2014–15 Baltic Basketball League

2014–15 Baltic Basketball League
Season	2014–15
Duration	October 14, 2014 – April 2, 2015
Number of games	124
Number of teams	22
TV partner(s)	Viasat Sport Baltic
Regular season
Top seed	Šiauliai
Finals
Champions	Šiauliai (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ventspils
Third place	Juventus
Fourth place	Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Finals MVP	Gintaras Leonavičius
Statistical leaders
Points Brandis Raley-Ross 21.2 Rebounds Ronaldas Rutkauskas 10.4 Assists Nikos Gkikas 5.9
← 2013–14 2015–16 → 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 (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 (LBL)	6	Ventspils (1)	Jēkabpils (3)	Jūrmala/Fēnikss (4)	Valmiera (5)	Liepāja/Triobet (6)	Barons/LDz (7)
Lithuania (LKL)	6	Prienai (4)	Pieno žvaigždės (5)	Šiauliai (6)	Juventus (7)	Nevėžis (8)	Lietkabelis (9)
Finland (Korisliiga)	1	Pyrintö (1)
Russia (BSL)	1	Dynamo Moscow (7)

Team information

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

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

Group B

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

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1.	Juventus	8	7	1	679	552	+127	15	Playoffs
2.	Liepāja/Triobet	8	6	2	659	610	+49	14
3.	Rakvere Tarvas	8	4	4	630	634	–4	12
4.	TYCO Rapla	8	3	5	575	634	–59	11
5.	Nevėžis	8	0	8	556	669	–113	8	Eliminated
6.	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	Šiauliai	108	82	190
	16	Pärnu	71	70	141
								1	Šiauliai	103	78	181
								8	Lietkabelis	81	66	147
	8	Lietkabelis	64	96	160
	9	Kalev/Cramo	78	75	153
															1	Šiauliai	73	60	133
															4	Juventus	69	60	129
	4	Juventus	58	84	142
	13	Barons/LDz	82	58	140
								4	Juventus	65	85	150
								5	Pieno žvaigždės	76	65	141
	5	Pieno žvaigždės	94	89	183
	12	Rakvere Tarvas	87	68	155
																						1	Šiauliai	68	88	156
																						3	Ventspils	70	80	150
	2	TÜ/Rock	100	73	173
	15	Prienai	68	67	135
								2	TÜ/Rock	59	71	130
								7	Liepāja/Triobet	49	71	120
	7	Liepāja/Triobet	67	105	172
	10	Jēkabpils	62	83	145
															2	TÜ/Rock	49	72	121
															3	Ventspils	74	76	150
	3	Ventspils	105	70	175
	14	TYCO Rapla	75	55	130
								3	Ventspils	70	78	148
								11	Pyrintö	64	59	123
	6	Valmiera	73	84	157
	11	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.	Brandis Raley-Ross	Rakvere Tarvas	11	233	21.18
2.	Justin Hurt	Valmiera	8	155	19.38
3.	Ronaldas Rutkauskas	Pärnu	9	168	18.67
4.	Jurijs Aleksejevs	Valga/Maks & Moorits	12	212	17.67
5.	Joonas Järveläinen	TTÜ	10	169	16.90

Assists

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

Rebounds

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

Efficiency

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

Awards

MVP of the Month

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

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

References

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

External links

• Official website