2018–19 Israeli Basketball Premier League

Israeli Basketball Premier League
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Season	2018-19
Dates	6 October 2018 – 13 June 2019
Teams	12
TV partner	Sports Channel
Regular season
Season MVP	Corey Walden
Promoted	Maccabi Haifa
Relegated	Bnei Herzliya
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (53rd title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Semi-finalists	Hapoel Jerusalem; Hapoel Eilat
Finals MVP	John DiBartolomeo
Awards
Sixth Man	Suleiman Braimoh
Rising Star	Amit Gershon
Best Defender	TaShawn Thomas
Most Improved	Netanel Artzi
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Mark Tollefsen
Rebounds	Greg Whittington
Assists	Avi Ben Chimol
Index Rating	Greg Whittington
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The 2018–19 Israeli Basketball Premier League, for sponsorship reasons Ligat Winner, is the 65th season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Maccabi Tel Aviv is the defending champion.

Season2018-19

Dates6 October 2018 – 13 June 2019

Teams12

TV partnerSports Channel

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Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Bnei Herzliya	Herzliya	HaYovel Herzliya	1,500
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Be'er Sheva	Conch Arena	3,000
Hapoel Eilat	Eilat	Begin Arena	1,490
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Gilboa Regional Council	Gan Ner Sports Hall	2,100
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	5,500
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Pais Arena	11,000
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	3,504
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sarah	2,500
Ironi Nes Ziona	Ness Ziona	Lev Hamoshava	1,200
Maccabi Ashdod	Ashdod	HaKiriya Arena	2,200
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bnei Herzliya	Eldad Akunis	Arik Shivek	Peak	Rav-Bariach
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Kfir Arazi	Rami Hadar	Spalding	Altshuler Shaham
Hapoel Eilat	Nachi Indik	Sharon Drucker	And1	Mall Hayam
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Haim Ohayon	Ariel Beit-Halahmy	Peak
Hapoel Holon	Shlomo Issac	Dan Shamir	Peak	UNET
Hapoel Jerusalem	Eyal Chomski	Oded Kattash	Peak	Bank Yahav
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Rami Cohen	Danny Franco	Peak	SP
Ironi Nahariya	Nissim Alfasi	Eric Alfasi	Peak
Ironi Nes Ziona	Yaniv Mizrahi	Nadav Zilberstein	Kappa	Hai Motors
Maccabi Ashdod	Armaund Asulin	Brad Greenberg	And1	SCE
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Itzhak Peri	Guy Goodes	Under Armour	Mitcham 1000
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Shimon Mizrahi	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Nike	FOX

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason	Hire date	Incoming head coach	Ref.
November 18, 2018	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Neven Spahija	Fired	November 18, 2018	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	^[3]
November 26, 2018	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Zvika Sherf	Fired	November 30, 2018	Guy Goodes	^[4]^[5]
December 11, 2018	Ironi Nahariya	Mickey Gorka	Fired	December 13, 2018	Eric Alfasi	^[6]^[7]
January 15, 2019	Bnei Herzliya	Gašper Potočnik	Fired	January 15, 2019	Ofer Berkovich	^[8]
January 30, 2019	Bnei Herzliya	Ofer Berkovich	Fired	January 31, 2019	Arik Shivek	^[9]^[10]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	27	6	3013	2578	+435	60	Advance to playoffs
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	24	9	2994	2727	+267	57
3	Hapoel Holon	33	24	9	2907	2838	+69	57
4	Hapoel Eilat	33	22	11	2859	2635	+224	55
5	Ironi Nes Ziona	33	16	17	2829	2865	−36	49
6	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	15	18	2664	2734	−70	48
7	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	33	15	18	2712	2683	+29	48
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	14	19	2766	2758	+8	47
9	Maccabi Ashdod	33	13	20	2741	2937	−196	46
10	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	33	12	21	2799	3037	−238	45
11	Ironi Nahariya	33	9	24	2539	2798	−259	42
12	Bnei Herzliya (R)	33	7	26	2528	2761	−233	40	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Home \ Away	BHE	HBS	HEI	HGG	HHO	HJE	HTA	INA	INZ	MAS	MRL	MTA
Bnei Herzliya	—	75–84	81–100	105–78	82–85	73–83	68–88	61–63	62–81	70–75	74–67	77–87
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	87–74	—	88–85	83–76	70–72	88–89	105–73	85–75	78–90	87–70	81–84	76–99
Hapoel Eilat	81–75	88–66	—	107–74	76–82	70–82	95–89	77–71	105–85	102–77	96–81	70–83
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	90–89	68–82	70–88	—	75–85	101–99	91–96	85–81	95–84	103–95	92–77	98–94
Hapoel Holon	86–78	86–78	108–102	112–106	—	101–82	78–75	78–72	78–88	88–84	85–81	100–95
Hapoel Jerusalem	98–77	89–79	83–99	94–81	94–74	—	87–75	92–53	90–82	104–94	94–76	78–89
Hapoel Tel Aviv	76–77	68–73	100–81	76–86	74–92	86–90	—	76–90	90–78	89–95	78–64	104–94
Ironi Nahariya	77–93	61–86	75–93	87–89	98–95	86–80	59–80	—	85–76	86–92	75–89	77–87
Ironi Nes Ziona	81–79	105–84	82–80	83–76	95–96	74–90	85–89	103–93	—	70–82	93–95	83–81
Maccabi Ashdod	94–73	84–99	68–85	79–80	71–94	64–87	81–78	93–74	80–75	—	80–90	100–104
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	77–72	71–66	72–75	107–99	70–78	77–72	62–85	75–58	84–90	92–79	—	92–94
Maccabi Tel Aviv	88–70	66–64	101–91	105–77	99–66	91–78	89–57	78–61	87–82	103–59	98–64	—

Home \ Away	BHE	HBS	HEI	HGG	HHO	HJE	HTA	INA	INZ	MAS	MRL	MTA
Bnei Herzliya	—	68–92	—	—	—	69–76	—	—	—	86–97	74–66	58–102
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	—	—	—	104–77	—	89–118	—	—	91–103	88–97	77–53	64–96
Hapoel Eilat	74–73	64–52	—	—	87–72	—	85–76	90–69	89–77	—	—	—
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	81–95	—	91–82	—	73–94	—	70–92	96–93	90–91	—	—	—
Hapoel Holon	88–85	89–78	—	—	—	99–108	97–89	77–88	84–97	—	—	—
Hapoel Jerusalem	—	—	78–81	104–87	—	—	—	—	100–73	92–82	91–80	98–92
Hapoel Tel Aviv	90–73	102–96	—	—	—	92–91	—	—	—	104–76	—	76–85
Ironi Nahariya	72–76	68–92	—	—	—	93–103	78–69	—	—	—	—	71–77
Ironi Nes Ziona	97–86	—	—	—	—	—	100–98	75–77	—	92–101	85–84	—
Maccabi Ashdod	—	—	74–92	94–86	100–89	—	—	88–89	—	—	66–93	—
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	—	—	81–77	92–88	102–105	—	87–76	92–84	—	—	—	—
Maccabi Tel Aviv	—	—	99–92	88–70	86–94	—	—	—	86–74	90–73	97–87	—

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
(1) Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Hapoel Tel Aviv (8)	89–67	85–72	87–63	—	—
(4) Hapoel Eilat	3–1	Ironi Nes Ziona (5)	96–89	84–95	84–76	98–90	—
(3) Hapoel Holon	1–3	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (6)	84–95	85–95	100–79	76–92	—
(2) Hapoel Jerusalem	3–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (7)	85–68	99–75	95–77	—	—

Semifinals		Final

June 10

Maccabi Tel Aviv	85
		June 13
Hapoel Eilat	83
		Maccabi Tel Aviv	89
June 10
		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	75
Hapoel Jerusalem	86

Maccabi Rishon LeZion	92

April 12, 2019	Israeli All-Stars	130–134	International All-Stars	Tel Aviv
13:00	Scoring by quarter: 29-33, 37-37, 38-47, 26-19
Sport 5	Pts: Stoudemire 24 Rebs: Zoosman & Stoudemire 6 Asts: Blatt 7 PIR: Zoosman 27	Box Score Report	Pts: Tokoto 19 Rebs: Four players 5 Asts: Stoll 5 PIR: Tokoto 25	Arena: Menora Mivtachim Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Pini Rimon, Eran Shmuel, Gil Gordon

Pos.	Player	Team	1st round	Final round
F	Guy Pnini	Hapoel Holon	20	18
G	Golan Gutt	Ironi Nes Ziona	21	16
G	James Feldeine	Hapoel Jerusalem	16	—
G/F	Adam Ariel	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	14	—
G/F	Jordan Swing	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	13	—
G	Jamal Shuler	Hapoel Tel Aviv	12	—
G/F	Michael Roll	Maccabi Tel Aviv	11	—
G	Tamir Blatt	Hapoel Jerusalem	9	—

Pos.	Player	Team	1st round	Final round
G/F	Cor-J Cox	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	45	50
F/C	Deshawn Stephens	Hapoel Tel Aviv	47	45
F/C	James Kelly	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	45	45
F	JP Tokoto	Hapoel Eilat	—	—

Category	Player	Team	Average
Steals	Paul Stoll	Maccabi Ashdod	2.9
Blocks	Eric Griffin	Ironi Nahariya	2.1
Turnovers	Paul Stoll	Maccabi Ashdod	4.4
Minutes	Greg Whittington	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	35:20
2P%	Josh Owens	Hapoel Jerusalem	73.6%
3P%	Michael Roll	Maccabi Tel Aviv	49.0%
FT%	John DiBartolomeo	Maccabi Tel Aviv	88.2%

First team		Second Team
Player	Team	Player	Team
John DiBartolomeo	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Cameron Long	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Corey Walden	Hapoel Holon	Tal Dunne	Ironi Nes Ziona
James Feldeine	Hapoel Jerusalem	Guy Pnini	Hapoel Holon
Elijah Bryant	Hapoel Eilat	Suleiman Braimoh	Hapoel Eilat
Tomer Ginat	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tarik Black	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Month	Rounds	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October	1–4	John DiBartolomeo	Maccabi Tel Aviv	21.0	^[15]
November	5–8	Elijah Bryant	Hapoel Eilat	23.3	^[16]
December	9–11	Tal Dunne	Ironi Nes Ziona	21.7	^[17]
January	12–15	Corey Walden	Hapoel Holon	39.8	^[18]
February	16–19	J'Covan Brown	Hapoel Jerusalem	23.7	^[19]
March	20–23	Suleiman Braimoh	Hapoel Eilat	27.3	^[20]
April	24–28	James Feldeine	Hapoel Jerusalem	26.3	^[21]

Round	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
October
1	Myke Henry (1/2)	Ironi Nahariya	27	^[34]
2	Taylor Braun	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	36	^[35]
3	Bryant Crawford (1/2)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	28	^[36]
4	Ian Miller	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	34	^[37]
November
5	Bryant Crawford (2/2)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	28	^[38]
7	Paul Stoll	Maccabi Ashdod	40	^[39]
8	James Feldeine (1/2)	Hapoel Jerusalem	20	^[40]
December
9	Daequan Cook (1/2)	Ironi Nes Ziona	19	^[41]
10	Tal Dunne	Ironi Nes Ziona	28	^[42]
January
12	JP Tokoto	Hapoel Eilat	45	^[43]
13	Corey Walden (1/4)	Hapoel Holon	35	^[44]
14	Corey Walden (2/4)	Hapoel Holon	46	^[45]
15	Gary Browne	Ironi Nes Ziona	36	^[46]
February
17	James Kelly	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	31	^[47]
18	Jake Pemberton	Maccabi Ashdod	31	^[48]
March
21	Shawn Jones	Hapoel Holon	30	^[49]
22	Darion Atkins	Hapoel Holon	38	^[50]
23	Myke Henry (2/2)	Ironi Nahariya	28	^[51]
April
24	Corey Walden (3/4)	Hapoel Holon	36	^[52]
25	Daequan Cook (2/2)	Ironi Nes Ziona	29	^[53]
27	Greg Whittington	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	41	^[54]
28	Xavier Rathan-Mayes	Bnei Herzliya	25	^[55]
29	James Feldeine (2/2)	Hapoel Jerusalem	32	^[56]
May
30	Mark Tollefsen	Maccabi Ashdod	29	^[57]
31	Corey Walden (4/4)	Hapoel Holon	43	^[58]
32	Amit Gershon	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	37	^[59]
33	Nimrod Levi	Maccabi Ashdod	38	^[60]

Team	Competition	Progress
Maccabi Tel Aviv	EuroLeague	Regular season
Hapoel Jerusalem	Champions League	Quarter-finals
Hapoel Tel Aviv		First qualifying round
Hapoel Holon		Regular season
Hapoel Holon	FIBA Europe Cup	Semi-finals
Ironi Nes Ziona	FIBA Europe Cup	Round of 16

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Rounds 1 to 22

Rounds 23 to 33

Lineups

Game

Three-Point Shootout

Slam Dunk Contest

Points

Assists

Rebounds

Efficiency

Other statistics

Individual game highs

Yearly awards

Quarterfinals MVP

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Israeli Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

MVP of the Round

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