2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League

2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League season
League	Israeli Basketball Super League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 17, 2010 - May 2011
Number of games	137 (regular season)
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Sport 5, Channel 1
Regular Season
Final Four

The 2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Loto) is the 57th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on October 17, 2010.

Format

Each of the 10 participating teams play 18 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 last ranked team compete in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, and the loser will be relegated to Liga Leumit 2010/11.

Team Information

Sharon

Ashkelon

Gilboa

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Haifa

Netanya

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Teams 2010-11

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Barak Netanya	Netanya	Yeshuron	1,000
Bnei HaSharon	Ra'anana, Herzliya	HaYovel Herzliya	1,750
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon	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
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	3,000
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Bet Maccabi	2,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Nokia Arena	11,700

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Seasons as head coach
Barak Netanya	Eric Alfasi	2
Bnei HaSharon	Dan Shamir	2
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon	Lior Liubin	1
Hapoel Holon	Dani Franko	1
Hapoel Jerusalem	Oded Kattash	1
Ironi Ashkelon	Ariel Bet HaLachmi	2
Maccabi Ashdod	Ofer Berkovich	1
Maccabi Haifa	Elad Hasin	1
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Effi Birnbaum	2
Maccabi Tel Aviv	David Blatt	1

Regular season

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	9	8	1	862	662	200	17
2.	Hapoel Jerusalem	9	6	3	722	686	36	15
3.	Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon	9	5	4	755	748	7	14
4.	Bnei HaSharon	9	5	4	742	745	-3	14
5.	Maccabi Ashdod	9	5	4	710	731	–21	14
6.	Hapoel Holon	9	4	5	701	737	–36	13
7.	Ironi Ashkelon	9	3	6	697	724	–27	12
8.	Barak Netanya	9	3	6	649	717	–68	12
9.	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	8	3	5	582	637	–55	11
10.	Maccabi Haifa	8	2	6	653	686	–33	10

	Qualification to Playoffs
	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs

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

	BNT	BNS	HPG	HPH	HPJ	IAS	MAS	MHA	MRL	MTA	Rec.
Barak Netanya		77–66	Rnd. 16	Rnd. 11	Rnd. 18	60–58	Rnd. 14	72–77	Rnd. 10	Rnd. 15	2–1
Bnei HaSharon	Rnd. 13		80–95	80–79	81–76	Rnd. 18	85–90	93–89	Rnd. 11	Rnd. 16	3–2
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon	83–66	Rnd. 17		Rnd. 15	Rnd. 13	83–73	83–89	Rnd. 11	74–76	Rnd. 10	2–2
Hapoel Holon	63–79	Rnd. 12	91–93		76–65	84–80	Rnd. 13	81–84	Rnd. 18	Rnd. 14	2–3
Hapoel Jerusalem	91-75	Rnd. 10	94–86	Rnd. 17		Rnd. 14	98–83	Rnd. 15	75–66	Rnd. 12	4–0
Ironi Ashkelon	Rnd. 17	91–80	Rnd. 12	Rnd. 16	68–75		Rnd. 10	Rnd. 13	Rnd. 15	87–104	1–2
Maccabi Ashdod	87–84	Rnd. 15	Rnd. 18	69–77	Rnd. 11	79–69		75–72	76–79	62–84	3–3
Maccabi Haifa	Rnd. 12	Rnd. 14	77–83	Rnd. 102	76–93	86–88	Rnd. 16		Rnd. 81	Rnd. 18	0–3
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	75–67	60–86	Rnd. 14	85–87	Rnd. 16	73–83	Rnd. 12	Rnd. 17		68–89	1–4
Maccabi Tel Aviv	117–69	88–91	102–75	102–63	75–55	Rnd. 11	Rnd. 17	101–92	Rnd. 13		5–1
Racord	1–5	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–3	2–4	2–1	2–3	2–1	3–0

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.

¹The match between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Rishon LeZion was postponed because of the Mount Carmel forest fire.
²The match between Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Holon was postponed because of Maccabi Haifa's request.

All-Star Game

On December 8, the BSL League Administration announced the re-establishment of the BSL All-Star Game, which will be played on January 12, 2011. The main event will be the game between the Israeli All-Stars (coached by Effi Birnbaum and Oded Kattash) and the Foreign All-Stars (coached by David Blatt and Dan Shamir). The players will be chosen by an online voting.
The event will also include a slam-dunk contest and a three-point shootout.

Stats Leaders

As of December 6

Efficiency

Rank	Name	Team	Efficiency	Games	EPG
1.	Shawn James	Bnei HaSharon	230	8	28.75
2.	Rahshon Turner	Ironi Ashkelon	180	8	22.5
3.	Jamie Arnold	Hapoel Holon	178	8	22.25
4.	Wayne Wallace	Maccabi Ashdod	157	8	19.63
5.	Marko Kilingthworth	Maccabi Haifa	137	7	19.57

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Adrian Banks	Barak Netanya	150	8	18.75
2.	Lee Nailon	Bnei HaSharon	124	7	17.71
3.	Ramel Bradley	Maccabi Ashdod	140	8	17.5
4.	Rodney Green	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	137	8	17.13
5.	Josh Carter	Maccabi Ashdod	135	8	16.88

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	Shawn James	Bnei HaSharon	87	8	10.88
2.	Elton Brown	Barak Netanya	86	8	10.75
3.	Wayne Wallace	Maccabi Ashdod	82	8	10.25
4.	Marko Kilingthworth	Maccabi Haifa	61	7	8.71
5.	Dwayne Mitchell	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	58	7	8.43

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	Moran Roth	Hapoel Holon	55	8	6.88
3.	Gal Mekel	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	52	8	6.5
2.	Jeremy Pargo	Maccabi Tel Aviv	51	8	6.38
4.	Shmuel Brener	Barak Netanya	50	8	6.25
5.	Avi Ben Chimol	Maccabi Haifa	37	7	5.29

Awards

Month	Weeks	Best player Best coach	Team	Efficiency W-L
October	1–3	Shawn James	Bnei HaSharon	28
		Dan Shamir	Bnei HaSharon	3-0
November	4-7	Yogev Ohayon	Hapoel Jerusalem	15
		Oded Kattash	Hapoel Jerusalem	4-0

See also

• 2010–11 Israeli Basketball State Cup
• Israeli Basketball League Cup 2010

External links

• IBA's official website (Hebrew)