2010–11 ABA NLB League
# 2010–11 ABA NLB League

The 2010–11 season was the 10th season of the Liga ABA and 14 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Czech Republic participated in it. It was only time that team from Czech Republic, Nymburk took part in this regional league, and second time since formation that team that is not from former Yugoslavia took part in league.

2010–11 NLB League Final Four was held on 19–21 April in Arena Stožice, Ljubljana.

## Team information

### Venues and locations

| Country | Teams | Team | City | Venue (Capacity) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Serbia | 4 |
| Serbia | 4 | Partizan | Belgrade | Pionir Hall (8,150) |
| Serbia | 4 | Hemofarm STADA | Vršac | Millennium Center (5,000) |
| Serbia | 4 | Crvena zvezda | Belgrade | Pionir Hall (8,150) |
| Serbia | 4 | Radnički | Kragujevac | Hala Jezero (3,570) |
| Croatia | 4 |
| Croatia | 4 | Cibona | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400) |
| Croatia | 4 | Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall (9,200) |
| Croatia | 4 | Zagreb CO | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400) |
| Croatia | 4 | Cedevita | Zagreb | Sutinska vrela (2,000) |
| Slovenia | 2 |
| Slovenia | 2 | Union Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice (12,480) |
| Slovenia | 2 | Krka | Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | Igokea | Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | Široki TT Kabeli | Široki Brijeg | "Pecara" (4,500) |
| Montenegro | 1 |
| Montenegro | 1 | Budućnost m:tel | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center (4,570) |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | ČEZ Nymburk | Nymburk | Sportovní Hala (1,200) |

### Head coaches

| Team | Head coach | Seasons as head coach |
| - | - | - |
| Budućnost m:tel | Dejan Radonjić | 6 |
| Cedevita | Aleksandar Petrović | 2 |
| Cibona | Zdravko Radulović | 1 |
| Crvena zvezda | Mihailo Uvalin | 1 |
| Hemofarm STADA | Željko Lukajić | 9 |
| Igokea | Slobodan Klipa | 1 |
| Krka | Aleksandar Džikić | 2 |
| ČEZ Nymburk | Ronen Ginzburg | 1 |
| Union Olimpija | Jure Zdovc | 3 |
| Partizan | Vlada Jovanović | 1 |
| Radnički | Miroslav Nikolić | 2 |
| Zadar | Danijel Jusup | 6 |
| Zagreb CO | Denis Bajramović | 3 |
| Široki TT Kabeli | Ivan Velić | 2 |

### Coaching changes

| Week | Club | Outgoing coach | Date of vacancy | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8th | Zagreb | Denis Bajramović | 24 November 2010 | Mladen Erjavec | 25 November 2010 |
| 13th | Cibona | Zdravko Radulović | 30 December 2010 | Dražen Anzulović | 30 December 2010 |
| 16th | Zadar | Danijel Jusup | 12 January 2011 | Tihomir Bujan | 12 January 2011 |
| 22nd | Zadar | Tihomir Bujan | 2 March 2011 | Pino Grdović | 3 March 2011 |

## Regular season

The regular season began on Friday, 8 October 2010, and will end on Tuesday, 15 March 2011.

### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Partizan | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2074 | 1796 | 278 | 44 |
| 2 | Union Olimpija | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2005 | 1881 | 124 | 43 |
| 3 | Krka | 26 | 17 | 9 | 1996 | 1867 | 129 | 43 |
| 4 | Budućnost m:tel | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2009 | 1927 | 82 | 41 |
| 5 | Zagreb CO | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2141 | 2104 | 37 | 41 |
| 6 | Hemofarm STADA | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2057 | 2050 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Cedevita | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2124 | 2068 | 56 | 40 |
| 8 | ČEZ Nymburk | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2024 | 2069 | -45 | 38 |
| 9 | Široki TT Kabeli | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1981 | 2124 | -143 | 38 |
| 10 | Radnički | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2098 | 2187 | -89 | 38 |
| 11 | Igokea | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1928 | 1960 | -32 | 37 |
| 12 | Cibona | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1990 | 2101 | -111 | 36 |
| 13 | Crvena zvezda | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1994 | 2135 | -141 | 34 |
| 14 | Zadar | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1983 | 2135 | -152 | 33 |

* Qualified for Final four
* Relegated

### Schedule and results

1. round :

| Partizan – Budućnost | 78–79 |
| - | - |
| Hemofarm – Cibona | 86–80 |
| Široki – Krka | 62–72 |
| Cedevita – Zadar | 70–66 |
| Olimpija – Igokea | 61–54 |
| Zagreb – Radnički | 82–76 |
| Nymburk – Crvena Zvezda | 94–73 |

2. round :

| Budućnost – Crvena Zvezda | 89–75 |
| - | - |
| Radnički – Nymburk | 82–87 |
| Igokea – Zagreb | 70–79 |
| Zadar – Olimpija | 66–72 |
| Krka – Cedevita | 77–81 |
| Cibona – Široki | 83–72 |
| Partizan – Hemofarm | 77–66 |

3. round :

| Hemofarm – Budućnost | 88–76 |
| - | - |
| Široki – Partizan | 86–79 |
| Cedevita – Cibona | 70–68 |
| Olimpija – Krka | 60–59 |
| Zagreb – Zadar | 65–63 |
| Nymburk – Igokea | 70–65 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Radnički | 83–85 |

4. round :

| Budućnost – Radnički | 95–61 |
| - | - |
| Igokea – Crvena Zvezda | 77–59 |
| Zadar – Nymburk | 73–60 |
| Krka – Zagreb | 65–63 |
| Cibona – Olimpija | 84–81 |
| Partizan – Cedevita | 80–72 |
| Hemofarm – Široki | 92–82 |

5. round :

| Široki – Budućnost | 69–61 |
| - | - |
| Cedevita – Hemofarm | 89–97 |
| Olimpija – Partizan | 75–73 |
| Zagreb – Cibona | 77–87 |
| Nymburk – Krka | 57–77 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Zadar | 76–89 |
| Radnički – Igokea | 71–78 |

6. round :

| Budućnost – Igokea | 84–67 |
| - | - |
| Zadar – Radnički | 86–96 |
| Krka – Crvena Zvezda | 89–76 |
| Cibona – Nymburk | 85–86 |
| Partizan – Zagreb | 84–64 |
| Hemofarm – Olimpija | 84–74 |
| Široki – Cedevita | 77–73 |

7. round :

| Cedevita – Budućnost | 70–59 |
| - | - |
| Olimpija – Široki | 107–70 |
| Zagreb – Hemofarm | 76–73 |
| Nymburk – Partizan | 73–69 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Cibona | 83–72 |
| Radnički – Krka | 86–82 |
| Igokea – Zadar | 78–75 |

8. round :

| Budućnost – Zadar | 105–92 |
| - | - |
| Krka – Igokea | 79–66 |
| Cibona – Radnički | 88–82 |
| Partizan – Crvena Zvezda | 99–68 |
| Hemofarm – Nymburk | 86–85 |
| Široki – Zagreb | 83–76 |
| Cedevita – Olimpija | 95–57 |

9. round :

| Olimpija – Budućnost | 68–53 |
| - | - |
| Zagreb – Cedevita | 83–74 |
| Široki – Nymburk | 94–80 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Hemofarm | 77–73 |
| Radnički – Partizan | 89–85 |
| Igokea – Cibona | 76–62 |
| Zadar – Krka | 94-100 |

10. round :

| Budućnost – Krka | 68–63 |
| - | - |
| Cibona – Zadar | 84–81 |
| Partizan – Igokea | 77–72 |
| Hemofarm – Radnički | 78–88 |
| Široki – Crvena Zvezda | 78–75 |
| Cedevita – Nymburk | 80–78 |
| Olimpija – Zagreb | 75–82 |

11. round :

| Zagreb – Budućnost | 75–85 |
| - | - |
| Nymburk – Olimpija | 72–85 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Cedevita | 82–77 |
| Radnički – Široki | 92–82 |
| Igokea – Hemofarm | 99–82 |
| Zadar – Partizan | 91–88 |
| Krka – Cibona | 87–64 |

12. round :

| Budućnost – Cibona | 80–71 |
| - | - |
| Partizan – Krka | 75–50 |
| Hemofarm – Zadar | 74–88 |
| Široki – Igokea | 76–72 |
| Cedevita – Radnički | 98–87 |
| Olimpija – Crvena Zvezda | 80–67 |
| Zagreb – Nymburk | 92–84 |

13. round :

| Nymburk – Budućnost | 74–87 |
| - | - |
| Crvena Zvezda – Zagreb | 89–82 |
| Radnički – Olimpija | 74 -93 |
| Igokea – Cedevita | 80–89 |
| Zadar – Široki | 74 -80 |
| Krka – Hemofarm | 90–70 |
| Cibona – Partizan | 55–85 |

14. round :

| Budućnost – Partizan | 61–65 |
| - | - |
| Cibona – Hemofarm | 74–84 |
| Krka – Široki | 78–72 |
| Zadar – Cedevita | 87–81 |
| Igokea – Olimpija | 85–74 |
| Radnički – Zagreb | 97–92 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Nymburk | 82–99 |

15. round :

| Crvena Zvezda – Budućnost | 63–55 |
| - | - |
| Nymburk – Radnički | 97–94 |
| Zagreb – Igokea | 85–77 |
| Olimpija – Zadar | 78–53 |
| Cedevita – Krka | 74–80 |
| Široki – Cibona | 81–82 |
| Hemofarm – Partizan | 64–71 |

16. round :

| Budućnost – Hemofarm | 75–73 |
| - | - |
| Partizan – Široki | 93–43 |
| Cibona – Cedevita | 73–71 |
| Krka – Olimpija | 75–80 |
| Zadar – Zagreb | 71–81 |
| Igokea – Nymburk | 82–70 |
| Radnički – Crvena Zvezda | 82–69 |

17. round :

| Radnički – Budućnost | 75–68 |
| - | - |
| Crvena Zvezda – Igokea | 72–81 |
| Nymburk – Zadar | 91–70 |
| Zagreb – Krka | 104–82 |
| Olimpija – Cibona | 75–84 |
| Cedevita – Partizan | 88–84 |
| Široki – Hemofarm | 84–90 |

18. round :

| Budućnost – Široki | 86–64 |
| - | - |
| Hemofarm – Cedevita | 76–81 |
| Partizan – Olimpija | 61–50 |
| Cibona – Zagreb | 83–99 |
| Krka – Nymburk | 72–50 |
| Zadar – Crvena Zvezda | 60–83 |
| Igokea – Radnički | 77–60 |

19. round :

| Igokea – Budućnost | 80–70 |
| - | - |
| Radnički – Zadar | 97–89 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Krka | 77–79 |
| Nymburk – Cibona | 76–69 |
| Zagreb – Partizan | 69–77 |
| Olimpija – Hemofarm | 104–62 |
| Cedevita – Široki | 95–77 |

20. round :

| Budućnost – Cedevita | 93–90 |
| - | - |
| Široki – Olimpija | 86–85 |
| Hemofarm – Zagreb | 98–81 |
| Partizan – Nymburk | 86–75 |
| Cibona – Crvena Zvezda | 86–78 |
| Krka – Radnički | 88–73 |
| Zadar – Igokea | 89–65 |

21. round :

| Zadar – Budućnost | 74–78 |
| - | - |
| Igokea – Krka | 66–78 |
| Radnički – Cibona | 89–79 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Partizan | 68–76 |
| Nymburk – Hemofarm | 66–71 |
| Zagreb – Široki | 86–80 |
| Olimpija – Cedevita | 75–67 |

22. round :

| Budućnost – Olimpija | 70–71 |
| - | - |
| Cedevita – Zagreb | 97-102 |
| Nymburk – Široki | 73–59 |
| Hemofarm – Crvena Zvezda | 88–66 |
| Partizan – Radnički | 80–64 |
| Cibona – Igokea | 78–68 |
| Krka – Zadar | 92–64 |

23. round :

| Krka – Budućnost | 80–73 |
| - | - |
| Zadar – Cibona | 93–88 |
| Igokea – Partizan | 88–86 |
| Radnički – Hemofarm | 66–59 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Široki | 81–70 |
| Nymburk – Cedevita | 90–86 |
| Zagreb – Olimpija | 85–89 |

24. round :

| Budućnost – Zagreb | 77–80 |
| - | - |
| Olimpija – Nymburk | 74–63 |
| Cedevita – Crvena Zvezda | 98–95 |
| Široki – Radnički | 103–94 |
| Hemofarm – Igokea | 82–62 |
| Partizan – Zadar | 85–50 |
| Cibona – Krka | 67–72 |

25. round :

| Cibona – Budućnost | 70–80 |
| - | - |
| Krka – Partizan | 62–72 |
| Zadar – Hemofarm | 71–88 |
| Igokea – Široki | 71–73 |
| Radnički – Cedevita | 73–79 |
| Crvena Zvezda – Olimpija | 92–70 |
| Nymburk – Zagreb | 83–74 |

26. round :

| Budućnost – Nymburk | 102–91 |
| - | - |
| Zagreb – Crvena Zvezda | 107–85 |
| Olimpija – Radnički | 92–65 |
| Cedevita – Igokea | 79–72 |
| Široki – Zadar | 80–74 |
| Hemofarm – Krka | 73–68 |
| Partizan – Cibona | 89–74 |

## Stats leaders

    As of 21 April 2011

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Points | Games | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Michael Lee | Radnički | 490 | 25 | 19.60 |
| 2. | Luka Žorić | Zagreb | 505 | 26 | 19.42 |
| 3. | Bojan Bogdanović | Cibona | 454 | 24 | 18.92 |
| 4. | Corsley Edwards | Cedevita | 367 | 21 | 17.48 |
| 5. | Dontaye Draper | Cedevita | 439 | 26 | 16.88 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Rebounds | Games | RPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Luka Žorić | Zagreb | 213 | 26 | 8.19 |
| 2. | Vladimir Dragičević | Budućnost | 188 | 27 | 6.96 |
| 3. | Radek Nečas | Nymburk | 148 | 23 | 6.43 |
| 4. | Mario Kasun | Zagreb | 135 | 21 | 6.43 |
| 5. | James Gist | Partizan | 140 | 23 | 6.09 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Assists | Games | APG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Miljan Pavković | Hemofarm | 135 | 26 | 5.19 |
| 2. | Dontaye Draper | Cedevita | 132 | 26 | 5.08 |
| 3. | Steven Marković | Radnički | 127 | 26 | 4.88 |
| 4. | Vedran Morović | Široki | 107 | 25 | 4.28 |
| 5. | Brian Chase | Igokea | 95 | 24 | 3.96 |

### Ranking MVP

| Rank | Name | Team | Efficiency | Games | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Luka Žorić | Zagreb | 614 | 26 | 23.62 |
| 2. | Dontaye Draper | Cedevita | 552 | 26 | 21.23 |
| 3. | Michael Lee | Radnički | 509 | 25 | 20.36 |
| 4. | Vladimir Dragičević | Budućnost | 519 | 27 | 19.81 |
| 5. | Corsley Edwards | Cedevita | 392 | 21 | 18.67 |

### MVP Round by Round

| Round | Player | Team | Efficiency |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Milan Mačvan | Hemofarm | 33 |
| 2 | Bojan Bogdanović | Cibona | 29 |
| 3 | Michael Lee | Radnički | 34 |
| 4 | Bojan Bogdanović(2) | Cibona | 39 |
| 5 | Dontaye Draper | Cedevita | 38 |
| 6 | Milan Mačvan (2) | Hemofarm | 33 |
| 7 | Čedomir Vitkovac | Igokea | 28 |
| 8 | Luka Žorić | Zagreb | 42 |
| 9 | Michael Lee (2) | Radnički | 31 |
| 10 | Michael Lee (3) | Radnički | 34 |
| 11 | Steven Marković | Radnički | 38 |
| 12 | Luka Žorić (2) | Zagreb | 39 |
| 13 | Corsley Edwards | Cedevita | 38 |
| 14 | Marko Car | Zadar | 36 |
| 15 | Chester Simmons | Nymburk | 33 |
| 16 | Corsley Edwards (2) | Cedevita | 48 |
| 17 | Boris Savović | Hemofarm | 44 |
| 18 | Luka Žorić (3) | Zagreb | 31 |
| 19 | Vladan Vukosavljević | Radnički | 31 |
| 20 | Bracey Wright | Cedevita | 40 |
| 21 | Luka Žorić (4) | Zagreb | 35 |
| 22 | Luka Žorić (5) | Zagreb | 37 |
| 23 | Luka Žorić (6) | Zagreb | 40 |
| 24 | Mario Kasun | Zagreb | 36 |
| 25 | Vladimir Dragičević | Budućnost | 33 |
| 26 | Mario Kasun (2) | Zagreb | 36 |
| Semifinals | Zoran Dragić | Krka | 18 |
| Final | Nathan Jawai | Partizan | 19 |

Source: NLB League

## Final four

Matches in, Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia

| Semifinals 19 April | Semifinals 19 April | Semifinals 19 April | Final 21 April | Final 21 April | Final 21 April |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Partizan | 62 | | | |
| 4 | Budućnost m:tel | 58 | | | |
| 4 | Budućnost m:tel | 58 | 1 | Partizan | 77 |
| | | | 2 | Union Olimpija | 74 |
| 2 | Union Olimpija | 67 | 2 | Union Olimpija | 74 |
| 3 | Krka | 57 | | | |

### Semifinals

* 19 April 18:15
* Report

| Partizan | 62–58 | Budućnost m:tel |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 16–13, 7–16, 25–13 |||
| Pts: Jerrells, Katić 13 Rebs: Gist 6 Asts: Gist 2 | | Pts: Simonović 14 Rebs: Simonović 8 Asts: Kadžiulis 3 |

* Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Dubravko Muhvić (CRO), Sašo Pukl (SLO), Matej Boltauzer (SLO)
* 19 April 20:45
* Report

| Union Olimpija | 67–57 | Krka |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 16–17, 22–15, 15–14 |||
| Pts: Ožbolt 19 Rebs: Jagodnik 10 Asts: Ilievski 4 | | Pts: Dragić 13 Rebs: Pavič, Balažič 5 Asts: Krivec 3 |

* Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Zoran Šutulović (MNE), Milija Vojinović (SRB)

### Final

* 21 April 20:45
* Report

| Partizan | 77–74 | Union Olimpija |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 17–16, 22–19, 12–16 |||
| Pts: Jerrells 20 Rebs: Jawai, Veselý 6 Asts: Lučić, Kecman 2 | | Pts: Ilievski 15 Rebs: Jagodnik 7 Asts: Ožbolt, Ilievski 3 |

* Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Srđan Dožai (CRO), Sreten Radović (CRO), Siniša Herceg (CRO)
* 2010–11 ABA NLB League Champions
* Partizan 5th Title
