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
← 2012–13 2014–15 → 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

Tarvas

Pärnu

Rapla

TÜ/Rock

Valga

HITO

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 Prophet	HITO	15	290	19.33
2	Asenso Ampim	Tallinna Kalev	26	389	14.96
3	Siim Laur	HITO	29	426	14.69
4	Giedrius Gustas	Rakvere Tarvas	39	540	13.85
5	Vlad Moldoveanu	Kalev/Cramo	32	443	13.84

Rebounds

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Frank Elegar	Kalev/Cramo	30	263	8.77
2	Asenso Ampim	Tallinna Kalev	26	211	8.12
3	Nemanja Miljković	Pärnu	30	235	7.83
4	Jaan Puidet	TTÜ	30	222	7.40
5	Ferg Myrick	Valga/Maks & Moorits	20	147	7.35

Assists

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1	Giedrius Gustas	Rakvere Tarvas	39	179	4.59
2	Jaan Puidet	TTÜ	30	133	4.43
3	Erik Keedus	TTÜ	34	145	4.26
4	Miguel Ortega	Valga/Maks & Moorits	20	78	3.90
5	Vincent Simpson	TÜ/Rock	35	133	3.80

Awards

MVP

• Vlad Moldoveanu (Kalev/Cramo)[3]

Finals MVP

• Vlad Moldoveanu (Kalev/Cramo)[4]

Best Defender

• Gregor Arbet (Kalev/Cramo)[5]

Best Young Player

• Sander Saare (Rakvere Tarvas)[5]

Coach of the Year

• Alar Varrak (Kalev/Cramo)[5]

All-KML team

Pos	Player	Team
PG	Augustas Pečiukevičius	TÜ/Rock
SG	Rain Veideman	Kalev/Cramo
SF	Tanel Kurbas	TÜ/Rock
PF	Janar Talts	TÜ/Rock
C	Frank Elegar	Kalev/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

See also

• 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball
• 2013–14 EuroChallenge
• 2013–14 VTB United League
• 2013–14 Baltic Basketball League

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.

External links

• Official website (in Estonian)