2012–13 Israeli Basketball Super League

The 2012–2013 Israeli Basketball Super League, for sponsorship reasons known as Ligat Loto, was the 59th season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The season began on 14 October 2012, and ended on 13 June 2013.

2012–2013 Ligat Loto1
Competition details
Season 2012–13
Teams 12
Games played 162 (total)
Dates 14 October 2012 – 13 June 2013
Final positions
Champions Maccabi Haifa (1st title)
Runners-up Maccabi Tel Aviv
Relegated Ironi Ashkelon
Awards
MVP Gal Mekel
Finals MVP Pat Calathes
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Frank Hassell
25.4
Points Jerome Dyson
20.4
Rebounds Frank Hassell
14.2
Assists Dominic Waters
7.3
← 2011–2012
2013–2014 →
^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Loto.

Maccabi Haifa won its first-ever Israeli championship.

Teams

Team changes
Teams 2012-13

No team has Relegated as there was no relegation spot in last season.
Hapoel Tel Aviv been promoted to the league after winning Ligat Leumit last season. Another new team is Hapoel Eilat as the owner of Habik'a B.C. moved his license to the city of Eilat.

Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Last Season
Barak Netanya Netanya Yeshurun 1,000 9th
Bnei HaSharon/Herzliya Herzliya HaYovel Herzliya 1,750 10th
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gilboa Regional Council Gan Ner Sports Hall 2,400 2nd
Hapoel Holon Holon Holon City Arena 2,850 5th
Hapoel Jerusalem Jerusalem Malha Arena 3,000 4th
Ironi Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashkelon Sports Arena 3,000 6th
Maccabi Ashdod Ashdod HaKiriya Arena 1,260 7th
Hapoel Eilat Eilat Begin Arena 1,100 8th (as Habik'a B.C.)
Maccabi Haifa Haifa Romema Arena 5,000 11th
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Beit Maccabi Rishon 2,500 3rd
Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Nokia Arena 10,383 1st
Hapoel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Beit Maccabi Rishon 2,500 1st (Liga Leumit)

Head coaches
Team Head coach Seasons as head coach
Barak Netanya Danny Franco
2
Bnei Herzliya Matan Harush
1
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Lior Lubin
3
Hapoel Holon Dan Shamir
2
Hapoel Jerusalem Sharon Drucker
4
Ironi Ashkelon Ariel Beit-Halahmy
6
Maccabi Ashdod Ofer Berkovich
3
Hapoel Eilat Oded Kattash
1
Maccabi Haifa Brad Greenberg
1
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Roni Bussani
5
Maccabi Tel Aviv David Blatt
5
Hapoel Tel Aviv Erez Edelstein
3

Regular season
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Playoff
1.Maccabi Tel Aviv 2722522791917+36249Upper Playoffs
2.Maccabi Haifa 27171022242150+7444
3.Hapoel Eilat 27171021602059+10144
4.Barak Netanya 27151220952065+3042
5.Hapoel Jerusalem 27131422262204+2240
6.Maccabi Rishon LeZion 27121521122145-3339
7.Hapoel Gilboa Galil 27141321252137-1241Lower Playoffs
8.Hapoel Tel Aviv 27131419812027-4640
9.Hapoel Holon 27121521272144-1739
10.Maccabi Ashdod 27111622022300-9838
11.Bnei Herzliya 27101722102356-14637
12.Ironi Ashkelon 2762120942331-23733
Qualification to Upper Playoffs
Qualification to Quarterfinals
Relegation to the Second Division

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

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals were played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosted games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 Game 1
8–9 May		 Game 2
12–13 May		 Game 3
16 May		 Game 4
19–20 May		 Game 5
23 May
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)3–0(8) Hapoel Tel Aviv76-6880-6776-74
Maccabi Haifa (2)3–0(7) Hapoel Gilboa Galil87-8593-8193-87
Hapoel Eilat (3)3–2(6) Maccabi Rishon LeZion77-7991-6369-6770-7991-80
Barak Netanya (4)2–3(5) Hapoel Jerusalem80-8768-8792-6973-7068-79

Semifinals

The Semifinals were played as The-Best-Of-5 series. The higher ranked team hosted games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4 (if necessary).

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 Game 1
26–27 May		 Game 2
29–30 May		 Game 3
2–3 June		 Game 4
5 June		 Game 5
9 June
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)3–0(5) Hapoel Jerusalem91-7374-6878-72
Maccabi Haifa (2)3–2(3) Hapoel Eilat87-75105-8475-78 (OT)72-8271-68

Final

The Final was held on 13 June at Romema Arena.

Team #1 Score Team #2
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)79-86(2) Maccabi Haifa

Individual statistics

[1]

Rating
Rank Name Team Games PIR
1. Frank HassellHapoel Holon2625.4
2. Diamon SimpsonMaccabi Ashdod2722.50
3. Julian WrightMaccabi Rishon LeZion2721.1

Points
Rank Name Team Games PPG
1. Jerome DysonHapoel Holon2720.4
2. Romel BeckBnei HaSharon/Herzliya2618.9
3. Scotty HopsonHapoel Eilat2418.6

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games RPG
1. Frank HassellHapoel Holon2614.2
2. Jumaine JonesBnei HaSharon/Herzliya2710
—. Eli HolmanHapoel Eilat2610

Assists
Rank Name Team Games APG
1. Dominic WatersHapoel Holon167.3
2. Paul StollMaccabi Haifa265.4
3. Donta SmithMaccabi Haifa265.2

All-Star Game

The 2013 Israeli League All-star event was held on March 18, 2013, at the Romema Arena, Haifa.

March 18, 2013
Israeli All-Stars 127–111 International All-Stars
Pts: Eliyahu & Yivzori 20
Rebs: Kozikaro 9
Asts: Eliyahu 6		 Pts: Washington & Hopson 16
Rebs: Calathes 9
Romema Arena, Haifa
Attendance: 2,500

Three-point shootout
Contestants
Pos.PlayerTeam
G Paul Stoll (W)Maccabi Haifa
G Afik NissimHapoel Eilat
G Amit SimhonHapoel Gilboa Galil
G Dagan YivzoriHapoel Gilboa Galil
F Guy PniniMaccabi Tel Aviv
F Moshe MizrahiMaccabi Ashdod
G Yehu OrlandBarak Netanya
G Ben ReisBnei Herzliya

Slam Dunk Contest
Contestants
Pos.PlayerTeam
F Scotty Hopson (W)Hapoel Eilat
F Deron WashingtonBarak Netanya
G Kenny HayesHapoel Gilboa Galil

Awards

[2]

Regular season MVP

All-BSL 1st team

Coach of the season

Rising star

Best Defender

Most Improved Player
  • Eyal Shulman (Barak Netanya)

Sixth Man of the Season
  • Yehu Orland (Barak Netanya)

References
  1. "2012–13 BSL Stats Board". Basket.co.il.
  2. "Haifa's season also in those selected". Basket.co.il.
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