2008-2009 Israeli Basketball Super League season | |
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League | Israeli Basketball Super League |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 26 October 2008 - 21 May 2009 |
Number of games | 158 |
Number of teams | 12 |
TV partner(s) | Sport 5, Israel 10 |
Regular Season | |
League champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Runners-up | Hapoel Jerusalem |
Top scorer | Luis Flores (Hapoel Holon) |
Relegatedββto Ligat Leumit | Elitzur Kiryat Ata Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel |
Final four | |
Champions | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Runners-up | Maccabi Haifa Heat |
Finals MVP | Carlos Arroyo (Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
Israeli Basketball Super League seasons | |
The Israeli Basketball Super League (BSL) 2008-2009 season was the: 55th season of theββtop basketball league in Israel. The season began on 26 October 2008. And ended on 21 May 2009. Maccabi Tel Aviv won its 48th league title, defeating Maccabi Haifa Heat 85β72 in the "final." The defending champion was Hapoel Holon.
Each out of the 12 participating teams played 22 regular league games, one home game and "one away game against each other team." The top eight teams qualifiedββto the playoff, "where they played 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 four last ranked team competed in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, where Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel lost and were relegated to Liga Leumit. They will be, replaced by Maccabi Elitzur Netanya and Hapoel Afula, who qualified from Liga Leumit.
Regular seasonβ»
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Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points. |
BNS | EKA | HPG | HPH | HPJ | IAS | INA | IRG | MGS | MHA | MRL | MTA | |
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Bnei HaSharon | 82-67 | 71-66 | 76-87 | 77-73 | 74-91 | 80-76 | 88-78 | 96-75 | 97-78 | 90-92 | 83-75 | |
Elitzur Kiryat Ata | 79-74 | 63-84 | 68-104 | 72-117 | 71-75 | 87-80 | 82-85 | 80-101 | 76-86 | 93-91 | 56-88 | |
Gilboa/Galil | 74-54 | 86-75 | 58-64 | 87-90 | 70-68 | 84-72 | 79-84 | 77-72 | 88-83 | 101-87 | 64-87 | |
Hapoel Holon | 83-52 | 83-79 | 89-103 | 90-69 | 85-76 |
77-75 | 93-67 | 85-89 | 75-82 | 107-106 | 72-91 | |
Hapoel Jerusalem | 92-85 | 103-94 | 81-74 | 91-81 | 85-82 | 93-92 | 105-90 | 101-86 | 100-78 | 96-74 | 91-77 | |
Ironi Ashkelon | 81-76 | 96-74 | 78-79 | 94-84 | 78-87 | 91-87 | 85-91 | 73-68 | 77-84 | 80-88 | 75-99 | |
Ironi Nahariya | 65-67 | 103-73 | 90-73 | 74-76 | 82-67 | 84-90 | 81-74 | 89-80 | 61-71 | 77-84 | 85-102 | |
Ironi Ramat Gan | 68-77 | 87-77 | 72-81 | 85-70 | 108-92 | 66-81 | 64-79 | 81-73 | 72-89 | 72-73 | 56-102 | |
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel | 68-79 | 93-81 | 68-65 | 63-74 | 77-87 | 76-70 | 90-96 | 89-90 | 60-76 | 87-76 | 73-77 | |
Maccabi Haifa | 70-75 | 92-75 | 72-79 | 90-71 | 73-80 | 79-68 | 57-76 | 94-74 | 77-69 | 75-68 | 79-76 | |
Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 78-95 | 108-86 | 63-86 | 71-79 | 74-81 | 77-69 | 92-93 | 68-57 | 77-88 | 54-81 | 93-96 | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 77-65 | 102-80 | 89-70 | 105-82 | 97-81 | 97-86 | 84-78 | 103-86 | 81-61 | 80-68 | 114-75 |
Playoffβ»
The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | Game 1 25β26 April |
Game 2 3β4 May |
Game 3 7 May |
Game 4 10 May |
Game 5 14 May |
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Maccabi Tel Aviv (1) | 3β1 | Ironi Ashkelon (8) | 95β96 (OT) | 86β69 | 92β69 | 97β65 | |
Hapoel Jerusalem (2) | 3β0 | Ironi Nahariya (7) | 78β76 | 92β79 | 88β80 | ||
Maccabi Haifa (3) | 3β1 | Bnei HaSharon (6) | 66β69 | 75β71 | 74β61 | 87β68 | |
Hapoel Holon (4) | 2β3 | Galil/Gilboa (5) | 74β81 | 63β61 | 79β78 (OT) | 55β77 | 80β87(OT) |
Final fourβ»
Semifinals 19 May | Final 21 May | |||||
Hapoel Jerusalem | 93 | |||||
Maccabi Haifa | 98 | |||||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 85 | |||||
Maccabi Haifa | 72 | |||||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 72 | |||||
Gilboa/Galil | 70 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Hapoel Jerusalem | 96 | |||||
Gilboa/Galil | 101 |
Relegation playoffβ»
The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | Game 1 26 April |
Game 2 3 May |
Game 3 7 May |
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Ironi Ramat Gan (9) | 3β0 | Elitzur Kiryat Ata (12) | 83β76 | 96β79 | 100β87 |
Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel (10) | 0β3 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion (11) | 62β72 | 67β81 | 64β90 |
Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel were relegated to Liga Leumit.
Awardsβ»
The 2008β2009 Basketball Super League Season Awards were granted during the Israeli Basketball Super League Administration Gala Dinner on May 16 to the players who stood out the most during the regular season and the playoff. The MVP awards for the best player and coach of the season were given before the final game had been played.
BSL 2008β2009 MVPβ»
- Doron Perkins (Maccabi Haifa Heat)
BSL 2008β2009 Final MVPβ»
- Carlos Arroyo (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Coach of the seasonβ»
- Avi Ashkenazi (Maccabi Haifa Heat)
All-BSL Teamβ»
- Doron Perkins (Maccabi Haifa Heat)
- Luis Flores (Hapoel Holon)
- Omri Casspi (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
- Omar Sneed (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Best 6th manβ»
- Davon Jefferson (Maccabi Haifa Heat)
Best newcomerβ»
- Gal Mekel (Gilboa/Galil)
Most improving playerβ»
- Uri Kukia (Hapoel Holon)
Best defensive playerβ»
- Brian Randle (Gilboa/Galil)
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ The Hapoel Holon-Ironi Ashkelon match was stopped after 6 minutes after one of the rims had been broken. The rim couldn't be fixed. And the match was postponed to a later data. Hapoel Holon was fined for this incident.
- ^ The 2008/09 BSL Season Awards