# 2008–09 LEB Oro season

The 2008–09 LEB season is the 13th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Thursday, September 18, 2008, and will end on Friday, May 15, 2009. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 3 games play off to see who plays the Final Four. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.

## LEB Oro Regular season

| Pos. | Teams | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Avg | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CB Valladolid | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2700 | 2476 | +224 | Promotion to Liga ACB |
| 2 | Lucentum Alicante | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2742 | 2441 | +301 | Promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Melilla Baloncesto | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2714 | 2554 | +160 | Promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Leche Río Breogán | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2661 | 2584 | +77 | Promotion playoffs |
| 5 | Tenerife Rural | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2879 | 2760 | +119 | Promotion playoffs |
| 6 | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2659 | 2593 | +66 | Promotion playoffs |
| 7 | CB Villa de Los Barrios $^1$ | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2594 | 2550 | +44 | Promotion playoffs |
| 8 | Grupo Begar León | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2558 | 2507 | +51 | Promotion playoffs |
| 9 | Ford Burgos | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2762 | 2708 | +54 | Promotion playoffs |
| 10 | Plus Pujol Lleida $^2$ | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2715 | 2698 | +17 |
| 11 | Cáceres 2016 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2542 | 2592 | -50 |
| 12 | CB Vic $^3$ | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2578 | 2664 | -86 |
| 13 | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2614 | 2713 | -99 |
| 14 | UB La Palma | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2528 | 2619 | -91 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2751 | 2913 | -162 |
| 16 | Gandía Bàsquet $^4$ | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2507 | 2677 | -170 |
| 17 | Illescas Urban CLM | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2386 | 2623 | -237 | Relegation to LEB Plata |
| 18 | Beirasar Rosalía | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2488 | 2706 | -218 | Relegation to LEB Plata |
$^1$ CB Villa de Los Barrios relegated due economic problems. $^2$ Plus Pujol Lleida relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems. $^3$ CB Vic relegated due economic problems and sold its berth to CB Sant Josep Girona. $^4$ Gandía Bàsquet relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems.

## LEB Oro playoffs
### Quarterfinals

Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between teams in the 2-9 positions, with the best-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on May 19, 2009, and all second games were played on May 22. The deciding third games were played on May 24.
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg$^*$ |
| Lucentum Alicante | 2 - 1 | Ford Burgos | 89-69 | 71-75 | 84-57 |
| Melilla Baloncesto | 2 - 0 | Grupo Begar Léon | 79-56 | 76-75 | |
| Leche Río Breogán | 0 - 2 | Villa de Los Barrios | 81-89 | 58-76 | |
| Tenerife Rural | 2 - 0 | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 83-77 | 67-66 | |
* if necessary

### Final Four

The Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in Fuenlabrada. The semifinal games are played on May 30. The championship final is played on May 31.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 2 | Lucentum Alicante | 84 | | | |
| 7 | Villa de Los Barrios | 81 | | | |
| 7 | Villa de Los Barrios | 81 | 2 | Lucentum Alicante | 72 |
| | | | 3 | Melilla Baloncesto | 66 |
| 3 | Melilla Baloncesto | 91 | 3 | Melilla Baloncesto | 66 |
| 5 | Tenerife Rural | 87 | | | |

## Stats Leaders
### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1. | Kammron Taylor | Beirasar Rosalía | 20 | 361 | 18.05 |
| 2. | Ricardo Guillén | Villa de Los Barrios | 34 | 605 | 17.79 |
| 3. | Jason Detrick | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 34 | 601 | 17.68 |
| 4. | Thomas Terrell | La Palma | 31 | 531 | 17.13 |
| 5. | Diego García | Ford Burgos | 33 | 565 | 17.12 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1. | Jakim Donaldson | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 34 | 323 | 9.50 |
| 2. | Paulo Prestes | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 33 | 309 | 9.36 |
| 3. | Robert Battle | Valladolid | 33 | 289 | 8.76 |
| 4. | Ricardo Guillén | Villa de Los Barrios | 34 | 265 | 7.79 |
| 5. | Brian Cusworth | Leche Río Breogán | 28 | 205 | 7.32 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1. | Diego Ciorciari | Melilla Baloncesto | 33 | 201 | 6.09 |
| 2. | Javier Mendiburu | Plus Pujol Lleida | 33 | 154 | 4.67 |
| 3. | Pedro Sala | La Palma | 34 | 141 | 4.15 |
| 4. | Juanjo Jiménez | Illescas Urban CLM | 34 | 129 | 3.79 |
| 5. | Daniel López | Leche Río Breogán | 30 | 113 | 3.77 |

### MVP Week by Week

| Date | Player | Team | Efficiency |
| 1 | Eulis Báez Pat Carroll | Grupo Begar León Beirasar Rosalia | 30 |
| 2 | Anthony Stacey Nedžad Sinanović | Grupo Begar León Ford Burgos | 30 |
| 3 | Jakim Donaldson | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 32 |
| 4 | Antwain Barbour | Tenerife Rural | 33 |
| 5 | Ricardo Guillén | Villa de Los Barrios | 28 |
| 6 | Eulis Báez Juan Riera | Grupo Begar León Mallorca | 31 |
| 7 | Ricardo Guillén | Villa de Los Barrios | 51 |
| 8 | Brian Cusworth | Leche Río Breogán | 31 |
| 9 | Brian Cusworth | Leche Río Breogán | 41 |
| 10 | Antwain Barbour | Tenerife Rural | 54 |
| 11 | Jason Blair | Mallorca | 30 |
| 12 | Robert Battle | Valladolid | 41 |
| 13 | Robert Battle | Valladolid | 30 |
| 14 | Vítor Faverani | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 42 |
| 15 | Jakim Donaldson | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 39 |
| 16 | Ricardo Guillén | Villa de Los Barrios | 42 |
| 17 | Wayne Simien | Cáceres 2016 | 31 |
| 18 | Paulo Prestes | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 43 |
| 19 | Eulis Báez | Grupo Begar León | 36 |
| 20 | Jason Blair Martin Kohlmaier | Mallorca La Palma | 26 |
| 21 | Jakim Donaldson | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 35 |
| 22 | Brian Cusworth | Leche Río Breogán | 35 |
| 23 | Brian Cusworth | Leche Río Breogán | 31 |
| 24 | Juan Riera Michal Chylinski | Mallorca Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 29 |
| 25 | Jakim Donaldson | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 37 |
| 26 | Adrián Boccia | Tenerife Rural | 28 |
| 27 | Brian Cusworth | Leche Río Breogán | 30 |
| 28 | Diego Guaita | Cáceres 2016 | 37 |
| 29 | Brian Cusworth | Leche Río Breogán | 32 |
| 30 | Zach Morley | Gandía | 29 |
| 31 | Matt Kiefer | Vic | 37 |
| 32 | Paulo Prestes | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 40 |
| 33 | Charles Ramsdell Jakim Donaldson | Beirasar Rosalía Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 34 |
| 34 | Daniel López | Leche Río Breogán | 38 |