2008–09 ACB season

2008-09 ACB season
LeagueLiga ACB
SportBasketball
DurationOctober 4, 2008 - May 10, 2009
Number of games256 (regular season)
19 (playoffs)
Number of teams17
TV partner(s)Televisión Española
Regular Season
Season championsTAU Cerámica
Season MVPSpain Felipe Reyes (Real Madrid)
Top scorerSerbia Igor Rakočević (TAU Cerámica)
Playoffs
ACB Finals
ChampionsFC Barcelona
Finals MVPSpain Juan Carlos Navarro
ACB seasons

The 2008–09 ACB season is the 26th season of the Liga ACB. The 272-game regular season (16 home games for each of the 17 teams) began on Saturday, October 4, 2008, and ended on Sunday, May 10, 2009.[1] The top four teams earned berths in the Euroleague competition for 2009–10, the international basketball competition for European professional teams.

Team standings

Direct access to Euroleague 2009–10
Clinched playoff berth
Eliminated from playoffs contention
Relegated

Team standings after 34 games.[2]

# Teams GP W L PF PA Diff
1 Tau Cerámica 32 28 4 2865 2464 +401
2 Regal Barcelona 32 26 6 2601 2278 +323
3 Unicaja 32 24 8 2668 2325 +343
4 Real Madrid 32 23 9 2690 2528 +162
5 DKV Joventut 32 22 10 2647 2525 +122
6 Kalise Gran Canaria 32 20 12 2566 2487 +79
7 Pamesa Valencia 32 16 16 2452 2416 +36
8 iurbentia Bilbao 32 15 17 2451 2492 -41
9 Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada 32 15 17 2669 2639 +30
10 Ricoh Manresa 32 14 18 2382 2503 -121
11 CB Granada 32 12 20 2369 2516 -147
12 Bruesa GBC 32 11 21 2448 2589 -141
13 MMT Estudiantes 32 11 21 2473 2586 -113
14 Cajasol 32 10 22 2429 2641 -212
15 CB Murcia 32 9 23 2347 2636 -289
16 ViveMenorca 32 8 24 2281 2481 -200
17 CAI Zaragoza 32 8 24 2383 2615 -232

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Playoffs

Main article: 2009 ACB Playoffs

Stats leaders

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Points

Rank Name Team PPG
1. Serbia Igor Rakočević Tau Cerámica 19.4
2. United States Brad Oleson Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada 18.0
3. Argentina Paolo Quinteros CAI Zaragoza 17.4
4. United States Taquan Dean CB Murcia 16.7
5. United States Pooh Jeter ViveMenorca 16.3

Rebounds

Rank Name Team RPG
1. United States Curtis Borchardt CB Granada 9.9
2. Spain Felipe Reyes Real Madrid 8.9
3. United States Nik Caner-Medley Cajasol Sevilla 8.0
4. United States Andrew Panko Bruesa GBC 6.8
5. Turkey Ersan İlyasova Regal Barcelona 6.8

Assists

Rank Name Team APG
1. Spain Javier Rodríguez Ricoh Manresa 6.1
2. Spain Ricky Rubio DKV Joventut 5.8
3. United States Chris Thomas CB Murcia 5.0
4. Latvia Kristaps Valters Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada 4.8
5. Argentina Pablo Prigioni TAU Cerámica 4.7

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Best Defensive Player

MVP Week by Week

Date Player Team Efficiency
1 Spain Saúl Blanco Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada 33
2 United States Brad Oleson Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada (2) 39
3 Spain Felipe Reyes Real Madrid 40
4 Italy Andrea Pecile Cajasol 26
5 Spain Felipe Reyes (2) Real Madrid (2) 34
6 United States Tom Wideman MMT Estudiantes 29
7 United States Chris Thomas CB Murcia 32
8 United States Marcus Haislip Unicaja 31
9 Serbia Igor Rakočević Tau Cerámica 33
10 Serbia Igor Rakočević (2) Tau Cerámica (2) 32
11 Brazil Tiago Splitter
Spain Saúl Blanco (2)		 Tau Cerámica (3)
Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada (3)		 33
12 United States Pooh Jeter ViveMenorca 31
13 United States Curtis Borchardt CB Granada 35
14 United States Curtis Borchardt (2) CB Granada (2) 41
15 Spain Felipe Reyes (3)
Spain Fran Vázquez		 Real Madrid (3)
Regal Barcelona		 32
16 Canada Carl English Kalise Gran Canaria 37
17 Argentina Paolo Quinteros CAI Zaragoza 33
18 United States Brad Oleson (2)
United States Curtis Borchardt (3)		 Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada (4)
CB Granada (3)		 32
19 Brazil Tiago Splitter (2) Tau Cerámica (4) 36
20 Serbia Igor Rakočević (3) Tau Cerámica (5) 39
21 United States Curtis Borchardt (4) CB Granada (4) 41
22 United States Pete Mickeal Tau Cerámica (6) 28
23 United States Marcus Haislip (2)
United States Brad Oleson (3)		 Unicaja (2)
Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada (5)		 33
24 United States Lamont Barnes CB Murcia (2) 31
25 Belgium Axel Hervelle Real Madrid (4) 36
26 Spain Fran Vázquez (2) Regal Barcelona (2) 36
27 Spain Fran Vázquez (3) Regal Barcelona (3) 45
28 United States Clay Tucker Cajasol (2) 39
29 Spain Felipe Reyes (4) Real Madrid (5) 34
30 Senegal Boniface N'Dong Unicaja (3) 31
31 United States Jimmie Hunter CB Granada (5) 34
32 United States Jimmie Hunter (2) CB Granada (6) 41
33 France Jérôme Moïso DKV Joventut 38
34 Spain Guillem Rubio Ricoh Manresa 35

MVP Month by Month

Month Player Team Efficiency
October Spain Felipe Reyes Real Madrid 30,8
November Serbia Igor Rakočević Tau Cerámica 26,2
December United States Curtis Borchardt CB Granada 34,3
January Canada Carl English Kalise Gran Canaria 24,3
February United States Brad Oleson Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada 30,5
March Spain Fran Vázquez Regal Barcelona 28,75
April United States Jimmie Hunter CB Granada (2) 21,2

All-ACB Team

Position Player Team
PG Argentina Pablo Prigioni Tau Cerámica
SG Serbia Igor Rakočević Tau Cerámica
SF Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Regal Barcelona
C Spain Fran Vázquez Regal Barcelona
C Spain Felipe Reyes Real Madrid

References

  1. ^ "ACB Calendar". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  2. ^ "ACB.COM". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
  3. ^ "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". Archived from the original on July 24, 2009.
  4. ^ Felipe Reyes, MVP de la temporada 2008-09 ACB.com Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)