| Liga Endesa1 | |
| Extra Information: | 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa. |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Champions: | Barça 16th ACB title 19th Spanish title |
| Runners Up: | Real Madrid |
| Semifinalists: | Lenovo Tenerife Valencia Basket |
| Relegated: | Movistar Estudiantes Acunsa GBC |
| Teams: | 19 |
| Games: | 360 |
| Mvp: |  Giorgi Shermadini |
| Finals Mvp: |  Nikola Mirotić |
| Ppg: | 16.5 |
| Rpg: | 8.6 |
| Apg: | 6.5 |
| Highest Scoring: | Unicaja 111–114 Betis (29 December 2020) |
| Winning Streak: | 18 games Real Madrid |
| Losing Streak: | 9 games Acunsa GBC |
| Biggest Home Win: | Tenerife 107–62 Obradoiro (5 December 2020) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Betis 58–109 Barça (9 May 2021) |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 19 September 2020 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 15 June 2021 with the finals.
It was the following season after the 2019–20 season was disrupted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, there were not relegations to LEB Oro and the league was expanded to 19 teams. This season was contested by odd-numbered teams for the third time in its history, which meant that each regular season round one team did not play any games.
TD Systems Baskonia was the defending champion which got knocked out by Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals. Barça claimed their 16th ACB title and their 19th Spanish title, ending a 7-year drought, by downing archrivals Real Madrid in Game 2 of the Finals. Barça swept the series and completed its first Spanish double (League and Cup titles) since 2011.
A total of 19 teams contested the league, including the same 18 sides from the 2019–20 season and one promoted from the 2019–20 LEB Oro.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acunsa GBC | Xabi Oroz | Acunsa | |||
| Barça | Assistència Sanitària | ||||
| Baxi Manresa | Guillem Jou | Pentex | Baxi | ||
| Casademont Zaragoza | Mercury | Casademont | |||
| Coosur Real Betis | Pablo Almazán | Kappa | Coosur | ||
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | Spalding | Herbalife | |||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | Joan Peñarroya | Hummel | Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos | ||
| Joventut | Carles Duran | Albert Ventura | Fundación Probitas | ||
| Lenovo Tenerife | Austral | Lenovo, Tenerife | |||
| Monbus Obradoiro | Pepe Pozas | Geff | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | ||
| MoraBanc Andorra |  Guillem Colom | Hummel | MoraBanc, Andorra | ||
| Movistar Estudiantes | Jota Cuspinera | Wibo | Movistar | ||
| Real Madrid | Palladium Hotel Group | ||||
| RETAbet Bilbao Basket | Hummel | RETAbet | |||
| TD Systems Baskonia | TD Systems | ||||
| UCAM Murcia | Hummel | UCAM, Costa Cálida | |||
| Unicaja | Unicaja, Málaga | ||||
| Urbas Fuenlabrada | Josep María Raventós | Pentex | URBAS Grupo Financiero | ||
| Valencia Basket | Cultura del Esfuerzo |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of contract | 30 June 2020[24] | Pre-season | 8 July 2020[25] | ||||
| Sacked | 1 July 2020[26] | 2 July 2020[27] | |||||
| Resigned | 8 July 2020[28] | Diego Ocampo | 11 July 2020[29] | ||||
| Paco García | Sacked | 19 October 2020[30] | 19th (0–5) | Javi Juárez | 19 October 2020[31] | ||
| Diego Ocampo | 2 November 2020[32] | 16th (2–6) | 3 November 2020[33] | ||||
| Curro Segura | 24 November 2020[34] | 17th (2–9) | 30 November 2020[35] | ||||
| 20 January 2021[36] | 9th (9–10) | 21 January 2021[37] | |||||
| Javier Zamora | 13 February 2021[38] | 16th (5–14) | Jota Cuspinera | 14 February 2021[39] | |||
| Javi Juárez | 25 March 2021[40] | 16th (7–19) | Josep María Raventós | 25 March 2021[41] | |||
| Resigned | 17 April 2021[42] | 13th (10–19) | 17 April 2021[43] |
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
See main article: 2021 ACB Playoffs.
The first 36 regular season rounds were played behind closed doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 17, 2021, the Ministry of Culture of Spain, the Ministry of Health of Spain and the Spanish High Council for Sports allowed the return of the spectators to the league arenas for the last two regular season rounds and for the playoffs with the following requirements:[44] [45]
On June 2, 2021, the Spanish High Council for Sports allowed the general admission of the spectators for the playoffs, indicating that the maximum number of spectators is 1,000 people.[46]
All official awards of the 2020–21 ACB season.
Source: [47] Source: [48]| First Team | Second Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Player | Team | |
| Urbas Fuenlabrada | ||||
| Barça | ||||
| TD Systems Baskonia | ||||
| Barça | ||||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | ||||
| Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | |||
| Barça | |||
| Acunsa GBC | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Unicaja |
| Round | Player | Team | PIR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | |||
| 2 | 29 | |||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | ||||
| 3 | 32 | |||
| 4 | 37 | |||
| 5 | 29 | |||
| Acunsa GBC | ||||
| 6 | 39 | |||
| 7 | 36 | |||
| 8 | 35 | |||
| 9 |  Laurynas Birutis (2) | 37 | ||
| 10 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 41 | |||
| 13 | 39 | |||
| 14 | Giorgi Shermadini (2) | 30 | ||
| 15 | 35 | |||
| 16 | Nikola Mirotić (2) | 41 | ||
| 17 |  Melo Trimble (2) | 34 | ||
| 18 | 38 | |||
| 19 | Giorgi Shermadini (3) | 33 | ||
| 20 | 33 | |||
| 21 | 44 | |||
| 22 | 34 | |||
| 23 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 37 | |||
| 25 | 41 | |||
| 26 |  Edy Tavares (2) | 37 | ||
| 27 | 34 | |||
| 28 | 39 | |||
| 29 |  Ondřej Balvín (2) | 36 | ||
| 30 | 33 | |||
| 31 | 40 | |||
| 32 | 36 | |||
| 33 | 36 | |||
| 34 | 43 | |||
| 35 | 33 | |||
| 36 | 33 | |||
| 37 | Giorgi Shermadini (4) | 31 | ||
| 38 | 31 |
| Month | Rounds | Player | Team | PIR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | 1–3 | 27.7 | 3–0 | [55] | |||
| October | 4–8 | 28.7 | 3–0 | [56] | |||
| November | 9–12 | 26.0 | 0–3 | [57] | |||
| December | 13–17 | 23.6 | 2–3 | [58] | |||
| January | 18–22 | Giorgi Shermadini (2) | 27.0 | 3–2 | [59] | ||
| February | 23–24 | 27.7 | 3–0 | [60] | |||
| March | 25–28 | Giorgi Shermadini (3) | 25.5 | 2–0 | [61] | ||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | |||||||
| April | 29–34 | 24.0 | 0–6 | [62] | |||
| May | 35–38 |  Ángel Delgado (2) | 27.0 | 0–3 | [63] |
| Team | Competition | Progress | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EuroLeague | 28–13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Win vs.  A|X Armani Exchange Milan]]|-| Playoffs || style="text-align:center"| 3–2 vs.  Zenit Saint Petersburg|-| Regular season || style="text-align:center"| 1st of 18 teams (24–10)|- | rowspan="2"| Real Madrid || Playoffs || style="text-align:center"| 2–3 vs.  Anadolu Efes || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 22–17|-| Regular season || style="text-align:center"| 6th of 18 teams (20–14)|-| Valencia Basket || Regular season || style="text-align:center"| 9th of 18 teams (19–15) || style="text-align:center"| 19–15|-| TD Systems Baskonia || Regular season || style="text-align:center"| 10th of 18 teams (18–16) || style="text-align:center"| 18–16|-| rowspan="4"| Herbalife Gran Canaria || rowspan="11" style="background-color:#0072CE;color:white;text-align:center"|EuroCup || Semifinals || style="text-align:center"| 0–2 vs.  Monaco || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"| 13–7|-| Quarterfinals || style="text-align:center"| 2–0 vs. Metropolitans 92|-| Top 16 Group H || style="text-align:center"| 2nd of 4 teams (3–3)|-| Regular season Group D || style="text-align:center"| 1st of 6 teams (8–2)|-| rowspan="3"| Joventut || Quarterfinals || style="text-align:center"| 0–2 vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"| 12–6|-| Top 16 Group E || style="text-align:center"| 2nd of 4 teams (4–2)|-| Regular season Group A || style="text-align:center"| 1st of 6 teams (8–2)|-| rowspan="2"| MoraBanc Andorra || Top 16 Group H || style="text-align:center"| 3rd of 4 teams (3–3) || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 6–10|-| Regular season Group C || style="text-align:center"| 4th of 6 teams (3–7)|-| rowspan="2"| Unicaja || Top 16 Group E || style="text-align:center"| 4th of 4 teams (1–5) || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 8–8|-| Regular season Group B || style="text-align:center"| 2nd of 6 teams (7–3)|-|}
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