The 2012–13 ACB season was the 30th season of the Spanish basketball league Liga ACB, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity.

ACB
Season2012–13
DurationSeptember 29, 2012 – May 19, 2013
Number of games306 (regular season)
22 (playoffs)
Number of teams18
Regular season
Top seedReal Madrid (30–4)
Season MVPSpain Nikola Mirotić
RelegatedLa Bruixa d'Or[note 1]
Lagun Aro GBC[note 1]
Finals
ChampionsReal Madrid
31st title
  Runners-upFC Barcelona
Finals MVPSpain Felipe Reyes
Awards
Rising StarTunisia Salah Mejri
Statistical leaders
Points Canada Carl English 17.2
Rebounds Spain Nacho Martín 7.1
Assists Puerto Rico Andrés Rodríguez 5.9
Index Rating Spain Nacho Martín 18.2
Records
Highest attendance14,381 (Baskonia 81–80 Bilbao)
Lowest attendance2,300 (Cajasol 68–76 Fuenlabrada)
Average attendance6,221 Decrease −3.7%
All statistics correct as of 9 September 2014.
Madrid - Estudiantes - Lagun Aro

The regular season started on September 29, 2012 and ended on May 19, 2013. Playoffs started on May 23 and ended on June 19. FC Barcelona Regal were the defending champions, and Real Madrid took the 2013 title.

Teams and venues edit

Asefa Estudiantes and Blancos de Rueda Valladolid remained in Liga ACB after Iberostar Canarias[1] and Menorca Bàsquet[2] resigned to promote.

On 20 July 2012, CB Lucentum Alicante sold its berth to the ACB and this was for CB 1939 Canarias, who finally promoted.[3]

Team Home city Stadium Capacity Last season Head coach Season
Asefa Estudiantes Madrid Palacio de los Deportes 13,500 17th   Txus Vidorreta 1st
Blancos de Rueda Valladolid Valladolid Polideportivo Pisuerga 6,800 18th   Roberto González 2nd
Blu:sens Monbús Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 6,050 13th   Moncho Fernández 3rd
CAI Zaragoza Zaragoza Príncipe Felipe Arena 10,744 10th   José Luis Abós 4th
Cajasol Sevilla Palacio San Pablo 10,200 7th   Aíto García Reneses 1st
CB Canarias San Cristóbal de La Laguna Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín 5,100 1st (LEB Oro)   Alejandro Martínez 7th
FC Barcelona Regal Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 8,250 1st   Xavi Pascual 6th
FIATC Mutua Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,500 11th   Salva Maldonado 2nd
Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Centro Insular de Deportes 5,200 14th   Pedro Martínez 7th (4th)
La Bruixa d'Or Manresa Nou Congost 5,000 12th   Jaume Ponsarnau 7th
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504 3rd   Žan Tabak 1st
Lagun Aro GBC San Sebastián San Sebastián Arena 11,000 5th   Sito Alonso 2nd
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martin 5,700 16th   Trifón Poch 1st
Real Madrid Madrid Palacio de los Deportes 13,500 2nd   Pablo Laso 2nd
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes de Murcia 7,454 15th   Óscar Quintana 1st
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,500 9th   Jasmin Repeša 1st
Uxúe Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014 6th   Fotis Katsikaris 4th
Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente San Luis 9,000 4th   Velimir Perasović 2nd


Managerial changes edit

Before the start of the season edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date of appointment
Unicaja   Luis Casimiro End of contract   Jasmin Repeša June 6, 2012[4]
Cajasol   Joan Plaza End of contract   Aíto García Reneses July 18, 2012[5]
Asefa Estudiantes   Trifón Poch End of contract   Txus Vidorreta July 20, 2012[6]

During the season edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in the table
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada   Porfirio Fisac Sacked November 13, 2012[7]   Trifón Poch November 15, 2012[8] 16th (1–6)
Laboral Kutxa   Duško Ivanović Sacked November 18, 2012[9]   Žan Tabak November 19, 2012[10] 8th (5–3, 1–5 in EL)

Regular season edit

League table edit

# Teams P W L PF PA Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid 34 30 4 2985 2563 Qualified for the Playoffs
2 Laboral Kutxa 34 25 9 2815 2695
3 FC Barcelona Regal 34 23 11 2693 2436
4 Valencia Basket 34 22 12 2764 2579
5 CAI Zaragoza 34 21 13 2692 2460
6 Uxúe Bilbao Basket 34 19 15 2762 2665
7 Herbalife Gran Canaria 34 19 15 2491 2416
8 Blu:sens Monbús 34 18 16 2556 2507
9 Unicaja 34 18 16 2481 2475
10 CB Canarias 34 17 17 2746 2806
11 FIATC Mutua Joventut 34 16 18 2653 2738
12 Asefa Estudiantes 34 15 19 2712 2704
13 UCAM Murcia 34 13 21 2691 2888
14 Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 34 12 22 2530 2695
15 Cajasol 34 12 22 2448 2606
16 Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 34 12 22 2644 2838
17 Lagun Aro GBC 34 8 26 2492 2750 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 La Bruixa d'Or 34 6 28 2574 2908

Positions by round edit

Team\Round
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Real Madrid 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Laboral Kutxa 13 9 7 4 8 5 2 8 6 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
FC Barcelona Regal 12 13 11 8 7 10 7 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Valencia Basket 1 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 6 7 6 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
CAI Zaragoza 6 2 6 10 11 11 10 6 5 8 7 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 6 6 5 5
Uxúe Bilbao Basket 11 10 10 7 6 3 6 4 4 3 5 6 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 5 5 6 6
Herbalife Gran Canaria 8 5 9 12 10 8 5 3 3 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 3 6 7 5 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
Blu:sens Monbús 9 6 4 6 5 9 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 9 11 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 9 8
Unicaja 15 11 8 5 3 7 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 9
CB Canarias 14 16 16 17 18 18 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 14 12 14 13 13 13 13 14 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 9 10 10
FIATC Mutua Joventut 2 8 5 9 9 6 9 12 12 10 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 10 9 11 11 8 10 11 11 12 10 10 11 12 11
Asefa Estudiantes 4 4 2 3 2 4 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 11 10 10 10 12 12 12 11 12
UCAM Murcia 3 7 12 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 14 12 12 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 16 13 14 14 13 13
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 18 18 17 18 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 14 14 15 15 16 14
Cajasol 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 17 18 18 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 13 13 15 15 14 14 13 15 15 15 15 13 15 16 16 14 15
Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 7 12 13 13 13 12 12 11 11 12 11 11 12 12 13 14 13 15 15 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 15 16 13 13 15 16
Lagun Aro GBC 17 15 15 16 16 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
La Bruixa d'Or 10 14 14 15 17 17 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Results edit

ASE BRV OBR CAI CAJ CBC FCB CJB GCA MAN LAB GBC MCF RMB UCM UNI UBB VBC
Asefa Estudiantes 77–80 89–66 68–83 76–46 101–86 88–66 77–112 83–75 90–75 68–72 79–77 70–74 74–87 94–85 82–68 79–88 85–82
Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 86–81 79–93 93–88 88–84 76–92 82–88 69–67 73–84 86–73 71–93 76–61 102–104 75–100 91–57 84–89 70–76 74–66
Blu:sens Monbús 82–71 89–56 72–64 82–61 71–68 81–86 79–82 76–78 83–78 84–70 71–68 73–79 87–97 69–73 65–69 79–73 74–80
CAI Zaragoza 77–82 99–86 76–58 86–55 81–67 50–65 77–57 69–53 89–62 88–75 86–74 79–74 75–84 108–74 82–64 81–74 76–62
Cajasol 86–78 94–57 63–71 67–75 68–79 72–91 87–80 74–63 67–60 82–86 73–57 68–76 63–71 77–93 61–77 60–81 73–82
CB Canarias 84–79 74–68 84–77 65–85 77–68 81–89 71–68 71–76 81–78 99–94 93–78 81–71 86–88 80–68 97–92 104–101 69–73
FC Barcelona Regal 78–65 71–78 54–62 89–81 78–64 100–75 80–59 70–73 89–47 67–69 98–50 72–70 96–89 87–68 57–50 87–85 94–62
FIATC Mutua Joventut 96–75 84–89 89–87 59–71 84–82 92–81 63–78 97–89 83–71 89–79 89–73 86–92 64–85 92–70 79–71 70–81 74–92
Herbalife Gran Canaria 72–64 78–62 70–72 74–56 66–49 78–70 81–69 80–50 65–75 64–80 66–59 73–52 74–76 68–78 70–63 65–59 65–79
La Bruixa d'Or 98–89 81–83 83–69 75–82 76–92 86–93 76–88 88–92 64–80 95–101 88–89 74–66 84–97 103–100 63–80 82–79 86–87
Laboral Kutxa 80–90 84–80 68–77 74–73 90–70 81–62 80–69 92–76 85–74 81–70 88–80 84–77 92–100 87–83 90–79 81–80 79–75
Lagun Aro GBC 71–83 94–78 73–77 79–70 75–77 89–77 89–90 67–73 72–94 94–90 69–71 75–86 71–85 86–78 54–67 65–72 76–68
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 70–63 84–74 71–79 57–80 82–78 65–73 76–79 80–82 66–99 73–51 83–86 72–86 65–88 75–81 58–73 83–86 72–69
Real Madrid 93–82 87–75 61–64 94–79 84–74 83–96 78–65 88–77 90–54 104–70 83–81 100–67 100–79 86–69 79–64 98–84 87–84
UCAM Murcia 68–91 87–81 83–77 77–75 73–81 111–108 62–79 79–80 97–99 95–80 95–98 77–75 87–79 64–79 76–68 77–80 77–78
Unicaja 74–85 79–55 70–76 68–88 70–81 88–67 71–69 73–71 67–65 88–70 93–72 74–70 69–64 67–91 85–58 63–59 79–73
Uxúe Bilbao Basket 86–85 87–81 81–70 100–90 76–79 78–70 78–77 80–62 81–70 83–63 75–93 91–72 82–90 74–94 98–75 82–65 61–72
Valencia Basket 81–71 93–86 68–64 83–73 66–72 105–85 81–78 107–75 68–56 90–59 75–79 93–65 93–65 88–79 94–96 82–64 113–111

Playoffs edit

Quarter Finals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Real Madrid 2
8 Blu:sens Monbús 0
1 Real Madrid 3
5 CAI Zaragoza 0
4 Valencia Basket 1
5 CAI Zaragoza 2
1 Real Madrid 3
3 FC Barcelona Regal 2
2 Laboral Kutxa 1
7 Herbalife Gran Canaria 2
3 FC Barcelona Regal 3
7 Herbalife Gran Canaria 0
3 FC Barcelona Regal 2
6 Uxúe Bilbao Basket 1


Statistical leaders edit

Index edit

Rank Name Team Total Games PIR
1.   Nacho Martín Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 618 34 18.2
2.   Germán Gabriel Asefa Estudiantes 509 30 17.0
3.   Justin Doellman Valencia Bàsquet 558 33 16.9
4.   Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid 536 33 16.2
5.   Henk Norel CAI Zaragoza 511 32 16.0

Points edit

Rank Name Team Total Games PPG
1.   Carl English Asefa Estudiantes 446 26 17.2
2.   James Feldeine Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 542 34 15.9
3.   Justin Doellman Valencia Bàsquet 518 33 15.7
4.   Nacho Martín Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 529 34 15.6
5.   Troy DeVries La Bruixa d'Or 524 34 15.4

Rebounds edit

Rank Name Team Total Games RPG
1.   Nacho Martín Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 240 34 7.06
2.   Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Regal 224 34 6.59
3   Spencer Nelson Herbalife Gran Canaria 207 32 6.47
4.   Marcus Lewis UCAM Murcia 203 33 6.15
5.   Jakim Donaldson CB Canarias 205 34 6.03

Assists edit

Rank Name Team Total Games APG
1.   Andrés Rodríguez Blu:sens Monbús 170 29 5.86
2.   Tomáš Satoranský Cajasol 140 33 4.24
3.   Ricardo Úriz CB Canarias 141 34 4.15
4.   Sergio Rodríguez Real Madrid 136 34 4.00
5.   Stefan Marković Valencia Basket 117 31 3.77

Awards edit

Regular season MVP edit

All-ACB team edit

Position Player Team
PG   Sergio Rodríguez Real Madrid
SG   Rudy Fernández Real Madrid
SF   Andrés Nocioni Laboral Kutxa
PF   Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid
C   Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Regal

ACB Rising Star Award edit

Best Defensive Player Award edit

Best Coach edit

Player of the Week edit

Date Player Team PIR
1   Manny Quezada
  Nedžad Sinanović
FIATC Joventut
Blancos de Rueda Valladolid
31
2   Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid 46
3   Carl English Asefa Estudiantes 37
4   Levon Kendall Blu:sens Monbús 30
5   Leo Mainoldi Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 32
6   Othello Hunter Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 31
7   Andrés Nocioni Laboral Kutxa 26
8   Ryan Toolson Herbalife Gran Canaria 33
9   Carl English (2)
  Marcelinho Huertas
Asefa Estudiantes
FC Barcelona Regal
33
10   Carl English (3) Asefa Estudiantes 39
11   Spencer Nelson Herbalife Gran Canaria 35
12   Spencer Nelson (2) Herbalife Gran Canaria 28
13   Lamont Hamilton Uxúe Bilbao Basket 32
14   Eulis Báez
  José Ángel Antelo
Herbalife Gran Canaria
UCAM Murcia
31
15   Juan Carlos Navarro FC Barcelona Regal 44
16   Bojan Dubljević Valencia BC 37
17   Nacho Martín Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 30
18   James Feldeine Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 41
19   Carl English (4) Asefa Estudiantes 41
20   Morris Finley Lagun Aro GBC 32
21   Nikola Mirotić (2) Real Madrid 34
22   Troy DeVries La Bruixa d'Or 35
23   Tony Gaffney
  Kim Tillie
FIATC Joventut
UCAM Murcia
29
24   Marcelinho Huertas (2) FC Barcelona Regal 28
25   Justin Doellman Valencia BC 41
26   Rob Kurz
  Salah Mejri
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada
Blu:sens Monbús
29
27   Nacho Martín (2)
  Henk Norel
Blancos de Rueda Valladolid
CAI Zaragoza
34
28   Tomás Bellas Herbalife Gran Canaria 38
29   Bojan Dubljević (2) Valencia BC 37
30   Nicolás Richotti CB Canarias 32
31   Ádám Hanga La Bruixa d'Or 37
32   Justin Doellman (2) Valencia BC 35
33   Marcus Lewis UCAM Murcia 38
34   Corey Fisher FIATC Joventut 30

Player of the month edit

Month Week Player Team PIR Source
October 1–5   Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid 21.4 [1] Archived 2012-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
November 6–9   Othello Hunter Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 21.0 [2] Archived 2012-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
December 10–15   Germán Gabriel Asefa Estudiantes 21.1 [3] Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
January 16–19   Carl English Asefa Estudiantes 22.0 [4] Archived 2013-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
February 20–22   Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Regal 26.3 [5] Archived 2013-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
March 23–27   Nacho Martín Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 21.8 [6] Archived 2013-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
April 28–31   Albert Oliver FIATC Joventut 25.8 [7] Archived 2013-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
May 32–34   Justin Doellman Valencia Basket 23.0 [8] Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine

Last updated: 3 May 2013.
Source: ACB

Attendances in regular season edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Laboral Kutxa 165,749 14,381 7,143 9,750 2.52%0
2 Uxúe Bilbao Basket 163,645 10,014 7,830 9,626 11.63%0
3 Asefa Estudiantes 153,392 12,123 7,231 9,023 -13.34%0
4 Valencia BC 133,700 9,000 6,800 7,865 0.83%0
5 CAI Zaragoza 129,650 9,600 6,050 7,626 4.1%0
5 Real Madrid 129,318 12,238 5,427 7,607 -3.85%0
7 Lagun Aro GBC 108,160 8,180 4,720 6,362 -9.36%0
8 Unicaja 105,274 9,000 3,500 6,193 -26.5%0
9 UCAM Murcia 96,262 7,068 5,012 5,662 5.73%0
10 Blu:sens Monbús 92,030 5,890 5,112 5,414 3.3%0
11 FIATC Joventut 88,913 8,275 3,818 5,230 0.58%0
12 Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 86,358 5,700 4,339 5,080 -2.74%0
13 Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 83,200 6,200 4,000 4,894 6.69%0
14 Herbalife Gran Canaria 79,329 5,133 3,821 4,666 1.3%0
15 FC Barcelona Regal 77,538 7,359 2,398 4,561 -0.74%0
16 La Bruixa d'Or 72,700 5,000 3,550 4,276 -3.35%0
17 CB Canarias 70,666 4,987 3,413 4,157 51.16%1
18 Cajasol 67,750 6,800 2,300 3,985 -26.45%0
League total 1,903,634 14,381 2,300 6,221 −3.8%

Updated to games played on May 16, 2013
Source: Liga ACB
Notes:
1: CB Canarias played previous season in LEB Oro

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Remained in ACB after Ford Burgos and Lucentum Alicante didn't give the requirements for joining the league.

External links edit