2003–04 ABA Goodyear League

2003–04 ABA Goodyear League season
2003–04 ABA Goodyear League season
League	ABA Goodyear League
Sport	Basketball
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
ABA Goodyear League seasons
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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.

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[]

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Cibona VIP	26	20	6	2242	1984	+258	46
2.	Reflex	26	19	7	2187	1945	+242	45
3.	Union Olimpija	26	18	8	2173	2050	+123	44
4.	Crvena zvezda	26	18	8	2250	2168	+82	44
5.	Budućnost	26	16	10	2307	2235	+72	42
6.	Pivovarna Laško	26	15	11	2084	2010	+74	41
7.	Krka	26	14	12	2116	2091	+25	40
8.	Zadar	26	13	13	2277	2217	+60	39
9.	Split CO	26	10	16	2118	2226	-108	36
10.	Geoplin Slovan	26	9	17	1923	2083	-160	35
11.	Zagreb	26	9	17	2023	2134	-111	35
12.	Široki Hercegtisak	26	8	18	2004	2128	-124	34
13.	Banjalučka pivara	26	8	18	2065	2229	-164	34
14.	Lovćen CG komercijalna banka	26	5	21	2000	2269	-269	31

	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 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 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	Budućnost	739	25	29.56
2.	Igor Rakočević	Crvena zvezda	610	23	26.52
3.		Široki Hercegtisak	506	26	19.46
4.	Ognjen Aškrabić	Reflex	463	24	19.29
5.	Davor Marcelić	Zadar	475	26	18.27

Points[]

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Igor Rakočević	Crvena zvezda	534	23	23.22
2.	Dejan Milojević	Budućnost	513	25	20.52
3.	Davor Marcelić	Zadar	440	26	16.92
4.	Feliks Kojadinović	Banjalučka pivovara	402	24	16.75
5.		Široki Hercegtisak	421	26	16.19

Rebounds[]

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	Dejan Milojević	Budućnost	270	25	10.80
2.		Budućnost	161	22	7.32
3.	Andrija Žižić	Cibona Vip	177	27	6.56
4.		Lovćen CKB	147	24	6.13
4.	Tommy Smith	Split CO	147	24	6.13

Assists[]

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	Curtis McCants	Split CO	73	16	4.56
1.	Igor Rakočević	Crvena zvezda	101	23	4.39
3.	Vladimir Krstić	Zadar	60	14	4.29
4.		Široki Hercegtisak	109	26	4.19
5.		Zagreb	99	26	3.96

Source: Adriatic League

References[]

^ U Zagrebu napadnut direktor KK Crvena zvezda;B92, 17 April 2011
^ Udarali su nas štanglama i lancima;Glas javnosti, 19 April 2004

[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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