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
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
Stadia and locations Team Home city Stadium Capacity 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
Team Head coach Seasons as head coach 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsQualification or relegation 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
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.
Rounds 1-2 BNTBNSHPGHPHHPJIASMASMHAHBCMRLMTARec.Barak Netanya97-7786-7475-9879-8592-7386-9096-7588-8065-8070-855-5Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya93-10282-8485-8963-102101-9669-9184-8295-9259-8273-1133-7Hapoel Gilboa Galil78–8173-6185-6189-6879-7697-7585-7275-6775-7460–958-2Hapoel Holon71-70119-8089-8070-6587-9193-8483-5372-5987-8377-828-2Hapoel Jerusalem88-8399-9667-7980-6993-9584-7395-7687-6188-87100-1047-3Ironi Ashkelon84-8684-8560-8173-7183-7487-8580-7787-8581-7983-876-4Maccabi Ashdod82-7189-5374-7697-9884-8379-8985-8683-7269-7674-1034-6Maccabi Haifa104-9479-8990-7791-10493-9680-8174-8476-78102-10579-842-8Habik'a B.C.79-5676-7477-8468-6681-5993-7474-8881-8076-8176-886-4Maccabi Rishon LeZion79-6990-8083-8888-7769-6484-7969-8076-7478-6675-767-3Maccabi Tel Aviv87-8592-75102-6184-7564-78108-7573-7887-8189-7990-738-2Record5-53-78-28-27-36-44-62-86-47-38-2
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 The Quarter Finals were played as The-Best-of-5 series, while the Semifinals and the final were 1 match stages.
Israeli Basketball Super League 2012 Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv 50th title
Stats Leaders
Efficiency RankNameTeamEfficiencyGamesEPG1. Bryant DunstonHapoel Holon617252. Brian AsburyBarak Netanya521243. Romeo TravisHapoel Gilboa Galil 514244. Josh DuncanMaccabi Ashdod400195. Dwayne MitchellIroni Ashkelon45222
Points RankNameTeamPointsGamesPPG1. Adrian BanksBarak Netanya 494232. Tweety CarterBnei HaSharon\Herzliya 475233. Sylven LandesbergMaccabi Haifa 475234. Joe CrawfordMaccabi Rishon LeZion461235. Ron LewisHapoel Holon 47725
Rebounds RankNameTeamReboundsGamesRPG1. Bryant DunstonHapoel Holon235252. Isaac RosefeltBnei HaSharon\Herzliya 148163. Josh DuncanMaccabi Ashdod163194. Alex TyusMaccabi Ashdod 200245. Brandon BowmanMaccabi Rishon LeZion 18923
Assists RankNameTeamAssistsGamesAPG1. Moran RothHapoel Holon167212. Meir TapiroMaccabi Ashdod178243. Tweety CarterBnei HaSharon\Herzliya163234. Chris ThomasHapoel Gilboa Galil92195. Dwayne MitchellIroni Ashkelon 10522
All-Star Game The 2012 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 8, 2012, at the Ashkelon Sports Arena.
+Israeli All-StarsPosPlayerTeamStartersG Yuval Naimy Hapoel JerusalemG Meir Tapiro Maccabi AshdodG Sylven Landesberg Maccabi HaifaF Lior Eliyahu Maccabi Tel AvivF Elishay Kadir Hapoel JerusalemReservesG Nitzan Hanochi Maccabi Rishon LeZionG Niv Berkowitz Ironi AshkelonG Ezequiel Skverer Habik'a B.C.G Yehu Orland Barak NetanyaC Isaac Rosefelt Bnei HasharonHead coach: Effi Birnbaum (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
+International All-StarsPosPlayerTeamStartersG Tweety Carter Bnei HasharonG Adrian Banks Barak NetanyaG Dwayne Mitchell Ironi AshkelonF Richard Hendrix Maccabi Tel AvivC Bryant Dunston Hapoel HolonReservesG Paul Delaney Habik'a B.C.G Jermaine Jackson Maccabi HaifaF Josh Carter Maccabi AshdodF Romeo Travis Hapoel Gilboa GalilF Brandon Bowman Maccabi Rishon LeZionC Marco Killingsworth Ironi AshkelonHead coach: Dan Shamir (Hapoel Holon)
Three-point shootout +ContestantsPos. Player Team First round Final roundG Amit Simhon (W)Ironi Ashkelon1813G Ron LewisHapoel Holon1410F David BluMaccabi Tel Aviv13-G Yehu OrlandBarak Netanya13-F Dion DowellHabik'a B.C.12-G Yuval NaimyHapoel Jerusalem11-
Slam Dunk Contest +ContestantsPos. Player TeamF Roei Buchbinder (W)Bnei HasharonF Brandon BowmanMaccabi Rishon LeZionG Adrian BanksBarak Netanya
Awards
Regular season MVP
Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
All-BSL 1st team 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 Ofer Berkovich (Maccabi Ashdod)
Rising star Ezequiel Skverer (Habik'a B.C.)
Best Defender Nitzan Hanochi (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
Most Improved Player Sean Daniel (Hapoel Holon)
Sixth Man of the Season Alex Tyus (Maccabi Ashdod)
Player of the Week WeekPlayerTeamEfficiency1 Raviv LimonadIroni Ashkelon422 Dagan YivzoriHapoel Gilboa Galil193 Bryant DunstonHapoel Holon494 Lior EliyahuMaacabi Tel aviv355 Sylven LandesbergMaccabi Haifa376 Yuval NaimyHapoel Jerusalem167 Adrian UterMaccabi Rishon LeZion328 Delroy JamesBnei HaSharon/Herzliya369 Brian AsburyBarak Netanya4510 Ron LewisHapoel Holon5111 Brian AsburyBarak Netanya4812 Derwin KitchenMaccabi Rishon LeZion4713 Tweety Carter Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya3214 Joe Crawford Maccabi Rishon LeZion3215 Josh Duncan Maccabi Ashdod3916 Josh Carter Maccabi Ashdod3817 Yogev Ohayon Maacabi Tel aviv3418 Ron Lewis Hapoel Holon3619 Alex TyusMaccabi Ashdod3120 Yehu Orland Barak Netanya2421 Adrian Banks Barak Netanya1922 Joe Crawford Maccabi Rishon LeZion3823 Isaac Rosefelt Bnei HaSharon\Herzliya4224 Eyal Shulman Maccabi Rishon LeZion2025 D. J. Strawberry Hapoel Jerusalem3826 Brian Randle Hapoel Jerusalem3227 Devin Smith Maacabi Tel aviv29
Month Awards MonthWeeksBest playerBest coachYoung PlayerTeamEfficiencyW-LOctober1–3 Bryant Dunston Hapoel Holon26.7 Eric Alfasi Ironi Ashkelon2-1 Shlomi Harush Hapoel Holon2.7November4-7 Sylven Landesberg Maccabi Haifa26 Lior Lubin Hapoel Gilboa Galil4-0 Ezequiel Skverer Habik'a B.C.9December8-11 Brian Asbury Barak Netanya35.2 Danny Franco Barak Netanya4-0 Anton Shoutvin Maccabi Ashdod3January12-15 Derwin Kitchen Maccabi Rishon LeZion37.7 Effi Birnbaum Maccabi Rishon LeZion3-0 Amit Simhon Ironi Ashkelon10February16-18 Yogev Ohayon Maacabi Tel aviv17.0 David Blatt Maacabi Tel aviv2-0Not SelectedMarch19-22 Dror Hajaj Maccabi Ashdod19.5 Ofer Berkovich Maccabi Ashdod3-1Not SelectedApril23-27 D. J. Strawberry Hapoel Jerusalem21.6 Sharon Drucker Hapoel Jerusalem3-2Not Selected
See also Israeli Basketball League Cup 2012 Israeli Basketball League Cup 2011
References
External links IBA's official website (Hebrew)