2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League

2011–2012 Ligat Loto 1

Duration| 16 October 2011 – 24 May 2012
Number of teams| 11
Regular season
Season MVP|  Lior Eliyahu
Finals
Champions| Maccabi Tel Aviv
50th title
Runners-up|  Maccabi Ashdod
Finals MVP|  Meir Tapiro

← 2010–2011

2012–2013 →

^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Loto.

The 2011–2012 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 58th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 16 October 2011 and ended on 24 May 2012.

Maccai Tel Aviv won the championship title for the 50th time.

## Format[edit]

Each of the 11 participating teams play 20 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 2012–2013.

## Team information[edit]

Herzliya

Ashkelon

Gilboa

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Haifa

Netanya

Ganei Tikva

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Teams 2011-12

### Stadia and locations[edit]

Team  | Home city  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Barak Netanya | Netanya | Yeshurun | 1,000
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya | Herzliya | HaYovel Herzliya | 1,750
Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 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
Habik'a B.C. | Ganei Tikva, Giv'at Shmuel, Kiryat Ono | Leader Arena | 1,400
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[edit]

Team  | Head coach  | Seasons as head coach

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Barak Netanya | Danny Franco | 1
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya | Adi Azulay | 1
Hapoel Gilboa Galil | Lior Lubin | 2
Hapoel Holon | Dan Shamir | 1
Hapoel Jerusalem | Sharon Drucker | 3
Ironi Ashkelon | Eric Alfasi | 1
Maccabi Ashdod | Ofer Berkovich | 2
Habik'a B.C. | Avi Ashkenazi | 1
Maccabi Haifa | Mickey Gorka | 2
Maccabi Rishon LeZion | Effi Birnbaum | 3
Maccabi Tel Aviv | David Blatt | 4

## Regular season[edit]

| Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | Diff  | Pts  | Qualification or relegation

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1. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2218 | 1897 | +321 | 48 | 2012–13 Euroleague Group stage
2. | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 25 | 16 | 9 | 1955 | 1909 | +46 | 41 |
3. | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 25 | 15 | 10 | 1986 | 1917 | +69 | 40 |
4. | Hapoel Jerusalem | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2043 | 1969 | +74 | 39 |
5. | Hapoel Holon | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2041 | 1972 | +69 | 39 |
6. | Ironi Ashkelon | 25 | 10 | 15 | 1965 | 2107 | -142 | 35 |
7. | Maccabi Ashdod | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1987 | 1979 | +8 | 36 |
8. | Habik'a B.C. | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1848 | 1883 | –35 | 34 |
9. | Barak Netanya | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1948 | 1977 | –29 | 33 |
10. | Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya | 24 | 7 | 17 | 1918 | 2165 | –247 | 31 |
11. | Maccabi Haifa | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1951 | 2085 | -134 | 29 |
| Qualification to Playoffs

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Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

### Rounds 1-2[edit]

| BNT | BNS | HPG | HPH | HPJ | IAS | MAS | MHA | HBC | MRL | MTA | Rec.

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Barak Netanya |  | 97-77  | 86-74  | 75-98  | 79-85  | 92-73  | 86-90  | 96-75  | 88-80  | 65-80  | 70-85  | 5-5
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya | 93-102  |  | 82-84  | 85-89  | 63-102  | 101-96  | 69-91  | 84-82  | 95-92  | 59-82  | 73-113  | 3-7
Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 78–81  | 73-61  |  | 85-61  | 89-68  | 79-76  | 97-75  | 85-72  | 75-67  | 75-74  | 60–95  | 8-2
Hapoel Holon | 71-70  | 119-80  | 89-80  |  | 70-65  | 87-91  | 93-84  | 83-53  | 72-59  | 87-83  | 77-82  | 8-2
Hapoel Jerusalem | 88-83  | 99-96  | 67-79  | 80-69  |  | 93-95  | 84-73  | 95-76  | 87-61  | 88-87  | 100-104  | 7-3
Ironi Ashkelon | 84-86  | 84-85  | 60-81  | 73-71  | 83-74  |  | 87-85  | 80-77  | 87-85  | 81-79  | 83-87  | 6-4
Maccabi Ashdod | 82-71  | 89-53  | 74-76  | 97-98  | 84-83  | 79-89  |  | 85-86  | 83-72  | 69-76  | 74-103  | 4-6
Maccabi Haifa | 104-94  | 79-89  | 90-77  | 91-104  | 93-96  | 80-81  | 74-84  |  | 76-78  | 102-105  | 79-84  | 2-8
Habik'a B.C. | 79-56  | 76-74  | 77-84  | 68-66  | 81-59  | 93-74  | 74-88  | 81-80  |  | 76-81  | 76-88  | 6-4
Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 79-69  | 90-80  | 83-88  | 88-77  | 69-64  | 84-79  | 69-80  | 76-74  | 78-66  |  | 75-76  | 7-3
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 87-85  | 92-75  | 102-61  | 84-75  | 64-78  | 108-75  | 73-78  | 87-81  | 89-79  | 90-73  |  | 8-2
Record | 5-5  | 3-7  | 8-2  | 8-2  | 7-3  | 6-4  | 4-6  | 2-8  | 6-4  | 7-3  | 8-2  |

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.

## Playoffs[edit]

The Quarter Finals were played as The-Best-of-5 series, while the Semifinals and the final were 1 match stages.

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals
22 May | | | Final
24 May |

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| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | | |
| 8 | Habik'a B.C. | 0 |
| | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 102 |
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| | | 5 | Hapoel Holon | 73 |
| 4 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 1 |

| 5 | Hapoel Holon | 3 |
| | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 83 |
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| | | 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 63 |
| 2 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 1 | |

| 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 3 |
| | 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 75 |
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| | | 3 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 68 |
| 3 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 3 |

| 6 | Ironi Ashkelon | 2 |

Israeli Basketball Super League 2012 Champions

Maccabi Tel Aviv
50th title

## Stats Leaders[edit]

[1]

### Efficiency[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Team  | Efficiency  | Games  | EPG

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1. |  Bryant Dunston | Hapoel Holon | 617 | 25 | 24.68
2. |  Brian Asbury | Barak Netanya | 521 | 24 | 21.71
3. |  Romeo Travis | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 514 | 24 | 21.42
4. |  Josh Duncan | Maccabi Ashdod | 400 | 19 | 21.05
5. |  Dwayne Mitchell | Ironi Ashkelon | 452 | 22 | 20.55

### Points[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Team  | Points  | Games  | PPG

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1. |  Adrian Banks | Barak Netanya | 494 | 23 | 21.48
2. |  Tweety Carter | Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya | 475 | 23 | 20.65
3. |  Sylven Landesberg | Maccabi Haifa | 475 | 23 | 20.65
4. |  Joe Crawford | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 461 | 23 | 20.04
5. |  Ron Lewis | Hapoel Holon | 477 | 25 | 19.08

### Rebounds[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Team  | Rebounds  | Games  | RPG

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1. |  Bryant Dunston | Hapoel Holon | 235 | 25 | 9.4
2. |  Isaac Rosefelt | Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya | 148 | 16 | 9.25
3. |  Josh Duncan | Maccabi Ashdod | 163 | 19 | 8.58
4. |  Alex Tyus | Maccabi Ashdod | 200 | 24 | 8.33
5. |  Brandon Bowman | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 189 | 23 | 8.22

### Assists[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Team  | Assists  | Games  | APG

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1. |  Moran Roth | Hapoel Holon | 167 | 21 | 7.95
2. |  Meir Tapiro | Maccabi Ashdod | 178 | 24 | 7.42
3. |  Tweety Carter | Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya | 163 | 23 | 7.09
4. |  Chris Thomas | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 92 | 19 | 4.84
5. |  Dwayne Mitchell | Ironi Ashkelon | 105 | 22 | 4.77

## All-Star Game[edit]

The 2012 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 8, 2012, at the Ashkelon Sports Arena.

Israeli All-Stars | Pos  | Player  | Team

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Starters
G  |  Yuval Naimy | Hapoel Jerusalem
G  |  Meir Tapiro | Maccabi Ashdod
G  |  Sylven Landesberg | Maccabi Haifa
F  |  Lior Eliyahu | Maccabi Tel Aviv
F  |  Elishay Kadir | Hapoel Jerusalem
Reserves
G  |  Nitzan Hanochi | Maccabi Rishon LeZion
G  |  Niv Berkowitz | Ironi Ashkelon
G  |  Ezequiel Skverer | Habik'a B.C.
G  |  Yehu Orland | Barak Netanya
C  |  Isaac Rosefelt | Bnei Hasharon
Head coach:  Effi Birnbaum (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

International All-Stars | Pos  | Player  | Team

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Starters
G  |  Tweety Carter | Bnei Hasharon
G  |  Adrian Banks | Barak Netanya
G  |  Dwayne Mitchell | Ironi Ashkelon
F  |  Richard Hendrix | Maccabi Tel Aviv
C  |  Bryant Dunston | Hapoel Holon
Reserves
G  |  Paul Delaney | Habik'a B.C.
G  |  Jermaine Jackson | Maccabi Haifa
F  |  Josh Carter | Maccabi Ashdod
F  |  Romeo Travis | Hapoel Gilboa Galil
F  |  Brandon Bowman | Maccabi Rishon LeZion
C  |  Marco Killingsworth | Ironi Ashkelon
Head coach: Dan Shamir (Hapoel Holon)

March 8, 2012

Report

Israeli All-Stars | 113-109 | International All-Stars

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Scoring by quarter: 36-34, 26-25, 24-26, 27-24
Pts: Kadir 40
Rebs: Landesberg 5
Asts: Tapiro 10 |  | Pts: Bowman & Mitchell 17
Rebs: Killingsworth 8
Asts: Delaney 7

Ashkelon Sports Arena

### Three-point shootout[edit]

Contestants Pos. | Player | Team | First round | Final round

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G |  Amit Simhon (W) | Ironi Ashkelon | 18 | 13
G |  Ron Lewis | Hapoel Holon | 14 | 10
F |  David Blu | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | \-
G |  Yehu Orland | Barak Netanya | 13 | \-
F |  Dion Dowell | Habik'a B.C. | 12 | \-
G |  Yuval Naimy | Hapoel Jerusalem | 11 | \-

### Slam Dunk Contest[edit]

Contestants Pos. | Player | Team

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F |  Roei Buchbinder (W) | Bnei Hasharon
F |  Brandon Bowman | Maccabi Rishon LeZion
G |  Adrian Banks | Barak Netanya

## Awards[edit]

### Regular season MVP[edit]

Main article: Israeli Basketball Super League MVP

* Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

### All-BSL 1st team[edit]

* Moran Roth (Hapoel Holon)
* Derwin Kitchen (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
* Josh Carter (Maccabi Ashdod)
* Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
* Bryant Dunston (Hapoel Holon)

### Coach of the season[edit]

* Ofer Berkovich (Maccabi Ashdod)

### Rising star[edit]

* Ezequiel Skverer (Habik'a B.C.)

### Best Defender[edit]

* Nitzan Hanochi (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

### Most Improved Player[edit]

* Sean Daniel (Hapoel Holon)

### Sixth Man of the Season[edit]

* Alex Tyus (Maccabi Ashdod)

### Player of the Week[edit]

Week  | Player  | Team  | Efficiency

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1 |  Raviv Limonad | Ironi Ashkelon | 42
2 |  Dagan Yivzori | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 19
3 |  Bryant Dunston | Hapoel Holon | 49
4 |  Lior Eliyahu | Maacabi Tel aviv | 35
5 |  Sylven Landesberg | Maccabi Haifa | 37
6 |  Yuval Naimy | Hapoel Jerusalem | 16
7 |  Adrian Uter | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 32
8 |  Delroy James | Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya | 36
9 |  Brian Asbury | Barak Netanya | 45
10 |  Ron Lewis | Hapoel Holon | 51
11 |  Brian Asbury | Barak Netanya | 48
12 |  Derwin Kitchen | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 47
13 |  Tweety Carter | Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya | 32
14 |  Joe Crawford | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 32
15 |  Josh Duncan | Maccabi Ashdod | 39
16 |  Josh Carter | Maccabi Ashdod | 38
17 |  Yogev Ohayon | Maacabi Tel aviv | 34
18 |  Ron Lewis | Hapoel Holon | 36
19 |  Alex Tyus | Maccabi Ashdod | 31
20 |  Yehu Orland | Barak Netanya | 24
21 |  Adrian Banks | Barak Netanya | 19
22 |  Joe Crawford | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 38
23 |  Isaac Rosefelt | Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya | 42
24 |  Eyal Shulman | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 20
25 |  D. J. Strawberry | Hapoel Jerusalem | 38
26 |  Brian Randle | Hapoel Jerusalem | 32
27 |  Devin Smith | Maacabi Tel aviv | 29

### Month Awards[edit]

Month  | Weeks  | Best player
Best coach
Young Player  | Team  | Efficiency
W-L  |

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October  | 1–3  |  Bryant Dunston | Hapoel Holon | 26.7  | [2]
Eric Alfasi | Ironi Ashkelon | 2-1  | [3]
Shlomi Harush | Hapoel Holon | 2.7  | [4]
November  | 4-7  |  Sylven Landesberg | Maccabi Haifa | 26  | [5]
Lior Lubin | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 4-0  | [6]
Ezequiel Skverer | Habik'a B.C. | 9  | [7]
December  | 8-11  |  Brian Asbury | Barak Netanya | 35.2  | [8]
Danny Franco | Barak Netanya | 4-0  | [9]
Anton Shoutvin | Maccabi Ashdod | 3  | [10]
January  | 12-15  |  Derwin Kitchen | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 37.7  | [11]
Effi Birnbaum | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 3-0  | [12]
Amit Simhon | Ironi Ashkelon | 10  | [13]
February  | 16-18  |  Yogev Ohayon | Maacabi Tel aviv | 17.0  | [14]
David Blatt | Maacabi Tel aviv | 2-0  | [15]
Not Selected
March  | 19-22  |  Dror Hajaj | Maccabi Ashdod | 19.5  | [16]
Ofer Berkovich | Maccabi Ashdod | 3-1  | [17]
Not Selected
April  | 23-27  |  D. J. Strawberry | Hapoel Jerusalem | 21.6  | [18]
Sharon Drucker | Hapoel Jerusalem | 3-2  | [19]
Not Selected

## See also[edit]

* Israeli Basketball League Cup 2012
* Israeli Basketball League Cup 2011

## References[edit]

1. ^ "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2011-12 Season | History".
2. ^ "October's Best Player: Bryant Dunston" (in Hebrew). 6 November 2011.
3. ^ "October's Best Coach: Eric Alfasi" (in Hebrew). 3 November 2011.
4. ^ "October's Young Player: Shlomi Harush" (in Hebrew). 3 November 2011.
5. ^ "November's Best Player: Sylven Landesberg" (in Hebrew). 1 December 2011.
6. ^ "November's Best Coach: Lior Lubin" (in Hebrew). 5 December 2011.
7. ^ "November's Young Player: Ezequiel Skverer" (in Hebrew). 1 December 2011.
8. ^ "December's Best Player: Brian Asbury" (in Hebrew). 2 January 2012.
9. ^ "December's Best Coach: Danny Franco" (in Hebrew). 2 January 2012.
10. ^ "December's Young Player: Amit Simhon" (in Hebrew). 30 November 2011.
11. ^ "January's Best Player: Derwin Kitchen" (in Hebrew). 1 February 2012.
12. ^ "January's Best Coach: Effi Birnbaum" (in Hebrew). 2 February 2012.
13. ^ "January's Young Player: Amit Simhon" (in Hebrew). 30 January 2012.
14. ^ "February's Best Player: Yogev Ohayon" (in Hebrew). 29 February 2012.
15. ^ "February's Best Coach: David Blatt" (in Hebrew). 1 March 2012.
16. ^ "March's Best Player: Dror Hajaj" (in Hebrew). 28 March 2012.
17. ^ "March's Best Coach: Ofer Berkovich" (in Hebrew). 29 March 2012.
18. ^ "April's Best Player: Dror Hajaj" (in Hebrew). 3 May 2012.
19. ^ "April's Best Coach: Sharon Drucker" (in Hebrew). 3 May 2012.

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