79-84	2-8
Habik'a B.C.	style="background:#dfd;"	79-56	style="background:#dfd;"	76-74	style="background:#fdd;"	77-84	style="background:#dfd;"	68-66	style="background:#dfd;"	81-59	style="background:#dfd;"	93-74	style="background:#fdd;"	74-88	style="background:#dfd;"	81-80	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fdd;"	76-81	style="background:#fdd;"	76-88	6-4
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	style="background:#dfd;"	79-69	style="background:#dfd;"	90-80	style="background:#fdd;"	83-88	style="background:#dfd;"	88-77	style="background:#dfd;"	69-64	style="background:#dfd;"	84-79	style="background:#fdd;"	69-80	style="background:#dfd;"	76-74	style="background:#dfd;"	78-66	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fdd;"	75-76	7-3
Maccabi Tel Aviv	style="background:#dfd;"	87-85	style="background:#dfd;"	92-75	style="background:#dfd;"	102-61	style="background:#dfd;"	84-75	style="background:#fdd;"	64-78	style="background:#dfd;"	108-75	style="background:#fdd;"	73-78	style="background:#dfd;"	87-81	style="background:#dfd;"	89-79	style="background:#dfd;"	90-73	style="background:#ccc;"		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	style="background:#ccc;"

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

The Quarter Finals were played as The-Best-of-5 series, while the Semifinals and the final were 1 match stages.

Stats Leaders

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Efficiency

Rank	width=150	Name	width=140	Team	width=65	Efficiency	width=50	Games	width=50	EPG
1.	Bryant Dunston	Hapoel Holon	617	25
2.	Brian Asbury	Barak Netanya	521	24
3.	Romeo Travis		514	24
4.	Josh Duncan	Maccabi Ashdod	400	19
5.	Dwayne Mitchell	Ironi Ashkelon	452	22

Points

Rank	width=150	Name	width=140	Team	width=65	Points	width=50	Games	width=50	PPG
1.	Adrian Banks		494	23
2.	Tweety Carter		475	23
3.	Sylven Landesberg		475	23
4.	Joe Crawford	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	461	23
5.	Ron Lewis		477	25

Rebounds

Rank	width=150	Name	width=140	Team	width=65	Rebounds	width=50	Games	width=50	RPG
1.	Bryant Dunston	Hapoel Holon	235	25
2.	Isaac Rosefelt		148	16
3.	Josh Duncan	Maccabi Ashdod	163	19
4.	Alex Tyus		200	24
5.	Brandon Bowman		189	23

Assists

Rank	width=150	Name	width=140	Team	width=65	Assists	width=50	Games	width=50	APG
1.	Moran Roth	Hapoel Holon	167	21
2.	Meir Tapiro	Maccabi Ashdod	178	24
3.	Tweety Carter	Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya	163	23
4.	Chris Thomas	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	92	19
5.	Dwayne Mitchell		105	22

All-Star Game

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

Israeli All-Stars

Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Yuval Naimy	Hapoel Jerusalem
G	Meir Tapiro	Maccabi Ashdod
G	Sylven Landesberg	Maccabi Haifa
F	Lior Eliyahu	Maccabi Tel Aviv
F	Elishay Kadir	Hapoel Jerusalem
Reserves
G	Nitzan Hanochi	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
G	Niv Berkowitz	Ironi Ashkelon
G	Ezequiel Skverer	Habik'a B.C.
G	Yehu Orland	Barak Netanya
C	Isaac Rosefelt	Bnei Hasharon
Head coach: Effi Birnbaum (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

International All-Stars

Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Tweety Carter	Bnei Hasharon
G	Adrian Banks	Barak Netanya
G	Dwayne Mitchell	Ironi Ashkelon
F	Richard Hendrix	Maccabi Tel Aviv
C	Bryant Dunston	Hapoel Holon
Reserves
G	Paul Delaney	Habik'a B.C.
G	Jermaine Jackson	Maccabi Haifa
F	Josh Carter	Maccabi Ashdod
F	Romeo Travis	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
F	Brandon Bowman	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
C	Marco Killingsworth	Ironi Ashkelon
Head coach: Dan Shamir (Hapoel Holon)

Three-point shootout

Pos. !! width=215

Player !	width=150	Team !	First round	Final round
G	Amit Simhon (W)	Ironi Ashkelon	18	13
G	Ron Lewis	Hapoel Holon	14	10
F	David Blu	Maccabi Tel Aviv	13	-
G	Yehu Orland	Barak Netanya	13	-
F	Dion Dowell	Habik'a B.C.	12	-
G	Yuval Naimy	Hapoel Jerusalem	11	-

Slam Dunk Contest

Pos. !! width=215

Player !	width=150	Team
F	Roei Buchbinder (W)	Bnei Hasharon
F	Brandon Bowman	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
G	Adrian Banks	Barak Netanya

Awards

Regular season MVP

See main article: Israeli Basketball Super League MVP.

• Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

All-BSL 1st team

• Moran Roth (Hapoel Holon)
• Derwin Kitchen (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
• Josh Carter (Maccabi Ashdod)
• Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Bryant Dunston (Hapoel Holon)

Coach of the season

• Ofer Berkovich (Maccabi Ashdod)

Rising star

• Ezequiel Skverer (Habik'a B.C.)

Best Defender

• Nitzan Hanochi (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

Most Improved Player

• Sean Daniel (Hapoel Holon)

Sixth Man of the Season

• Alex Tyus (Maccabi Ashdod)

Player of the Week

Week	Player	Team	Efficiency
1	Raviv Limonad	Ironi Ashkelon	42
2	Dagan Yivzori	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	19
3	Bryant Dunston	Hapoel Holon	49
4	Lior Eliyahu	Maacabi Tel aviv	35
5	Sylven Landesberg	Maccabi Haifa	37
6	Yuval Naimy	Hapoel Jerusalem	16
7	Adrian Uter	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	32
8	Delroy James	Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya	36
9	Brian Asbury	Barak Netanya	45
10	Ron Lewis	Hapoel Holon	51
11	Brian Asbury	Barak Netanya	48
12	Derwin Kitchen	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	47
13		Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya	32
14		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	32
15		Maccabi Ashdod	39
16		Maccabi Ashdod	38
17		Maacabi Tel aviv	34
18		Hapoel Holon	36
19	Alex Tyus	Maccabi Ashdod	31
20		Barak Netanya	24
21		Barak Netanya	19
22		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	38
23		Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya	42
24		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	20
25		Hapoel Jerusalem	38
26		Hapoel Jerusalem	32
27		Maacabi Tel aviv	29

Month Awards

Month	Weeks	Best player Best coach Young Player	Team	Efficiency W-L
October	1–3		Hapoel Holon	26.7	^[2]
			Ironi Ashkelon	2-1	^[3]
			Hapoel Holon	2.7	^[4]
November	4-7		Maccabi Haifa	26	^[5]
			Hapoel Gilboa Galil	4-0	^[6]
			Habik'a B.C.	9	^[7]
December	8-11		Barak Netanya	35.2	^[8]
			Barak Netanya	4-0	^[9]
			Maccabi Ashdod	3	^[10]
January	12-15		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	37.7	^[11]
			Maccabi Rishon LeZion	3-0	^[12]
			Ironi Ashkelon	10	^[13]
February	16-18		Maacabi Tel aviv	17.0	^[14]
			Maacabi Tel aviv	2-0	^[15]
		Not Selected
March	19-22		Maccabi Ashdod	19.5	^[16]
			Maccabi Ashdod	3-1	^[17]
		Not Selected
April	23-27		Hapoel Jerusalem	21.6	^[18]
			Hapoel Jerusalem	3-2	^[19]
		Not Selected

See also

• Israeli Basketball League Cup 2012
• Israeli Basketball League Cup 2011

External links

• IBA's official website (Hebrew)

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2011-12 Season | History.
2. Web site: October's Best Player: Bryant Dunston. Hebrew . 6 November 2011.
3. Web site: October's Best Coach: Eric Alfasi. Hebrew . 3 November 2011.
4. Web site: October's Young Player: Shlomi Harush. Hebrew . 3 November 2011.
5. Web site: November's Best Player: Sylven Landesberg. Hebrew . 1 December 2011.
6. Web site: November's Best Coach: Lior Lubin. Hebrew . 5 December 2011.
7. Web site: November's Young Player: Ezequiel Skverer. Hebrew . 1 December 2011.
8. Web site: December's Best Player: Brian Asbury. Hebrew . 2 January 2012.
9. Web site: December's Best Coach: Danny Franco. Hebrew . 2 January 2012.
10. Web site: December's Young Player: Amit Simhon. Hebrew . 30 November 2011.
11. Web site: January's Best Player: Derwin Kitchen. Hebrew . 1 February 2012.
12. Web site: January's Best Coach: Effi Birnbaum. Hebrew . 2 February 2012.
13. Web site: January's Young Player: Amit Simhon. Hebrew . 30 January 2012.
14. Web site: February's Best Player: Yogev Ohayon. Hebrew . 29 February 2012.
15. Web site: February's Best Coach: David Blatt. Hebrew . 1 March 2012.
16. Web site: March's Best Player: Dror Hajaj. Hebrew . 28 March 2012.
17. Web site: March's Best Coach: Ofer Berkovich. Hebrew . 29 March 2012.
18. Web site: April's Best Player: Dror Hajaj. Hebrew . 3 May 2012.
19. Web site: April's Best Coach: Sharon Drucker. Hebrew . 3 May 2012.