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2003–04 ABA Goodyear League

The 2003–04 ABA Goodyear League was the third season of the Liga ABA. The league expanded this season: 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia participated in Goodyear League in its third season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, Široki Hercegtisak, Banjalučka pivara, Crvena zvezda, Reflex, Budućnost, Lovćen CG komercijalna banka.

2003–04 ABA Goodyear League season
LeagueABA Goodyear League
SportBasketball
Number of teams Croatia (4 teams)
 Serbia and Montenegro (4 teams)
 Slovenia (4 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 teams)
Regular season
Season championsCroatia Cibona VIP
Season MVPSerbia and Montenegro Dejan Milojević (Budućnost)
Top scorerSerbia and Montenegro Igor Rakočević (Crvena zvezda) (23.22 ppg)
Final 4
ChampionsSerbia and Montenegro Reflex
ABA Goodyear League seasons

There were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Zagreb from April 16 until April 18, 2004.

Reflex became the 2004 Goodyear League Champion.

Regular season edit

Final four edit

Matches played at Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb

Incident edit

On Friday night, 16 April 2004 around 11pm following the semifinal games, an ethnically motivated incident occurred when Crvena zvezda's director Igor Žeželj and B92 journalist Danijel Bukumirović got assaulted at the Panorama Hotel parking lot by an organized group of fifteen Croatian hooligans armed with chains, rocks and metal poles.[1] Bukumirović managed to escape into the car with only minor injuries while Žeželj wasn't as lucky and ended up with a fractured rib and 6 stitches on his forehead. Croatian police reportedly arrested six individuals in connection with the attack that was carried out by a group that trolled around the Final Four venue Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, as well as hotels Sheraton and Panorama looking to beat up anyone from Serbia.[2]

Semifinals
April 16 		Final
April 18.
      
1 Cibona VIP 97
3 Union Olimpija 81
1 Cibona VIP 70
2 Reflex 71
2 Reflex (OT) 113
4 Crvena zvezda 110


2003–04 ABA Godyear League Champions
Reflex
1st Title

Stats leaders edit

Ranking MVP edit

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1.   Dejan Milojević   Budućnost 739 25 29.56
2.   Igor Rakočević   Crvena zvezda 610 23 26.52
3.   Frano Čolak   Široki Hercegtisak 506 26 19.46
4.   Ognjen Aškrabić   Reflex 463 24 19.29
5.   Davor Marcelić   Zadar 475 26 18.27

Points edit

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.   Igor Rakočević   Crvena zvezda 534 23 23.22
2.   Dejan Milojević   Budućnost 513 25 20.52
3.   Davor Marcelić   Zadar 440 26 16.92
4.   Feliks Kojadinović   Banjalučka pivovara 402 24 16.75
5.   Frano Čolak   Široki Hercegtisak 421 26 16.19

Rebounds edit

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1.   Dejan Milojević   Budućnost 270 25 10.80
2.   Ninoslav Marjanović   Budućnost 161 22 7.32
3.   Andrija Žižić   Cibona Vip 177 27 6.56
4.   Marko Rakočević   Lovćen CKB 147 24 6.13
  Tommy Smith   Split CO 147 24 6.13

Assists edit

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.   Curtis McCants   Split CO 73 16 4.56
1.   Igor Rakočević   Crvena zvezda 101 23 4.39
3.   Vladimir Krstić   Zadar 60 14 4.29
4.   Martin Vanjak   Široki Hercegtisak 109 26 4.19
5.   Ivan Tomas   Zagreb 99 26 3.96

Source: Adriatic League

References edit

  1. ^ U Zagrebu napadnut direktor KK Crvena zvezda;B92, 17 April 2011
  2. ^ Udarali su nas štanglama i lancima;Glas javnosti, 19 April 2004
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