2014–15 Israeli Basketball Super League

2014–15 Ligat Winner ¹
Champions	Hapoel Jerusalem 1st title
Runners-up	Hapoel Eilat
Semifinalists	Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Promoted	Ironi Nahariya
Relegated	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Teams	12
Games played	33 (regular season)
Duration	12 October 2014 – 25 June 2015
Top seed	Maccabi Tel Aviv
TV	Sport 5, Channel 1
Awards
MVP	Lior Eliyahu
Finals MVP	Bracey Wright
Statistical leaders
Points	Mark Lyons 18.4
Rebounds	Julian Wright 9.8
Assists	Jeremy Pargo 6.8

The 2014–15 Israeli Basketball Super League, for sponsorships reasons known as Ligat Winner Basketball, was the 61st season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The season began on October 12, 2014 and ended on June 25, 2014.

The season marked the first time since 1993 that Maccabi Tel Aviv did not reach the Finals,^[1] and the third time they failed to finish in either the first or second place. The season was the first time in the league's history to not include a Tel Aviv based team in the first or second place.

Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. took the Israeli title, after it beat Hapoel Eilat in the Finals.^[2]

Teams

Changes

Teams 2014-15

Barak Netanya has been relegated to Ligat Leumit due to financial difficulties, Making Maccabi Ashdod stay in the league although finishing last in the previous season.
Ironi Nahariya has been promoted to the league after winning Ligat Leumit last season.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Last Season (Regular season)
Bnei Herzliya	Herzliya	HaYovel Herzliya	1,500	11th
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Gilboa Regional Council	Gan Ner Sports Hall	2,100	QF (8th)
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	5,300	QF (7th)
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Payis Arena	11,600	SF (2nd)
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sarah	2,000	1st (Ligat Leumit)
Ironi Nes Ziona	Nes Ziona	Lev Hamoshava	1,300	QF (6th)
Maccabi Ashdod	Ashdod	HaKiriya Arena	2,200	12th
Hapoel Eilat B.C.	Eilat	Begin Arena	1,200	SF (5th)
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000	Runner-Up (3rd)
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,200	10th
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	11,700	Champion (1st)
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	3,500	QF (4th)

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Seasons in the club
Bnei Herzliya	Miki Gorka	1
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Ariel Bet-Halahmi	1
Hapoel Holon	Elad Hassin	2
Hapoel Jerusalem	Dani Franco	1
Ironi Nahariya	Roi Hagay	2
Ironi Nes Ziona	Nadav Zilberstein	2
Maccabi Ashdod	Zvi Sherf	1
Hapoel Eilat	Arik Shivek	3
Maccabi Haifa	Rami Hadar	2
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Sharon Drucker	1
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Guy Goodes	1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Oded Kattash	1

Regular season

Mark Lyons, The 2014-15 leading scorer

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	27	6	2867	2611	+256	60
2.	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	25	8	2794	2427	+367	58
3.	Hapoel Holon	33	17	16	2675	2669	+6	50
4.	Hapoel Eilat	33	17	16	2718	2708	+10	50
5.	Maccabi Haifa	33	17	16	2655	2668	-13	50
6.	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	17	16	2643	2621	+22	50
7.	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	17	16	2674	2591	+83	50
8.	Ironi Nes Ziona	33	15	18	2647	2705	-58	48
9.	Bnei Herzliya	33	14	19	2826	2850	-24	47
10.	Ironi Nahariya	33	12	21	2634	2855	-221	45
11.	Maccabi Ashdod	33	11	22	2650	2799	-149	44
12.	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	33	9	24	2518	2797	-279	42

	Qualification to Quarterfinals
	Relegation to the Second Division

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

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-Finals			Semi-Finals			Final


1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3

8	Ironi Nes Ziona	0
			1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2

			4	Hapoel Eilat	3
4	Hapoel Eilat	3

5	Maccabi Haifa	2
						4	Hapoel Eilat	133 ^a

						2	Hapoel Jerusalem	168 ^a
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	3

7	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0
			2	Hapoel Jerusalem	3

			6	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	0
3	Hapoel Holon	1

6	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	3

^a The Finals series is played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion.

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals are played as The-Best-Of-5 series. 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 16–18 May	Game 2 20–21 May	Game 3 24–25 May	Game 4 27–28 May	Game 5 30–31 May
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)	3-0	(8) Ironi Nes Ziona	89-88	75-56	90-73
Hapoel Jerusalem (2)	3-0	(7) Hapoel Tel Aviv	75-67	98-83	77-73 (OT)
Hapoel Holon (3)	1-3	(6) Maccabi Rishon LeZion	76-80 (OT)	73-79	83-64	81-93
Hapoel Eilat (4)	3-2	(5) Maccabi Haifa	95-74	68-76	85-79	62-69	85-75

Semifinals

The Semifinals are played The-Best-Of-5 series. 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 3–4 June	Game 2 7–8 June	Game 3 10–11 June	Game 4 14–15 June	Game 5 17–18 June
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)	2-3	(4) Hapoel Eilat	91-82	86-64	98-104 (OT)	79-92	76-79
Hapoel Jerusalem (2)	3-0	(6) Maccabi Rishon LeZion	81-73	76-75	90-74

Finals

The Finals series is played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the champion. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied. The team who finishes at a higher place in the regular season will host the second game.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Game 1 22 June	Game 2 25 June
Hapoel Eilat (4)	133-168	(2) Hapoel Jerusalem	65-80	68-88

Game 1

22 June 2015
21:00

Box score

Hapoel Eilat	65–80	Hapoel Jerusalem
Scoring by quarter: 22-25, 14-19, 16-20, 13-16
Pts: Uter 16 Rebs: Uter, Kadir 8 Asts: Nissim 7		Pts: Wright 18 Rebs: Thompson 7 Asts: Eliyahu 7

Begin Arena
Attendance: 1,300

Game 2

25 June 2015
21:00

Box score

Hapoel Jerusalem	88–68	Hapoel Eilat
Scoring by quarter: 20-26, 16-18, 27-10, 25-14
Pts: Smith, Wright 20 Rebs: Smith 10 Asts: Smith, Eliyahu 6		Pts: Uter 17 Rebs: Uter 11 Asts: Berkovich 5

Jerusalem Arena
Attendance: 11,600

2015 Israeli Basketball Super League Champions
Hapoel Jerusalem 1st title

All-Star Game

The 2015 Isreali League All-star event was held on 3 March 2015, at the new Holon Toto Hall in Holon. Every team sent one foreigner and one Israeli for the respective team, with the remaining spots been selected by the League. Maccabi Tel Aviv have been abroad for a Euroleague game, therefore their players did not compete in the event.

**Israeli All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Meir Tapiro	Ironi Nes Ziona
G	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem
F	Shawn Dawson	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
F	Lior Eliyahu	Hapoel Jerusalem
C	Elishay Kadir	Hapoel Eilat B.C.
Reserves
G	Shlomi Harush	Hapoel Holon
G	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv
G	Yuval Naimi	Bnei Herzliya
G	Chanan Colman	Maccabi Haifa
F	Itay Segev	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
C	Robert Rothbart	Ironi Nahariya
C	Isaac Rosefelt	Hapoel Holon
Head coach: Elad Hasin (Hapoel Holon)
Head coach: Sharon Drucker (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

**Foreign All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Jordan Taylor	Hapoel Holon
G	Isaiah Swann	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
F	Donta Smith	Hapoel Jerusalem
F	Yancy Gates	Hapoel Tel Aviv
C	Craig Smith	Ironi Nes Ziona
Reserves
G	Mark Lyons	Ironi Nahariya
G	Josh Selby	Bnei Herzliya
G	Alex Young	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
G	Bracey Wright	Hapoel Jerusalem
F	Tony Crocker	Hapoel Holon
F	René Rougeau	Maccabi Haifa
C	Curtis Kelley	Maccabi Ashdod
C	Adrian Uter	Hapoel Eilat
Head coach:Danny Franco (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Head coach:Oded Kattash (Hapoel Tel Aviv)

3 March

Israeli	122–121 (OT)	Foreigners
Scoring by quarter: 30-30, 29-43, 36-19, 23-26, Overtime: 4-3
Pts: Rothbart 26 Rebs: Rothbart 8 Asts: Lior Eliyahu 7		Pts: Selby 23 Asts: Selby 11

Three-point shootout

**Contestants**
Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Final round

Slam Dunk Contest

**Contestants**
Pos.	Player	Team

Awards

Regular season MVP

Lior Eliyahu (Hapoel Jerusalem)

All-BSL 1st team

External links

IBA's official website (Hebrew)

References

Basketball in Israel

Israel Basketball Association Israeli Basketball Premier League Israeli Basketball State Cup Israeli Basketball League Cup Liga Leumit Liga Artzit

2015–16 BSL Teams	Ironi Nahariya Bnei Herzliya Maccabi Kiryat Gat Hapoel Holon Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv Elitzur Kiryat Ata Maccabi Ashdod Hapoel Eilat Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Tel Aviv

BSL seasons	2005-06 (F) 2006-07 (F) 2007-08 (F) 2008-09 (F) 2009-10 (F) 2010–11 (F) 2011–12 (F) 2012–13 (F) 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 (F) 2016–17

State Cups	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

League Cups	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Awards	BSL MVP BSL Finals MVP

EuroBasket	1953 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

EuroBasket Women	1950 1991 1995 1997 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

FIBA World Cup	1954 1986

Other	2011 All-Star Game

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