# 2013–14 ACB season

The 2013–14 ACB season is the 31st season of the Spanish basketball league Liga ACB, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity. The regular season began on October 12, 2013, and ended on May 25, 2014. The playoffs began on May 29, 2014 and ended on June 26, 2014.
FC Barcelona won their 18th league title.

## Teams, venues and locations

* Relegated to LEB Oro
** Lagun Aro GBC (17th)
** La Bruixa d'Or (18th)
* Promoted from LEB Oro
** Ford Burgos (Champion)
** Lucentum Alicante (2nd)
Lagun Aro GBC and La Bruixa d'Or remained in Liga ACB after Ford Burgos and Lucentum Alicante failed to meet requirements for joining the league.
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | Last season | Head coach | Season |
| Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | Fuenlabrada | Fernando Martin | 5,700 | 14th | Luis Casimiro | 5th (1st) |
| Bilbao Basket | Bilbao | Bilbao Arena | 10,014 | 7th | Rafa Pueyo | 1st |
| CAI Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Príncipe Felipe Arena | 10,744 | 3rd | José Luis Abós | 5th |
| Cajasol | Sevilla | Palacio San Pablo | 10,200 | 15th | Aíto García Reneses | 2nd |
| CB Valladolid | Valladolid | Polideportivo Pisuerga | 6,800 | 16th | Ricard Casas | 1st |
| FC Barcelona | Barcelona | Palau Blaugrana | 8,250 | 2nd | Xavi Pascual | 7th |
| FIATC Joventut | Badalona | Palau Municipal d'Esports | 12,760 | 11th | Salva Maldonado | 3rd |
| Gipuzkoa Basket | San Sebastián | San Sebastián Arena | 10,241 | 17th | Sito Alonso | 3rd |
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Centro Insular de Deportes Gran Canaria Arena | 5,200 11,500 | 4th | Pedro Martínez | 8th (5th) |
| Iberostar Tenerife | San Cristóbal de La Laguna | Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín | 5,003 | 10th | Alejandro Martínez | 10th |
| La Bruixa d'Or | Manresa | Nou Congost | 5,000 | 18th | Pere Romero | 1st |
| Laboral Kutxa | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Fernando Buesa Arena | 15,504 | 5th | Sergio Scariolo | 3rd (1st) |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Palacio de los Deportes | 13,500 | 1st | Pablo Laso | 3rd |
| Río Natura Monbús | Santiago de Compostela | Multiusos Fontes do Sar | 5,824 | 8th | Moncho Fernández | 4th |
| Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes | Madrid | Palacio de los Deportes | 13,500 | 12th | Txus Vidorreta | 2nd |
| UCAM Murcia | Murcia | Palacio de Deportes de Murcia | 7,454 | 13th | Marcelo Nicola | 1st |
| Unicaja | Málaga | Martín Carpena | 10,500 | 9th | Joan Plaza | 1st |
| Valencia BC | Valencia | Fuente San Luis | 9,000 | 6th | Velimir Perasović | 3rd |

## Managerial changes
### Before the start of the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| La Bruixa d'Or | Jaume Ponsarnau | End of contract | 19 May 2013 | Borja Comenge | 4 July 2013 |
| Unicaja | Jasmin Repeša | Sacked | 21 May 2013 | Joan Plaza | 6 June 2013 |
| Laboral Kutxa | Žan Tabak | Sacked | 3 June 2013 | Sergio Scariolo | 12 June 2013 |
| Bilbao Basket | Fotios Katsikaris | End of contract | 6 June 2013 | Rafa Pueyo | 7 June 2013 |
| CB Valladolid | Roberto González | Resigned | 26 June 2013 | Ricard Casas | 16 September 2013 |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| UCAM Murcia | Óscar Quintana | Sacked | 20 January 2014 | Marcelo Nicola | 20 January 2014 | 15th (5–11) |
| Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | Chus Mateo | Sacked | 3 March 2014 | Luis Casimiro | 4 March 2014 | 14th (7–14) |
| La Bruixa d'Or | Borja Comenge | Sacked | 7 April 2014 | Pere Romero | 8 April 2014 | 17th (7–19) |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 34 | 32 | 2 | 3001 | 2480 | +521 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | Valencia Basket | 34 | 30 | 4 | 2930 | 2554 | +376 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | FC Barcelona | 34 | 27 | 7 | 2785 | 2382 | +403 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Unicaja | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2745 | 2467 | +278 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2595 | 2430 | +165 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 6 | Laboral Kutxa | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2777 | 2702 | +75 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 7 | Cajasol | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2543 | 2545 | −2 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 8 | CAI Zaragoza | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2647 | 2591 | +56 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 9 | FIATC Joventut | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2655 | 2658 | −3 |
| 10 | Gipuzkoa | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2417 | 2443 | −26 |
| 11 | Iberostar Tenerife | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2644 | 2739 | −95 |
| 12 | Río Natura Monbús | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2548 | 2624 | −76 |
| 13 | UCAM Murcia | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2661 | 2866 | −205 |
| 14 | Bilbao Basket | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2692 | 2751 | −59 |
| 15 | Fuenlabrada | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2580 | 2768 | −188 |
| 16 | Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2569 | 2682 | −113 |
| 17 | La Bruixa d'Or | 34 | 7 | 27 | 2464 | 2888 | −424 | Relegation to LEB Oro |
| 18 | CB Valladolid | 34 | 3 | 31 | 2392 | 3075 | −683 | Relegation to LEB Oro |

### Results

| | FUE | BIL | CAI | CAJ | CBV | FCB | CJB | GBC | GCA | ITF | MAN | LBO | RMB | OBR | EST | UCM | UNI | VBC |
| Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | | 75–72 | 72–81 | 75–84 | 91–81 | 73–77 | 76–69 | 81–67 | 78–83 | 84–68 | 81–73 | 74–73 | 67–94 | 73–78 | 82–72 | 87–84 | 71–81 | 76–90 |
| Bilbao Basket | 95–73 | | 77–86 | 79–82 | 93–77 | 80–72 | 83–90 | 78–68 | 72–83 | 93–90 | 92–64 | 96–92 | 73–87 | 92–94 | 72–55 | 82–69 | 68–75 | 80–83 |
| CAI Zaragoza | 77–68 | 88–72 | | 66–74 | 95–79 | 85–79 | 87–73 | 67–92 | 77–84 | 60–66 | 89–52 | 75–88 | 68–75 | 85–58 | 80–65 | 103–67 | 81–91 | 95–89 |
| Cajasol | 74–60 | 72–75 | 79–59 | | 84–68 | 57–62 | 83–81 | 80–59 | 73–60 | 81–67 | 78–60 | 82–62 | 62–97 | 80–71 | 71–82 | 73–93 | 65–85 | 77–95 |
| CB Valladolid | 83–107 | 57–81 | 68–96 | 81–68 | | 66–111 | 72–79 | 64–83 | 64–92 | 91–103 | 88–76 | 58–87 | 83–105 | 77–73 | 59–89 | 70–75 | 65–106 | 77–91 |
| FC Barcelona | 81–63 | 104–75 | 73–50 | 88–70 | 109–50 | | 88–79 | 81–74 | 62–52 | 87–71 | 91–63 | 91–75 | 86–75 | 77–62 | 73–56 | 96–63 | 77–84 | 76–75 |
| FIATC Mutua Joventut | 76–79 | 80–70 | 82–57 | 65–74 | 95–73 | 80–83 | | 76–65 | 78–84 | 76–63 | 93–72 | 83–74 | 68–72 | 70–63 | 76–89 | 85–89 | 63–65 | 78–73 |
| Gipuzkoa Basket | 77–58 | 83–71 | 73–62 | 76–71 | 82–67 | 75–86 | 62–64 | | 57–79 | 70–66 | 73–65 | 76–78 | 65–76 | 63–67 | 79–71 | 85–80 | 69–61 | 50–57 |
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | 96–75 | 77–70 | 58–55 | 58–68 | 89–60 | 74–82 | 89–82 | 63–56 | | 79–61 | 70–85 | 84–81 | 70–75 | 53–60 | 76–62 | 86–69 | 67–65 | 81–86 |
| Iberostar Tenerife | 90–82 | 96–85 | 75–78 | 75–59 | 84–68 | 56–78 | 95–103 | 76–75 | 72–68 | | 78–83 | 78–82 | 74–85 | 76–74 | 94–96 | 82–69 | 60–71 | 91–100 |
| La Bruixa d'Or | 84–83 | 66–88 | 71–74 | 72–97 | 75–72 | 71–81 | 90–78 | 74–82 | 65–95 | 71–75 | | 64–69 | 69–92 | 56–77 | 74–81 | 84–74 | 78–99 | 64–76 |
| Laboral Kutxa | 95–77 | 76–70 | 92–83 | 101–65 | 84–67 | 76–72 | 100–71 | 66–72 | 96–99 | 83–95 | 101–78 | | 74–90 | 83–72 | 79–66 | 98–90 | 82–75 | 78–79 |
| Real Madrid | 96–81 | 92–75 | 92–79 | 81–75 | 87–53 | 98–84 | 106–88 | 81–72 | 83–74 | 87–76 | 111–63 | 105–72 | | 82–59 | 72–57 | 102–65 | 88–67 | 100–105 |
| Río Natura Monbús | 75–76 | 89–81 | 82–86 | 56–70 | 84–83 | 77–60 | 89–72 | 72–76 | 77–83 | 84–76 | 71–88 | 92–94 | 68–83 | | 85–97 | 95–86 | 79–61 | 70–102 |
| Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes | 86–66 | 86–80 | 62–89 | 54–61 | 80–66 | 51–77 | 74–81 | 72–61 | 63–75 | 85–88 | 104–103 | 84–87 | 64–71 | 87–77 | | 69–77 | 84–85 | 80–88 |
| UCAM Murcia | 93–73 | 78–77 | 90–82 | 89–85 | 101–90 | 72–84 | 76–82 | 67–85 | 71–78 | 72–87 | 90–79 | 89–80 | 81–88 | 47–83 | 85–84 | | 76–78 | 76–85 |
| Unicaja | 88–81 | 109–74 | 67–76 | 89–76 | 112–58 | 69–74 | 58–60 | 81–55 | 76–66 | 88–73 | 91–75 | 83–64 | 83–86 | 80–71 | 97–78 | 81–72 | | 71–74 |
| Valencia Basket | 75–62 | 83–71 | 96–76 | 104–93 | 108–57 | 95–93 | 85–69 | 87–58 | 74–70 | 92–67 | 92–59 | 67–55 | 75–82 | 69–64 | 96–84 | 88–86 | 91–83 | |

## Playoffs

| Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | CAI Zaragoza | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | CAI Zaragoza | 0 | 1 | Real Madrid | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Unicaja | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Unicaja | 2 | 4 | Unicaja | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 1 | | | | 1 | Real Madrid | 1 |
| | | | | | | 3 | FC Barcelona | 3 |
| 2 | Valencia BC | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | FC Barcelona | 3 |
| 7 | Cajasol | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Cajasol | 1 | 2 | Valencia BC | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | FC Barcelona | 3 | | | |
| 3 | FC Barcelona | 2 | 3 | FC Barcelona | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Laboral Kutxa | 0 | | | | | | |

## Final standings

| Pos. | Team | GP | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 45 | 35 | 10 | Qualified to 2014–15 Euroleague |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 44 | 38 | 6 | Qualified to 2014–15 Euroleague |
| 3 | Valencia Basket | 42 | 34 | 8 | Qualified to 2014–15 Euroleague |
| 4 | Unicaja | 41 | 26 | 15 | Qualified to 2014–15 Euroleague |
| 5 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 37 | 23 | 14 | Qualified to 2014–15 Eurocup |
| 6 | Laboral Kutxa | 36 | 19 | 17 | Qualified to 2014–15 Euroleague |
| 7 | Cajasol | 37 | 19 | 18 | Qualified to 2014–15 Eurocup |
| 8 | CAI Zaragoza | 36 | 18 | 18 | Qualified to 2014–15 Eurocup |
| 9 | FIATC Joventut | 34 | 16 | 18 |
| 10 | Gipuzkoa Basket | 34 | 16 | 18 |
| 11 | Iberostar Tenerife | 34 | 14 | 20 |
| 12 | Río Natura Monbús | 34 | 13 | 22 |
| 13 | UCAM Murcia | 34 | 12 | 22 |
| 14 | Bilbao Basket | 34 | 12 | 22 |
| 15 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | 34 | 12 | 22 |
| 16 | Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes | 34 | 12 | 22 |
| 17 | La Bruixa d'Or | 34 | 7 | 27 | Relegated to LEB Oro |
| 18 | CB Valladolid | 34 | 3 | 31 | Relegated to LEB Oro |
Notes:
* Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Baskonia and Unicaja are qualified to Euroleague thanks to their A licence. The worst qualified team of these four can have suspended its A license if other different team qualifies to the ACB Finals.
* There is an established limit of seven ACB teams between Euroleague and Eurocup Basketball, without counting possible wildcards.
* The invitational wildcard to the EuroChallenge is not confirmed.

## Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 203,319 | 13,217 | 5,814 | 9,242 | 13.2%0 |
| 2 | Laboral Kutxa | 165,412 | 14,182 | 6,824 | 9,190 | -7.83%0 |
| 3 | Bilbao Basket | 154,650 | 10,000 | 7,610 | 9,097 | -4%0 |
| 4 | CAI Zaragoza | 152,189 | 10,853 | 6,358 | 8,010 | 2.18%0 |
| 5 | Valencia BC | 168,050 | 8,500 | 6,500 | 8,002 | 1.43%0 |
| 6 | Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes | 134,752 | 13,800 | 2,600 | 7,927 | -12.15%$^1$ |
| 7 | Unicaja | 126,333 | 10,600 | 3,394 | 6,317 | 2%0 |
| 8 | Lagun Aro GBC | 101,960 | 8,890 | 3,780 | 5,998 | -5.72%0 |
| 9 | UCAM Murcia | 94,928 | 7,269 | 4,718 | 5,584 | -1.38%0 |
| 10 | FIATC Joventut | 92,638 | 10,500 | 3,156 | 5,449 | 4.19%0 |
| 11 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 92,644 | 9,332 | 4,106 | 5,147 | 10.47%$^2$ |
| 12 | Blu:sens Monbús | 85,841 | 6,000 | 4,438 | 5,049 | -6.99%0 |
| 13 | FC Barcelona | 100,455 | 7,539 | 3,471 | 4,909 | 0.74%0 |
| 14 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | 82,621 | 5,546 | 4,024 | 4,860 | -4.33%0 |
| 15 | Cajasol | 74,830 | 7,260 | 2,400 | 4,157 | 4.32%0 |
| 16 | La Bruixa d'Or | 64,361 | 4,900 | 2,100 | 4,023 | -5.92%0 |
| 17 | Iberostar Tenerife | 65,761 | 5,100 | 2,891 | 3,868 | -6.95%0 |
| 18 | CB Valladolid | 59,750 | 5,900 | 1,500 | 3,515 | -28.18%0 |
| | League total | 2,213,116 | 14,182 | 1,500 | 6,202 | −2.1%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 26 June 2014 Source: Liga ACB Notes: 1: Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes played one game at Pabellón Jorge Garbajosa, in Torrejón de Ardoz. 2: Herbalife Gran Canaria played in Centro Insular de Deportes until the round 26 (14 games).
* Highest attendance:
** 14,623 at Fernando Buesa Arena (Round 19, Laboral Kutxa 74–90 Real Madrid)
* Lowest attendance:
** 1,500 at Pabellón Polideportivo Pisuerga (Round 32, CB Valladolid 68–96 CAI Zaragoza)

## Awards
### Regular season MVP

* Justin Doellman – Valencia BC

### All-ACB Team

| Position | Player | Team |
| PG | Sergio Rodríguez | Real Madrid |
| SG | Rudy Fernández | Real Madrid |
| SF | Romain Sato | Valencia Basket |
| PF | Nikola Mirotić | Real Madrid |
| C | Justin Doellman | Valencia Basket |

### Best Young Player Award

* Guillem Vives – FIATC Joventut

### Best Defensive Player Award

* Kostas Papanikolaou– FC Barcelona

### Best All-Young Team

| Position | Player | Team |
| PG | Guillem Vives | FIATC Joventut |
| SG | Álex Abrines | FC Barcelona |
| SF | Marcus Eriksson | La Bruixa d'Or |
| PF | Kristaps Porziņģis | Cajasol |
| C | Walter Tavares | Herbalife Gran Canaria |

### Player of the week

| Date | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Rasmus Larsen | La Bruixa d'Or | 37 |
| 2 | Álex Mumbrú Tibor Pleiß | Bilbao Basket Laboral Kutxa | 32 |
| 3 | Blagota Sekulić | Iberostar Tenerife | 41 |
| 4 | Guille Rubio | Estudiantes | 28 |
| 5 | Justin Doellman | Valencia BC | 42 |
| 6 | Devoe Joseph | FIATC Joventut | 31 |
| 7 | Jason Rowe | CB Valladolid | 29 |
| 8 | Tibor Pleiß (2) | Laboral Kutxa | 41 |
| 9 | Tibor Pleiß (3) | Laboral Kutxa | 29 |
| 10 | Dejan Ivanov | Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes | 32 |
| 11 | Saúl Blanco | Iberostar Tenerife | 31 |
| 12 | Ricardo Úriz | Iberostar Tenerife | 35 |
| 13 | Justin Doellman (2) | Valencia BC | 39 |
| 14 | Dejan Ivanov (2) | Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes | 28 |
| 15 | Nikola Mirotić | Real Madrid | 34 |
| 16 | Tibor Pleiß (4) | Laboral Kutxa | 33 |
| 17 | Kim Tillie | UCAM Murcia | 34 |
| 18 | Mike Muscala Andy Panko | Río Natura Monbús Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | 32 |
| 19 | Andy Panko (2) | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | 29 |
| 20 | Pau Ribas | Valencia BC | 34 |
| 21 | Alberto Corbacho | Río Natura Monbús | 31 |
| 22 | Jacob Pullen | FC Barcelona | 41 |
| 23 | James Feldeine | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | 33 |
| 24 | Jason Robinson | Gipuzkoa Basket | 34 |
| 25 | Maciej Lampe | FC Barcelona | 28 |
| 26 | Álex Mumbrú (2) | Bilbao Basket | 33 |
| 27 | Sergio Rodríguez | Real Madrid | 28 |
| 28 | Justin Doellman (3) | Valencia BC | 31 |
| 29 | Luke Sikma | Iberostar Tenerife | 39 |
| 30 | Rudy Fernández | Real Madrid | 40 |
| 31 | Oliver Lafayette | Valencia BC | 28 |
| 32 | Justin Doellman (4) | Valencia BC | 31 |
| 33 | Scott Bamforth | Cajasol | 33 |
| 34 | Tibor Pleiß (5) | Laboral Kutxa | 28 |

### Player of the month

| Month | Week | Player | Team | PIR | Source |
| October | 1–3 | Blagota Sekulić | Iberostar Tenerife | 27.7 | Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine |
| November | 4–8 | Justin Doellman | Valencia Basket | 27.4 | Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine |
| December | 9–13 | Blagota Sekulić | Iberostar Tenerife | 21.0 | Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine |
| January | 14–17 | Andy Panko | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | 21.0 | Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine |
| February | 18–20 | Andy Panko | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | 27.3 | Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine |
| March | 21–25 | Maciej Lampe | FC Barcelona | 24.0 | Archived 2014-04-11 at the Wayback Machine |
| April | 26–29 | Justin Doellman | Valencia Basket | 21.0 | Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine |
| May | 30–34 | Luke Sikma | Iberostar Tenerife | 22.2 | Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine |
Last updated: 26 February 2014. Source: ACB