2014–15 VTB United League

The 2014–15 VTB United League will be the 6th complete season of the VTB United League. It will be the second season the VTB United League functioned as the new domestic first tier for Russian basketball clubs, which can qualify through this league to Euroleague.

CSKA Moscow is the defending champion.

Teams

On 20 July 2014, drawing of two group of 11 teams was held in Moscow.^[1] On 25 July 2014, five Lithuanian teams (Lietuvos rytas, Neptūnas Klaipėda, Dzūkija, Lietkabelis, Nevėžis) withdrew from the competition due to the Lithuanian Basketball League's decision to expand its regular-season schedule up to 40 games per team.^[2] New format with double round-robin tournament was proposed for the 2014–15 VTB United League.^[2]

This proposal for the regular season was approved on 1 August 2014.^[3] The eight best teams of the regular season will qualify to the playoffs.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	CSKA	30	26	4	2713	2151	+562	Qualification to playoffs
2	Khimki	30	25	5	2647	2336	+311
3	Lokomotiv Kuban	30	23	7	2582	2242	+340
4	Zenit	30	22	8	2499	2362	+137
5	Nizhny Novgorod	30	19	11	2479	2390	+89
6	UNICS	30	19	11	2287	2189	+98
7	Avtodor	30	17	13	2718	2649	+69
8	Astana	30	13	17	2385	2458	−73
9	Kalev	30	13	17	2323	2587	−264
10	VEF	30	12	18	2375	2401	−26
11	Enisey	30	10	20	2567	2653	−86
12	Krasny Oktyabr	30	9	21	2353	2505	−152
13	Bisons	30	9	21	2383	2500	−117
14	Nymburk	30	9	21	2396	2509	−113
15	Tsmoki Minsk	29	7	22	2345	2665	−320
16	Krasnye Krylia	30	7	23	2060	2515	−455

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
	1	CSKA Moscow
	8	Astana
	4	Zenit	73
	5	Nizhny Novgorod	72
	2	Khimki
	7	Avtodor Saratov
	3	Lokomotiv Kuban
	6	UNICS

Awards

MVP of the Month

Month	Winner	Team
October	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow
November	Taylor Rochestie	Nizhny Novgorod
December	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor Saratov
January	Kyrylo Fesenko	Avtodor Saratov
February	Tyrese Rice	BC Khimki
March	Scott Machado	BC Kalev

Player statistics

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Points

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Points	Average
1.	Randy Culpepper	Krasny Oktyabr	11	226	20.55
2.	Gerald Robinson	VEF	17	319	18.76
3.	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor	18	335	18.61
4.	Walter Hodge	Zenit	15	256	17.07
5.	Taylor Rochestie	Nizhny Novgorod	13	220	16.92

Assists

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Assists	Average
1.	Jerry Johnson	Astana	14	119	8.50
2.	Donell Cooper	Enisey	18	150	8.33
3.	Scott Machado	Kalev	17	133	7.82
4.	Walter Hodge	Zenit	15	111	7.40
5.	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor	18	127	7.06

Rebounds

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Rebounds	Average
1.	Frank Elegar	Kalev	14	157	11.21
2.	Kervin Bristol	Krasnye Krylia	14	135	9.64
3.	Kyrylo Fesenko	Avtodor	12	113	9.42
4.	Pat Calathes	Astana	16	136	8.50
5.	Ivan Maraš	Tsmoki-Minsk	16	133	8.31

Efficiency

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Efficiency	Average
1.	Frank Elegar	Kalev	14	293	20.93
2.	Ian Hummer	Bisons	18	363	20.17
3.	Taylor Rochestie	Nizhny Novgorod	13	256	19.69
4.	Trey Thompkins	Nizhny Novgorod	16	312	19.50
5.	Kyrylo Fesenko	Avtodor	12	234	19.50

References

External links

• Official website (Russian)
• Official website (English)