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 champions Cibona VIP
Season MVP Dejan Milojević (Budućnost)
Top scorer Igor Rakočević (Crvena zvezda) (23.22 ppg)
Final 4
Champions Reflex

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

Final four

Matches played at Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb

Incident

On Friday night, April 16 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 parking lot of Panorama Hotel by an organized group of fifteen Croatian hooligans 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

Ranking MVP
Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1. Dejan Milojević Budućnost7392529.56
2. Igor Rakočević Crvena zvezda6102326.52
3. Frano Čolak Široki Hercegtisak5062619.46
4. Ognjen Aškrabić Reflex4632419.29
5. Davor Marcelić Zadar4752618.27

Points
Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1. Igor Rakočević Crvena zvezda5342323.22
2. Dejan Milojević Budućnost5132520.52
3. Davor Marcelić Zadar4402616.92
4. Feliks Kojadinović Banjalučka pivovara4022416.75
5. Frano Čolak Široki Hercegtisak4212616.19

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1. Dejan Milojević Budućnost2702510.80
2. Ninoslav Marjanović Budućnost161227.32
3. Andrija Žižić Cibona Vip177276.56
4. Marko Rakočević Lovćen CKB147246.13
Tommy Smith Split CO147246.13

Assists
Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1. Curtis McCants Split CO73164.56
1. Igor Rakočević Crvena zvezda101234.39
3. Vladimir Krstić Zadar60144.29
4. Martin Vanjak Široki Hercegtisak109264.19
5. Ivan Tomas Zagreb99263.96

Source: Adriatic League

References
  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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