2013–14 ABA League

ABA League
ABA League
Season	2013–14
Duration	October 4, 2013 – March 31, 2014; (Regular season); April 24 – 27, 2014; (Final Four)
Games played	185
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport; Šport TV; Sport 1; MKTV; RTS; HRT; RTCG;
Regular season
Top seed	Crvena zvezda Telekom
Season MVP	Dario Šarić (Cibona)
Relegated	Široki
Finals
Champions	Cibona ; 1st title
Runners-up	Cedevita
Semifinalists	Crvena zvezda Telekom ; Partizan
Final Four MVP	Dario Šarić (Cibona)
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Dario Šarić (Cibona)
Rebounds	Dario Šarić (Cibona)
Assists	Jerel Blassingame (Cibona)
Records
Highest attendance	14,210
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The 2013–14 ABA League was the 13th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Hungary participating in it.

Regular season started on October 4, 2013, and lasted until March 31, 2014. The Final Four took place from April 24 to 27, 2014.

Team information

Country	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Serbia	4
		Crvena Zvezda Telekom	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)
		Mega Vizura	Smederevo	Sports Hall Smederevo (2,600)
		Partizan NIS	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)
		Radnički	Kragujevac	Hala Jezero (5,320)
Croatia	3
		Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
		Cedevita	Zagreb	Mala dvorana Doma sportova (4,000)
		Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
		Igokea	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000)
		Široki Primorka	Široki Brijeg	Pecara (4,500)
Slovenia	2
		Krka	Novo mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
		Union Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice (12,480)
Hungary	1	Szolnoki Olaj	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok (3,000)
Macedonia	1	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Skopje	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (8,000)
Montenegro	1	Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center (5,000)

Location of teams in the ABA League 2013–14 (former Yugoslavia)

Szolnoki Olaj

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Location of teams in the 2013–14 ABA League (Hungary)

Head coaches

Team	Head coach
Budućnost VOLI	Igor Jovović
Cedevita	Jasmin Repeša
Cibona	Slaven Rimac
Crvena zvezda Telekom	Dejan Radonjić
Igokea	Vlada Jovanović
Krka	Aleksandar Džikić
Mega Vizura	Dejan Milojević
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Zoran Martič
Partizan NiS	Duško Vujošević
Radnički	Miroslav Nikolić
Szolnoki Olaj	Dragan Aleksić
Široki Primorka	Ivan Velić
Union Olimpija	Aleš Pipan
Zadar	Rajko Vidaković

Coaching changes

Week	Club	Outgoing coach	Date of change	Incoming coach
7th	Cibona	Neven Spahija	14 November 2013^[1]	Slaven Rimac
7th	Igokea	Dragan Bajić	16 November 2013^[2]	Milutin Latinčić
8th	Široki Primorka	Damir Vujanović	18 November 2013^[3]	Jakša Vulić
10th	MZT Skopje	Vlada Vukoičić	1 December 2013^[4]	Zoran Martič
11th	Szolnoki Olaj	Nedeljko Ašćerić	11 December 2013^[5]	Dragan Aleksić
17th	Igokea	Milutin Latinčić	19 January 2014^[6]	Vlada Jovanović
18th	Zadar	Hrvoje Vlašić	28 January 2014^[7]	Ivan Sunara
21st	Široki Primorka	Jakša Vulić	24 February 2014^[8]	Ivan Velić
23rd	Zadar	Ivan Sunara	9 March 2014^[9]	Rajko Vidaković

Regular season

The regular season began on October 4, 2013, and it will end on March 31, 2014.

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Points	%
1	Crvena Zvezda Telekom	26	22	4	2017	1725	+292	48	.846
2	Cedevita	26	19	7	1917	1802	+115	45	.731
3	Partizan NIS	26	18	8	1837	1677	+160	44	.692
4	Cibona	26	17	9	2001	1919	+82	43	.654
5	Budućnost VOLI	26	15	11	1921	1851	+70	41	.577
6	Igokea	26	13	13	1857	1935	–78	39	.500
7	Krka	26	12	14	1815	1810	+5	38	.462
8	Mega Vizura	26	12	14	2111	2122	–11	38	.462
9	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	26	12	14	1964	1974	–10	38	.462
10	Union Olimpija	26	11	15	1788	1804	–16	37	.423
11	Radnički	26	10	16	1977	2099	–122	36	.385
12	Szolnoki Olaj	26	8	18	1793	1937	–144	33^[10]	.308
13	Zadar	26	7	19	1776	1956	–180	33	.269
14	Široki Primorka	26	6	20	1789	1952	–163	32	.231

	Qualified for Final four
	Relegated

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

As of 31 March 2014^[update]^[11]

Schedule and results

Source:^[12]

	BUD	CDV	CIB	CZV	IGK	KRK	MEG	MZT	PAR	RKG	SZO	ŠRK	UOL	ZDR
Budućnost VOLI		64–60	79–72	62–60	74–63	70–68	83–76	87–79	61–65	79–85	86–77	85–68	76–78	90–68
Cedevita	76–71		67–85	68–64	74–60	83–55	77–73	77–67	68–65	79–71	98–87	85–76	75–60	83–59
Cibona	65–55	66–51		67–76	74–82	92–78	98–96	93–90	80–76	66–82	87–63	91–80	83–71	91–74
Crvena Zvezda	74–64	73–59	88–63		93–59	78–65	86–78	87–77	63–57	88–51	90–64	73–66	87–62	82–69
Igokea	75–68	96–89	55–67	52–72		83–74	83–80	65–79	80–83	91–88	72–58	69–60	74–61	65–58
Krka	60–57	64–65	66–77	69–78	69–66		80–65	73–50	60–52	83–57	73–67	94–67	67–63	79–80
Mega Vizura	92–86	62–72	102–74	86–98	77–91	78–74		101–82	76–81	90–87	95–89	82–73	80–85	91–75
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	78–71	75–81	88–93	65–58	90–85	80–75	80–72		69–70	87–95	82–71	88–75	79–60	78–69
Partizan NIS	72–65	77–68	80–71	83–86	67–56	80–67	88–65	66–73		82–70	20–0^[13]	63–58	63–53	80–65
Radnički	72–86	61–78	78–71	73–78	82–67	84–77	84–86	69–79	66–92		82–91	75–55	81–66	79–74
Szolnoki Olaj	75–84	68–67	63–64	72–77	79–72	55–63	61–66	81–69	76–71	101–92		71–69	62–71	80–75
Široki Primorka	67–81	68–73	73–84	80–79	78–50	63–68	72–86	67–63	60–81	79–81	76–66		60–58	72–58
Union Olimpija	69–73	69–71	47–74	61–62	62–66	65–57	88–75	73–62	66–59	85–56	74–57	77–62		90–66
Zadar	57–64	66–73	59–53	53–67	79–80	55–57	75–81	72–70	56–64	89–76	71–67	77–69	77–75

Final four

Matches played on 24–27 April 2014 in Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia.

Semifinals			Final

1	Crvena zvezda	70

4	Cibona	75
			Cibona	72

			Cedevita	59
2	Cedevita	81

3	Partizan	79

Semifinals

24 April 2014
20:00

Report

Crvena zvezda Telekom	70–75	Cibona
Pts: Blažič 25 Rebs: Marjanović 7 Asts: Jenkins 8		Pts: Blassingame 28 Rebs: Šarić 15 Asts: Blassingame 9

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 8.212
Referees: Boltauzer Matej, Javor Damir, Obradović Petar

25 April 2014
20:00

Report

Cedevita	81–79	Partizan NIS
Pts: Bilan 14 Rebs: Suton 11 Asts: Babić 8		Pts: Pavlović 25 Rebs: Bogdanović 7 Asts: Tepić 4

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 14 210
Referees: Pukl Saša, Boltauzer Matej, Petek Sašo

Final

27 April 2014
20:00

Report

Cibona	72–59	Cedevita
Pts: Šarić 23 Rebs: Rozić, Šarić 11 Asts: Blassingame 9		Pts: Zubčić 13 Rebs: Nurkić 7 Asts: Delaš 4

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 2142
Referees: Belošević Ilija, Jovčić Milivoje, Vojinović Milija

2013–14 ABA League Champions
Cibona 1st Title

Top 10 attendances

Single game

	Round	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance
1	Semifinal		Cedevita	Partizan NIS	14,210
2	Semifinal		Crvena zvezda Telekom	Cibona	8,212
3	Regular Season	1	Partizan NIS	Igokea	6,500
4	Regular Season	8	Partizan NIS	Crvena zvezda Telekom	6,500
5	Regular Season	5	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Partizan NIS	6,200
6	Regular Season	6	Partizan NIS	Cibona	6,000
7	Regular Season	2	Partizan NIS	Mega Vizura	5,600
8	Regular Season	4	Partizan NIS	Zadar	5,500
9	Regular Season	12	Partizan NIS	Budućnost VOLI	5,500
10	Regular Season	12	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Crvena zvezda Telekom	5,300

Average

Pos	Team	GP	Average	High	Low
1	Partizan NIS	12	5,775	6,700	4,500
2	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	13	3,204	6,200	1,800
3	Široki Primorka	13	2,923	4,000	1,500
4	Crvena Zvezda	13	2,855	4,500	1,129
5	Zadar	13	2,808	5,000	2,000
6	Budućnost VOLI	13	2,496	5,100	1,500
7	Radnički	13	2,446	4,000	1,500
8	Cibona	13	2,150	5,200	750
9	Union Olimpija	13	2,031	3,800	500
10	Szolnoki Olaj	13	1,570	1,900	1,000
11	Cedevita	13	1,498	3,200	627
12	Igokea	13	1,392	3,100	500
13	Krka	13	1,342	2,000	1,000
14	Mega Leks	13	1,273	2,600	500

Updated to games played on 31 March 2014

Source: ABA League

Stats leaders

As of 31 March 2014^[update] ^[14]

MVP Round by Round

Round	Player	Team	Efficiency
1	Malcolm Armstead	Krka	30
2	Léo Westermann	Partizan NIS	31
3	Todor Gečevski	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	39
4	Siniša Štemberger	Igokea	35
5	Tarence Kinsey	Partizan NIS	32
6	Willie Warren	Szolnoki Olaj	50
7	Ratko Varda	Mega Vizura	40
8	Boban Marjanović	Crvena zvezda Telekom	34
9	Miro Bilan	Cedevita	28
	Bogdan Bogdanović	Partizan NIS	28
	Willie Warren (2)	Szolnoki Olaj	28
10	Jerel Blassingame	Cibona	33
11	Sava Lešić	Radnički	41
12	Edo Murić	Krka	32
13	Sava Lešić (2)	Radnički	28
14	Marko Jagodić-Kuridža	Cibona	32
15	Jerel Blassingame (2)	Cibona	32
15	Dario Šarić	Cibona	32
16	Deividas Gailius	Union Olimpija	29
	Sava Lešić (3)	Radnički	29
	Dario Šarić (2)	Cibona	29
17	Charles Jenkins	Crvena zvezda Telekom	30
18	Ivan Buva	Široki Primorka	31
19	Bogdan Bogdanović (2)	Partizan NIS	35
20	Marko Marinović	Radnički	35
21	Marin Rozić	Cibona	40
22	Nikola Ivanović	Budućnost VOLI	36
23	Aleksandar Cvetković	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	33
24	Johnathon Jones	Široki Primorka	31
24	Branko Jorović	Igokea	31
25	Dario Šarić (3)	Cibona	30
26	Nenad Miljenović	Mega Vizura	31
SF	Dario Šarić (4)	Cibona	29
F	Dario Šarić (5)	Cibona	33

Source: ABA League

Ranking MVP

Rank	Name	Team	Efficiency	Games	Average
1.	Dario Šarić	Cibona	550	26	21.15
2.	Willie Warren	Szolnoki Olaj	307	17	18.06
3.	Sava Lešić	Radnički	453	26	17.42
4.	Nenad Miljenović	Mega Vizura	427	25	17.08
5.	Boban Marjanović	Crvena zvezda	428	26	16.46

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Dario Šarić	Cibona	423	26	16.27
2.	Sava Lešić	Radnički	411	26	15.81
3.	Nemanja Gordić	Igokea	374	24	15.58
4.	Willie Warren	Szolnoki Olaj	264	17	15.53
5.	Bogdan Bogdanović	Partizan	359	24	14.96

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	Dario Šarić	Cibona	246	26	9.46
2.	Joffrey Lauvergne	Partizan	184	25	7.36
3.	Boban Marjanović	Crvena zvezda	190	26	7.31
4.	Sava Lešić	Radnički	173	26	6.65
5.	Nemanja Radović	Mega Vizura	126	19	6.63

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	Jerel Blassingame	Cibona	198	26	7.62
2.	Marko Marinović	Radnički	190	26	7.31
3.	Vasilije Micić	Mega Vizura	146	25	5.84
4.	Willie Warren	Szolnoki Olaj	90	17	5.29
5.	Nenad Miljenović	Mega Vizura	130	25	5.20

The ideal five and coach of the season

The ideal five of the season selected by the fans and head coaches of the ABA League teams.^[15]^[16]

Position	Name	Team
PG	DeMarcus Nelson	Crvena zvezda
SG	Bogdan Bogdanović	Partizan
SF	Dario Šarić	Cibona
PF	Joffrey Lauvergne	Partizan
C	Boban Marjanović	Crvena zvezda
Coach	Dejan Radonjić	Crvena zvezda

References

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^ Sanctioned with one point less
^ Standings – Regular Season Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, adriaticbasket.info
^ ABA League schedule season 2013-14^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Partizan won 20:0 against Szolnoki Olaj Archived 2014-03-19 at archive.today; Liga ABA, 18 March 2014
^ NLB Stats Archived January 16, 2013, at archive.today
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^ "Special awards winners presented". abaliga.com. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 8 April 2015.