Sport Basketball Number of teams 10 | Number of games 135 (regular season) TV partner(s) Sport 5, Channel 1 | |
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League Israeli Basketball Super League Duration 17 October 2010 - 26 May 2011 | ||
The 2010–11 Israeli Basketball Super League (Also known as Ligat Loto) was the 57th season of the top basketball league in Israel. The season began on 17 October 2010 and ended on 26 May 2011.
Contents
Format
Each of the 10 participating teams play 18 regular league games, one home game and one away game against each other team. After that, there is 3rd round in which every team play against each other team once. The top eight teams advance to the playoff, where they play best-of-5 series decided by the rankings at the end of the regular season (first against eighth, second against seventh and so on). The series winners play in the Final Four to determine the championship. The two 9th and 10th ranked teams compete in a best-of-5 series relegation playoff, and the loser will be relegated to Liga Leumit 2010/11.
Regular season
Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.
Rounds 1-2
The home team is listed on the left-hand column.
The rightmost column and the bottom row list the teams' home and away records respectively.
1The match between Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Rishon LeZion was postponed because of the Mount Carmel forest fire. It was played on January 13.
2The match between Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Holon was postponed at Maccabi Haifa's request. It was played on January 27.
Playoff
The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
Final Four
See 2010–11 Israeli Final Four
Relegation Playoff
The higher ranked team hosts games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosts games 2 and 4 (if necessary).
Ironi Ashkelon was relegated to Liga Leumit.
2011 BSL All-Star Game
On December 8, the BSL League Administration announced the re-establishment of the BSL All-Star Game, which will be played on January 12, 2011. The main event will be the game between the Israeli All-Stars (coached by Effi Birnbaum and Oded Kattash) and the Foreign All-Stars (coached by David Blatt and Dan Shamir). The players will be chosen by an online voting.