# 2011–12 Slovenian Basketball League

The 2011–12 Telemach League was the 21st season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Slovenia. The first half of the season consisted of 10 teams and the 90-game regular season (18 games for each of the 10 teams) began on Friday, 15 October 2011 and ended on 3 March 2012. The second half of the season consisted of 2 teams from the Adriatic League and the best 6 teams from the first half of the season.

## Teams for the 2011–12 season

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity | Head coach |
| Elektra | Šoštanj | Šoštanj Sport Hall | 600 | Gašper Potočnik |
| Geoplin Slovan | Ljubljana | Kodeljevo Sports Hall | 1,540 | Gašper Okorn |
| Helios | Domžale | Komunalni center Hall | 2,500 | Zmago Sagadin |
| Hopsi | Polzela | Polzela Sport Hall | 1,800 | Jernej Kobale |
| Krka* | Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall | 2,800 | Nenad Trajković |
| LTH Castings Mercator | Škofja Loka | Poden Hall | 500 | – |
| Maribor | Maribor | Tabor Hall | 3,261 | Slobodan Rmuš |
| Olimpija* | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,500 | Sašo Filipovski |
| Parklji | Ljubljana | ŠRC Ježica | 300 | Tone Corel |
| Rogaška Crystal | Rogaška Slatina | II. OŠ Rogaška Slatina | 800 | Matej Bakšič |
| Šentjur | Šentjur | Hruševec Sports Hall | 450 | Damjan Novaković |
| Zlatorog | Laško | Tri Lilije Hall | 2,500 | Rado Trifunović |

## Regular season
### A League standings

| Pos | Team | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Helios Domžale | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1478 | 1263 | 34 |
| 2 | Zlatorog Laško | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1403 | 1225 | 31 |
| 3 | Elektra | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1251 | 1153 | 30 |
| 4 | Šentjur | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1485 | 1399 | 30 |
| 5 | Maribor | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1381 | 1276 | 28 |
| 6 | Hopsi Polzela | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1346 | 1352 | 27 |
| 7 | Rogaška Crystal | 18 | 8 | 10 | 1219 | 1257 | 26 |
| 8 | Geoplin Slovan | 18 | 7 | 11 | 1320 | 1359 | 25 |
| 9 | LTH Castings Mercator | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1171 | 1386 | 20 |
| 10 | Parklji Ljubljana | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1171 | 1555 | 19 |
P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

### Stats Leaders

| Statistic | Player | Team | Average |
| Ranking per game | Travis Nelson | Šentjur | 21.81 |
| Points per game | Travis Nelson | Šentjur | 17.75 |
| Rebounds per game | Esmir Rizvić | Parklji Ljubljana | 9.25 |
| Assists per game | Luka Rupnik | Geoplin Slovan | 5.41 |
| Steals per game | Miha Fon | Geoplin Slovan | 2.00 |
| Blocks per game | Travis Nelson | Šentjur | 1.25 |

## Champions standings

| Pos | Team | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| | | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Krka | 10 | 8 | 2 | 763 | 646 | 18 |
| 2 | Olimpija | 10 | 7 | 3 | 680 | 641 | 17 |
| 3 | Helios Domžale | 10 | 6 | 4 | 769 | 739 | 16 |
| 4 | Zlatorog Laško | 10 | 5 | 5 | 667 | 686 | 15 |
| 5 | Elektra | 10 | 4 | 6 | 678 | 730 | 14 |
| 6 | Šentjur | 10 | 0 | 10 | 719 | 834 | 10 |
P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

## Relegation league

| Pos | Team | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Hopsi Polzela | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2199 | 2076 | 46 |
| 2 | Maribor | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2182 | 1970 | 46 |
| 3 | Rogaška Crystal | 28 | 13 | 15 | 1962 | 1944 | 41 |
| 4 | Geoplin Slovan | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2096 | 2123 | 40 |
| 5 | LTH Castings Mercator | 28 | 5 | 23 | 1866 | 2111 | 33 |
| 6 | Parklji Ljubljana | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1751 | 2409 | 29 |
P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points
* Relegated

## Playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Krka | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Zlatorog Laško | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Zlatorog Laško | 0 | 1 | Krka | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Olimpija | 1 |
| 2 | Olimpija | 2 | 2 | Olimpija | 1 |
| 3 | Helios Domžale | 0 | | | |

## Finals

* TV SLO 2
* 17 May 8:00 pm
* Report
Krka 65, Olimpija 76 :
| Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 18–15, 14–15, 25–28 |||
| Pts: Jure Lalić 13 Rebs: Jure Lalić 10 Asts: Bojan Krivec 4 | Pts: Jaka Blažič 15 Rebs: Blažič, Dašić 8 each Asts: Jan Močnik 4 |
* Leon Štukelj Hall, Novo Mesto Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Damir Javor, Sašo Petek
* TV SLO 2
* 20 May 7:30 pm
* Report
Olimpija 65, Krka 75 :
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 15–19, 16–18, 15–18 |||
| Pts: Jaka Blažič 20 Rebs: Sasu Salin 6 Asts: Sasu Salin 3 | Pts: Zoran Dragić 15 Rebs: Zoran Dragić 8 Asts: Krivec, Dragić, Nissim 3 each |
* Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Saša Pukl, Roman Kolar, Mario Majkič
* TV SLO 2
* 22 May 6:45 pm
* Report
Krka 72, Olimpija 63 :
| Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 23–13, 21-13, 16–21 |||
| Pts: Afik Nissim 17 Rebs: Smiljan Pavič 9 Asts: Afik Nissim 6 | Pts: Deon Thompson 22 Rebs: Goran Jagodnik 7 Asts: Sasu Salin 5 |
* Leon Štukelj Hall, Novo Mesto Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Saša Pukl, Damir Javor, Andrej Lovšin
* TV SLO 2
* 24 May 6:45 pm
* Report
Olimpija 55, Krka 67 :
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 16–17, 14–14, 7–20 |||
| Pts: Deon Thompson 18 Rebs: Jagodnik, Dašić 5 each Asts: Močnik, Jeretin 2 each | Pts: Afik Nissim 18 Rebs: Jure Lalić 7 Asts: Zoran Dragić 5 |
| Krka wins Slovenian League Finals series, 3–1 |||
* Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Sašo Petek, Mario Majkič
* Telemach League 2011–12 Champions
* Krka 5th title

## Awards
### Regular Season MVP

* Travis Nelson (Šentjur)

### Season MVP

* Travis Nelson (Šentjur)

### Finals MVP

* Afik Nissim (Krka)

### Weekly MVP
## Statistics leaders

| Performance Index Rating Pos Player Club PIR 1 Travis Nelson Šentjur 20.88 2 Boban Tomić Rogaška Crystal 17.11 3 Marko Pajić Slovan 15.43 | Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Travis Nelson Šentjur 17.46 2 Klemen Prepelič Helios Domžale 16.70 3 Boban Tomić Rogaška Crystal 15.75 |
| Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Miloš Miljković Rogaška Crystal 8.57 2 Ante Đugum Slovan 8.18 3 Marko Pajić Slovan 7.39 | Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Luka Rupnik Slovan 5.33 2 Patrick Rembert Šentjur 5.14 3 Dejan Hohler Hopsi Polzela 4.44 |