# 2014–15 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship

The 2014–15 Kazakhstan Basketball Championship (Russian: Чемпионата Казахстана по баскетболу сезон 2014–15) was the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship, the highest professional basketball league in Kazakhstan. Its official designation in full was: XXIIth basketball Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan for men's teams (National league) (Russian: XXIII-го Чемпионата Республика Казахстан по баскетболу среди мужских команд (Национальной лиги)).
The regular season ran from 8 October 2014 to 27 March 2015, May 9, 2004, 4 teams played 18 games each, with 6 confrontations between every side.
The playoffs ran from 29 March 2015 to 10 April 2015, BC Astana won their fourth consecutive title by beating Almatynski Legion in the final.

## Teams

| Team | Russian name | City | Arena |
| Almatynski Legion | ПБК Алматинский легион | Almaty | Sports complex Dostyk |
| BC Astana | БК Астана | Astana | Saryarka Velodrome |
| Caspiy Aktau | БК Каспий Актау | Aktau | Sports complex Caspiy |
| PBC Kapchagay | ПБК Капшагай | Kapchagay | Sports palace Jastar |
| Barsy Atyrau | БК Барсы Атырау | Atyrau | Sports and recreation complex Atyrau |
| Kazygurt Shymkent | БК Казыгурт Шымкент | Shymkent | Sports and recreation complex Shymkent |

## Season narrative

BC Astana finished in first place after the regular season, earning the top seed for the playoffs.
All four teams advanced to the playoffs, they were joined by the two best teams of the second division Higher league (Russian: Высшей лиги), namely Kazygurt Shymkent and Barsy Atyrau. The latter two teams played a best-of-three series against Almatynski Legion and Caspiy Aktau, the two lowest ranked National league team sides, who both won their respective series to advance to the final four.
The Final four, with all match-ups decided in a single game, saw Almatynski Legion and Caspiy Aktau play against the top two sides of the regular season, BC Astana and PBC Kapchagay, with Almatynski Legion and BC Astana proceeding to the final, the defeated sides playing for third place. The final saw BC Astana crush Almatynski Legion 82–56 on 10 April 2015 to claim the championship for the fourth time in a row.

## Regular season

| Pos | Teams | P | W | L | Pts |
| 1 | BC Astana | 18 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | PBC Kapchagay | 18 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Caspiy Aktau | 18 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Almatynski Legion | 18 | 7 | 11 | 25 |

## Play-offs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | BC Astana | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Caspiy Aktau | 2 | 3 | Caspiy Aktau | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Barsy Atyrau | 1 | | | | 1 | BC Astana | 1 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Almatynski Legion | 0 |
| | | | 2 | PBC Kapchagay | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Almatynski Legion | 2 | 3 | Almatynski Legion | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Kazygurt Shymkent | 0 | | | | | | |

## Semifinals
### BC Astana vs. Caspiy Aktau

* 9 April 19:11
* Boxscore
BC Astana 79, Caspiy Aktau 66 :
| Scoring by quarter: 22–13', 16–15, 23–18, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Anatoly Kolesnikov 14 | Pts: Zhanysh Erns Uulu 20 |
* Saryarka Velodrome, Astana

### Almatynski Legion vs. PBC Kapchagay

* 9 April 16:42
* Boxscore
Almatynski Legion 82, PBC Kapchagay 73 :
| Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 17–11, 21–23, 16–7 |||
| Pts: Dmitry Sviridov 20 | Pts: Dmitri Gavrilov 17 |
* Saryarka Velodrome, Astana

## Third place game
### Caspiy Aktau vs. PBC Kapchagay

* 10 April 16:43
* Boxscore
Caspiy Aktau 76, PBC Kapchagay 56 :
| Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 13–11, 22–23, 22–12 |||
| Pts: Kris Richard 19 | Pts: Dmitri Gavrilov 16 |
* Saryarka Velodrome, Astana

## Final
### BC Astana vs. Almatynski Legion

* 10 April 18:59
* Boxscore
BC Astana 81, Almatynski Legion 56 :
| Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 23–9, 24–13, 8–13 |||
| Pts: Jerry Johnson 18 | Pts: Evstigneev, Marchuk 10 |
* Saryarka Velodrome, Astana

## All-Kazakhstan Basketball Championship team

The league selected their choice of the best players at each position for the season.
* Best point guard: Jerry Johnson (Astana)
* Best shooting guard: Kris Richard (Aktau)
* Best small forward: Yuriy Kozhanov (Almaty)
* Best power forward: Dmitri Gavrilov (Kapchagay)
* Best center: Rašid Mahalbašić (Astana)