2022–23 ACB season

Liga Endesa1
Season2022–23
Number of games309
Number of teams18
Regular season
Season MVPGiorgi Shermadini
RelegatedReal Betis
Fuenlabrada
Finals
ChampionsBarça
17th ACB title
20th Spanish title
  Runners-upReal Madrid
SemifinalistsUnicaja
Joventut
Statistical leaders
Points Kassius Robertson 17.4
Rebounds Tyson Pérez 9.6
Assists Jovan Novak 7.6
Records
Biggest home winUnicaja 106–60 Real Betis
(30 October 2022)
Biggest away winManresa 70–106 Breogán
(29 October 2022)
Highest scoringBreogán 114–115 Real Betis
(4 March 2023)
Winning streak10 games
Barça
Losing streak19 games
Fuenlabrada
Highest attendance15,501
Baskonia 103–89 Unicaja
(30 September 2022)
Lowest attendance2,209
Fuenlabrada 81–97 Gran Canaria
(11 May 2023)
Attendance1,866,173 (6,039 per match)
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2023.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

The 2022–23 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 28 September 2022 with the regular season and ended on 20 June 2023 with the finals.

Real Madrid was the defending champion which lost the final series 0–3 to Barça which reclaimed its 20th Spanish title and their 17th ACB title.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted from the 2021–22 LEB Oro.

Teams promoted from LEB Oro
Teams relegated to LEB Oro

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau 5,050
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000
Carplus Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín 5,700
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744
Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,716
Covirán Granada Granada Palacio de Deportes 7,700
Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870
Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760
Lenovo Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100
Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 6,000
Real Betis Seville San Pablo 7,242
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 13,109
Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 5,310
Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,642
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Barça Šarūnas Jasikevičius Pierre Oriola Nike Assistència Sanitària
Bàsquet Girona Aíto García Reneses Marc Gasol Nike FIATC
Baxi Manresa Pedro Martínez Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi
Carplus Fuenlabrada Óscar Quintana Clevin Hannah Kromex Carplus
Casademont Zaragoza Porfirio Fisac Santiago Yusta Mercury Casademont
Cazoo Baskonia Joan Peñarroya Rokas Giedraitis Puma Cazoo
Covirán Granada Pablo Pin David Iriarte Vive Supermercados Covirán
Gran Canaria Jaka Lakovič Oliver Stević Spalding
Joventut Carles Duran Albert Ventura Spalding Fundación Probitas
Lenovo Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Marcelo Huertas Austral Lenovo, Tenerife
Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Álvaro Muñoz Geff Estrella Galicia 0,0
Real Betis Luis Casimiro Pablo Almazán Kappa Sevilla
Real Madrid Chus Mateo Sergio Llull Adidas Autohero
Río Breogán Veljko Mršić Sergi Quintela Wibo Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket Jaume Ponsarnau Xavi Rabaseda Hummel Surne Seguros
UCAM Murcia Sito Alonso Sadiel Rojas Hummel UCAM, Costa Cálida
Unicaja Ibon Navarro Alberto Díaz Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Valencia Basket Álex Mumbrú Bojan Dubljević Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Surne Bilbao Basket Álex Mumbrú End of contract 6 June 2022 Pre-season Jaume Ponsarnau 21 June 2022
Valencia Basket Joan Peñarroya 7 June 2022 Álex Mumbrú 14 June 2022
Cazoo Baskonia Neven Spahija 9 June 2022 Joan Peñarroya 13 June 2022
Gran Canaria Porfirio Fisac 12 June 2022 Jaka Lakovič 17 June 2022
Casademont Zaragoza Dragan Šakota 25 June 2022 Martin Schiller 25 June 2022
Bàsquet Girona Jordi Sargatal 30 June 2022 Aíto García Reneses 8 July 2022
Real Madrid Pablo Laso Sacked 4 July 2022 Chus Mateo 25 June 2022
Carplus Fuenlabrada Josep María Raventós 11 October 2022 17th (0–3) José Luis Pichel (interim) 15 November 2022
Casademont Zaragoza Martin Schiller 18 October 2022 17th (0–4) Porfirio Fisac 19 October 2022
Carplus Fuenlabrada José Luis Pichel End of interim period 24 January 2023 18th (3–14) Óscar Quintana 24 January 2023

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Barça 34 29 5 2895 2489 +406 Qualification to playoffs
2 Cazoo Baskonia 34 28 6 3128 2817 +311
3 Real Madrid 34 28 6 3005 2629 +376
4 Lenovo Tenerife 34 24 10 2834 2517 +317
5 Unicaja 34 24 10 2969 2638 +331
6 Gran Canaria 34 19 15 2837 2734 +103
7 Joventut 34 19 15 2766 2662 +104
8 Valencia Basket 34 17 17 2842 2826 +16
9 UCAM Murcia 34 16 18 2714 2820 −106
10 Río Breogán 34 14 20 2620 2716 −96
11 Monbus Obradoiro 34 14 20 2694 2832 −138
12 Surne Bilbao Basket 34 14 20 2587 2735 −148
13 Casademont Zaragoza 34 12 22 2675 2755 −80
14 Baxi Manresa 34 12 22 2853 3025 −172
15 Bàsquet Girona 34 11 23 2604 2773 −169
16 Covirán Granada 34 11 23 2604 2913 −309
17 Real Betis 34 10 24 2659 2857 −198 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 Carplus Fuenlabrada 34 4 30 2589 3137 −548
Source: ACB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored (Note: Head–to–head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)

Results

Home \ Away BAR GIR BAX FUE CAZ BKN COV GCA JOV LNT MOB BET RMB BRE SBB UCM UNI VBC
Barça 72–69 93–72 101–64 68–63 89–74 100–82 87–79 87–71 67–65 94–77 104–70 97–82 82–54 88–78 86–57 75–60 81–75
Bàsquet Girona 73–84 79–86 85–60 78–69 70–75 88–73 69–78 79–66 72–88 93–76 79–90 88–94 66–73 84–59 100–89 59–73 75–79
Baxi Manresa 78–101 82–79 92–78 65–72 93–80 86–77 105–75 68–90 70–89 80–65 91–84 69–94 70–106 76–86 93–83 94–98 87–82
Carplus Fuenlabrada 56–84 75–83 101–97 71–85 93–112 81–83 81–97 81–85 67–95 79–82 83–77 78–102 73–92 77–71 72–88 85–117 75–93
Casademont Zaragoza 85–83 88–95 99–88 79–82 83–97 73–57 76–73 87–77 83–87 78–79 89–82 94–89 88–90 67–74 64–81 70–74 86–75
Cazoo Baskonia 84–91 95–68 107–92 102–88 91–79 105–81 101–97 84–83 79–85 110–94 107–103 88–82 97–76 100–78 102–73 103–89 85–79
Covirán Granada 55–70 78–92 84–87 83–71 71–68 84–95 80–66 73–62 73–82 93–89 66–76 62–82 80–70 99–84 88–67 69–101 81–110
Gran Canaria 88–85 78–73 99–88 110–65 88–72 68–96 94–76 100–88 70–86 75–68 87–71 67–95 77–66 94–71 107–89 88–70 95–89
Joventut 82–79 92–64 73–65 103–86 89–84 77–86 90–72 75–91 78–69 96–85 93–81 78–86 85–66 76–81 94–68 74–65 85–70
Lenovo Tenerife 76–79 76–67 100–87 97–72 92–69 83–81 98–66 81–77 85–68 86–67 88–64 67–80 85–67 73–57 109–111 91–84 94–78
Monbus Obradoiro 76–74 89–63 104–99 102–72 76–73 91–86 88–83 58–85 74–91 58–78 67–82 78–84 67–74 77–64 81–79 86–87 98–103
Real Betis 77–85 71–79 87–83 87–77 67–83 71–83 85–91 88–82 67–71 80–76 71–73 55–73 84–89 86–78 84–71 66–79 78–83
Real Madrid 78–87 89–70 103–89 91–69 93–86 88–95 108–75 105–85 96–79 88–77 93–79 79–77 91–73 86–65 93–57 102–90 79–62
Río Breogán 74–78 92–70 81–82 78–70 71–87 77–86 99–67 53–71 65–85 61–86 64–59 114–115 96–72 86–70 60–65 74–90 83–88
Surne Bilbao Basket 82–80 84–77 80–76 109–82 81–68 70–81 90–73 76–72 51–70 60–83 77–80 85–70 80–85 83–66 99–81 71–103 71–65
UCAM Murcia 72–86 102–79 96–83 83–64 79–74 80–87 82–89 99–85 88–76 85–64 80–84 76–72 80–88 70–84 67–55 85–80 90–82
Unicaja 81–86 94–70 97–88 100–75 104–78 81–89 94–68 70–63 78–69 75–71 99–89 106–60 71–76 100–66 92–79 82–66 102–86
Valencia Basket 80–92 104–69 103–92 92–86 88–76 81–85 80–72 82–76 101–97 77–72 87–78 87–81 68–79 77–80 95–88 74–75 67–83
Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Leader and qualification to playoffsQualification to playoffsRelegated
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Barça11643112334544322222222222211111111
Cazoo Baskonia2837565666433233443333333122222222
Real Madrid4332434222211111111111111233333333
Lenovo Tenerife1111221111122544334444444444444444
Unicaja16111391286553355455555555755555555555
Gran Canaria71064358445677777666777677777766666
Joventut1414101311911977766666777666566666677777
Valencia Basket5588711911121210998988810888888888888888
UCAM Murcia1771110610812111313111211121212121213131212131213121010109999
Río Breogán32912947810991010991011989999999999910111110
Monbus Obradoiro8125111313151513111112111211119109101010101010101012121212121211
Surne Bilbao Basket642610121210888881089101111111111111111111111111111101012
Casademont Zaragoza12181617181816141515141414151615151415141414131213121313131313131313
Baxi Manresa18131516171718171718181816171617161717171717161616161515151514141414
Bàsquet Girona15161818161414161616171515141313131313121213141414141414141415161515
Covirán Granada997587107910121313131414141514151515151515151616171717171716
Real Betis13171414151617181817161718161716171616161616171717171717161616151617
Carplus Fuenlabrada10151715141513131414151617181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Updated to match(es) played on May 24, 2023. Source: [1]

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                      
1 Barça 84 87 2
8 Valencia Basket 74 64 0
1 Barça 84 79 90 87 3
5 Unicaja 81 88 79 75 1
4 Lenovo Tenerife 59 74 0
5 Unicaja 72 97 2
1 Barça 97 86 93 3
3 Real Madrid 88 85 82 0
3 Real Madrid 95 89 2
6 Dreamland Gran Canaria 68 81 0
3 Real Madrid 83 90 83 94 3
7 Joventut 93 73 73 73 1
2 Cazoo Baskonia 91 76 0
7 Joventut 99 83 2

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Unicaja 150,353 10,602 6,232 8,844 +108.7%
2 Cazoo Baskonia 149,281 15,501 5,706 8,781 +29.6%
3 Surne Bilbao Basket 126,253 9,972 6,173 7,891 +33.1%
4 Real Madrid 114,448 11,187 5,517 7,153 +25.3%
5 Joventut 113,215 11,564 4,162 6,660 +15.8%
6 Covirán Granada 103,559 8,028 5,247 6,472 n/a1
7 Barça 96,285 7,580 4,383 6,018 +19.5%
8 Valencia Basket 93,161 7,963 3,471 5,823 +31.1%
9 Casademont Zaragoza 98,622 7,499 3,630 5,801 +12.4%
10 Gran Canaria 97,945 8,517 4,059 5,761 +38.7%
11 UCAM Murcia 90,350 7,500 3,491 5,315 +10.3%
12 Monbus Obradoiro 83,664 6,000 4,730 5,229 +23.1%
13 Río Breogán 85,983 5,235 4,810 5,058 +20.3%
14 Real Betis 83,678 7,242 2,454 4,922 +25.1%
15 Bàsquet Girona 78,698 5,195 4,360 4,919 n/a1
16 Lenovo Tenerife 77,945 5,219 3,884 4,872 +40.6%
17 Baxi Manresa 75,538 5,000 4,062 4,721 +25.8%
18 Carplus Fuenlabrada 76,112 4,981 2,209 4,477 +21.6%
League total 1,784,976 15,501 2,209 6,030 +25.4%

Updated to games played on 21 May 2023
Source: ACB
Notes:
1: Team played last season in LEB Oro.

Awards

All official awards of the 2022–23 ACB season.

MVP

Pos. Player Team
C Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife

Source:

Finals MVP

Pos. Player Team
PF Nikola Mirotić Barça

Source:

All-ACB Teams

Pos. First Team Second Team
Player Team Player Team
PG Darius Thompson Cazoo Baskonia Marcelinho Huertas Lenovo Tenerife
SG Markus Howard Cazoo Baskonia Nicolás Laprovíttola Barça
SF Džanan Musa Real Madrid Joel Parra Joventut
PF Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife Nikola Mirotić Barça
C Edy Tavares Real Madrid Ante Tomić Joventut

Source:

Best Young Player Award

Pos. Player Team
PG Jean Montero Real Betis

Source:

Best All-Young Team

Pos. Player Team
PG Justus Hollatz Río Breogán
SG Jean Montero Real Betis
SF Michael Caicedo Covirán Granada
PF Khalifa Diop Gran Canaria
C Aday Mara Casademont Zaragoza

Source:

Best Defender Award

Pos. Player Team
C Edy Tavares Real Madrid

Source:

Player of the round

Round Player Team PIR
1 Marc Gasol Bàsquet Girona 34
2 Jasiel Rivero Valencia Basket 30
3 Shannon Evans Real Betis 33
4 Damien Inglis Gran Canaria 32
5 Travis Trice UCAM Murcia 35
6 Travis Trice (2) UCAM Murcia 31
7 Justinian Jessup Casademont Zaragoza 31
8 Jaime Fernández Lenovo Tenerife 30
9 Dušan Ristić Carplus Fuenlabrada 28
10 Matt Costello Cazoo Baskonia 31
11 Shannon Evans (2) Real Betis 36
12 Markus Howard Cazoo Baskonia 31
13 Ludde Håkanson Surne Bilbao Basket 33
14 Martinas Geben Baxi Manresa 30
Edy Tavares Real Madrid
15 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 36
16 Volodymyr Gerun Real Betis 39
17 Ethan Happ Río Breogán 37
18 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Lenovo Tenerife 30
19 Nicolás Brussino Gran Canaria 49
20 Kendrick Perry Unicaja 37
21 Nemanja Nenadić Río Breogán 35
22 Tomáš Satoranský Barça 29
23 Jerrick Harding Baxi Manresa 39
24 Christian Mekowulu Casademont Zaragoza 36
25 Keanu Pinder Carplus Fuenlabrada 30
26 Tyson Pérez Real Betis 29
27 Džanan Musa Real Madrid 33
28 Kassius Robertson Monbus Obradoiro 40
29 Kameron Taylor Bàsquet Girona 40
30 Adam Smith Surne Bilbao Basket 32
31 Guerschon Yabusele Real Madrid 33
32 Marcelinho Huertas Lenovo Tenerife 47
33 Kyle Guy Joventut 28
Joe Thomasson Covirán Granada
Guerschon Yabusele (2) Real Madrid
34 Brancou Badio Baxi Manresa 30

Source:

Player of the month

Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
October 1–6 Jasiel Rivero Valencia Basket 26.5 2–2
November 7–9 Ante Tomić Joventut 21.0 2–1
December 10–13 Jasiel Rivero (2) Valencia Basket 20.7 2–1
January 14–18 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 26.8 4–1
Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife
February 19–20 Nicolás Brussino Gran Canaria 31.5 1–1
March 21–24 Ethan Happ Río Breogán 20.8 2–2
April 25–30 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket 23.5 3–1
May 31–34 Guerschon Yabusele Real Madrid 25.0 4–0

Source:

ACB clubs in international competitions

Euroleague Basketball competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Real Madrid EuroLeague Championship game Win vs. Olympiacos 28–13
Semifinals Win vs. Barcelona
Playoffs 3–2 vs. Partizan Mozzart Bet
Regular season 3rd of 18 teams (23–11)
Barça Third place game Loss vs. AS Monaco 26–13
Semifinals Loss vs. Real Madrid
Playoffs 3–0 vs. Žalgiris
Regular season 2nd of 18 teams (23–11)
Cazoo Baskonia Regular season 9th of 18 teams (18–16) 18–16
Valencia Basket Regular season 13th of 18 teams (15–19) 15–19
Gran Canaria EuroCup Final Win vs. Türk Telekom 19–3
Semifinals Win vs. Joventut
Quarterfinals Win vs. Paris Basketball
Eighthfinals Win vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor
Regular season Group B 1st of 10 teams (15–3)
Joventut Semifinals Loss vs. Gran Canaria 15–6
Quarterfinals Win vs. Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv
Eighthfinals Win vs. London Lions
Regular season Group A 2nd of 10 teams (13–5)
FIBA competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Lenovo Tenerife Intercontinental Cup Final Win vs. São Paulo 2–0
Semi-finals Win vs. US Monastir
Champions League Third place game Win vs. Unicaja 12–5
Semi-finals Loss vs. Hapoel Jerusalem
Quarter-finals 2–1 vs. Baxi Manresa
Round of 16 Group L 1st of 4 teams (5–1)
Regular season Group H 1st of 4 teams (4–2)
Unicaja Third place game Loss vs. Lenovo Tenerife 14–4
Semi-finals Loss vs. Telekom Baskets Bonn
Quarter-finals 2–0 vs. UCAM Murcia
Round of 16 Group K 1st of 4 teams (5–1)
Regular season Group G 1st of 4 teams (5–1)
Qualification Group B Final Win vs. Patrioti Levice
Qualification Group B Semi-final Win vs. Heroes Den Bosch
UCAM Murcia Quarter-finals 0–2 vs. Unicaja 10–6
Round of 16 Group L 2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
Play-ins 2–0 vs. Pınar Karşıyaka
Regular season Group A 2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
Baxi Manresa Quarter-finals 1–2 vs. Lenovo Tenerife 8–7
Round of 16 Group J 2nd of 4 teams (3–3)
Regular season Group F 1st of 4 teams (4–2)
Surne Bilbao Basket Round of 16 Group L 4th of 4 teams (1–5) 5–7
Regular season Group D 1st of 4 teams (4–2)
Río Breogán Qualification Group D Quarter-final Loss vs. FMP Meridian 0–1