# 2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League

The 2010–2011 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Loto) was the 57th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 17 October 2010 and ended on 26 May 2011.

## Format

Each of the 10 participating teams play 18 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 2010–2011.

## Team information
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Barak Netanya | Netanya | Yeshurun | 1,000 |
| Bnei HaSharon | Ra'anana, Herzliya | HaYovel Herzliya | 1,750 |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon | 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 |
| 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 | Seasons as head coach |
| Barak Netanya | Eric Alfasi | 2 |
| Bnei HaSharon | Dan Shamir | 2 |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon | Lior Lubin | 1 |
| Hapoel Holon | Danny Franco | 2 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | Oded Kattash | 1 |
| Ironi Ashkelon | Eli Rabbi | 1 |
| Maccabi Ashdod | Ofer Berkovich | 1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | Mickey Gorka | 1 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Effi Birnbaum | 2 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | David Blatt | 3 |

## Regular season

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 27 | 26 | 1 | 2523 | 2014 | 509 | 53 | 2011–12 Euroleague Group stage |
| 2. | Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon | 27 | 17 | 10 | 2177 | 2126 | 51 | 44 |
| 3. | Hapoel Jerusalem | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2272 | 2220 | 52 | 43 | 2011–12 Eurocup Group stage |
| 4. | Bnei HaSharon | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2275 | 2229 | 46 | 43 |
| 5. | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2131 | 2215 | –84 | 40 |
| 6. | Maccabi Ashdod | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2216 | 2243 | –27 | 40 |
| 7. | Hapoel Holon | 27 | 11 | 16 | 2056 | 2198 | –142 | 38 |
| 8. | Barak Netanya | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2087 | 2206 | –119 | 36 |
| 9. | Maccabi Haifa | 27 | 8 | 19 | 2212 | 2303 | –91 | 35 |
| 10. | Ironi Ashkelon | 27 | 6 | 21 | 2106 | 2301 | –195 | 33 |
* Qualification to Playoffs
* Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

### Rounds 1-2

| | BNT | BNS | HPG | HPH | HPJ | IAS | MAS | MHA | MRL | MTA | Rec. |
| Barak Netanya | | 77–66 | 66-72 | 80–65 | 93-103 | 60–58 | 85-59 | 72–77 | 96–99 | 71-85 | 4–5 |
| Bnei HaSharon | 89–68 | | 80–95 | 80–79 | 81–76 | 96-75 | 85–90 | 93–89 | 89–75 | 67-113 | 6–3 |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon | 83–66 | 69–48 | | 74-69 | 73-74 | 83–73 | 83–89 | 85–65 | 74–76 | 61–82 | 4–5 |
| Hapoel Holon | 63–79 | 86-69 | 91–93 | | 76–65 | 84–80 | 70-86 | 81–84 | 88-81 | 74-88 | 4–5 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 91–75 | 102–93 | 94–86 | 80-86 | | 105-75 | 98–83 | 95-90 | 75–66 | 73-84 | 7–2 |
| Ironi Ashkelon | 74-76 | 91–80 | 76-80 | 78-89 | 68–75 | | 83–86 | 99-91 | 88-89 | 87–104 | 2–7 |
| Maccabi Ashdod | 87–84 | 78-81 | 90-93 | 69–77 | 98–75 | 79–69 | | 75–72 | 76–79 | 62–84 | 4–5 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 91-83 | 97-100 | 77–83 | 73-77 | 76–93 | 86–88 | 95-81 | | 82-91 | 86-100 | 2–7 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 75–67 | 60–86 | 78-68 | 85–87 | 83-80 | 73–83 | 78-77 | 96-85 | | 68–89 | 5–4 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 117–69 | 88–91 | 102–75 | 102–63 | 75–55 | 88–66 | 99-82 | 101–92 | 88-74 | | 8–1 |
| Record | 2–7 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 5–4 | 9–0 | |
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. $^1$The match between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Rishon LeZion was postponed because of the 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire. It was played on January 13. $^2$The match between Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Holon was postponed at Maccabi Haifa's request. It was played on January 27.

### Round 3
#### 1st Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 82 | 70 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 80 | 76 | Maccabi Ashdod |
| Bnei HaSharon | 88 | 66 | Barak Netanya |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 85 | 79 | Hapoel Holon |
| Hapoel jerusalem | 107 | 89 | Ironi Ashkelon |

#### 2nd Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Maccabi Ashdod | 100 | 99 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| Ironi Ashkelon | 79 | 89 | Bnei HaSharon |
| Barak Netanya | 102 | 88 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 107 | 66 | Hapoel jerusalem |
| Hapoel Holon | 88 | 67 | Maccabi Haifa |

#### 3rd Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Hapoel jerusalem | 102 | 68 | Hapoel Holon |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 85 | 76 | Barak Netanya |
| Maccabi Haifa | 73 | 66 | Maccabi Ashdod |
| Bnei HaSharon | 88 | 90 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 67 | 76 | Ironi Ashkelon |

#### 4th Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 80 | 72 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Hapoel Holon | 51 | 91 | Maccabi Ashdod |
| Ironi Ashkelon | 65 | 89 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| Barak Netanya | 84 | 80 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Hapoel jerusalem | 99 | 90 | Bnei HaSharon |

#### 5th Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Maccabi Ashdod | 97 | 89 | Barak Netanya |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 75 | 87 | Hapoel jerusalem |
| Bnei HaSharon | 82 | 73 | Hapoel Holon |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 68 | 79 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Haifa | 74 | 72 | Ironi Ashkelon |

#### 6th Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Hapoel Holon | 82 | 75 | Barak Netanya |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 98 | 95 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Hapoel jerusalem | 82 | 84 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| Bnei HaSharon | 81 | 88 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Ironi Ashkelon | 84 | 104 | Maccabi Ashdod |

#### 7th Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Maccabi Ashdod | 78 | 107 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Haifa | 79 | 58 | Hapoel jerusalem |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 81 | 71 | Hapoel Holon |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 86 | 78 | Bnei HaSharon |
| Barak Netanya | 87 | 56 | Ironi Ashkelon |

#### 8th Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 92 | 60 | Barak Netanya |
| Bnei HaSharon | 92 | 90 | Maccabi Haifa |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 84 | 88 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| Hapoel jerusalem | 78 | 86 | Maccabi Ashdod |
| Hapoel Holon | 64 | 82 | Ironi Ashkelon |

#### 9th Week

| Home | Home | Away | Away |
| Team | Pts. | Pts. | Team |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 87 | 75 | Hapoel Holon |
| Maccabi Haifa | 76 | 70 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Ironi Ashkelon | 92 | 96 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Maccabi Ashdod | 71 | 92 | Bnei HaSharon |
| Barak Netanya | 81 | 84 | Hapoel jerusalem |

## Playoff

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 April 26–28 | Game 2 April 30 May 4–5 | Game 3 May 11–12 | Game 4 May 15 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) | 3–0 | (8) Barak Netanya | 94-72 | 92-78 | 92-78 | |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil (2) | 3–1 | (7) Hapoel Holon | 77-59 | 67-68 | 89-73 | 82-75 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem (3) | 3–0 | (6) Maccabi Ashdod | 90-66 | 69-68 | 86-76 | |
| Bnei HaSharon (4) | 1–3 | (5) Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 91-82 | 79-81 | 75-82 | 95-105 |

## Final four

| Semifinals 24 May | Semifinals 24 May | Final 26 May | Final 26 May |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 100 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 77 | | |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 77 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 91 |
| | | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 64 |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 98 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 64 |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 80 | | |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 80 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Hapoel Jerusalem | 94 |
| | | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 74 |

## Relegation Playoff

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 April 28 | Game 2 May 5 | Game 3 May 12 | Game 4 May 15 |
| Maccabi Haifa (9) | 3–1 | Ironi Ashkelon (10) | 74-67 | 57-62 | 91-72 | 96-89 |
Ironi Ashkelon was relegated to Liga Leumit.

## 2011 BSL All-Star Game

On December 8, the BSL League Administration announced the re-establishment of the BSL All-Star Game, which played on January 12, 2011. The main event was the game between the Israeli All-Stars (coached by Effi Birnbaum and Oded Kattash) and the International All-Stars (coached by David Blatt and Dan Shamir). The players were chosen by online voting.

## Stats Leaders

    As of March 21

### Efficiency

| Rank | Name | Team | Efficiency | Games | EPG |
| 1. | Shawn James | Bnei HaSharon | 567 | 21 | 27 |
| 2. | Rahshon Turner | Ironi Ashkelon | 490 | 21 | 23.33 |
| 3. | Doron Perkins | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 478 | 22 | 21.73 |
| 4. | Marco Killingsworth | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 443 | 22 | 20.14 |
| 5. | Dwayne Mitchell | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 440 | 22 | 20 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Points | Games | PPG |
| 1. | Lee Nailon | Bnei HaSharon | 384 | 21 | 18.29 |
| 2. | Ramel Bradley | Maccabi Ashdod | 318 | 18 | 17.67 |
| 3. | Marco Killingsworth | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 369 | 22 | 16.77 |
| 4. | Josh Carter | Maccabi Ashdod | 366 | 22 | 16.64 |
| 5. | Rahshon Turner | Ironi Ashkelon | 349 | 21 | 16.62 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Rebounds | Games | RPG |
| 1. | Shawn James | Bnei HaSharon | 234 | 21 | 11.14 |
| 2. | Elton Brown | Barak Netanya | 197 | 22 | 8.95 |
| 3. | Rahshon Turner | Ironi Ashkelon | 173 | 21 | 8.24 |
| 4. | Josh Duncan | Maccabi Ashdod | 139 | 19 | 7.32 |
| 5. | Marco Killingsworth | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 158 | 22 | 7.18 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Assists | Games | APG |
| 1. | Shmulik Brener | Barak Netanya | 130 | 21 | 6.19 |
| 2. | Gal Mekel | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 136 | 22 | 6.18 |
| 3. | Moran Roth | Hapoel Holon | 109 | 18 | 6.06 |
| 4. | Meir Tapiro | Maccabi Ashdod | 131 | 22 | 5.95 |
| 5. | Jeremy Pargo | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 126 | 22 | 5.73 |

## Game records

| Stat | Player | Player | Team | Team | Game | Game |
| Points | 34 | Rahshon Turner (Ironi Ashkelon) | 117 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 199 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil 99–100 Maccabi Ashdod |
| Rebounds | 21 | Elton Brown (Barak Netanya) | 57 | Barak Netanya | 97 | Maccabi Ashdod vs. Barak Netanya |
| Defensive Rebounds | 15 | Shawn James (Bnei HaSharon) | 37 | Hapoel Holon | 66 | Hapoel Holon vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Offensive Rebounds | 10 | Elton Brown (Barak Netanya) | 27 | Barak Netanya | 39 | Maccabi Ashdod vs. Barak Netanya |
| Assists | 14 | Will Solomon (Hapoel Jerusalem) | 32 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 54 | Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa |
| Steals | 8 | Ramel Bradley (Maccabi Ashdod) | 17 | Maccabi Ashdod | 27 | Barak Netanya vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Steals | 8 | Ramel Bradley (Maccabi Ashdod) | 17 | Maccabi Ashdod | 27 | Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Blocks | 7 | Richard Hendrix (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 9 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 12 | Maccabi Ashdod vs. Ironi Ashkelon |
| Blocks | 7 | Richard Hendrix (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 9 | Bnei HaSharon | 12 | Hapoel Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Blocks | 7 | Richard Hendrix (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 9 | Bnei HaSharon | 12 | Bnei HaSharon vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Efficiency | 47 | Rahshon Turner (Ironi Ashkelon) | 159 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 253 | Hapoel Holon vs. Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| Turnovers | 9 | Frank Robinson (Maccabi Haifa) | 24 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 43 | Bnei HaSharon vs. Maccabi Ashdod |
| Turnovers | 9 | Dwayne Mitchell (Maccabi Rishon LeZion) | 24 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 43 | Bnei HaSharon vs. Maccabi Ashdod |
| Free throws | 12/12 | Doron Perkins (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 14/15 | Bnei HaSharon | 42/47 | Maccabi Ashdod vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Free throws | 12/12 | Richard Melzer (Hapoel Holon) | 14/15 | Bnei HaSharon | 42/47 | Maccabi Ashdod vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Field goals | 9/9 | Elton Brown (Barak Netanya) | 46/69 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 73/130 | Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa |
| Field goals | 9/9 | Rahshon Turner (Ironi Ashkelon) | 46/69 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 73/130 | Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa |
| Field goals | 9/9 | Nitzan Hanochi (Maccabi Rishon LeZion) | 46/69 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 73/130 | Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Haifa |
| 2-point field goals | 10/10 | Milan Mačvan (Maccabi Tel Aviv) | 30/38 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 44/66 | Ironi Ashkelon vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| 3-point field goals | 4/4 | Nitzan Hanochi (Maccabi Rishon LeZion) | 18/27 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 23/43 | Hapoel Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Haifa |

## Awards

| Month | Weeks | Best player Best coach | Team | Efficiency W-L |
| October | 1–3 | Shawn James | Bnei HaSharon | 28 |
| October | 1–3 | Dan Shamir | Bnei HaSharon | 3-0 |
| November | 4-7 | Yogev Ohayon | Hapoel Jerusalem | 15 |
| November | 4-7 | Oded Kattash | Hapoel Jerusalem | 4-0 |
| December | 8-11 | Meir Tapiro | Maccabi Ashdod | 12.5 |
| December | 8-11 | Ofer Berkovich | Maccabi Ashdod | 3-1 |
| January | 12-16 | Nitzan Hanochi | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 13.4 |
| January | 12-16 | Effi Birnbaum | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 4-1 |
| February | 17-19 | Moran Roth | Hapoel Holon | 15.7 |
| February | 17-19 | Danny Franco | Hapoel Holon | 2-1 |
| March | 20-23 | Shay Doron | Elitzur Ramla | - |
| March | 20-23 | Adan Inbar | Elitzur Ramla | - |