2014–15 Lebanese Basketball League

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The 2014–2015 season was the 19th edition of the Lebanese Basketball League. The regular season began on Friday, December 5, 2014 and ended on Sunday March 1, 2015. The playoffs began on Tuesday, March 3 and ended with the 2015 Finals on Friday May 22, 2015, after Riyadi Beirut defeated UBA (Union Byblos Amchit) in 5 games to win their tenth title (new format).

Contents

Regular season

Standings

#TeamWLGPFORAGPoints
1 Riyadi Beirut 131141212100340
2 Sagesse Beirut 104141213112333
3 UBA 86141100109230
4 Champville SC 77141156116128
5 Mouttahed Tripoli 68141156116426
6 Tadamon Zouk Mikael 59141120111824
7 Homenetmen Beirut 59141051116624
8 Hoops Club 31114917109818

Playoffs

Brackets

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Riyadi Beirut 3
8 Hoops Club 0
1 Riyadi Beirut 4
4 Champville SC 2
5 Mouttahed Tripoli 0
4 Champville SC 3
1 Riyadi Beirut 4
3 UBA 1
3 UBA 3
6 Tadamon Zouk Mikael 0
3 UBA 4
2 Sagesse Beirut 0
7 Homenetmen Beirut 1
2 Sagesse Beirut 3

Statistics leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic
Points per game Dewarick Spencer Mouttahed Tripoli 31.8
Rebounds per game Michael Fraser Homenetmen Beirut 14.8
Assists per gamePerry Petty Mouttahed Tripoli 7.2
Steals per gamePerry Petty Mouttahed Tripoli 2.8
blocks per game Julian Khazzouh Sagesse Beirut 1.7
Turnovers per game Ali Mezher Hoops Club 4.7
2FG% Ratko Varda UBA 62.3%
3FG% Julian Khazzouh Sagesse Beirut 43.8%
FT% Dewarick Spencer Mouttahed Tripoli 88.1%
Total 2 pointsJasmon Youngblood UBA 197
Total 3 pointsJasmon Youngblood UBA 88
Total FTNikoloz Tskitishvilli Champville SC 169

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