2014–15 Baltic Basketball League

2014–15 Baltic Basketball League
Season 2014–15
Champions Lithuania Šiauliai (2nd title)
Runners-up Latvia Ventspils
Third place Lithuania Juventus
Fourth place Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Teams 22
Games played 124
Dates October 14, 2014 – April 2, 2015
Top seed Šiauliai
TV Viasat Sport Baltic
Awards
Finals MVP Lithuania Gintaras Leonavičius
Statistical leaders
Points

United States Brandis Raley-Ross

21.2
Rebounds

Lithuania Ronaldas Rutkauskas

10.4
Assists

Greece Nikos Gikas

5.9

All statistics correct as of April 3, 2015.

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

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

 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

Regular Season

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

Pos Team Pld W L PFPAPDPts 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

Pos Team Pld W L PFPAPDPts 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

Pos Team Pld W L PFPAPDPts 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

Bracket

  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

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

Points

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

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

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

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

MVP of the Month

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "BBL Season 11 starting soon". http://bbl.net. 10 September 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ Dynamo Moscow pull out from BBL; BBL, 5 January 2015
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