2013–14 Baltic Basketball League

2013–14 Baltic Basketball League
Season2013–14
DurationOctober 6, 2013 – April 13, 2014
Games played157
Teams21
TV partner(s)Viasat Sport Baltic
Regular season
Top seedPieno žvaigždės
Season MVPUnited States Travis Leslie
Finals
ChampionsLithuania Šiauliai (1st title)
  Runners-upLithuania TonyBet
Third placeEstonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Fourth placeFinland Tampereen Pyrintö
Finals MVPUnited States Travis Leslie
Statistical leaders
Points Latvia Jānis Kaufmanis 19.50
Rebounds Sweden Joakim Kjellbom 9.69
Assists Latvia Rinalds Sirsniņš 4.83
All statistics correct as of September 17, 2014.

The 2013–14 Baltic Basketball League was the 10th anniversary season of the Baltic Basketball League.

This time the format featured 21 teams – 6 from Lithuania, 6 from Estonia, 5 from Latvia, 2 from Kazakhstan and 1 from Sweden and Finland. For the regular season the teams were divided into three groups of seven teams and competed in a round-robin competition system, with each team facing their opponent twice. Top five teams of each group and the best sixth placed team qualified for the eight-finals. All play-off games were played in home-and-away series.[1]

The Finals were a Lithuanian clash as Šiauliai took the 2014 title by beating TonyBet 140–123 on aggregate score. Estonian team Tartu Ülikool/Rock won their second Baltic League bronze by beating Tampereen Pyrintö of Finland with aggregate score of 149–127.

Teams

Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Eightfinalist Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 6 TonyBet (4) Pieno žvaigždės (5) Šiauliai (6) Juventus (7) Nevėžis (8) Lietkabelis (9)
Estonia Estonia (KML) 6 TÜ/Rock (2) Rakvere Tarvas (3) TYCO Rapla (4) Pärnu (6) Valga/Maks & Moorits (7) Tallinna Kalev (8)
Latvia Latvia (LBL) 5 Ventspils (2) Valmiera (3) Barons kvartāls (4) Jēkabpils (5) Liepāja/Triobet (9)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (D1) 2 Barsy Atyrau (2) Caspiy Aktau (3)
Sweden Sweden (Ligan) 1 Norrköping Dolphins (4)
Finland Finland (Korisliiga) 1 Tampereen Pyrintö (4)

Regular season

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Location of teams of the Regular season in 2013–14 Baltic Basketball League.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C;
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Location of teams of the Regular season in 2013–14 Baltic Basketball League.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Points.
  2. Points counting the games between tied teams only.
  3. Point difference between tied teams.
  4. League-wide point difference.

The criteria for determination of the best team placed 6th:
– Total number of points in each group.
– Total point average in each group

Key to colors
     Top five places in each group and the best sixth placed team advance to eightfinals
     Eliminated

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Finland Tampereen Pyrintö 12 10 2 1070 815 +255 22
2. Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 12 9 3 949 798 +151 21
3. Latvia Jēkabpils 12 7 5 956 856 +100 19
4. Latvia Valmiera 12 6 6 862 907 –45 18
5. Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 12 4 8 879 1031 –152 16
6. Estonia TYCO Rapla 12 3 9 779 958 –179 15 1–1 (+4)
7. Estonia Tallinna Kalev 12 3 9 840 970 –130 15 1–1 (–4)

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Latvia Ventspils 12 10 2 919 748 +171 22
2. Lithuania Šiauliai 12 9 3 1002 917 +85 21 1–1 (+3)
3. Lithuania Nevėžis 12 9 3 976 851 +125 21 1–1 (–3)
4. Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 12 5 7 870 920 –50 17
5. Lithuania Lietkabelis 12 4 8 884 906 –22 16 2–0
6. Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 12 4 8 853 923 –70 16 0–2
7. Estonia Pärnu 12 1 11 774 1013 –239 13

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 12 11 1 976 756 +220 23
2. Lithuania TonyBet 12 10 2 1024 825 +199 22
3. Estonia TÜ/Rock 12 8 4 959 813 +146 20
4. Latvia Barons kvartāls 12 5 7 885 968 –83 17 2–0
5. Lithuania Juventus 12 5 7 910 878 +32 17 0–2
6. Kazakhstan Kaspiy Aktau 12 3 9 744 997 –253 15
7. Estonia Valga/Maks & Moorits 12 0 12 688 949 –261 12

Play-offs

In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.[2][3]

All qualified teams for the BBL Eighth-finals will be classified from 1st place to 16th place according to their win–loss records:

  1. Place in the group.
  2. Points.
  3. Points average.

Bracket

Eightfinals
February 20, 2014 – March 3, 2014 		Quarterfinals
March 7, 2014 – March 21, 2014 		Semifinals
March 24, 2014 – April 8, 2014 		Finals
April 10, 2014 – April 12, 2014
                    
1 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 92 93 185
16 Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 79 67 146
1 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 64 50 114
8 Estonia TÜ/Rock 77 52 129
8 Estonia TÜ/Rock 84 84 168
9 Latvia Jēkabpils 53 63 116
8 Estonia TÜ/Rock 66 71 137
4 Lithuania TonyBet 68 82 150
4 Lithuania TonyBet 67 84 151
13 Lithuania Juventus 70 76 146
4 Lithuania TonyBet 83 69 152
5 Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 69 59 128
5 Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 87 84 171
12 Latvia Barons kvartāls 75 71 146
4 Lithuania TonyBet 57 66 123
6 Lithuania Šiauliai 62 78 140
3 Latvia Ventspils 66 84 150
14 Lithuania Lietkabelis 67 55 122
3 Latvia Ventspils 60 71 131
6 Lithuania Šiauliai 66 68 134
6 Lithuania Šiauliai 107 91 198
11 Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 79 78 157
6 Lithuania Šiauliai 82 85 167
2 Finland Tampereen Pyrintö 81 75 156
2 Finland Tampereen Pyrintö 99 102 201
15 Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 80 94 174
2 Finland Tampereen Pyrintö 91 97 188
7 Lithuania Nevėžis 61 95 156
7 Lithuania Nevėžis 70 96 166
10 Latvia Valmiera 89 70 159
Bronze medal playoff
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tartu Ülikool/Rock Estonia 149–127 Finland Tampereen Pyrintö 75–62 74–65

Finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Šiauliai Lithuania 140–123 Lithuania TonyBet 62–57 78–66
Game 1
10 April 2014
18:00
Šiauliai Lithuania 62–57 Lithuania TonyBet
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 11–11, 14–17, 18–17
Pts: Leslie 16
Rebs: Leslie 7
Asts: Leslie 3		 Pts: Lukauskis 18
Rebs: Šikšnius 7
Asts: Lukauskis 4
Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 1,490
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Arnis Ozols (LAT), Juris Kokainis (LAT)
Game 2
12 April 2014
17:00
TonyBet Lithuania 66–78 Lithuania Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 19–21, 16–20, 14–19
Pts: Lukauskis 15
Rebs: Linkevičius 8
Asts: Janavičius 4		 Pts: Giedraitis 17
Rebs: Leslie 10
Asts: Needham 6
Prienai Arena, Prienai
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Olegs Latisevs (LAT), Arnis Ozols (LAT), Juris Kokainis (LAT)


Baltic Basketball League 2014 Champions
Lithuania
Šiauliai
1st title

Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played. Statistics include only Regular Season games.
Source: Baltic Basketball League player statistics

Efficiency

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency EFF
1. Sweden Joakim Kjellbom Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 16 377 23.56
2. United States Travis Leslie Lithuania Šiauliai 12 241 20.08
3. Estonia Rait Keerles Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 11 208 18.91
4. United States Troy Barnies Latvia Jēkabpils 14 247 17.64
5. United States William Walker Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 13 227 17.46

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Latvia Jānis Kaufmanis Latvia Valmiera 14 273 19.50
2. United States Troy Barnies Latvia Jēkabpils 14 244 17.43
3. Estonia Rait Keerles Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 11 190 17.27
4. United States Paul Hill Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 7 113 16.14
5. Lithuania Gintaras Leonavičius Lithuania Nevėžis 15 240 16.00

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Sweden Joakim Kjellbom Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 16 155 9.69
2. Estonia Rait Keerles Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 11 98 8.91
3. Nigeria Dinma Odiakosa Lithuania Lietkabelis 7 59 8.43
4. United States Travis Leslie Lithuania Šiauliai 12 90 7.50
5. United States Damon Williams Finland Tampereen Pyrintö 20 148 7.40

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Latvia Rinalds Sirsniņš Latvia Jēkabpils 12 58 4.83
2. Serbia Edi Sinadinović Estonia Valga/Maks & Moorits 6 27 4.50
3. Latvia Raimonds Gabrāns Latvia Valmiera 12 53 4.42
4. Lithuania Rolandas Alijevas Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 15 66 4.40
5. United States Lorenzo Williams Latvia Ventspils 16 70 4.38

Awards

BBL 2013–14 Season MVP

BBL 2014 Finals MVP

Top scorer

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2013 Lithuania Gintaras Leonavičius Lithuania Nevėžis [1]
November 2013 Latvia Jānis Timma Latvia Ventspils [2]
December 2013 Sweden Joakim Kjellbom Sweden Norrköping Dolphins [3]
January 2014 United States Troy Barnies Latvia Jēkabpils [4]
February 2014 Lithuania Tauras Jogėla Lithuania Nevėžis [5]

Last updated: September 16, 2014.
Source: BBL Homepage

References

  1. ^ "The field is set for 2013/14 BBL season". BBL Homepage (2013-09-04). Retrieved on 2013-09-05
  2. ^ "Competition system". BBL Homepage. Retrieved on 2014-02-17
  3. ^ "Regular season concludes, playoff pairs clear". BBL Homepage (2014-02-16). Retrieved on 2014-02-17
  4. ^ "BBL Season 2013-2014. Eurobasket.com. Retrieved on 2014-09-19
  5. ^ "Leslie: "My dream is to be back in the NBA"". BBL Homepage (2014-04-24). Retrieved on 2014-09-16
  6. ^ "BBL hands out individual awards"". BBL Homepage (2014-02-20). Retrieved on 2014-02-20
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