2013 in basketball explained
Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
National tournaments
FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers
4th:
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5th:
6th:
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FIBA World Championship for Women qualifiers
Other tournaments
Youth tournaments
- 11–15 June: 2013 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Men in Punta de Este, Uruguay:
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- 19–23 June: 2013 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women in Cancún, Mexico:
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2013 FIBA Europe youth championships
Club championships
Continental championships
Men:
Women:
Transnational championships
Men:
Ventspils defeat 
Prienai 161–150 on aggregate (91–69, 70–71) in the two-legged final.
Nymburk sweep Prostějov 4–0 in the best-of-7 final. This is Nymburk's 10th straight league title.
National championships
Liga Nacional de Básquet, 2012–13:- Regular season championship Round: Regatas
- Playoffs: Regatas sweep the Lanús 4-0 in the best-of-7 final.
Austrian Bundesliga: BC Vienna defeat Oberwart Gunners 3–2 in the best-of-5 finals.
Belaruisan Premier League:BC Tsmoki-Minsk sweep BK Grodno-93 3–0 in the best-of-5 finals.
Basketball League Belgium, 2012–13: Telenet Oostende sweep Belfius Mons-Hainaut 3–0 in the best-of-5 finals.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship, 2012–13: KK Igokea defeat Široki WWin 3–2 in the best-of-5 finals.
Novo Basquete Brasil, 2012–13: Flamengo defeat Uberlândia 77–70 in the final.
Bulgarian National League: Lukoil Academic defeat Levski Sofia 3–2 in the best-of-5 final, claiming their 11th straight league title.
Chinese Basketball Association:
Croatian League, 2012–13: Cibona sweep Zadar 3–0 in the best-of-5 final.
Dutch Basketball League, 2012–13: ZZ Leiden sweep Aris Leeuwarden 4–0 in the best-of-7 final.
Estonian League, 2012–13: Kalev/Cramo sweep TÜ/Rock 4–0 in the best-of-7 final.
French Pro A League, 2012–13: Nanterre defeat Strasbourg 3–1 in the best-of-5 final.
German Bundesliga, 2012–13: Brose Baskets sweep EWE Baskets Oldenburg 3–0 in the best-of-5 final, claiming their fourth consecutive title.
Greek League, 2012–13: Panathinaikos sweep Olympiacos 3–0 in the best-of-5 final.- National Basketball League (Indonesia), 2012–13: Dell Aspac defeat Pelita Jaya Esia 63-50 in the one-off final.
- Iranian Super League, 2012–13: Petrochimi defeat Mahram 3-2 in the best-of-5 final.
Israeli Super League, 2012–13: Maccabi Haifa defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv 86–79 in the one-off final.
Italian Serie A, 2012–13: Montepaschi Siena defeat Acea Roma 4–1 in the best-of-7 final, claiming their seventh straight title.
Japan Basketball League, 2012–13: Toshiba Brave Thunders defeat the Aishin Sea Horses 3-2 in the best-of-5 final.
Korean Basketball League, 2012–13: Ulsan Mobis Phoebus sweep the Seoul SK Knights 4-0 in the best-of-7 final.- Latvian League, 2012–13: VEF Rīga defeat Ventspils 4–1 in the best-of-7 final.
- Lithuanian LKL, 2012–13: Žalgiris sweep Lietuvos rytas 4–0 in the best-of-7 final.
Mexican League, 2012–13: Toros de Los Dos Laredos defeat Halcones UV Xalapa 4–2 in the best-of-7 final.
Montenegro League: Budućnost sweep the Sutjeska 3-0 in the best-of-5 final.
Philippine Basketball Association, 2012–13:
The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters sweep the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 4–0 in the best-of-7 finals.
The Alaska Aces sweep Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3–0 in the best-of-5 finals.
The San Mig Coffee Mixers defeat the Petron Blaze Boosters 4–3 in the best-of-7 finals.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid defeat FC Barcelona Regal 3–2 in the best-of-5 final.
Women:
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- Finals: The Lynx sweep the Dream 3–0 in the best-of-5 series, claiming their second title in three years. Maya Moore of the Lynx in named Finals MVP.
College seasons: Men's Division
- Women:
NCAA
Connecticut 93, Louisville 60
Drexel 46, Utah 43
Detroit 73, McNeese State 62
Ashland 71, Dowling 56
DePauw 69, Wisconsin–Whitewater 51
Westmont College 71, Lee University 65
Indiana Wesleyan 61, Davenport 43
Trinity Valley 83, Central Arizona 71
Louisburg 75, Mesa 65
Rock Valley 78, Mohawk Valley 60
Prep
- USA Today Boys Basketball Ranking #1:
- USA Today Girls Basketball Ranking #1:
- NCAA (Philippines) Juniors: San Beda defeated LSGH in 2 games in the finals en route to winning all 20 games of the season.
- UAAP Juniors: NU defeated Ateneo in 2 games in the finals en route to winning all 18 games of the season.
Awards and honors
Professional
LeBron James, Miami Heat
Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers
Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies
J. R. Smith, New York Knicks
Paul George, Indiana Pacers
Jason Kidd, New York Knicks
George Karl, Denver Nuggets
Kenneth Faried, Denver Nuggets
Chauncey Billups, Los Angeles Clippers
Masai Ujiri, Denver Nuggets
Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
Elena Delle Donne, Chicago Sky
Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky
Shavonte Zellous, Indiana Fever
Swin Cash, Chicago Sky & Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
Mike Thibault, Washington Mystics
Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx
Collegiate
- Combined
- Legends of Coaching Award
Bill Self, Kansas
Trey Burke, Michigan
Jim Larrañaga, Miami (FL)
Peyton Siva, Louisville
Trey Burke, Michigan
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
Jim Larrañaga, Miami
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
Lute Olson
Brittney Griner, Baylor
Brittney Griner, Baylor
Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame
Brittney Griner, Baylor
Alex Bentley, Penn State
Brittney Griner, Baylor
Breanna Stewart, UConn
Elena Delle Donne, Delaware
Sue Semrau, Florida State
Jan Ross, Oklahoma
Holly Warlick, Tennessee
Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame
Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame
Elena Delle Donne, Delaware
Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame
- Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
Pat Summitt
Events
- January 21 – The Maloof family announces that it has reached an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings to a Seattle-based group led by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer that plans to move the team to Seattle for the and resurrect the SuperSonics name.[3]
- April 15 – The 2013 WNBA draft is held at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut, with Baylor center Brittney Griner chosen first overall.[4]
- April 29 – After Sacramento mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson recruits an ownership group to make a counter-offer to keep the Kings in Sacramento, a league committee unanimously recommends that owners reject the Seattle group's deal.[5]
- May 31 – The sale of the Kings to the Sacramento-based group led by Vivek Ranadive is closed.[6]
- June 27 – The 2013 NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with Anthony Bennett, a power forward from UNLV, becoming the first Canadian to be chosen as the first overall pick.[7]
- December 6 – In the highest-scoring game in NCAA Division I women's history, Kentucky defeats Baylor 133–130 in four overtimes. The game, held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, was the front end of a doubleheader that included the two schools' men's teams.[8]
Movies
Deaths
- January 7 — Gonzalo Puyat II, former president of FIBA (born 1934)[9]
- January 10 — Jay Handlan, College All-American (Washington and Lee) and AAU player (born 1928)
- January 12 — Chuck Dalton, Canadian Olympic player (1952) (born 1927)
- January 15 — George Gund III, NBA owner (Cleveland Cavaliers) (born 1937)
- January 16 — Wayne D. Anderson, American college coach (Idaho) (born 1930)
- January 19 — Jim Marking, American college coach (South Dakota State) (born 1927)
- January 24 — Jim Line, two-time NCAA championship player at Kentucky (1948, 1949) (born 1926)
- January 31 — Larry Killick, 10th overall selection in the 1947 BAA draft (born 1922)
- February 3 — B. H. Born, 1953 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (Kansas), AAU player (born 1932)
- February 7 — Howard Lassoff, American player (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (born 1955)
- February 11 — Jim Boatwright, American player (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (born 1951)
- February 11 — Matthew White, American player known for his collegiate career (University of Pennsylvania) (born 1957)
- February 13 — Harry Miller, 86, American college coach (Fresno State, Eastern New Mexico, Wichita State, Stephen F. Austin).[10]
- February 13 — Tibor Zsíros, Hungarian Olympic player (1948, 1952) (born 1930)
- February 17 — Phil Henderson, three-time Final Four player at Duke (born 1968)
- February 18 — Jerry Buss, Los Angeles Lakers owner and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (born 1933)
- March 2 — Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek player (Panathinaikos B.C.) (born 1945)
- March 3 — Bart Quinn, American NBL player (Fort Wayne General Electrics) (born 1917)
- March 3 — George Wearring, Canadian Olympic player (1952) (born 1928)
- March 4 — Chick Halbert, American BBA player (born 1919)
- March 5 — Calvin Fowler, ABA player (Carolina Cougars) and 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist (born 1940)
- March 7 — Harold Hunter, College coach (NC Central), first African-American to sign an NBA contract (born 1926)
- March 8 — Mickey Marty, 91, All-American college player (Loras).[11]
- March 14 — Jack Curran, American high school coach (Archbishop Molloy High School) (born 1930)
- March 22 — Ray Williams, NBA player (New York Knicks, among others) (born 1954)
- March 26 — Tom Boerwinkle, NBA player (Chicago Bulls) (born 1945)
- March 30 — Bob Nichols, 82, American college coach (Toledo).[12]
- March 30 — Bobby Parks, American player (San Miguel, Shell, Aspac Jakarta) (born 1962)
- April 1 — Greg Willard, NBA referee (born 1958)
- April 7 — Marty Blake, NBA GM (Atlanta Hawks and scout (born 1927)
- April 12 — Marv Harshman, Naismith Hall of Fame college coach (Washington State, Washington) (born 1917)
- April 24 — Murray Satterfield, 87, American college coach (Boise State, College of Idaho)[13]
- May 5 — Jack Turner, NBA player (Chicago Packers) (born 1939)
- May 16 — Carl Bennett, NBA coach and GM (Fort Wayne Pistons) (born 1915)
- May 23 — Flynn Robinson, NBA player (born 1941)
- May 29 — Cliff Meely, NBA player (Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1947)
- June 4 — Monti Davis, NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks) (born 1958)
- June 7 — Charlie Coles, College coach (Central Michigan, Miami of Ohio) (born 1942)
- June 19 — Ólafur Rafnsson, Icelandic president of FIBA Europe (born 1963)
- July 6 — Rudy Keeling, College coach (Maine, Northeastern) (born 1947)
- July 6 — Leland Mitchell, ABA player (New Orleans Buccaneers) (born 1941)
- July 14 — Simmie Hill, ABA player (born 1946)
- July 23 — Red McManus, college coach (Creighton) (born 1925)
- July 30 — Ossie Schectman, BAA player (New York Knicks) (born 1919)
- August 2 — George Hauptfuhrer, third overall pick in the 1948 BAA draft (born 1926)
- August 5 — Roy Rubin, NBA (Philadelphia 76ers) and college (Long Island) coach (born 1925)
- August 14 — Jack Garfinkel, BAA player (Boston Celtics) (born 1918)
- August 17 — Devin Gray, NBA player (Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets) (born 1972)
- August 23 — Dean Meminger, NBA player (New York Knicks) (born 1948)
- August 30 — Howie Crittenden, college (Murray State) and AAU (Peoria Cats) player (born 1933)
- September 3 — Don Meineke, NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Cincinnati Royals) (born 1930)
- September 7 — Zelmo Beaty, NBA/ABA player (St. Louis Hawks, Utah Stars, Los Angeles Lakers) (born 1939)
- September 16 — Jim Palmer, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals, New York Knicks) (born 1933)
- September 17 — Dick O'Neal, All-American college player (TCU) (born 1935)
- September 29 — Bob Kurland, Hall of Fame college (Oklahoma State) and AAU (Phillips 66ers) player (born 1924)
- October 3 — Sergei Belov, Russian Olympic gold medalist (1972) (born 1944)
- October 13 — Joe Meriweather, NBA player (Kansas City Kings, among others) (born 1953)
- October 23 — Wes Bialosuknia, ABA player (Oakland Oaks) (born 1945)
- October 25 — Bill Sharman, Hall of Fame player and coach (born 1926)
- October 25 — Chico Vaughn, NBA and ABA player (St. Louis Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Pittsburgh Pipers) (born 1940)
- November 2 — Walt Bellamy, Hall of Fame player and 1960 Olympic Gold medalist (born 1939)
- November 7 — Ian Davies, Australian player (Sydney Kings) and Olympian (born 1956)
- November 7 — Lenny Rzeszewski, American college basketball player (Indiana State) (born 1923)
- November 17 — Joe Dean, Collegiate basketball Hall of Fame player, administrator (LSU) (born 1930)
- November 21 — Vern Mikkelsen, Hall of Fame player (Minneapolis Lakers) (born 1928)
- November 29 — Valdis Muižnieks, Latvian player who won three Olympic silver medals as a part of the Soviet Union national team (born 1935)
- December 6 — M. K. Turk, college coach (Southern Miss) (born 1942)
- December 15 — Dyron Nix, NBA player (Indiana Pacers) (born 1967)
- December 18 — Harry Boland, Irish Olympic player (born 1925)
- December 29 — Connie Dierking, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals, Philadelphia 76ers) (born 1936)
- December 29 — Khushi Ram, Indian player (born 1936)
- December 31 — Johnny Orr, NBA player and college coach (Michigan, Iowa State) (born 1927)
- December 31 — Art Stolkey, BAA player (Detroit Falcons) (born 1920)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Hall of Famers. Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014.
- Web site: Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. 12 Oct 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017213724/http://www.wbhof.com/Class12.html. 17 October 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Sources: Kings to play in Seattle next season . Adrian . Wojnarowski . . January 21, 2013 . January 21, 2013.
- Web site: What's next for star trio? . Mechelle . Voepel . ESPN.com . April 15, 2013 . July 3, 2013.
- News: Committee wants Kings to stay put . Brian . Windhorst . ESPN.com . April 30, 2013 . April 30, 2013.
- News: Sale of Kings is final; Maloofs are gone, Ranadive officially takes over . Matt . Moore . Eye on Basketball . . May 31, 2013 . July 3, 2013.
- News: Cavaliers select Anthony Bennett . ESPN.com . June 27, 2013 . July 3, 2013.
- News: No. 5 Kentucky outlasts No. 9 Baylor in epic four-overtime battle . Associated Press . ESPN.com . December 6, 2013 . December 7, 2013.
- Web site: Puyat, 2-time FIBA head, dies; 79 | Sports . Journal.com.ph . January 8, 2013 . 2013-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116152202/http://journal.com.ph/index.php/sports/42500-puyat-2-time-fiba-head-dies-79 . January 16, 2013 . dead . mdy-all .
- News: Former SFA Hoops Coach Harry Miller Passes Away. February 14, 2013. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. July 17, 2020.
- News: Campbell. Clete. College basketball: Mickey Marty lived life to fullest. March 13, 2013. Telegraph Herald. January 19, 2021.
- Web site: Bob Nichols dies at 82. ESPN.com. March 30, 2013. January 20, 2019.
- News: Former BSU, C of I coach Satterfield dies . April 26, 2013. The Idaho Press-Tribune. May 2, 2020.
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Samsun
Real Madrid 
CSKA Moscow
National Basketball League, 2012–13 season:
Partizan Belgrade defeat 
Polish League, 2012–13: Stelemet Zielona Góra sweep PGE Turów 4–0 in the best-of-7 final.
Portuguese League: Benfica defeat Académica de Coimbra 3-1 in the best-of-5 final.
Slovenian League: Krka Novo Mesto defeat Union Olimpija Ljubljana i3–1 n the best-of-5 final.
British Basketball League, 2012–13:
