2014–15 Israeli Basketball Super League

2014–2015 Ligat Winner 1
Season	2014–2015
Duration	12 October 2014 – 25 June 2015
Number of games	33 (regular season)
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Sports Channel, Channel 1
Regular season
Top seed	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Season MVP	Lior Eliyahu
Promoted	Ironi Nahariya
Relegated	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Finals
Champions	Hapoel Jerusalem 1st title
Runners-up	Hapoel Eilat
Semifinalists	Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Finals MVP	Bracey Wright
Statistical leaders
Points Mark Lyons 18.4 Rebounds Julian Wright 9.8 Assists Jeremy Pargo 6.8
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The 2014–2015 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

Herzliya

Ness Ziona

Gilboa

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Haifa

Ironi Nahariya

Eilat

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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

Head coaches

Team	Head coach	Seasons in the club
Bnei Herzliya	Mickey Gorka	1
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Ariel Beit-Halahmy	1
Hapoel Holon	Elad Hasin	2
Hapoel Jerusalem	Danny 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

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

Playoffs

Bracket

Small bold numbers represent the seed earned in the regular season of each team.

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).

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).

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.

Game 1

Game 2

2015 Israeli Basketball Super League Champions
Hapoel Jerusalem 1st title

All-Star Game

The 2015 Israeli 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 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)

International 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 Kelly Maccabi Ashdod C Adrian Uter Hapoel Eilat Head coach:Danny Franco (Hapoel Jerusalem) Head coach:Oded Kattash (Hapoel Tel Aviv)

Three-point shootout

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Final round
G	Zack Rosen (W)	Maccabi Ashdod	20	19
G	Chanan Colman	Maccabi Haifa	19	14
C	Robert Rothbart	Ironi Nahariya	14	-
G	Yehu Orland	Maccabi Ashdod	14	-
G	Yuval Naimi	Bnei Herzliya	13	-
G	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem	9	-
G	Tony Crocker	Hapoel Holon	8	-

Slam Dunk Contest

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Mark Lyons (W)	Ironi Nahariya
F	Ivan Aska	Maccabi Ashdod
F	Itay Segev	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
F	Netanel Artzi	Maccabi Haifa

Awards

Regular season MVP

• Lior Eliyahu (Hapoel Jerusalem)

All-BSL 1st team

• Khalif Wyatt (Hapoel Eilat)
• Shawn Dawson (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
• Devin Smith (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Lior Eliyahu (Hapoel Jerusalem)
• Ike Ofoegbu (Maccabi Haifa)

Coach of the Season

• Danny Franco

Rising Star

• Shawn Dawson (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

Best Defender

• Brian Randle (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Most Improved Player

• Robert Rothbart (Ironi Nahariya)

Sixth Man of the Season

• Tony Gaffney (Hapoel Jerusalem)

External links

• IBA's official website (Hebrew)^{[permanent dead link]}

References