2010–11 ABA NLB League

2010-11 NLB League season
LeagueLiga ABA
SportBasketball
Duration8 October 2010 – 21 April 2011
Number of games185
Number of teams Serbia (4 teams)
 Croatia (4 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 teams)
 Slovenia (2 teams)
 Montenegro (1 team)
 Czech Republic (1 team)
Regular season
Season champions Partizan
Season MVP Luka Žorić (Zagreb)
Top scorer Michael Lee (Radnički) (19.60 ppg)
Final four
Finals champions Partizan
  Runners-up Union Olimpija

The 2010–11 season was the 10th season of the Liga ABA and 14 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Czech Republic participated in it. It was only time that team from Czech Republic, Nymburk took part in this regional league, and second time since formation that team that is not from former Yugoslavia took part in league.

2010–11 NLB League Final Four was held on 19–21 April in Arena Stožice, Ljubljana.

Team information

Venues and locations

Location of teams in the ABA NLB League 2010–11
Location of teams in the 2010–11 ABA League
Country Teams Team City Venue (Capacity)
Serbia 4
Partizan Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150)
Hemofarm STADA Vršac Millennium Center (5,000)
Crvena zvezda Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150)
Radnički Kragujevac Hala Jezero (3,570)
Croatia 4
Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall (9,200)
Zagreb CO Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
Cedevita Zagreb Sutinska vrela (2,000)
Slovenia 2
Union Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice (12,480)
Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000)
Široki TT Kabeli Široki Brijeg "Pecara" (4,500)
Montenegro 1
Budućnost m:tel Podgorica Morača Sports Center (4,570)
Czech Republic 1
ČEZ Nymburk Nymburk Sportovní Hala (1,200)

Head coaches

Team Head coach Seasons as head coach
Budućnost m:tel Dejan Radonjić
6
Cedevita Aleksandar Petrović
2
Cibona Zdravko Radulović
1
Crvena zvezda Mihailo Uvalin
1
Hemofarm STADA Željko Lukajić
9
Igokea Slobodan Klipa
1
Krka Aleksandar Džikić
2
ČEZ Nymburk Ronen Ginzburg
1
Union Olimpija Jure Zdovc
3
Partizan Vlada Jovanović
1
Radnički Miroslav Nikolić
2
Zadar Danijel Jusup
6
Zagreb CO Denis Bajramović
3
Široki TT Kabeli Ivan Velić
2

Coaching changes

Week Club Outgoing coach Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment
8th Zagreb Denis Bajramović 24 November 2010[1] Mladen Erjavec 25 November 2010
13th Cibona Zdravko Radulović 30 December 2010[2] Dražen Anzulović 30 December 2010
16th Zadar Danijel Jusup 12 January 2011[3] Tihomir Bujan 12 January 2011
22nd Zadar Tihomir Bujan 2 March 2011[4] Pino Grdović 3 March 2011[5]

Regular season

The regular season began on Friday, 8 October 2010, and will end on Tuesday, 15 March 2011.

Standings

Schedule and results

Stats leaders

As of 21 April 2011[7]

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1. Michael Lee Radnički 490 25 19.60
2. Luka Žorić Zagreb 505 26 19.42
3. Bojan Bogdanović Cibona 454 24 18.92
4. Corsley Edwards Cedevita 367 21 17.48
5. Dontaye Draper Cedevita 439 26 16.88

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1. Luka Žorić Zagreb 213 26 8.19
2. Vladimir Dragičević Budućnost 188 27 6.96
3. Radek Nečas Nymburk 148 23 6.43
4. Mario Kasun Zagreb 135 21 6.43
5. James Gist Partizan 140 23 6.09

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1. Miljan Pavković Hemofarm 135 26 5.19
2. Dontaye Draper Cedevita 132 26 5.08
3. Steven Marković Radnički 127 26 4.88
4. Vedran Morović Široki 107 25 4.28
5. Brian Chase Igokea 95 24 3.96

Ranking MVP

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1. Luka Žorić Zagreb 614 26 23.62
2. Dontaye Draper Cedevita 552 26 21.23
3. Michael Lee Radnički 509 25 20.36
4. Vladimir Dragičević Budućnost 519 27 19.81
5. Corsley Edwards Cedevita 392 21 18.67

MVP Round by Round

Round Player Team Efficiency
1 Milan Mačvan Hemofarm 33
2 Bojan Bogdanović Cibona 29
3 Michael Lee Radnički 34
4 Bojan Bogdanović(2) Cibona 39
5 Dontaye Draper Cedevita 38
6 Milan Mačvan (2) Hemofarm 33
7 Čedomir Vitkovac Igokea 28
8 Luka Žorić Zagreb 42
9 Michael Lee (2) Radnički 31
10 Michael Lee (3) Radnički 34
11 Steven Marković Radnički 38
12 Luka Žorić (2) Zagreb 39
13 Corsley Edwards Cedevita 38
14 Marko Car Zadar 36
15 Chester Simmons Nymburk 33
16 Corsley Edwards (2) Cedevita 48
17 Boris Savović Hemofarm 44
18 Luka Žorić (3) Zagreb 31
19 Vladan Vukosavljević Radnički 31
20 Bracey Wright Cedevita 40
21 Luka Žorić (4) Zagreb 35
22 Luka Žorić (5) Zagreb 37
23 Luka Žorić (6) Zagreb 40
24 Mario Kasun Zagreb 36
25 Vladimir Dragičević Budućnost 33
26 Mario Kasun (2) Zagreb 36
Semifinals Zoran Dragić Krka 18
Final Nathan Jawai Partizan 19

Source: NLB League

Final four

Matches in, Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Semifinals
19 April
Final
21 April
      
1 Partizan 62
4 Budućnost m:tel 58
1 Partizan 77
2 Union Olimpija 74
2 Union Olimpija 67
3 Krka 57

Semifinals

19 April
18:15
Partizan 62–58 Budućnost m:tel
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 16–13, 7–16, 25–13
Pts: Jerrells, Katić 13
Rebs: Gist 6
Asts: Gist 2
Pts: Simonović 14
Rebs: Simonović 8
Asts: Kadžiulis 3
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Dubravko Muhvić (CRO), Sašo Pukl (SLO), Matej Boltauzer (SLO)

19 April
20:45
Union Olimpija 67–57 Krka
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 16–17, 22–15, 15–14
Pts: Ožbolt 19
Rebs: Jagodnik 10
Asts: Ilievski 4
Pts: Dragić 13
Rebs: Pavič, Balažič 5
Asts: Krivec 3
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Zoran Šutulović (MNE), Milija Vojinović (SRB)

Final

21 April
20:45
Partizan 77–74 Union Olimpija
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 17–16, 22–19, 12–16
Pts: Jerrells 20
Rebs: Jawai, Veselý 6
Asts: Lučić, Kecman 2
Pts: Ilievski 15
Rebs: Jagodnik 7
Asts: Ožbolt, Ilievski 3
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Srđan Dožai (CRO), Sreten Radović (CRO), Siniša Herceg (CRO)


2010–11 ABA NLB League Champions


Partizan
5th Title

References

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