2018–19 Israeli Basketball National League

The 2018–19 Israeli Basketball National League (or the Liga Leumit) is the 19th season of the Israeli Basketball National League. It started on October 31, 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended on May 24, 2019 with the finals. Maccabi Haifa have won the championship after defeating Hapoel Galil Elyon 3–1 in a best of five series.

Israeli Basketball National League
Season	2018–19
Dates	October 31, 2018 – May 24, 2019
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Sport 5
Regular season
Relegated	Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Rehovot
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Haifa
Runners-up	Hapoel Galil Elyon
Finals MVP	Keron DeShields
Statistical leaders
Points Quintrell Thomas 23.5 Rebounds Quintrell Thomas 12.1 Assists Naor Sharon 8.8 Index Rating Quintrell Thomas 29.3
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Teams

The following teams had changed divisions after the 2017–18 season:

Relegated from Premier League

• Maccabi Haifa

Promoted from Liga Artzit

• Elitzur Netanya
• Elitzur Eito Ashkelon

Venues and locations

Galil Elyon

Kiryat Ata

Kiryat Motzkin

M. Haifa

H. Haifa

Afula

Netanya

Ra'anana

Kfar Saba

Ramat Gan

Hod HaSharon

Yavne

Rehovot

Ashkelon

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League Map

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Elitzur Eito Ashkelon	Ashkelon	Ashkelon Sports Arena	3,000
Elitzur Netanya	Netanya	Yeshurun Hall	1,000
Elitzur Yavne	Yavne	Ralf Klain Hall	600
Hapoel Afula	Afula	Nir Ha'emak Hall	1,000
Hapoel Galil Elyon/Safed	Upper Galilee and Safed	HaPais Kfar Blum	2,200
Hapoel Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000
Hapoel Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba	HaYovel Kfar Saba	680
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim	Ramat Gan and Givatayim	Zisman Hall	1,400
Ironi Kiryat Ata	Kiryat Ata	Ramaz Hall	1,000
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000
Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin	Kiryat Motzkin	Goshen Hall	750
Maccabi Ra'anana	Ra'anana	Metro West	1,850
Maccabi Rehovot	Rehovot	Katzir Hall	500
Maccabi Hod HaSharon	Hod HaSharon	Atidim Hall	400

League table

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Ra'anana	26	22	4	2441	2224	+217	48	Advance to playoffs
2	Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin	26	17	9	2210	2073	+137	43
3	Hapoel Galil Elyon	26	17	9	2084	1996	+88	43
4	Maccabi Haifa	26	16	10	2226	2110	+116	42
5	Hapoel Afula	26	15	11	2301	2221	+80	41
6	Elitzur Eito Ashkelon	26	14	12	2101	2111	−10	40
7	Ironi Kiryat Ata	26	13	13	2141	2120	+21	39
8	Elitzur Yavne	26	12	14	2092	2116	−24	38
9	Elitzur Netanya	26	12	14	2214	2166	+48	38	Advance to playouts
10	Hapoel Haifa	26	11	15	2348	2414	−66	37
11	Maccabi Hod HaSharon	26	10	16	2189	2238	−49	36
12	Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim	26	10	16	2069	2222	−153	36
13	Maccabi Rehovot	26	9	17	2151	2211	−60	35
14	Hapoel Kfar Saba	26	4	22	2047	2392	−345	30

Updated to match(es) played on April 2, 2019. Source: ibasketball.co.il

Playouts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Haifa	31	15	16	2806	2856	−50	46
2	Elitzur Netanya	31	14	17	2664	2620	+44	45
3	Maccabi Hod HaSharon	31	13	18	2629	2679	−50	44
4	Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim	31	13	18	2506	2650	−144	44
5	Maccabi Rehovot (R)	31	11	20	2608	2646	−38	42	Relegation to Liga Artzit
6	Hapoel Kfar Saba (R)	31	5	26	2441	2828	−387	36

Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2019. Source: ibasketball.co.il
(R) Relegated

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 Maccabi Ra'anana	2
	8 Elitzur Yavne	1
					Maccabi Ra'anana	0
					Maccabi Haifa	3
	4 Maccabi Haifa	2
	5 Hapoel Afula	1
									Maccabi Haifa	3
									Hapoel Galil Elyon	1
	2 Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin	2
	7 Ironi Kiryat Ata	1
					Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin	1
					Hapoel Galil Elyon	3
	3 Hapoel Galil Elyon	2
	6 Elitzur Eito Ashkelon	1

Statistical leaders

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Quintrell Thomas Maccabi Hod HaSharon 23.5 2 Jarmar Gulley Maccabi Ra'anana 23.4 3 Jahmar Young Hapoel Haifa 22.6 4 Sammy Yeager Hapoel Afula 21.8 5 Marcus Relphorde Maccabi Rehovot 20.0

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Naor Sharon Hapoel Haifa 8.8 2 Guni Israeli Hapoel Galil Elyon 7.7 3 Ziv Ben-Zvi Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin 6.6 4 Yuval Naimy Maccabi Rehovot 6.3 5 Niv Berkowitz Elitzur Eito Ashkelon 5.8

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Quintrell Thomas Maccabi Hod HaSharon 12.1 2 Jeff Allen Hapoel Haifa 11.7 3 Marvin Jefferson Elitzur Netanya 11.5 4 Billy McShepard Elitzur Eito Ashkelon 11.4 5 Brandon Edwards Elitzur Yavne 11.0

Efficiency Pos Player Club PIR 1 Quintrell Thomas Maccabi Hod HaSharon 29.3 2 Jarmar Gulley Maccabi Ra'anana 24.6 3 Jeff Allen Hapoel Haifa 24.2 4 Brandon Edwards Elitzur Yavne 24.1 5 Billy McShepard Elitzur Eito Ashkelon 24.0

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Average
Steals	Jarmar Gulley	Maccabi Ra'anana	2.5
Blocks	Jo Lual-Acuil	Hapoel Galil Elyon	2.3
Turnovers	Naor Sharon	Hapoel Haifa	3.7
Minutes	Naor Sharon	Hapoel Haifa	36:36
2P%	Tyler Smith	Elitzur Eito Ashkelon	66.0%
3P%	Noam Laish	Hapoel Haifa	44.1%
FT%	Eyal Shulman	Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim	88.9%

Source: ibasketball.co.il Archived 2020-01-26 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Finals MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Keron DeShields	Maccabi Haifa

Source: @LeumitBBall

Regular Season Best Import

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Jarmar Gulley	Maccabi Ra'anana

Source: @LeumitBBall

Most Improved Player

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Hen Halfon	Elitzur Eito Ashkelon

Source: @LeumitBBall

Rising Star

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Eidan Alber	Hapoel Kfar Saba

Source: @LeumitBBall

Coach of the Year

Coach	Team
Avner Yaor	Maccabi Ra'anana

Source: @LeumitBBall

All-League First Team

First Team
Pos.	Player	Team
G	Guni Israeli	Hapoel Galil Elyon
G	Ziv Ben-Zvi	Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin
G	Niv Berkowitz	Elitzur Eito Ashkelon
F	Jarmar Gulley	Maccabi Ra'anana
C	Quintrell Thomas	Maccabi Hod HaSharon

Source: @LeumitBBall

See also

• 2018–19 Israeli Basketball Premier League
• 2018–19 Israeli Basketball State Cup