2010–11 Slovenian Basketball League

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1. A SKL
Season2010–11
Duration16 October 2010 – 11 June 2011
Teams9 + 2
TV partner(s)RTV Slovenija
Regular season
Top seedKrka Novo Mesto
Season MVPUnited States Gregg Thondique
Finals
ChampionsKrka Novo Mesto
4th title
  Runners-upUnion Olimpija
SemifinalistsHelios Domžale
Zlatorog
Finals MVPSlovenia Zoran Dragić
Statistical leaders
Points United States Benjamin Raymond 17.7
Rebounds United States Gregg Thondique 10.5
Assists Serbia Igor Mijajlović 4.7

The 2010–11 Slovenian Basketball League (official: 2010–11 Telemach League) was the 20th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Slovenia. Krka Novo Mesto won its 4th national championship.

Teams for the 2010–11 season

Team City Arena Capacity Head coach
Elektra Šoštanj Šoštanj Sport Hall 600 Dušan Hauptman
Geoplin Slovan Ljubljana Kodeljevo Sports Hall 1,540 Gašper Okorn
Helios Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500 Rado Trifunović
Hopsi Polzela Polzela Sport Hall 1,800 Tonči Mašina
Krka* Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,800 Aleksandar Džikić
LTHcast Mercator Škofja Loka Poden Hall 500 Gašper Potočnik
Maribor Messer Maribor Tabor Hall 3,261 Slobodan Rmuš
Šentjur Šentjur Hruševec Sports Hall 450 Damjan Novaković
Union Olimpija* Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,500 Jure Zdovc
Parklji Ljubljana ŠRC Ježica 300 Đorđe Đokić
Šentjur Šentjur Hruševec Sports Hall 450 Damjan Novaković
Zlatorog Laško Laško Tri Lilije Hall 2,500 Aleš Pipan
Teams from the Adriatic League

Regular season

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Helios Domžale 16 15 1 1264 1065 31
2 Zlatorog Laško 16 12 4 1282 1153 28
3 Hopsi Polzela 16 11 5 1208 1147 27
4 Geoplin Slovan 16 10 6 1259 1186 26
5 Elektra Šoštanj 16 9 7 1132 1058 25
6 Maribor Messer 16 6 10 1191 1194 22
7 Šentjur 16 6 10 1213 1256 22
8 LTHcast Mercator 16 3 13 1085 1248 19
9 Parklji Ljubljana 16 0 16 1106 1433 16

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Champions stage

Champions standings

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Krka 14 13 1 1183 893 27
2 Union Olimpija 14 10 4 1111 917 24
3 Helios Domžale 14 10 4 1109 1064 24
4 Zlatorog Laško 14 8 6 997 1002 22
5 Geoplin Slovan 14 5 9 970 1057 19
6 Hopsi Polzela 14 5 9 977 1055 19
7 Maribor Messer 14 3 11 964 1140 17
8 Elektra Šoštanj 14 2 12 900 1083 16

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Playoff stage

League for place 9-11

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Šentjur 4 3 1 357 286 7
2 LTHcast Mercator 4 2 2 281 314 6
3 Parklji Ljubljana 4 1 3 296 334 5


P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Playoffs

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Krka 2
4 Zlatorog Laško 0
1 Krka 3
2 Union Olimpija 2
2 Union Olimpija 2
3 Helios Domžale 0

Finals

2 June
6:00 pm
Krka 78, Union Olimpija 55
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 13–15, 22–10, 19–28
Pts: Dušan Djordjević 19
Rebs: Jure Balažič 8
Asts: Dušan Djordjević, Bojan Krivec 3
Pts: Kenny Gregory 11
Rebs: Giorgi Shermadini 6
Asts: Sašo Ožbolt 5
Leon Štukelj Hall, Novo Mesto
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Saša Pukl, Matej Boltauzer, Tomo Kovačič
4 June
5:30 pm
Union Olimpija 61, Krka 59
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 19–18, 13–10, 17–13
Pts: Goran Jagodnik, Giorgi Shermadini 12
Rebs: Goran Jagodnik 6
Asts: Kenny Gregory, Vlado Ilievski 2
Pts: Zoran Dragić 15
Rebs: Zoran Dragić 9
Asts: Dušan Djordjević 4
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Damir Javor, Matej Špendl
7 June
8:00 pm
Krka 63, Union Olimpija 69
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 9–24, 13-13, 18–17
Pts: Jure Balažič 15
Rebs: Zoran Dragić 9
Asts: Dušan Djordjević 8
Pts: Jaka Klobučar 15
Rebs: Damir Markota 7
Asts: Sašo Ožbolt 4
Leon Štukelj Hall, Novo Mesto
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Saša Pukl, Andrej Lovšin, Sašo Petek
9 June
8:00 pm
Union Olimpija 61, Krka 63
Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 22–13, 9–12, 20–11
Pts: Jaka Klobučar 15
Rebs: Damir Markota 7
Asts: Sašo Ožbolt 3
Pts: Chris Booker 13
Rebs: Chris Booker, Zoran Dragić 8
Asts: Dušan Djordjević 5
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Damir Javor, Roman Kolar, Mario Majkič
11 June
8:00 pm
Krka 64, Union Olimpija 57
Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 8–21, 14–9, 25–20
Pts: Jure Balažič 14
Rebs: Zoran Dragić 13
Asts: Dušan Djordjević 3
Pts: Kenny Gregory 12
Rebs: Goran Jagodnik 7
Asts: Vlado Ilievski 6
Krka wins Slovenian League Finals series, 3–2
Leon Štukelj Hall, Novo Mesto
Attendance: 2,900
Referees: Saša Pukl, Matej Boltauzer, Damir Javor
Telemach League 2010–11
Champions

Krka
4th title

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Season MVP

Finals MVP

Weekly MVP

Statistics leaders

Pos Player Club PIR
1 United States Gregg Thondique Hopsi Polzela 22.84
2 United States Benjamin Raymond Helios Domžale 19.79
3 Croatia Teo Šimović Šentjur 17.60

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 United States Benjamin Raymond Helios Domžale 17.68
2 Slovenia Jure Eržen Parklji 16.86
3 Croatia Teo Šimović Šentjur 16.60

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 United States Gregg Thondique Hopsi Polzela 10.53
2 Croatia Teo Šimović Šentjur 8.75
3 United States Benjamin Raymond Helios Domžale 7.42

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Serbia Igor Mijajlović Hopsi Polzela 4.68
2 Slovenia Primož Brolih Maribor Messer 4.42
3 Slovenia Boris Jeršin Elektra 4.14