Liga Nacional de Baloncesto

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB)

Sport	Basketball
Founded	2005
President	Antonio Mir
No. of teams	8
Country	Dominican Republic
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent champion(s)	Reales de La Vega (3rd title)
Most titles	Metros de Santiago (5 titles)
TV partner(s)	CERTV, Coral 39 [1]
Official website	lnb.com.do

The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) is the top men's professional basketball league in the Dominican Republic. Established in 2005, six teams compete annually between September and October.

History

The league was founded on September 6, 2004 at the Hotel Lina in Santo Domingo as the Liga Dominicana de Baloncesto (Dominican Basketball League), also known as LIDOBA; the founders were a group of investors and former basketball players, supported by the Dominican Basketball Federation. ^[2] Before the creation of a national league, basketball was practiced at regional and local level.

The teams that participated in the first edition in 2005 were:

• Cañeros de La Romana
• Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís
• Constituyentes de San Cristóbal
• Indios de San Francisco de Macorís
• Marineros de Puerto Plata
• Metros de Santiago
• Panteras del Distrito Nacional
• Reales de La Vega

The first game was played on July 1, 2005 at the Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto between Panteras del Distrito Nacional and Indios de San Francisco de Macorís: Panteras won, 79–63. ^[3] The first league champions were Reales de La Vega, that won the title after winning the best-of-7 championship series against Panteras, 4–2. ^[4]

In 2009, the league was cancelled due to financial difficulties. On May 19, 2010 the league announced its return under a new branding and name, Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (National Basketball League). ^{[5] [6] [7]}

From 2005 to 2017, the league had 8 teams participating every season. In 2018, Huracanes del Atlántico folded, and the league was played by 7 teams (3 in the North conference, and 4 in the Southeast conference). ^[8] In 2019, Titanes del Distrito Nacional also folded, bringing the team number to 6. ^[1]

Teams

Current teams

Teams participating in the 2021-22 season

• Cañeros del Este
• Huracanes del Atlántico
• Indios de San Francisco de Macorís
• Leones de Santo Domingo
• Metros de Santiago
• Reales de La Vega
• Soles de Santo Domingo Este
• Titanes del Licey

Format

Regular season

In the first season in 2005, all 8 teams competed in a round-robin tournament, where each team had to play against every other team. In 2006 two conferences were introduced: the Circuito Norte (North) and Circuito Sur (South), of 4 teams each. In 2010, with the league changing name to Liga Nacional de Baloncesto, the Sur conference was renamed Sureste (Southeast). In 2018, with the folding of Huracanes del Atlántico, the North conference included only 3 teams. In 2019 the team number was reduced to 6, and the league reintroduced the round-robin tournament, eliminating the conference system.

Playoffs

In 2005, the first 4 teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. With the introduction of two conferences (Circuitos) in 2006, the first 3 teams of each conference qualified for the playoffs. In 2011 this was changed, as only the first 2 teams qualified for the playoffs, thus eliminating the first round of the playoffs. The first two teams of each conference faced each other in the playoffs semifinals, and the championship game was played between the winners of the semifinal series. In 2016, the first 3 teams of each conference qualified for a further postseason round robin tournament, the winners of which qualified for the championship game. This was eliminated in 2018, with the folding of Huracanes del Atlántico, and the league resumed the original playoff format, reintroducing the semifinals.

List of champions

Season	Champion	Series	Runner-up
2005	Reales de La Vega	4–2	Panteras del Distrito Nacional
2006	Metros de Santiago	4–3	Constituyentes de San Cristóbal
2007	Metros de Santiago	4–2	Panteras del Distrito Nacional
2008	Constituyentes de San Cristóbal	4–2	Reales de La Vega
2009	No league held
2010	Cañeros del Este	4–1	Tiburones de Puerto Plata
2011	Leones de Santo Domingo	4–2	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís
2012	Cañeros del Este	4–2	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís
2013	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís [9]	4–3	Titanes del Licey
2014	Metros de Santiago [10]	4–2	Titanes del Distrito Nacional
2015	Metros de Santiago	4–3	Cañeros del Este
2016	Leones de Santo Domingo	4–3	Metros de Santiago
2017	Metros de Santiago	4–1	Leones de Santo Domingo
2018	Reales de La Vega	4–2	Cañeros del Este
2019	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís [11]	4–2	Metros de Santiago
2020	No league held
2021	Leones de Santo Domingo	4–2	Titanes del Distrito Nacional
2022	Leones de Santo Domingo	4–3	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís
2023	Reales de La Vega	4-3	Titanes del Distrito

Championships

Team	Championships	Runner-up	Year(s) won
Metros de Santiago	5	1	2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017
Leones de Santo Domingo	4	3	2011, 2016, 2021, 2022
Reales de La Vega	3	1	2005, 2018, 2023
Cañeros del Este	2	2	2010, 2012
Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	2	2	2013, 2019
Titanes del Distrito Nacional	1	3	2008
Huracanes del Atlántico [12]	0	1
Soles de Santo Domingo Este [13]	0	1

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Year	Winner	Team	Ref.
2005	Ed Elisma	Marineros de Puerto Plata	[14]
2006	Alexis Montas	Cañeros de La Romana
2007	Juan Araujo	Panteras del Distrito Nacional	[15]
2008	Richard Ortega	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	[16]
2009	No league held
2010	Norte: Tyron Thomas	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	[17]
	Sureste: Maurice Carter	Cañeros de La Romana
2011	Norte: Juan Coronado	Reales de La Vega	[18]
	Sureste: Eddie Basden	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís
2012	Robert Glenn	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	[19]
2013	Gary Flowers	Titanes del Licey	[20]
2014	Gerardo Suero	Titanes del Distrito Nacional	[21]
2015	Reyshawn Terry	Cañeros del Este	[22]
2016	Robert Glenn (2×)	Metros de Santiago	[23]
2017	Gerardo Suero (2×)	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	[24]
2018	Gerardo Suero (3×)	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	[25]
2019	Paris Bass	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	[26]
2021	Jeison Colomé	Cañeros del Este	[27]
2022	Juan Miguel Suero	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	[28]

Finals MVP

Eulis Báez pictured in 2011, the year he won the Finals MVP award

Year	Winner	Team	Ref.
2005	Jorge Almanzar	Reales de La Vega
2006	Carmelo Lee	Metros de Santiago
2007	Amaury Filion	Metros de Santiago	[29]
2008	Ed Elisma	Constituyentes de San Cristóbal
2009	No league held
2010	Edward Santana	Cañeros de La Romana	[30]
2011	Eulis Báez	Leones de Santo Domingo	[31]
2012	Mario West	Cañeros del Este
2013	Robert Glenn	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	[32]
2014	Víctor Liz	Metros de Santiago	[33]
2015	Víctor Liz (2×)	Metros de Santiago	[34]
2016	Manuel Fortuna	Leones de Santo Domingo	[35]
2017	Robert Glenn (2×)	Metro de Santiago	[36]
2018	Gerard DeVaughn	Reales de La Vega
2019	Paris Bass	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís

Statistical leaders

Scoring

Year	Player	Team	PPG	Ref.
2005	Rogers Washington	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís	24.6	[37]
2006	Reggie Charles	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís	21.5	[38]
2007	Jamaal Thomas	Marineros de Puerto Plata	20.6
2008	Juan Araujo	Panteras del Distrito Nacional	20.7	[39]
2009	No league held
2010	Tyron Thomas	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	23.9
2011	Juan Coronado	Reales de La Vega	21.3
2012	Ollie Bailey	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís	24.4
2013	Ollie Bailey (2×)	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís	20.1	[40]
2014	Gerardo Suero	Titanes del Distrito Nacional	25.2	[41]
2015	Rigoberto Mendoza	Reales de La Vega	23.9
2016	Víctor Liz	Metros de Santiago	22.4
2017	Gerardo Suero (2×)	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	27.5
2018	Gerardo Suero (3×)	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	25.6
2019	Paris Bass	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	21.7	[42]

Rebounds

Year	Player	Team	RPG	Ref.
2005	Edward Santana	Cañeros de La Romana	11.4	[37]
2006	Alexis Montas	Cañeros de La Romana	10.7	[38]
2007	John Jackson	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís	10.5
2008	Ed Elisma	Constituyentes de San Cristóbal	10.8	[39]
2009	No league held
2010	Ed Elisma (2×)	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	12.6
2011	Alexis Montas (2×)	Cañeros del Este	13.1
2012	Jack Michael Martínez	Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís	11.7
2013	James Thomas	Titanes del Licey	12.9	[40]
2014	Walter Sharpe	Reales de La Vega	10.5	[41]
2015	Dwayne Jones	Leones de Santo Domingo	15.4
2016	Jonathan Araujo	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	10.9
2017	Jonathan Araujo (2×)	Leones de Santo Domingo	10.6
2018	Jonathan Araujo (3×)	Cañeros del Este	11.6
2019	Eloy Vargas	Metros de Santiago	12.1	[42]

Assists

Year	Player	Team	APG	Ref.
2005	José Fortuna	Constituyentes de San Cristóbal	5.4	[37]
2006	José Fortuna (2×)	Constituyentes de San Cristóbal	5.5	[38]
2007	Richard Ortega	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	5.2
2008	Richard Ortega (2×)	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	8.4	[39]
2009	No league held
2010	Richard Ortega (3×)	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	4.6
2011	Christian Dalmau	Titanes del Distrito Nacional	6.3
2012	Kelvin Peña	Huracanes del Atlántico	5.5
2013	Walker Russell Jr.	Leones de Santo Domingo	3.9	[40]
2014	Mario Little	Cañeros del Este	3.8	[41]
2015	Ronnie Taylor	Soles de Santo Domingo Este	5.0
2016	Danilo Núñez	Soles de Santo Domingo Este	5.2
2017	Juan Coronado	Reales de La Vega	6.5
2018	Juan Miguel Suero	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	5.8
2019	Adris De León	Metros de Santiago	5.5	[42]

Steals

Year	Player	Team	SPG	Ref.
2005	Edward Santana	Cañeros de La Romana	3.8	[37]
2006	Data not available
2007
2008	Richard Ortega	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	2.7	[39]
2009	No league held
2010	Juan Coronado	Reales de La Vega	2.4
2011	Juan Coronado (2×)	Reales de La Vega	2.3
2012	Darius Adams	Reales de La Vega	3.8
2013	Víctor Liz	Metros de Santiago	1.9	[40]
2014	Walter Sharpe	Reales de La Vega	2.7	[41]
2015	José Acosta	Reales de La Vega	3.0
2016	Víctor Liz (2×)	Metros de Santiago	2.5
2017	Juan Miguel Suero	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	2.2
2018	Jaison Valdez	Soles de Santo Domingo Este	2.6
2019	Jaison Colomé	Cañeros del Este	2.1	[42]

Blocks

Year	Player	Team	BPG	Ref.
2005	Edward Santana	Cañeros de La Romana	4.5	[37]
2006	Data not available
2007
2008	Ed Elisma	Constituyentes de San Cristóbal	1.4	[39]
2009	No league held
2010	Ed Elisma (2×)	Indios de San Francisco de Macorís	2.2
2011	Scott VanderMeer	Leones de Santo Domingo	3.4
2012	Kleon Penn	Huracanes del Atlántico	3.3
2013	Augustine Okosun	Reales de La Vega	2.8	[40]
2014	Walter Sharpe	Reales de La Vega	2.5	[41]
2015	Willie Reed	Metros de Santiago	2.1
2016	Jordan Richard	Soles de Santo Domingo Este	3.9
2017	Ángel Núñez	Metros de Santiago	1.5
2018	Darian Townes	Reales de La Vega	2.1
2019	Branden Dawson	Cañeros del Este	2.5	[42]

Individual records

Game

Adris De León established the record for most points in a game (54) and tied the record for most three-pointers made in a game (11) on August 11, 2016

• Most points in a game

• 54 by Adris De León, Metros de Santiago (vs. Huracanes del Atlántico) on August 11, 2016 ^[43]

• Most rebounds in a game

• 27 by Jack Michael Martínez, Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís (vs. Cañeros de La Romana) on August 31, 2007

• Most assists in a game

• 15 by Richard Ortega, Indios de San Francisco de Macorís (vs. Cañeros de La Romana) on August 5, 2008 ^[44]
• 15 by Juan Coronado, Reales de La Vega (vs. Indios de San Francisco de Macorís) on July 9, 2017 ^[45]

• Most blocks in a game

• 11 by Scott VanderMeer, Leones de Santo Domingo (vs. Titanes del Distrito Nacional) on July 15, 2011 ^[46]

• Most 3-point field goals made in a game

• 11 by Courtney Nelson, Huracanes del Atlántico (vs. Metros de Santiago) on September 3, 2011 (11/20) ^[47]
• 11 by Adris De León, Metros de Santiago (vs. Huracanes del Atlántico) on August 11, 2016 (11/23) ^[43]

Season

• Most points in a season

• 523 by Gerardo Suero, Indios de San Francisco de Macorís in 2017 ^[48]

• Most rebounds in a season

• 261 by Alexis Montas, Cañeros del Este in 2011

• Most assists in a season

• 159 by Richard Ortega, Indios de San Francisco de Macorís in 2008

• Most steals in a season

• 67 by Carlos Wheeler, Panteras del Distrito Nacional in 2005

• Most blocks in a season

• 76 by Edward Santana, Cañeros de La Romana in 2005

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External links

• Official website
• Dominican league on Latinbasket.com (in English)
• @LNBrd