2013–14 KML season

The 2013–14 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 89th season of the Estonian basketball league and the first under the title sponsorship of Alexela. Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2012–13 KML season.

Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga1
Competition details
Season 2013–14
Teams 9
Games played 130 (Regular season)
26 (Playoffs)
Dates 27 September 2013 – 21 May 2014
TV TV6, Delfi TV
Final positions
Champions Kalev/Cramo
7th title
Runners-up TÜ/Rock
Third place Rakvere Tarvas
Fourth place Tallinna Kalev
Awards
MVP Vlad Moldoveanu
Finals MVP Vlad Moldoveanu
Best Defender Gregor Arbet
Best Young Player Sander Saare
Coach of the Year Alar Varrak
Statistical leaders
Points Joe Prophet
19.33
Rebounds Frank Elegar
8.77
Assists Giedrius Gustas
4.59
All statistics correct as of 13 September 2014.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Alexela.

The season started on 27 September 2013 and concluded on 21 May 2014 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 0 in the 2014 KML Finals to win their 7th Estonian League title.[1]

Teams
Kalev/Cramo
TTÜ
Kalev
Pärnu
TÜ/Rock
Valga
Locations of the 2013–14 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams
Team Location Arena Capacity Head coach
Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Saku Arena 7,500 Alar Varrak
TÜ/Rock Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall 4,000 Gert Kullamäe
Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall 3,000 Andres Sõber
TYCO Rapla Rapla Sadolin Sports Hall 5,000 Aivar Kuusmaa
TTÜ Tallinn TTÜ Sports Hall 2,000 Tiit Sokk
Valga/Maks & Moorits Valga Valga Sports Hall 2,000 Sandis Buškevics
Pärnu Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall 2,000 Darko Ivanović
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kalev Sports Hall 6,950 Kalle Klandorf
HITO Jõhvi Jõhvi Sports Hall 500 Priit Sternhof

Coaching changes
Pre-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
Pärnu Priit Vene Darko Ivanović
In-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
TYCO Rapla Indrek Ruut Aivar Kuusmaa

Regular season

During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:[2]

  • Kalev/Cramo will play 1 round at home against teams other than TÜ/Rock (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
  • TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L Pts PCT Qualification
1 TÜ/Rock 32 30 2 62 .938 Qualification to Playoffs
2 Kalev/Cramo 32 29 3 61 .906
3 Rakvere Tarvas 32 23 9 55 .719
4 TTÜ 32 16 16 48 .500
5 Tallinna Kalev 32 14 18 46 .438
6 Pärnu 32 14 18 46 .438
7 TYCO Rapla 32 10 22 42 .313
8 Valga/Maks & Moorits 32 6 26 38 .188
9 HITO 32 2 30 34 .063
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2014. Source: KML (2013/2014)

First half of the season
Home \ Away KAL ROC TAR RAP TTÜ VAL PÄR TAL HIT
Kalev/Cramo 68–75 86–60 81–50 78–63 79–62 91–51 92–68 87–67
TÜ/Rock 75–78 77–58 77–62 101–66 101–56 78–50 60–40 118–90
Rakvere Tarvas 83–73 67–90 81–61 88–76 79–64 97–54 81–59 122–65
TYCO Rapla 61–87 60–71 59–86 68–74 96–61 86–75 73–75 80–67
TTÜ 78–85 40–66 65–90 76–50 67–61 65–59 75–67 83–58
Valga/Maks & Moorits 55–75 60–87 68–84 58–56 63–70 54–69 81–86 85–64
Pärnu 51–68 68–105 63–74 78–72 66–78 64–59 63–58 97–56
Tallinna Kalev 70–79 65–85 64–109 73–69 65–55 50–54 64–55 96–62
HITO 69–86 68–107 102–118 61–83 75–98 55–70 78–82 58–80
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season
Home \ Away KAL ROC TAR RAP TTÜ VAL PÄR TAL HIT
Kalev/Cramo 87–77
TÜ/Rock 86–81
Rakvere Tarvas 79–85 76–96 80–68 81–71 78–70 91–55 101–66 110–79
TYCO Rapla 59–82 69–78 67–66 79–64 79–72 66–74 82–63 107–83
TTÜ 61–80 57–80 56–63 73–64 66–56 58–59 59–58 91–60
Valga/Maks & Moorits 56–83 64–82 60–87 63–68 77–74 57–71 54–71 86–58
Pärnu 46–86 53–73 56–75 74–47 57–85 76–69 78–75 88–63
Tallinna Kalev 53–88 72–84 97–64 75–68 57–63 86–64 70–69 84–54
HITO 65–111 80–105 67–100 79–71 69–73 77–64 73–88 87–97
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Main article: 2014 KML Playoffs

The playoffs began on 16 April and ended on 21 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 0 in the 2014 KML Finals.

Bracket
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1 TÜ/Rock 3  
8 Valga/Maks & Moorits 0  
  1 TÜ/Rock 3  
  5 Tallinna Kalev 0  
4 TTÜ 1
  5 Tallinna Kalev 3  
    1 TÜ/Rock 0
  2 Kalev/Cramo 4
  2 Kalev/Cramo 3  
7 TYCO Rapla 0  
  2 Kalev/Cramo 3 Third place
  3 Rakvere Tarvas 0  
3 Rakvere Tarvas 3 3 Rakvere Tarvas 2
  6 Pärnu 0   5 Tallinna Kalev 1

Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points
Rank Player Team Games Points PPG
1 Joe ProphetHITO1529019.33
2 Asenso AmpimTallinna Kalev2638914.96
3 Siim LaurHITO2942614.69
4 Giedrius GustasRakvere Tarvas3954013.85
5 Vlad MoldoveanuKalev/Cramo3244313.84

Rebounds
Rank Player Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 Frank ElegarKalev/Cramo302638.77
2 Asenso AmpimTallinna Kalev262118.12
3 Nemanja MiljkovićPärnu302357.83
4 Jaan PuidetTTÜ302227.40
5 Ferg MyrickValga/Maks & Moorits201477.35

Assists
Rank Player Team Games Assists APG
1 Giedrius GustasRakvere Tarvas391794.59
2 Jaan PuidetTTÜ301334.43
3 Erik KeedusTTÜ341454.26
4 Miguel OrtegaValga/Maks & Moorits20783.90
5 Vincent SimpsonTÜ/Rock351333.80

Awards

MVP

Finals MVP

Best Defender

Best Young Player

Coach of the Year

All-KML team
Pos Player Team
PG Augustas PečiukevičiusTÜ/Rock
SG Rain VeidemanKalev/Cramo
SF Tanel KurbasTÜ/Rock
PF Janar TaltsTÜ/Rock
C Frank ElegarKalev/Cramo

Player of the Month
Month Player Team
October[6] Giedrius Gustas Rakvere Tarvas
November[7] Augustas Pečiukevičius TÜ/Rock
December[8] Joonas Järveläinen TTÜ
January[9] Vilmantas Dilys TÜ/Rock
February[10] Juris Umbraško Rakvere Tarvas
March[11] Rait-Riivo Laane TYCO Rapla
April[12] Raido Roos Tallinna Kalev
gollark: * Hosqollinator
gollark: Also, the fact that it's really hard to progress from "I know the basic concepts and syntax" to "I can actually write code using the trendy haskell libraries".
gollark: I am slightly annoyed about the sheer amount of language extensions needed to write code.
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gollark: Just look at hackage.

See also

References
  1. "Eesti Meister 2014 on Kalev/Cramo" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  2. "Korvpalli Meistriliiga võistlusjuhend hooajaks 2014/2015" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  3. "Eurobasketi portaal koostas Eesti korvpallihooaja sümboolsed viisikud" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  4. "Finaalseeria MVP - Vlad Moldoveanu" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  5. "Eesti Korvpalliliit lõpetas hooaja ning tunnustas parimaid" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  6. "Alexela KML - Kuu mängija" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  7. "Alexela KMLi novembri parim mängija on Augustas Peciukevicius" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  8. "Alexela KMLi detsembri parim mängija on Joonas Järveläinen" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  9. "Alexela KMLi jaanuari parim mängija on Vilmantas Dilys" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  10. "Alexela KMLi veebruari parim mängija on Juris Umbraško" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  11. "Alexela KMLi märtsi parim mängija on Rait-Riivo Laane" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  12. "Alexela KMLi aprilli parim mängija on Raido Roos" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
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