2018–19 Slovenian Basketball League

Liga Nova KBM1
Season2018–19
Duration11 October 2018 - 24 May 2019
Number of games154
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Šport TV
Regular season
RelegatedIlirija
Finals
ChampionsSixt Primorska
  Runners-upPetrol Olimpija
SemifinalistsKrka
Helios Suns

The 2018–19 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 28th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. Olimpija are the defending champions.

Format

Regular season

In the first phase, ten teams competed in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total). All teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.

Second phase

The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the championship phase. These teams started the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team played a total of 10 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin was used.

The bottom four teams entered a home-and-away round-robin mini-league where two best teams qualify to quarterfinals. Each teams plays 9 games in this phase.

Playoffs

Eight teams joined the playoffs.

Teams

Venues and locations

2018–19 Slovenian Basketball League is located in Slovenia
Hopsi
Hopsi
Ilirija
Ilirija
Krka
Krka
Primorska
Primorska
Olimpija
Olimpija
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Location of teams in the 2018–19 Slovenian Basketball League
Club Location Venue Capacity
Helios Suns Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500
Hopsi Polzela ŠD Polzela 1,800
Krka Novo Mesto ŠD Leona Štuklja 2,500
Ilirija Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 4,000
Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,500
Rogaška Rogaška Slatina ŠD Rogaška Slatina 800
Šenčur Šenčur ŠD Šenčur 800
Sixt Primorska Koper Arena Bonifika 5,000
Šentjur Šentjur Dvorana OŠ Hruševec 700
Zlatorog Laško Laško Tri Lilije Hall 2,500
Teams that play in the 2018–19 Adriatic League
Teams that play in the 2018–19 Adriatic League Second Division
Teams that play in the 2018-19 Alpe Adria Cup

Personnel and kits

Team President Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Helios Suns Slovenia David Kubala Slovenia Dejan Jakara Slovenia Jure Močnik Spalding Helios
Hopsi Polzela Slovenia Matej Jelen Slovenia Boštjan Kuhar Slovenia Uroš Godler Macron —
Ilirija Slovenia Edvard Reven Slovenia Saša Dončić Slovenia Tevž Ružič Spalding —
Krka Slovenia Andraž Šuštarič Slovenia Simon Petrov Slovenia Jure Balažič Žolna Šport Krka
Petrol Olimpija Slovenia Tomaž Berločnik Slovenia Jure Zdovc Slovenia Mirza Begić Peak Petrol
Rogaška Slovenia Kristijan Novak Slovenia Damjan Novaković Slovenia Miha Vašl Nike —
Sixt Primorska Slovenia Bojan Čad Slovenia Jurica Golemac Slovenia Alen Hodžić Nike Sixt
Šenčur Slovenia Janko Sekne Slovenia Konstantin Subotić Slovenia Smiljan Pavič Macron Gorenjska gradbena družba
Šentjur Slovenia Dušan Debenak Croatia Jakša Vulić Slovenia Tomaž Jereb Luanvi —
Zlatorog Laško Slovenia Tanja Seme United States Chris Thomas Slovenia Nejc Barič Spalding Pivovarna Laško

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Zlatorog Laško Slovenia Aleš Pipan End of contact – Pre-season United States Chris Thomas 27 July 2018[2]
Helios Suns Serbia Jovan Beader Sacked 12 November 2018 9th (1–4) Slovenia Dejan Jakara 12 November 2018[3]
Petrol Olimpija Slovenia Zoran Martič Mutual consent 18 November 2018 1st (4–2) Serbia Saša Nikitović 19 November 2018[4]
Šenčur Slovenia Rade Mijanović Sacked 30 December 2018[5] 9th (4–6) Slovenia Konstantin Subotić 1 January 2019[6]
Petrol Olimpija Serbia Saša Nikitović Mutual consent 19 February 2019 4th (10–8) Slovenia Jure Zdovc 19 February 2019[7]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sixt Primorska 18 13 5 1525 1330 +195 31 Qualification to championship group
2 Krka 18 12 6 1466 1374 +92 30
3 Rogaška 18 11 7 1454 1468 −14 29
4 Petrol Olimpija 18 10 8 1422 1426 −4 28
5 Hopsi Polzela 18 10 8 1465 1390 +75 28
6 Helios Suns 18 9 9 1342 1342 0 27
7 Zlatorog Laško 18 9 9 1392 1433 −41 27 Qualification to relegation group
8 Šentjur 18 8 10 1397 1427 −30 26
9 Šenčur 18 7 11 1416 1445 −29 25
10 Ilirija 18 1 17 1381 1625 −244 19
Source: KZS.si

Results

Home \ Away HEL POL ILI KRK UOL ROG SEN TAJ PRI ZLA
Helios Suns — 76–77 78–60 65–77 72–60 75–82 59–64 59–71 84–77 87–65
Hopsi Polzela 68–52 — 85–74 84–67 76–78 90–100 99–76 74–60 83–93 72–77
Ilirija 76–85 73–104 — 83–85 74–104 74–75 62–81 78–82 80–87 69–80
Krka 66–65 84–58 97–91 — 91–69 81–60 77–85 86–65 90–100 79–68
Petrol Olimpija 68–76 98–95 86–65 76–92 — 99–81 82–70 76–72 81–61 72–83
Rogaška 78–91 69–85 106–99 80–76 87–66 — 85–81 88–74 70–64 75–77
Šenčur 90–101 80–85 81–85 90–86 85–62 79–81 — 78–66 77–89 83–80
Šentjur 75–81 84–64 100–98 86–73 89–98 77–80 85–72 — 88–94 77–71
Sixt Primorska 97–50 92–65 117–67 64–66 80–63 87–79 75–66 92–76 — 84–53
Zlatorog Laško 91–86 57–101 92–73 85–93 77–84 93–78 86–78 65–70 92–72 —
Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Championship group

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sixt Primorska 10 10 0 818 650 +168 20 Qualification to playoffs
2 Petrol Olimpija 10 7 3 726 677 +49 17
3 Hopsi Polzela 10 5 5 727 763 −36 15
4 Krka 10 4 6 766 751 +15 14
5 Rogaška 10 3 7 740 833 −93 13
6 Helios Suns 10 1 9 691 794 −103 11
Source: KZS.si

Results

Home \ Away HEL POL KRK UOL ROG PRI
Helios Suns — 84–75 76–84 63–69 80–82 67–68
Hopsi Polzela 83–61 — 82–81 65–59 81–76 63–81
Krka 86–58 81–61 — 65–70 99–69 62–85
Petrol Olimpija 74–66 93–72 79–60 — 66–58 72–85
Rogaška 90–83 69–85 90–80 70–75 — 67–95
Sixt Primorska 83–53 78–60 81–68 73–69 89–69 —
Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Šenčur 15 10 5 1213 1141 +72 25 Qualification to playoffs
2 Zlatorog Laško 15 9 6 1199 1119 +80 24
3 Šentjur 15 8 7 1133 1180 −47 23
4 Ilirija 15 3 12 1149 1254 −105 18 Relegation
Source: KZS.si

Results

Home \ Away ILI SEN TAJ ZLA ILI SEN TAJ ZLA
Ilirija — 79–71 64–60 86–89 — — — 82–93
Šenčur 84–75 — 92–82 74–69 94–81 — — —
Šentjur 71–67 71–69 — 78–81 90–77 85–96 — —
Zlatorog Laško 86–73 71–81 76–57 — — 64–79 96–59 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2019. Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 3 and, in the finals, 5.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Sixt Primorska2
 
 
 
Zlatorog Laško0
 
Sixt Primorska2
 
 
 
Krka0
 
Krka2
 
 
 
Rogaška0
 
Sixt Primorska3
 
 
 
Petrol Olimpija0
 
Petrol Olimpija2
 
 
 
Šenčur1
 
Petrol Olimpija2
 
 
 
Helios Suns0
 
Hopsi Polzela0
 
 
Helios Suns2
 

Quarter–finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sixt Primorska 2–0 Zlatorog Laško 98–74 89–68 –
Petrol Olimpija 2–1 Šenčur 79–77 70–73 85–73
Hopsi Polzela 0–2 Helios Suns 82–95 78–80 –
Krka 2–0 Rogaška 77–73 80–74 –

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sixt Primorska 2–0 Krka 85–74 88–76 –
Petrol Olimpija 2–0 Helios Suns 74–60 68–49 –

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Sixt Primorska 3–0 Petrol Olimpija 79–61 76–75 68–63 – –

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Season MVP

Finals MVP

All-League Team

Regular Season Team

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Weekly MVP

Regular season

Week MVP[9] Club Efficiency
1 Slovenia Luka Lapornik Krka 33
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Ahmedović Šentjur 24
3 Slovenia Blaž Mahkovic Krka 34
4 Croatia Davor Konjević Šentjur 28
5 Croatia Davor Konjević (2) Šentjur 32
6 Montenegro Marko Simonović Petrol Olimpija 35
7 Croatia Davor Konjević (3) Šentjur 47
8 Croatia Marjan Čakarun Sixt Primorska 32
9 Slovenia Žan Mark Šiško Sixt Primorska 29
10 Slovenia Žan Mark Šiško (2) Sixt Primorska 34
11 Serbia Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Sixt Primorska 31
12 United States Cleveland Thomas Zlatorog 28
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ramo Rizvić Šenčur 30
14 Slovenia Domen Lorbek Petrol Olimpija 27
15 South Sudan Matur Maker Zlatorog 34
16 Croatia Davor Konjević (4) Šentjur 32
17 Slovenia Žan Mark Šiško (3) Sixt Primorska 27
18 Croatia Davor Konjević (5) Šentjur 34


Second round

Week MVP[10] Club Efficiency
1 Slovenia Smiljan Pavič Šenčur 26
2 Croatia Marjan Čakarun Sixt Primorska 26
3 Serbia Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Sixt Primorska 23
4 Serbia Ivan Marinković Sixt Primorska 20
5 United States L. D. Williams Ilirja 49
6 c Slovenia Nejc Barič Zlatorog 26
United States Rashun Davis Rogaška 26
7 Croatia Marjan Čakarun (2) Sixt Primorska 35
8 United States Cleveland Thomas Zlatorog 30
9 South Sudan Matur Maker Zlatorog 40
10c Slovenia Simo Atanacković Hopsi Polzela 25
United States Donovon Jack Hopsi Polzela 25
Note
^c – Co-MVP's were announced.

Statistical leaders

Performance Index Rating

Pos Player Club PIR
1 Croatia Davor Konjević Šentjur 22.37
2 South Sudan Matur Maker Zlatorog 18
3 United States L. D. Williams Ilirja 16.86

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Croatia Davor Konjević Šentjur 19.96
2 United States L. D. Williams Ilirja 18.43
3 Slovenia Blaž Mahkovic Helios Suns 16.54

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 South Sudan Matur Maker Zlatorog 9.59
2 Croatia Davor Konjević Šentjur 7.96
3 Slovenia Dino Murić Šenčur 6.90

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Slovenia Žan Mark Šiško Sixt Primorska 6.83
2 United States Joshua Heath Ilirija 6.00
3 United States Casey Benson Hopsi Polzela 5.72

Clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Petrol Olimpija Champions League Regular season

References

  1. ^ "Prvoligaška druščina od slej zbrana v ligi Nova KBM" (in Slovenian). kzs.si. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. ^ Splačalo se je (po)čakati
  3. ^ Jovana Beaderja bo na mestu glavnega trenerja zamenjal Dejan Jakara
  4. ^ Saša Nikitović novi glavni trener Petrol Olimpije
  5. ^ "Šenčur zopet zamenjal trenerja". Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  6. ^ Gorenjski košarkarski prvoligaš z novim trenerjem Subotićem
  7. ^ Tilen Jamnik (19 February 2019). "Vodstvo Olimpije potrdilo: Novi trener je Jure Zdovc" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Košarkarska zveza Slovenije on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26.[user-generated source]
  9. ^ "KZS".
  10. ^ "KZS".

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