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 Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

. 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, 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.Hapoel Jerusalem fans gather in capital to watch historic championship game
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Teams

Changes

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 Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club () known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in the Liga Leumit (the second tier of Israeli basketball) and ...

has been promoted to the league after winning Ligat Leumit last season.

Stadia and locations

Head coaches

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

All-Star Game

The 2015 Israeli League All-star event was held on 3 March 2015, at the new

Holon Toto Hall Holon Toto Hall is an indoor arena that is located in the Tel Aviv District city of Holon, Israel. The arena is mainly used to host basketball games. It has a seating capacity of 5,500. History Holon Toto Hall was opened in March 2015. In 2016, t ...

Holon Holon (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. In , it had a population of , making it the List of cities in Israel, tenth most populous city in Isra ...

. Every team sent one foreigner and one Israeli for the respective team, with the remaining spots been selected by the League.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

have been abroad for a Euroleague game, therefore their players did not compete in the event.

Three-point shootout

Slam Dunk Contest

Awards

Regular season MVP

Lior Eliyahu Lior Eliyahu (; born 9 September 1985) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He is 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) in height and he weighs 105 kg (225 pounds). He plays at the Power forward (basketball), power forward position. He was ...

( Hapoel Jerusalem)

All-BSL 1st team

* Khalif Wyatt ( Hapoel Eilat) * Shawn Dawson ( Maccabi Rishon LeZion) * Devin Smith (

) *

( Hapoel Jerusalem) * Ike Ofoegbu ( Maccabi Haifa)

Coach of the Season

Danny Franco Danny Franco (; born 5 December 1973) is an Israeli basketball coach. Franco began his coaching path as coach for Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth teams, and during that time he also coached the Israeli youth national team. Among the many teams Franco ...

Rising Star

* Shawn Dawson ( Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

Best Defender

* Brian Randle (

)

Most Improved Player

* Robert Rothbart (

)

Sixth Man of the Season

* Tony Gaffney ( Hapoel Jerusalem)

External links

IBA's official website (Hebrew)

References

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