2013–14 Israeli Basketball Super League

2013–2014 Ligat Winner
Season	2013–2014
Duration	13 October 2013 - 11 June 2014
Number of games	172 (regular season)
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Sports Channel, Channel 1
Regular season
Top seed	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Season MVP	Donta Smith
Promoted	Ironi Nahariya
Relegated	Barak Netanya
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv 51st title
Runners-up	Maccabi Haifa
Semifinalists	Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Eilat
Finals MVP	Dagan Yivzori
Statistical leaders
Points Carlon Brown 19.8 Rebounds Marcus Dove 9.5 Assists Donta Smith 6.1
Records
Average attendance	1,950
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The 2013–2014 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Loto) was the 60th season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The season began on 13 October 2013 and ended on 11 June 2014.

Teams Information

Team Changes

Herzliya

Ness Ziona

Gilboa

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Haifa

Netanya

Eilat

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Teams 2013-14

Ironi Ashkelon has been relegated as they finished in the bottom spot last season.
Ironi Nes Ziona has been promoted to the league after winning Ligat Leumit last season.

Stadia and locations

Head coaches

Regular season

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

Bracket

The Finals series was played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion.

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals are played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Semifinals

The Semifinals are played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Finals

The Finals series is played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied. The team who finishes at a higher place in the regular season will host the second game.

Game 1

Game 2

2014 Israeli Basketball Super League Champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 51st title

Average home attendances

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Individual statistics

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Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	PIR
1.	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	28	25.5
2.	Diamon Simpson	Ironi Nes Ziona	22	22.8
3.	Tyler Honeycutt	Ironi Nes Ziona	24	22.1

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	PPG
1.	Carlon Brown	Hapoel Tel Aviv	28	19.6
2.	Dawan Robinson	Barak Netanya	24	19.3
3.	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv	23	18.8

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	RPG
1.	Marcus Dove	Maccabi Ashdod	29	9.5
2.	Tyler Honeycutt	Ironi Nes Ziona	24	9.3
3.	Rashaun Freeman	Barak Netanya	29	8.8

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	APG
1.	Meir Tapiro	Ironi Nes Ziona	29	6.6
2.	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	28	6.2
3.	Derwin Kitchen	Hapoel Jerusalem	27	5.9

All-Star Game

The 2014 Israeli League All-star event was held on February 25, 2014, at the Conch Arena, Beer-Sheva.

Israeli All-Stars Pos Player Team Starters G Meir Tapiro Ironi Nes Ziona G Yotam Halperin Hapoel Jerusalem F Guy Pnini Maccabi Tel Aviv F Lior Eliyahu Hapoel Jerusalem C Ido Kozikaro Maccabi Haifa Reserves G Afik Nissim Hapoel Eilat G Shlomi Harush Hapoel Holon G Raviv Limonad Hapoel Tel Aviv G Ben Reis Maccabi Haifa G Nimrod Tishman Hapoel Gilboa Galil F Shawn Dawson Maccabi Rishon LeZion F Eliran Guetta Barak Netanya F Oz Blayzer Bnei Herzliya C Isaac Rosefelt Hapoel Holon Head coach: Erez Edelstein (Hapoel Tel Aviv) Head coach: Danny Franco (Maccabi Haifa)

International All-Stars Pos Player Team Starters G Carlon Brown Hapoel Tel Aviv F Tasmin Mitchell Maccabi Rishon LeZion F Tyler Honeycutt Ironi Nes Ziona F Donta Smith Maccabi Haifa C Marcus Dove Maccabi Ashdod Reserves G Preston Knowles Ironi Nes Ziona G Michael Umeh Bnei Herzliya F Kevin Palmer Hapoel Eilat F Ronald Dupree Hapoel Jerusalem F Brian Asbury Hapoel Holon F Rashaun Freeman Barak Netanya C Josh Owens Hapoel Tel Aviv Head coach: Brad Greenberg (Hapoel Jerusalem) Head coach: Lior Lubin (Maccabi Ashdod)

Three-point shootout

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Final round
G	Zack Rosen (W)	Maccabi Ashdod	19	18
G	Carlon Brown	Hapoel Tel Aviv	19	11
F	Guy Pnini	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14	-
F	Oz Blayzer	Bnei Herzliya	13	-
G	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem	13	-
G	Adi Markovitz	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	11	-
G	Afik Nissim	Hapoel Eilat	10	-
G	Ben Reis	Maccabi Haifa	8	-

Slam Dunk Contest

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Itay Segev (W)	Hapoel Holon
F	Tyler Honeycutt	Ironi Nes Ziona
G	Carlon Brown	Hapoel Tel Aviv
C	Josh Owens	Hapoel Tel Aviv

Awards

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Regular season MVP

• Donta Smith (Maccabi Haifa)

All-BSL 1st team

• Raviv Limonad (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
• Kevin Palmer (Hapoel Eilat)
• Donta Smith (Maccabi Haifa)
• Josh Duncan (Hapoel Jerusalem)
• Alex Tyus (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Coach of the season

• David Blatt (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Co-Rising star

• Aviram Zelekovits (Bnei Herzliya)
• Oz Blayzer (Bnei Herzliya)

Best Defender

• Brian Randle (Maccabi Haifa)

Most Improved Player

• Shawn Dawson (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

Sixth Man of the Season

• David Blu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Monthly Awards

Month	Best player Best coach	Team	Points per game W-L
October[4]	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv	20.3
	Nadav Zilberstein	Ironi Nes Ziona	2-1
November[5]	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	18.3
	Danny Franco	Maccabi Haifa	4-1
December[6]	Carlon Brown	Hapoel Tel Aviv	19.4
	Erez Edelstein	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4-0
January[7]	Lior Eliyahu	Hapoel Jerusalem	19.5
	Brad Greenberg	Hapoel Jerusalem	4-0
February[8]	Devin Smith	Maccabi Tel Aviv	24
	David Blatt	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3-0
March[9]	Josh Duncan	Hapoel Jerusalem	15.6
	Brad Greenberg	Hapoel Jerusalem	4-1
April[10]	Donta Smith	Maccabi Haifa	15.3
	David Blatt	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3-0

References

External links

• IBA's official website (Hebrew)^{[permanent dead link]}