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.
Maccabi Haifa won its first-ever Israeli championship.

Teams

Team changes

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

Head coaches

Regular season

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. The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4.
Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 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 3–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv76-6880-6776-74
Maccabi Haifa 3–0 Hapoel Gilboa Galil87-8593-8193-87
Hapoel Eilat 3–2 Maccabi Rishon LeZion77-7991-6369-6770-7991-80
Barak Netanya 2–3 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. The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4.
Team #1Agg.Team #2Game 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 3–0 Hapoel Jerusalem91-7374-6878-72
Maccabi Haifa 3–2 Hapoel Eilat87-75105-8475-78 72-8271-68

Final

The Final was held on 13 June at Romema Arena.
Team #1ScoreTeam #2
Maccabi Tel Aviv 79-86 Maccabi Haifa

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

All-Star Game

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

Three-point shootout

Slam Dunk Contest

Awards

Regular season MVP