2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League
# 2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League

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

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

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

### Rounds 1-2

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

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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals 22 May | Semifinals 22 May | Semifinals 22 May | Final 24 May | Final 24 May | Final 24 May |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Habik'a B.C. | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Habik'a B.C. | 0 | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 102 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Hapoel Holon | 73 | | | |
| 4 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 1 | 5 | Hapoel Holon | 73 | | | |
| 5 | Hapoel Holon | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Hapoel Holon | 3 | | | | 1 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 83 |
| | | | | | | 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 63 |
| 2 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 63 |
| 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 3 | 7 | Maccabi Ashdod | 75 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 68 | | | |
| 3 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 3 | 3 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 68 | | | |
| 6 | Ironi Ashkelon | 2 | | | | | | |

* Israeli Basketball Super League 2012 Champions
* Maccabi Tel Aviv 50th title

## Stats Leaders

### Efficiency

| Rank | Name | Team | Efficiency | Games | EPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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

| Rank | Name | Team | Points | Games | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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

| Rank | Name | Team | Rebounds | Games | RPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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

| Rank | Name | Team | Assists | Games | APG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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

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

Israeli All-Stars :

| Pos | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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

Contestants :

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

Contestants :

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| F | Roei Buchbinder (W) | Bnei Hasharon |
| F | Brandon Bowman | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| G | Adrian Banks | Barak 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

| Week | Player | Team | Efficiency |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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

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