2008–09 Korisliiga season

Korisliiga
Season	2008–09
Duration	October 3, 2008-May 16, 2009
Games played	44
Teams	12
Regular season
Top seed	Joensuun Kataja
Season MVP	Antti Nikkilä (Domestic) Ray Nixon (Foreign)
Relegated	Porvoon Tarmo
Finals
Champions	Namika Lahti (2nd title)
Runners-up	Joensuun Kataja
Third place	Tampereen Pyrintö
Fourth place	Espoon Honka
Finals MVP	Vesa Mäkäläinen
Statistical leaders
Points Jeremiah Wood 20.1 Rebounds DeWayne Richardson 12.7 Assists Frank Richards 4.1
Records
Average attendance	911
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The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2008-09 season was the 69th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 3, 2008 and ended on May 16, 2009. Namika Lahti won the Final series by 3-0 against Joensuun Kataja.[1] Antti Nikkilä won the MVP Award and Vesa Mäkäläinen won the Finals MVP Award.[2]

Regular season

#	Team	G	W	L	PF/G	PA/G	PTS
1	Joensuun Kataja	44	32	12	92.3	82.6	64
2	Kouvot	44	29	15	80.3	73.6	58
3	Espoon Honka	44	28	16	77.3	71.3	56
4	Namika Lahti	44	27	17	81.0	77.8	54
5	UU-Korihait	44	27	17	79.3	75.9	54
6	KTP-Basket	44	23	21	79.1	77.9	46
7	Tampereen Pyrintö	44	22	22	83.6	82.6	44
8	Torpan Pojat	44	20	24	73.4	78.0	40
9	Lappeenrannan NMKY	44	18	26	79.6	83.5	36
10	Forssan Koripojat	44	18	26	78.4	81.2	36
11	Team Componenta	44	13	31	74.3	82.8	26
12	Porvoon Tarmo	44	7	37	72.3	83.8	14

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Jeremiah Wood	Joensuun Kataja	20.1
2.	Larry Blair	Joensuun Kataja	19.6
2.	HL Coleman	Lappeenrannan NMKY	19.4
4.	Frank Richards	Team Componenta	19.4
5.	Steve Smith	KTP-Basket	18.2

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Frank Richards	Team Componenta	4.1
2.	Damon Williams	Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket	4.0
3.	Larry Blair	Joensuun Kataja	4.0
4.	Ilkka Vuori	Namika Lahti	3.9
5.	Chanan Colman	Espoon Honka/Lappeenrannan NMKY	3.5

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	DeWayne Richardson	Porvoon Tarmo	12.7
2.	Jeremiah Wood	Joensuun Kataja	12.4
3.	Ray Cunningham	Forssan Koripojat	10.5
4.	Damon Williams	Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket	10.4
5.	Clifton Jones	Team Componenta	9.4

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Joensuun Kataja	3
	8	Torpan Pojat	0
						Joensuun Kataja		3
						Tampereen Pyrintö		1
	2	Kouvot	0
	7	Tampereen Pyrintö	3
											Joensuun Kataja		0
											Namika Lahti		3
	3	Espoon Honka	3
	6	KTP-Basket	0
						Espoon Honka		0			Third place
						Namika Lahti		3
	4	Namika Lahti	3								Espoon Honka		74
	5	UU-Korihait	1								Tampereen Pyrintö		83

References

• Korisliiga Schedule & Results

1. "Namika Lahti kolmessa ottelussa mestariksi (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-16. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
2. "Nikkilästä vuoden pelaaja, Mäkäläinen putsasi palkintopöydän (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-31. ^[dead link‍]