2013–14 Baltic Basketball League

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

2013–14 Baltic Basketball League
Competition details
Season 2013–14
Teams 21
Games played 157
Dates October 6, 2013 – April 13, 2014
TV Viasat Sport Baltic
Final positions
Champions Šiauliai (1st title)
Runners-up TonyBet
Third place Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Fourth place Tampereen Pyrintö
Awards
MVP Travis Leslie
Finals MVP Travis Leslie
Statistical leaders
Points Jānis Kaufmanis
19.50
Rebounds Joakim Kjellbom
9.69
Assists Rinalds Sirsniņš
4.83
All statistics correct as of September 17, 2014.

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
ChampionRunner-upThird placeFourth placeQuarterfinalistEightfinalistRegular season
Country (League)TeamsTeams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships)
Lithuania (LKL) 6 TonyBet (4) Pieno žvaigždės (5) Šiauliai (6) Juventus (7) Nevėžis (8) Lietkabelis (9)
Estonia (KML) 6 TÜ/Rock (2) Rakvere Tarvas (3) TYCO Rapla (4) Pärnu (6) Valga/Maks & Moorits (7) Tallinna Kalev (8)
Latvia (LBL) 5 Ventspils (2) Valmiera (3) Barons kvartāls (4) Jēkabpils (5) Liepāja/Triobet (9)
Kazakhstan (D1) 2 Barsy Atyrau (2) Caspiy Aktau (3)
Sweden (Ligan) 1 Norrköping Dolphins (4)
Finland (Korisliiga) 1 Tampereen Pyrintö (4)

Regular season

Location of teams of the Regular season in 2013–14 Baltic Basketball League.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C;
Barsy Atyrau
Caspiy Aktau
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. Tampereen Pyrintö 121021070815+25522
2. Norrköping Dolphins 1293949798+15121
3. Jēkabpils 1275956856+10019
4. Valmiera 1266862907–4518
5. Rakvere Tarvas 12488791031–15216
6. TYCO Rapla 1239779958–179151–1 (+4)
7. Tallinna Kalev 1239840970–130151–1 (–4)

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Ventspils 12102919748+17122
2. Šiauliai 12931002917+85211–1 (+3)
3. Nevėžis 1293976851+125211–1 (–3)
4. Barsy Atyrau 1257870920–5017
5. Lietkabelis 1248884906–22162–0
6. Liepāja/Triobet 1248853923–70160–2
7. Pärnu 121117741013–23913

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Pieno žvaigždės 12111976756+22023
2. TonyBet 121021024825+19922
3. TÜ/Rock 1284959813+14620
4. Barons kvartāls 1257885968–83172–0
5. Juventus 1257910878+32170–2
6. Kaspiy Aktau 1239744997–25315
7. Valga/Maks & Moorits 12012688949–26112

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 Pieno žvaigždės 92 93 185  
16 Liepāja/Triobet 79 67 146  
  1 Pieno žvaigždės 64 50 114  
  8 TÜ/Rock 77 52 129  
8 TÜ/Rock 84 84 168
9 Jēkabpils 53 63 116  
  8 TÜ/Rock 66 71 137  
  4 TonyBet 68 82 150  
4 TonyBet 67 84 151  
13 Juventus 70 76 146  
  4 TonyBet 83 69 152
  5 Norrköping Dolphins 69 59 128  
5 Norrköping Dolphins 87 84 171
12 Barons kvartāls 75 71 146  
  4 TonyBet 57 66 123
  6 Šiauliai 62 78 140
3 Ventspils 66 84 150  
14 Lietkabelis 67 55 122  
  3 Ventspils 60 71 131
  6 Šiauliai 66 68 134  
6 Šiauliai 107 91 198
11 Barsy Atyrau 79 78 157  
  6 Šiauliai 82 85 167
  2 Tampereen Pyrintö 81 75 156  
2 Tampereen Pyrintö 99 102 201  
15 Rakvere Tarvas 80 94 174  
  2 Tampereen Pyrintö 91 97 188
  7 Nevėžis 61 95 156  
7 Nevėžis 70 96 166
10 Valmiera 89 70 159  
Bronze medal playoff
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tartu Ülikool/Rock 149–127 Tampereen Pyrintö75–6274–65

Finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Šiauliai 140–123 TonyBet62–5778–66
Game 1
10 April 2014
18:00
Šiauliai 6257 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 6678 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

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. Joakim Kjellbom Norrköping Dolphins1637723.56
2. Travis Leslie Šiauliai1224120.08
3. Rait Keerles Rakvere Tarvas1120818.91
4. Troy Barnies Jēkabpils1424717.64
5. William Walker Norrköping Dolphins1322717.46

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Jānis Kaufmanis Valmiera1427319.50
2. Troy Barnies Jēkabpils1424417.43
3. Rait Keerles Rakvere Tarvas1119017.27
4. Paul Hill Liepāja/Triobet711316.14
5. Gintaras Leonavičius Nevėžis1524016.00

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Joakim Kjellbom Norrköping Dolphins161559.69
2. Rait Keerles Rakvere Tarvas11988.91
3. Dinma Odiakosa Lietkabelis7598.43
4. Travis Leslie Šiauliai12907.50
5. Damon Williams Tampereen Pyrintö201487.40

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Rinalds Sirsniņš Jēkabpils12584.83
2. Edi Sinadinović Valga/Maks & Moorits6274.50
3. Raimonds Gabrāns Valmiera12534.42
4. Rolandas Alijevas Pieno žvaigždės15664.40
5. Lorenzo Williams Ventspils16704.38

Awards

BBL 2013–14 Season MVP

BBL 2014 Finals MVP

Top scorer

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2013 Gintaras Leonavičius Nevėžis
November 2013 Jānis Timma Ventspils
December 2013 Joakim Kjellbom Norrköping Dolphins
January 2014 Troy Barnies Jēkabpils
February 2014 Tauras Jogėla Nevėžis

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

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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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