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2014–15 Baltic Basketball League

The 2014–15 Baltic Basketball League was the 11th season of the Baltic Basketball League.

2014–15 Baltic Basketball League
Season2014–15
DurationOctober 14, 2014 – April 2, 2015
Games played124
Teams22
TV partner(s)Viasat Sport Baltic
Regular season
Top seedŠiauliai
Finals
ChampionsLithuania Šiauliai (2nd title)
  Runners-upLatvia Ventspils
Third placeLithuania Juventus
Fourth placeEstonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Finals MVPLithuania Gintaras Leonavičius
Statistical leaders
Points United States Brandis Raley-Ross 21.2
Rebounds Lithuania Ronaldas Rutkauskas 10.4
Assists Greece Nikos Gkikas 5.9
All statistics correct as of April 3, 2015.

This season’s competition included 8 teams from Estonia, 6 each from Latvia and Lithuania, and one team apiece representing Finland and Russia.[1] For the regular season the teams were divided into three groups and competed in a round-robin competition system, with each team facing their opponent twice. Top four teams of each group and the best fifth placed team qualified for the eight-finals. The three teams who participated in FIBA EuroChallenge and Eurocup competitions – Šiauliai, Tartu Ülikool/Rock and Ventspils – begin their journey at the start of the play-offs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season’s results. All play-off games were played in home-and-away series.

In the Finals Lithuanian team Šiauliai defended their title by beating Latvian side Ventspils 156–150 on aggregate score. Third place belonged to Lithuanian side Juventus who beat Estonian team Tartu Ülikool/Rock with aggregate score of 125–123.

Teams

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Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Top 16 Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2013–14 national championship)
Estonia  Estonia (KML) 8 Kalev/Cramo (1) TÜ/Rock (2) Rakvere Tarvas (3) TLÜ/Kalev (4) TTÜ (5) Pärnu (6) TYCO Rapla (7) Valga/Maks & Moorits (8)
Latvia  Latvia (LBL) 6 Ventspils (1) Jēkabpils (3) Jūrmala/Fēnikss (4) Valmiera (5) Liepāja/Triobet (6) Barons/LDz (7)
Lithuania  Lithuania (LKL) 6 Prienai (4) Pieno žvaigždės (5) Šiauliai (6) Juventus (7) Nevėžis (8) Lietkabelis (9)
Finland  Finland (Korisliiga) 1 Pyrintö (1)
Russia  Russia (BSL) 1 Dynamo Moscow (7)

Team information

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Group Team Location Arena Head coach
Group A Barons/LDz Latvia  Rīga, Latvia Mārupe Sports Centre Latvia  Edgars Teteris
Jūrmala/Fēnikss Latvia  Jūrmala, Latvia Lapmežciema Sports Centre Latvia  Arnis Vecvagars
Kalev/Cramo Estonia  Tallinn, Estonia Tallinn Arena Estonia  Alar Varrak
Pärnu Estonia  Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall Estonia  Mait Käbin
Pieno žvaigždės Lithuania  Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena Lithuania  Mantas Šernius
Pyrintö Finland  Tampere, Finland Pyynikin Palloiluhalli Finland  Pieti Poikola
Group B Jēkabpils Latvia  Jēkabpils, Latvia Jēkabpils Sporta Nams Latvia  Edmunds Valeiko
Valmiera Latvia  Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Centre Latvia  Gatis Melderis
TLÜ/Kalev Estonia  Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall Estonia  Kalle Klandorf
Valga/Maks & Moorits Estonia  Valga, Estonia Valga Sports Hall Latvia  Varis Krūmiņš
Lietkabelis Lithuania  Panevėžys, Lithuania Cido Arena Lithuania  Mindaugas Budzinauskas
Prienai Lithuania  Prienai, Lithuania Prienai Arena Lithuania  Tadas Stankevičius
TTÜ Estonia  Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall Estonia  Heino Lill
Group C Liepāja/Triobet Latvia  Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Centre Latvia  Uvis Helmanis
Rakvere Tarvas Estonia  Rakvere, Estonia Rakvere Spordihall Estonia  Andres Sõber
TYCO Rapla Estonia  Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall Estonia  Aivar Kuusmaa
Juventus Lithuania  Utena, Lithuania Utena Arena Lithuania  Dainius Adomaitis
Nevėžis Lithuania  Kėdainiai, Lithuania Kėdainiai Arena Lithuania  Virginijus Sirvydis
Dynamo Moscow Russia  Moscow, Russia Krylatskoe Sport Palace Russia  Mikhail Solovyov
Starting from playoffs Šiauliai Lithuania  Šiauliai, Lithuania Šiauliai Arena Lithuania  Gediminas Petrauskas
TÜ/Rock Estonia  Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall Estonia  Gert Kullamäe
Ventspils Latvia  Ventspils, Latvia Ventspils Olympic Centre Latvia  Roberts Štelmahers

Regular season

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The four best teams in each group and the best 5th placed team, which will be determined by place in the group; higher goal difference of all games in the group; higher number of goals in all games in the group, not accounting the games against the team placed 7th, will qualify for the 8th-finals.
Source: Changes in the BBL Regulations concerning the qualification for the Eighth-Finals

On 5 January 2015, Dynamo Moscow released an official statement announcing that the team will withdraw from the Baltic Basketball League, citing complicated economic situations and a tight match schedule. Results of all games played by Dynamo Moscow were nullified.
Source: Dynamo Moscow pull out from BBL

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1. Lithuania  Pieno žvaigždės 10 8 2 880 763 +117 18 Playoffs
2. Estonia  Kalev/Cramo 10 7 3 820 740 +80 17
3. Finland  Pyrintö 10 5 5 794 757 +37 15
4. Latvia  Barons/LDz 10 4 6 772 847 –75 14
5. Estonia  Pärnu 10 3 7 755 796 –41 13
6. Latvia  Jūrmala/Fēnikss 10 3 7 689 807 –118 13 Eliminated

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1. Latvia  Valmiera 12 10 2 952 848 +104 22 Playoffs
2. Lithuania  Lietkabelis 12 9 3 1059 875 +184 21
3. Latvia  Jēkabpils 12 9 3 905 836 +69 21
4. Lithuania  Prienai 12 5 7 917 898 +19 17
5. Estonia  TTÜ 12 4 8 830 964 –134 16 Eliminated
6. Estonia  Valga/Maks & Moorits 12 4 8 902 962 –60 16
7. Estonia  TLÜ/Kalev 12 1 11 808 990 –182 13

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1. Lithuania  Juventus 8 7 1 679 552 +127 15 Playoffs
2. Latvia  Liepāja/Triobet 8 6 2 659 610 +49 14
3. Estonia  Rakvere Tarvas 8 4 4 630 634 –4 12
4. Estonia  TYCO Rapla 8 3 5 575 634 –59 11
5. Lithuania  Nevėžis 8 0 8 556 669 –113 8 Eliminated
6. Russia  Dynamo Moscow Withdrew[2]

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Eightfinals
January 29, 2015 – February 12, 2015 		Quarterfinals
February 25, 2015 – March 5, 2015 		Semifinals
March 11, 2015 – March 22, 2015 		Finals
March 25, 2015 – April 1, 2015
                    
1 Lithuania  Šiauliai 108 82 190
16 Estonia  Pärnu 71 70 141
1 Lithuania  Šiauliai 103 78 181
8 Lithuania  Lietkabelis 81 66 147
8 Lithuania  Lietkabelis 64 96 160
9 Estonia  Kalev/Cramo 78 75 153
1 Lithuania  Šiauliai 73 60 133
4 Lithuania  Juventus 69 60 129
4 Lithuania  Juventus 58 84 142
13 Latvia  Barons/LDz 82 58 140
4 Lithuania  Juventus 65 85 150
5 Lithuania  Pieno žvaigždės 76 65 141
5 Lithuania  Pieno žvaigždės 94 89 183
12 Estonia  Rakvere Tarvas 87 68 155
1 Lithuania  Šiauliai 68 88 156
3 Latvia  Ventspils 70 80 150
2 Estonia  TÜ/Rock 100 73 173
15 Lithuania  Prienai 68 67 135
2 Estonia  TÜ/Rock 59 71 130
7 Latvia  Liepāja/Triobet 49 71 120
7 Latvia  Liepāja/Triobet 67 105 172
10 Latvia  Jēkabpils 62 83 145
2 Estonia  TÜ/Rock 49 72 121
3 Latvia  Ventspils 74 76 150
3 Latvia  Ventspils 105 70 175
14 Estonia  TYCO Rapla 75 55 130
3 Latvia  Ventspils 70 78 148
11 Finland  Pyrintö 64 59 123
6 Latvia  Valmiera 73 84 157
11 Finland  Pyrintö 107 78 185

Player statistics

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Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Source: Baltic Basketball League player statistics (2014–15)

Points

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Rank Player Team Games Points Average
1. United States  Brandis Raley-Ross Estonia  Rakvere Tarvas 11 233 21.18
2. United States  Justin Hurt Latvia  Valmiera 8 155 19.38
3. Lithuania  Ronaldas Rutkauskas Estonia  Pärnu 9 168 18.67
4. Latvia  Jurijs Aleksejevs Estonia  Valga/Maks & Moorits 12 212 17.67
5. Estonia  Joonas Järveläinen Estonia  TTÜ 10 169 16.90

Assists

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Rank Player Team Games Assists Average
1. Greece  Nikos Gkikas Latvia  Ventspils 8 47 5.88
2. Lithuania  Paulius Ivanauskas Lithuania  Prienai 14 74 5.29
3. Lithuania  Vytenis Čižauskas Latvia  Valmiera 12 61 5.08
4. United States  Kyle Lamonte Lithuania  Pieno žvaigždės 7 35 5.00
5. Lithuania  Andrius Mažutis Latvia  Liepāja/Triobet 14 69 4.93

Rebounds

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Rank Player Team Games Rebounds Average
1. Lithuania  Ronaldas Rutkauskas Estonia  Pärnu 9 94 10.44
2. Latvia  Jurijs Aleksejevs Estonia  Valga/Maks & Moorits 12 125 10.42
3. Latvia  Kaspars Cipruss Latvia  Barons/LDz 7 68 9.71
4. United States  Damon Williams Finland  Pyrintö 14 127 9.07
5. Lithuania  Robertas Grabauskas Estonia  TLÜ/Kalev 12 105 8.75

Efficiency

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Rank Name Team Games Efficiency Average
1. Lithuania  Ronaldas Rutkauskas Estonia  Pärnu 9 202 22.44
2. Latvia  Jurijs Aleksejevs Estonia  Valga/Maks & Moorits 12 234 19.50
3. Estonia  Janar Talts Estonia  TÜ/Rock 8 152 19.00
4. United States  Brandis Raley-Ross Estonia  Rakvere Tarvas 11 209 19.00
5. United States  Damon Williams Finland  Pyrintö 14 252 18.00

Awards

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MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team Ref.
October 2014 Latvia  Kristers Zeidaks Estonia  TYCO Rapla [1]
November 2014 Latvia  Rolands Freimanis Estonia  Kalev/Cramo [2]
December 2014 Lithuania  Ronaldas Rutkauskas Estonia  Pärnu [3]
January 2015 Lithuania  Laimonas Kisielius Lithuania  Pieno žvaigždės [4]
February 2015 Lithuania  Evaldas Kairys Lithuania  Pieno žvaigždės [5]

Last updated: March 3, 2015.
Source: BBL Homepage

References

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  1. ^ "BBL Season 11 starting soon". bbl.net. 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ Dynamo Moscow pull out from BBL; BBL, 5 January 2015
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