# 2013–14 Israeli Basketball Super League

The 2013–2014 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Loto) was the 60th season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The season began on 13 October 2013 and ended on 11 June 2014.

## Teams Information
### Team Changes

Ironi Ashkelon has been relegated as they finished in the bottom spot last season. Ironi Nes Ziona has been promoted to the league after winning Ligat Leumit last season.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | Last Season (Regular season) |
| Barak Netanya | Netanya | Yeshurun | 1,000 | QF (4th) |
| Bnei Herzliya | Herzliya | HaYovel Herzliya | 1,750 | 11th |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Gilboa Regional Council | Gan Ner Sports Hall | 2,400 | QF (7th) |
| Hapoel Holon | Holon | Holon City Arena | 2,850 | 9th |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Malha Arena | 3,000 | SF (5th) |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | Nes Ziona | Lev Hamoshava | 1,200 | 1st (Ligat Leumit) |
| Maccabi Ashdod | Ashdod | HaKiriya Arena | 1,260 | 10th |
| Hapoel Eilat B.C. | Eilat | Begin Arena | 1,100 | SF (3rd) |
| Maccabi Haifa | Haifa | Romema Arena | 5,000 | Champions (2nd) |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Rishon LeZion | Beit Maccabi Rishon | 2,500 | QF (6th) |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Nokia Arena | 10,383 | Runners-up (1st) |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Hadar Yosef Arena | 1,400 | QF (8th) |

### Head coaches

| Team | Head coach | Seasons in the club |
| Barak Netanya | Yaniv Burger | 1 |
| Bnei Herzliya | Muli Katzurin | 4 (1st) |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Sharon Drucker | 2 (1st) |
| Hapoel Holon | Elad Hasin | 1 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Brad Greenberg | 1 |
| Ironi Nes Ziona | Nadav Zilberstein | 1 |
| Maccabi Ashdod | Eric Alfasi | 1 |
| Hapoel Eilat | Oded Kattash | 2 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Danny Franco | 1 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Zvika Sherf | 2 (1st) |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | David Blatt | 6 (4th) |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | Erez Edelstein | 4 (2nd) |

## Regular season

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | Playoff |
| 1. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2275 | 2089 | +186 | 50 | Upper Playoffs |
| 2. | Hapoel Jerusalem | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2328 | 2162 | +166 | 49 | Upper Playoffs |
| 3. | Maccabi Haifa | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2290 | 2167 | +123 | 46 | Upper Playoffs |
| 4. | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2202 | 2206 | -4 | 43 | Upper Playoffs |
| 5. | Hapoel Eilat | 29 | 18 | 11 | 2308 | 2261 | +47 | 47 | Lower Playoffs |
| 6. | Ironi Nes Ziona | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2344 | 2295 | +49 | 45 | Lower Playoffs |
| 7. | Hapoel Holon | 29 | 15 | 14 | 2290 | 2206 | +84 | 44 | Lower Playoffs |
| 8. | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 29 | 14 | 15 | 2187 | 2205 | -18 | 43 | Lower Playoffs |
| 9. | Barak Netanya | 29 | 9 | 20 | 2140 | 2352 | -212 | 38 | Lower Playoffs |
| 10. | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 29 | 9 | 20 | 2153 | 2314 | -161 | 38 | Lower Playoffs |
| 11. | Bnei Herzliya | 29 | 8 | 21 | 2296 | 2366 | -70 | 37 | Lower Playoffs |
| 12. | Maccabi Ashdod | 29 | 7 | 22 | 2214 | 2404 | -190 | 36 | Lower Playoffs |
* Qualification to Upper Playoffs
* Qualification to Quarterfinals
* Relegation to the Second Division due to financial problems
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

## Bracket

The Finals series was played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion.
| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 1 | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Hapoel Eilat | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 5 | Hapoel Eilat | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Hapoel Eilat | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Hapoel Eilat | 3 | | | | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 163 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 161 |
| 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 161 |
| 7 | Hapoel Holon | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Hapoel Holon | 1 | 2 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Ironi Nes Ziona | 2 | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals are played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | Game 1 1–3 May | Game 2 7–8 May | Game 3 10–12 May | Game 4 12–15 May | Game 5 19 May |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) | 3-1 | (8) Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 99-93 | 71-75 | 93-67 | 94-65 | |
| Hapoel Jerusalem (2) | 3-1 | (7) Hapoel Holon | 89-83 | 75-79 | 85-79 | 75-74 | |
| Maccabi Haifa (3) | 3-2 | (6) Ironi Nes Ziona | 78-67 | 59-79 | 88-71 | 65-92 | 68-67 (OT) |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv (4) | 1-3 | (5) Hapoel Eilat | 82-98 | 68-87 | 98-77 | 83-73 | |

## Semifinals

The Semifinals are played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | Game 1 22 May | Game 2 25 May | Game 3 29 May | Game 4 1 June | Game 5 5 June |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) | 3-1 | (5) Hapoel Eilat | 90-72 | 71-81 | 97-75 | 100-96 (OT) | |
| Hapoel Jerusalem (2) | 1-3 | (3) Maccabi Haifa | 79-107 | 70-82 | 70-63 | 68-90 | |

## Finals

The Finals series is played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied. The team who finishes at a higher place in the regular season will host the second game.
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Maccabi Haifa (3) | 161–163 | (1) Maccabi Tel Aviv | 77–81 | 84–82 |

### Game 1

* 8 June 2014 20:45
* Box score
| Maccabi Haifa | 77–81 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-27, 18-20, 25-22, 15-12 |||
| Pts: Smith 29 Rebs: Smith 8 Asts: Smith 8 | | Pts: Rice 30 Rebs: Smith, Tyus 5 Asts: Rice 7 |
* Romema Arena, Haifa Attendance: 5,000

### Game 2

* 11 June 2014 20:45
* Box score
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 82–84 (OT) | Maccabi Haifa |
| Scoring by quarter: 18 - 17, 20 - 20, 15 - 22, 22 - 20, Overtime: 7 - 5 |||
| Pts: Hickman 22 Rebs: Tyus 9 Asts: Hickman, Rice 4 | | Pts: Smith 29 Rebs: Smith 13 Asts: Smith 6 |
* Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 11,700
* 2014 Israeli Basketball Super League Champions
* Maccabi Tel Aviv 51st title

## Average home attendances

| Pos | Team | GP | Total | Average | Capacity | % |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 19 | 122,300 | 6,436 | 209,000 | .585 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 20 | 61,100 | 3,055 | 100,000 | .611 |
| 3 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 17 | 40,450 | 2,379 | 42,500 | .952 |
| 4 | Hapoel Holon | 17 | 32,500 | 1,911 | 42,500 | .765 |
| 5 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 14 | 19,570 | 1,397 | 30,800 | .635 |
| 6 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 15 | 20,050 | 1,336 | 21,000 | .955 |
| 7 | Ironi Nes Ziona | 17 | 20,150 | 1,185 | 22,100 | .912 |
| 8 | Bnei Herzliya | 14 | 16,150 | 1,153 | 21,000 | .769 |
| 9 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 17 | 17,200 | 1,011 | 35,700 | .482 |
| 10 | Hapoel Eilat B.C. | 19 | 16,800 | 884 | 22,800 | .737 |
| 11 | Maccabi Ashdod | 14 | 9,850 | 703 | 28,000 | .352 |
| 12 | Barak Netanya | 14 | 8,080 | 577 | 14,000 | .577 |

## Individual statistics
### Rating

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | PIR |
| 1. | Donta Smith | Maccabi Haifa | 28 | 25.5 |
| 2. | Diamon Simpson | Ironi Nes Ziona | 22 | 22.8 |
| 3. | Tyler Honeycutt | Ironi Nes Ziona | 24 | 22.1 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | PPG |
| 1. | Carlon Brown | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 28 | 19.6 |
| 2. | Dawan Robinson | Barak Netanya | 24 | 19.3 |
| 3. | Raviv Limonad | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 23 | 18.8 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | RPG |
| 1. | Marcus Dove | Maccabi Ashdod | 29 | 9.5 |
| 2. | Tyler Honeycutt | Ironi Nes Ziona | 24 | 9.3 |
| 3. | Rashaun Freeman | Barak Netanya | 29 | 8.8 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | APG |
| 1. | Meir Tapiro | Ironi Nes Ziona | 29 | 6.6 |
| 2. | Donta Smith | Maccabi Haifa | 28 | 6.2 |
| 3. | Derwin Kitchen | Hapoel Jerusalem | 27 | 5.9 |

## All-Star Game

The 2014 Israeli League All-star event was held on February 25, 2014, at the Conch Arena, Beer-Sheva.
Israeli All-Stars :
| Pos | Player | Team |
| Starters |||
| G | Meir Tapiro | Ironi Nes Ziona |
| G | Yotam Halperin | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| F | Guy Pnini | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| F | Lior Eliyahu | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| C | Ido Kozikaro | Maccabi Haifa |
| Reserves |||
| G | Afik Nissim | Hapoel Eilat |
| G | Shlomi Harush | Hapoel Holon |
| G | Raviv Limonad | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| G | Ben Reis | Maccabi Haifa |
| G | Nimrod Tishman | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| F | Shawn Dawson | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| F | Eliran Guetta | Barak Netanya |
| F | Oz Blayzer | Bnei Herzliya |
| C | Isaac Rosefelt | Hapoel Holon |
| Head coach: Erez Edelstein (Hapoel Tel Aviv) |||
| Head coach: Danny Franco (Maccabi Haifa) |||
International All-Stars :
| Pos | Player | Team |
| Starters |||
| G | Carlon Brown | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| F | Tasmin Mitchell | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| F | Tyler Honeycutt | Ironi Nes Ziona |
| F | Donta Smith | Maccabi Haifa |
| C | Marcus Dove | Maccabi Ashdod |
| Reserves |||
| G | Preston Knowles | Ironi Nes Ziona |
| G | Michael Umeh | Bnei Herzliya |
| F | Kevin Palmer | Hapoel Eilat |
| F | Ronald Dupree | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| F | Brian Asbury | Hapoel Holon |
| F | Rashaun Freeman | Barak Netanya |
| C | Josh Owens | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Head coach: Brad Greenberg (Hapoel Jerusalem) |||
| Head coach: Lior Lubin (Maccabi Ashdod) |||
* February 25, 2014
* Report
| Israeli All-Stars | 103–111 | International All-Stars |
| Scoring by quarter: 27-36, 21-20, 21-26, 34-29 |||
| Pts: Eliyahu 25 Rebs: Eliyahu 9 | | Pts: Knowles 20 Asts: Umeh 7 |
* Conch Arena, Beer-Sheva

### Three-point shootout

Contestants :
| Pos. | Player | Team | First round | Final round |
| G | Zack Rosen (W) | Maccabi Ashdod | 19 | 18 |
| G | Carlon Brown | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 19 | 11 |
| F | Guy Pnini | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 14 | - |
| F | Oz Blayzer | Bnei Herzliya | 13 | - |
| G | Yotam Halperin | Hapoel Jerusalem | 13 | - |
| G | Adi Markovitz | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 11 | - |
| G | Afik Nissim | Hapoel Eilat | 10 | - |
| G | Ben Reis | Maccabi Haifa | 8 | - |

### Slam Dunk Contest

Contestants :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| F | Itay Segev (W) | Hapoel Holon |
| F | Tyler Honeycutt | Ironi Nes Ziona |
| G | Carlon Brown | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| C | Josh Owens | Hapoel Tel Aviv |

## Awards
### Regular season MVP

* Donta Smith (Maccabi Haifa)

### All-BSL 1st team

* Raviv Limonad (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
* Kevin Palmer (Hapoel Eilat)
* Donta Smith (Maccabi Haifa)
* Josh Duncan (Hapoel Jerusalem)
* Alex Tyus (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

### Coach of the season

* David Blatt (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

### Co-Rising star

* Aviram Zelekovits (Bnei Herzliya)
* Oz Blayzer (Bnei Herzliya)

### Best Defender

* Brian Randle (Maccabi Haifa)

### Most Improved Player

* Shawn Dawson (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

### Sixth Man of the Season

* David Blu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

### Monthly Awards

| Month | Best player Best coach | Team | Points per game W-L |
| October | Raviv Limonad | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 20.3 |
| October | Nadav Zilberstein | Ironi Nes Ziona | 2-1 |
| November | Donta Smith | Maccabi Haifa | 18.3 |
| November | Danny Franco | Maccabi Haifa | 4-1 |
| December | Carlon Brown | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 19.4 |
| December | Erez Edelstein | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 4-0 |
| January | Lior Eliyahu | Hapoel Jerusalem | 19.5 |
| January | Brad Greenberg | Hapoel Jerusalem | 4-0 |
| February | Devin Smith | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 24 |
| February | David Blatt | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3-0 |
| March | Josh Duncan | Hapoel Jerusalem | 15.6 |
| March | Brad Greenberg | Hapoel Jerusalem | 4-1 |
| April | Donta Smith | Maccabi Haifa | 15.3 |
| April | David Blatt | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3-0 |