2002–03 ABA Goodyear League

2002–03 ABA Goodyear League season
League	ABA Goodyear League
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	Croatia (4 teams)  Slovenia (3 teams)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (3 teams)  Israel (1 team)  Serbia and Montenegro (1 team)
Regular season
Season champions	Crvena zvezda
Season MVP	Kenyan Weaks (Pivovarna Laško)
Top scorer	Kenyan Weaks (Pivovarna Laško) (20.14 ppg)
Final 4
Champions	Zadar

12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Slovenia, and FR Yugoslavia participated in Goodyear League in its second season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, FEAL Široki, Bosna ASA, Borac Nektar, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Crvena zvezda.

There were 22 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Ljubljana since April 3 until April 5, 2003. According to the original plan the Final Tournament was to be played in Tel Aviv, but due to the deteriorating security situation there at that time, the tournament got moved to Ljubljana. Crvena Zvezda finished top of the table in regular season, although the club didn't play its last round match against Maccabi, since the Israeli club didn't travel to Belgrade due to the state of emergency proclaimed following the March 2003 assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Đinđić. ABA awarded the game to Crvena Zvezda. In first match in Tel Aviv Crvena Zvezda defeated Maccabi.

Zadar became the 2003 Goodyear League champion.[1]

Regular season

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Crvena zvezda 22 17 5 1828 1648 +180 39 2. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 22 17 5 1887 1629 +258 39 3. Union Olimpija 22 17 5 1812 1647 +165 39 4. Zadar 22 14 8 1963 1891 +72 36 5. Cibona VIP 22 13 9 1808 1695 +113 35 6. Zagreb 22 11 11 1758 1861 -103 33 7. Krka 22 11 11 1806 1738 +68 33 8. Pivovarna Laško 22 9 13 1717 1784 -67 31 9. FEAL Široki 22 9 13 1745 1773 -28 31 10. Split CO 22 7 15 1747 1877 -130 29 11. Borac Nektar 22 6 16 1824 1902 -78 28 12. Bosna ASA 22 1 21 1662 2112 -450 23

Qualified for Final four Relegated Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Final four

Matches played at Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

	Semifinals April 3.					Final April 5.
	1	Crvena zvezda	77
	4	Zadar	78
						4	Zadar	91
						2	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	88
	2	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	82
	3	Union Olimpija	76

2002–03 ABA Godyear League Champions
Zadar 1st Title

Stats leaders

Ranking MVP

Rank	Name	Team	Efficiency	Games	Average
1.	Kenyan Weaks	Pivovarna Laško	403	21	19.19
2.	Dragan Aleksić	Borac Nektar	351	19	18.47
3.	Jamie Arnold	Krka	331	18	18.39
4.	Marko Popović	Zadar	389	22	17.68
5.	Gordan Zadravec	FEAL Široki	368	21	17.52

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Kenyan Weaks	Pivovarna Laško	420	21	20.00
2.	Dragan Aleksić	Borac Nektar	375	19	19.74
3.	Gordan Zadravec	FEAL Široki	497	21	19.38
4.	Jamie Arnold	Krka	332	18	18.44
5.	Marko Popović	Zadar	394	22	17.91

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	Andrija Žižić	Split CO	148	18	8.22
2.	Nikša Tarle	Bosna ASA	158	20	7.90
3.	Hrvoje Perinčić	Zadar	149	21	7.10
4.	Jamie Arnold	Krka	125	18	6.94
5.	Haris Mujezinović	Cibona VIP	129	19	6.79

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	Ivan Tomas	Zagreb	128	22	5.82
2.	Marko Popović	Zadar	104	22	4.73
3.	Dragan Aleksić	Borac Nektar	89	19	4.68
4.	Mladen Erjavec	Zadar	106	23	4.61
5.	Scoonie Penn	Crvena zvezda	88	22	4.00

Source: Adriatic League

References

1. Adriatic League History Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, adriaticbasket.info

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