2002–03 ABA Goodyear League explained

2002–03 ABA Goodyear League season
League:ABA Goodyear League
Sport:Basketball
Pixels:132px
No Of Teams: (4 teams)
(3 teams)

(1 team)
(1 team)
Season:Regular season
Season Champs: Crvena zvezda
Top Scorer: Kenyan Weaks (20.14 ppg)
Finals:Final 4
Finals Link:NLB League#Champions
Finals Champ: Zadar
Seasonslist:NLB League#Champions
Seasonslistnames:ABA Goodyear League
Prevseason Link:2001–02 ABA Goodyear League
Prevseason Year:2001–02
Nextseason Link:2003–04 ABA Goodyear League
Nextseason Year:2003–04

12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Slovenia, and FR Yugoslavia participated in Goodyear League in its second season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, FEAL Široki, Bosna ASA, Borac Nektar, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Crvena zvezda.

There were 22 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Ljubljana since April 3 until April 5, 2003. According to the original plan the Final Tournament was to be played in Tel Aviv, but due to the deteriorating security situation there at that time, the tournament got moved to Ljubljana. Crvena Zvezda finished top of the table in regular season, although the club didn't play its last round match against Maccabi, since the Israeli club didn't travel to Belgrade due to the state of emergency proclaimed following the March 2003 assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Đinđić. ABA awarded the game to Crvena Zvezda. In first match in Tel Aviv Crvena Zvezda defeated Maccabi.

Zadar became the 2003 Goodyear League champion.[1]

Regular season

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1. Crvena zvezda22 17 5 1828 1648 +180 39
2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv22 17 5 1887 1629 +258 39
3. Union Olimpija22 17 5 1812 1647 +165 39
4. Zadar22 14 8 1963 1891 +72 36
5. Cibona VIP22 13 9 1808 1695 +113 35
6. Zagreb22 11 11 1758 1861 -103 33
7. Krka22 11 11 1806 1738 +68 33
8. Pivovarna Laško22 9 13 1717 1784 -67 31
9. FEAL Široki22 9 13 1745 1773 -28 31
10. Split CO22 7 15 1747 1877 -130 29
11. Borac Nektar22 6 16 1824 1902 -78 28
12. Bosna ASA22 1 21 1662 2112 -450 23
Qualified for Final four
Relegated

Final four

Matches played at Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana


Stats leaders

Ranking MVP

RankNameTeamEfficiencyGamesAverage
1. Kenyan Weaks Pivovarna Laško4032119.19
2. Dragan Aleksić Borac Nektar3511918.47
3. Jamie Arnold Krka3311818.39
4. Marko Popović Zadar3892217.68
5. Gordan Zadravec FEAL Široki3682117.52

Points

RankNameTeamPointsGamesPPG
1. Kenyan Weaks Pivovarna Laško4202120.00
2. Dragan Aleksić Borac Nektar3751919.74
3. Gordan Zadravec FEAL Široki4972119.38
4. Jamie Arnold Krka3321818.44
5. Marko Popović Zadar3942217.91

Rebounds

RankNameTeamReboundsGamesRPG
1. Andrija Žižić Split CO148188.22
2. Nikša Tarle Bosna ASA158207.90
3. Hrvoje Perinčić Zadar149217.10
4. Jamie Arnold Krka125186.94
5. Haris Mujezinović Cibona VIP129196.79

Assists

RankNameTeamAssistsGamesAPG
1. Ivan Tomas Zagreb128225.82
2. Marko Popović Zadar104224.73
3. Dragan Aleksić Borac Nektar89194.68
4. Mladen Erjavec Zadar106234.61
5. Scoonie Penn Crvena zvezda88224.00

Notes and References

  1. http://www.adriaticbasket.info/w2/history.php Adriatic League History