2003–04 ABA Goodyear League

2003–04 ABA Goodyear League season
League ABA Goodyear League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams  Croatia (4 teams)
 Serbia and Montenegro (4 teams)
 Slovenia (4 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 teams)
Season champions Croatia Cibona VIP
Season MVP Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Milojević (Budućnost)
Top scorer Serbia and Montenegro Igor Rakočević (Crvena zvezda) (23.22 ppg)
Final 4
Champions Serbia and Montenegro Reflex

The 2003–04 ABA Goodyear League was the third season of the Liga ABA. The league expanded this season: 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia participated in Goodyear League in its third season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, Široki Hercegtisak, Banjalučka pivara, Crvena zvezda, Reflex, Budućnost, Lovćen CG komercijalna banka.

There were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Zagreb from April 16 until April 18, 2004.

Reflex became the 2004 Goodyear League Champion.

Regular season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. Cibona VIP 26 20 6 2242 1984 +258 46
2. Reflex 26 19 7 2187 1945 +242 45
3. Union Olimpija 26 18 8 2173 2050 +123 44
4. Crvena zvezda 26 18 8 2250 2168 +82 44
5. Budućnost 26 16 10 2307 2235 +72 42
6. Pivovarna Laško 26 15 11 2084 2010 +74 41
7. Krka 26 14 12 2116 2091 +25 40
8. Zadar 26 13 13 2277 2217 +60 39
9. Split CO 26 10 16 2118 2226 -108 36
10. Geoplin Slovan 26 9 17 1923 2083 -160 35
11. Zagreb 26 9 17 2023 2134 -111 35
12. Široki Hercegtisak 26 8 18 2004 2128 -124 34
13. Banjalučka pivara 26 8 18 2065 2229 -164 34
14. Lovćen CG komercijalna banka 26 5 21 2000 2269 -269 31
Qualified for Final four
Relegated

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

Final four

Matches played at Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb

Incident

On Friday night, April 16 around 11pm following the semifinal games, an ethnically motivated incident occurred when Crvena zvezda's director Igor Žeželj and B92 journalist Danijel Bukumirović got assaulted at the parking lot of Panorama Hotel by an organized group of fifteen Croatian hooligans with chains, rocks and metal poles.[1] Bukumirović managed to escape into the car with only minor injuries while Žeželj wasn't as lucky and ended up with a fractured rib and 6 stitches on his forehead. Croatian police reportedly arrested six individuals in connection with the attack that was carried out by a group that trolled around the Final Four venue Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, as well as hotels Sheraton and Panorama looking to beat up anyone from Serbia.[2]

Semifinals
April 16 		Final
April 18.
      
1 Cibona VIP 97
3 Union Olimpija 81
1 Cibona VIP 70
2 Reflex 71
2 Reflex (OT) 113
4 Crvena zvezda 110


2003–04 ABA Godyear League Champions



Reflex
1st Title

Stats leaders

Ranking MVP

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1.Serbia and Montenegro Dejan MilojevićSerbia and Montenegro Budućnost7392529.56
2.Serbia and Montenegro Igor RakočevićSerbia and Montenegro Crvena zvezda6102326.52
3.Croatia Frano ČolakBosnia and Herzegovina Široki Hercegtisak5062619.46
4.Serbia and Montenegro Ognjen AškrabićSerbia and Montenegro Reflex4632419.29
5.Croatia Davor MarcelićCroatia Zadar4752618.27

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.Serbia and Montenegro Igor RakočevićSerbia and Montenegro Crvena zvezda5342323.22
2.Serbia and Montenegro Dejan MilojevićSerbia and Montenegro Budućnost5132520.52
3.Croatia Davor MarcelićCroatia Zadar4402616.92
4.Bosnia and Herzegovina Feliks KojadinovićBosnia and Herzegovina Banjalučka pivovara4022416.75
5.Croatia Frano ČolakBosnia and Herzegovina Široki Hercegtisak4212616.19

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1.Serbia and Montenegro Dejan MilojevićSerbia and Montenegro Budućnost2702510.80
2.Serbia and Montenegro Ninoslav MarjanovićSerbia and Montenegro Budućnost161227.32
3.Croatia Andrija ŽižićCroatia Cibona Vip177276.56
4.Serbia and Montenegro Marko RakočevićSerbia and Montenegro Lovćen CKB147246.13
United States Tommy SmithCroatia Split CO147246.13

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.United States Curtis McCantsCroatia Split CO73164.56
1.Serbia and Montenegro Igor RakočevićSerbia and Montenegro Crvena zvezda101234.39
3.Croatia Vladimir KrstićCroatia Zadar60144.29
4.Croatia Martin VanjakBosnia and Herzegovina Široki Hercegtisak109264.19
5.Croatia Ivan TomasCroatia Zagreb99263.96

Source: Adriatic League

References

  1. ↑ U Zagrebu napadnut direktor KK Crvena zvezda;B92, 17 April 2011
  2. ↑ Udarali su nas štanglama i lancima;Glas javnosti, 19 April 2004
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