2008–09 LEB Oro season

{{Infobox sports season

| title =2008-09 LEB season

| league =Liga Española de Baloncesto

| sport =Basketball

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| duration =September 18, 2008-May 15, 2009

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| season =Regular season

| season_champs =Valladolid

| MVP ={{flagicon|USA}} Jakim Donaldson (Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias)

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| top_scorer ={{flagicon|ESP}} Ricardo Guillén (Villa de Los Barrios)

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| playoffs = Play-offs

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| conf1 = Final Four

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| conf1_champ = Lucentum Alicante

| conf1_runner-up = Melilla Baloncesto

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| seasonslist =

| seasonslistnames = LEB Oro

| prevseason_link = 2007-08

| prevseason_year = 2007-08

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| nextseason_year = 2009-10

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The 2008–09 LEB season is the 13th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Thursday, September 18, 2008, and will end on Friday, May 15, 2009. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 3 games play off to see who plays the Final Four. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.

LEB Oro Regular season

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!Pos. !! Teams !! Pld !! W !! L !! PF !! PA !! Avg !! Qualification or relegation

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|1

align="left" | CB Valladolid3425927002476+224Promotion to Liga ACB
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|2

align="left" | Lucentum Alicante3425927422441+301rowspan=8 align="center"| Promotion playoffs
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|3

align="left" | Melilla Baloncesto34231127142554+160
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|4

align="left" | Leche Río Breogán34231126612584+77
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|5

align="left" | Tenerife Rural34211328792760+119
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|6

align="left" | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía34191526592593+66
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|7

align="left" | CB Villa de Los Barrios 134181625942550+44
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|8

align="left" | Grupo Begar León34181625582507+51
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|9

align="left" | Ford Burgos34181627622708+54
10align="left" | Plus Pujol Lleida 234181627152698+17
11align="left" | Cáceres 201634151925422592-50
12align="left" | CB Vic 334151925782664-86
13align="left" | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias34151926142713-99
14align="left" | UB La Palma34142025282619-91
15align="left" | Mallorca34122227512913-162
16align="left" | Gandía Bàsquet 434112325072677-170
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|17

align="left" | Illescas Urban CLM3482623862623-237rowspan=2|Relegation to LEB Plata
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|18

align="left" | Beirasar Rosalía3482624882706-218

1 CB Villa de Los Barrios relegated due economic problems.

2 Plus Pujol Lleida relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems.

3 CB Vic relegated due economic problems and sold its berth to CB Sant Josep Girona.

4 Gandía Bàsquet relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems.

LEB Oro playoffs

=Quarterfinals=

Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between teams in the 2-9 positions, with the best-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on May 19, 2009, and all second games were played on May 22. The deciding third games were played on May 24.

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!width=220|Team #1

!width=20|Agg.

!width=220|Team #2

!width=70|1st leg

!width=70|2nd leg

!width=70|3rd leg*

align=center| Lucentum Alicante2 - 1Ford Burgos89-6971-7584-57
align=center| Melilla Baloncesto2 - 0Grupo Begar Léon79-5676-75
align=center| Leche Río Breogán0 - 2Villa de Los Barrios81-8958-76
align=center| Tenerife Rural2 - 0Clínicas Rincón Axarquía83-7767-66

* if necessary

=Final Four=

The Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in Fuenlabrada. The semifinal games are played on May 30. The championship final is played on May 31.

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| RD1=Semifinals

| RD2=Finals

| RD1-seed1=2

| RD1-team1=Lucentum Alicante

| RD1-score1=84

| RD1-seed2=7

| RD1-team2=Villa de Los Barrios

| RD1-score2=81

| RD1-seed3=3

| RD1-team3=Melilla Baloncesto

| RD1-score3=91

| RD1-seed4=5

| RD1-team4=Tenerife Rural

| RD1-score4=87

| RD2-seed1=2

| RD2-team1=Lucentum Alicante

| RD2-score1=72

| RD2-seed2=3

| RD2-team2=Melilla Baloncesto

| RD2-score2=66

}}

Stats Leaders

=Points=

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Rank

!Name

!Team

!Games

!Points

!width=40|PPG

1.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Kammron TaylorBeirasar Rosalía2036118.05
2.align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios3460517.79
3.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jason DetrickCiudad de La Laguna Canarias3460117.68
4.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas TerrellLa Palma3153117.13
5.align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego GarcíaFord Burgos3356517.12

=Rebounds=

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Rank

!Name

!Team

!Games

!Rebounds

!width=40|RPG

1.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias343239.50
2.align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo PrestesClínicas Rincón Axarquía333099.36
3.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Robert BattleValladolid332898.76
4.align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios342657.79
5.align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán282057.32

=Assists=

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Rank

!Name

!Team

!Games

!Assists

!width=40|APG

1.align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego CiorciariMelilla Baloncesto332016.09
2.align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier MendiburuPlus Pujol Lleida331544.67
3.align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro SalaLa Palma341414.15
4.align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juanjo JiménezIllescas Urban CLM341293.79
5.align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel LópezLeche Río Breogán301133.77

= MVP Week by Week =

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! align="center"|Date

! align="center"|Player

! align="center"|Team

! align="center"|Efficiency

1align="left"|{{flagicon|DOM}} Eulis Báez
{{flagicon|USA}} Pat Carroll
Grupo Begar León
Beirasar Rosalia
30
2align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Anthony Stacey
{{flagicon|BIH}} Nedžad Sinanović
Grupo Begar León
Ford Burgos
30
3align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias32
4align="left"|{{flagicon|LBN}} Antwain BarbourTenerife Rural33
5align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios28
6align="left"|{{flagicon|DOM}} Eulis Báez
{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Riera
Grupo Begar León
Mallorca
31
7align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios51
8align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán31
9align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán41
10align="left"|{{flagicon|LBN}} Antwain BarbourTenerife Rural54
11align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jason BlairMallorca30
12align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Robert BattleValladolid41
13align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Robert BattleValladolid30
14align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Vítor FaveraniClínicas Rincón Axarquía42
15align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias39
16align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ricardo GuillénVilla de Los Barrios42
17align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Wayne SimienCáceres 201631
18align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo PrestesClínicas Rincón Axarquía43
19align="left"|{{flagicon|DOM}} Eulis BáezGrupo Begar León36
20align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Blair
{{flagicon|AUT}} Martin Kohlmaier
Mallorca
La Palma
26
21align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias35
22align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán35
23align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán31
24align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Riera
{{flagicon|POL}} Michal Chylinski
Mallorca
Clínicas Rincón Axarquía
29
25align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna Canarias37
26align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Adrián BocciaTenerife Rural28
27align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán30
28align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego GuaitaCáceres 201637
29align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Brian CusworthLeche Río Breogán32
30align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Zach MorleyGandía29
31align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Matt KieferVic37
32align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo PrestesClínicas Rincón Axarquía40
33align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Ramsdell
{{flagicon|USA}} Jakim Donaldson
Beirasar Rosalía
Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias
34
34align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel LópezLeche Río Breogán38