2002–03 ABA Goodyear League

2002–03 ABA Goodyear League season
League ABA Goodyear League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams  Croatia (4 teams)
 Slovenia (3 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (3 teams)
 Israel (1 team)
 Serbia and Montenegro (1 team)
Season champions Serbia and Montenegro Crvena zvezda
Season MVP United States Kenyan Weaks (Pivovarna Laško)
Top scorer United States Kenyan Weaks (Pivovarna Laško) (20.14 ppg)
Final 4
Champions Croatia Zadar

12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Slovenia, and FR Yugoslavia participated in Goodyear League in its second season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, FEAL Široki, Bosna ASA, Borac Nektar, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Crvena zvezda.

There were 22 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Ljubljana since April 3 until April 5, 2003. According to the original plan the Final Tournament was to be played in Tel Aviv, but due to the deteriorating security situation there at that time, the tournament got moved to Ljubljana. Crvena Zvezda finished top of the table in regular season, although the club didn't play its last round match against Maccabi, since the Israeli club didn't travel to Belgrade due to the state of emergency proclaimed following the March 2003 assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Đinđić. ABA awarded the game to Crvena Zvezda. In first match in Tel Aviv Crvena Zvezda defeated Maccabi.

Zadar became the 2003 Goodyear League champion.[1]

Regular season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. Crvena zvezda 22 17 5 1828 1648 +180 39
2. Maccabi Tel Aviv 22 17 5 1887 1629 +258 39
3. Union Olimpija 22 17 5 1812 1647 +165 39
4. Zadar 22 14 8 1963 1891 +72 36
5. Cibona VIP 22 13 9 1808 1695 +113 35
6. Zagreb 22 11 11 1758 1861 -103 33
7. Krka 22 11 11 1806 1738 +68 33
8. Pivovarna Laško 22 9 13 1717 1784 -67 31
9. FEAL Široki 22 9 13 1745 1773 -28 31
10. Split CO 22 7 15 1747 1877 -130 29
11. Borac Nektar 22 6 16 1824 1902 -78 28
12. Bosna ASA 22 1 21 1662 2112 -450 23
Qualified for Final four
Relegated

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

Final four

Matches played at Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

Semifinals
April 3. 		Final
April 5.
      
1 Crvena zvezda 77
4 Zadar 78
4 Zadar 91
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 88
2 Maccabi Tel Aviv 82
3 Union Olimpija 76


2002–03 ABA Godyear League Champions



Zadar
1st Title

Stats leaders

Ranking MVP

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1.United States Kenyan WeaksSlovenia Pivovarna Laško4032119.19
2.Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Aleksić Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Nektar3511918.47
3.United States Jamie Arnold Slovenia Krka3311818.39
4.Croatia Marko Popović Croatia Zadar3892217.68
5.Croatia Gordan ZadravecBosnia and Herzegovina FEAL Široki3682117.52

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.United States Kenyan WeaksSlovenia Pivovarna Laško4202120.00
2.Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Aleksić Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Nektar3751919.74
3.Croatia Gordan ZadravecBosnia and Herzegovina FEAL Široki4972119.38
4.United States Jamie Arnold Slovenia Krka3321818.44
5.Croatia Marko Popović Croatia Zadar3942217.91

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1.Croatia Andrija ŽižićCroatia Split CO148188.22
2.Croatia Nikša TarleBosnia and Herzegovina Bosna ASA158207.90
3.Croatia Hrvoje PerinčićCroatia Zadar149217.10
4.United States Jamie Arnold Slovenia Krka125186.94
5.Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris MujezinovićCroatia Cibona VIP129196.79

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.Croatia Ivan TomasCroatia Zagreb128225.82
2.Croatia Marko Popović Croatia Zadar104224.73
3.Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Aleksić Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Nektar89194.68
4.Croatia Mladen ErjavecCroatia Zadar106234.61
5.United States Scoonie PennSerbia and Montenegro Crvena zvezda88224.00

Source: Adriatic League

References

  1. ↑ Adriatic League History, adriaticbasket.info

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.