# 2011–12 Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League 2011–12 season was a basketball competition among Baltic states basketball clubs. The season started on 30 September 2011.

## Teams

Elite Division
| Country (League) | Teams | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) |
| Lithuania (LKL) | 8 | BC Žalgiris^ (1) | BC Lietuvos rytas^ (2) | BC Rūdupis (SF) | BC Juventus† (SF) | BC Šiauliai (QF) | BC Kėdainiai Triobet (9) | BC Baltai† (10) | BC Pieno žvaigždės (NKL 1) |
| Latvia (LBL) | 3 | BC VEF Rīga^ (1) | BK Ventspils (2) | BK Liepājas Lauvas (SF) | | | | | |
| Estonia (KML) | 2 | BC Kalev/Cramo (1) | University of Tartu (2) | | | | | | |
| Russia (PBL) | 1 | BC Triumph Lyubertsy (10) | | | | | | | |
† Promoted from the 2010–11 Challenge Cup ^ Qualified directly to playoffs
Challenge Cup
| Country (League) | Teams | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2010–11 national championship) |
| Lithuania (LKL) | 4 | BC Neptūnas (QF) | BC Lietkabelis (QF) | BC Sakalai (11) | BC Naglis (12) |
| Latvia (LBL) | 3 | BK Valmiera (QF) | BK Jelgava (QF) | BA Turība (QF) | |
| Estonia (KML) | 3 | TTÜ KK (SF) | BC Rakvere Tarvas (SF) | Piimameister Otto/Rapla (QF) | |
| Kazakhstan (D1) | 1 | Barsy Atyrau (1) | | | |

## Elite Division
### Regular season

| | Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Qualification |
| 1 | Šiauliai | 36 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1762 | 1646 | +116 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 2 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 36 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1667 | 1457 | +210 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 3 | Ventspils | 32 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1575 | 1482 | +93 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 4 | Kalev/Cramo | 32 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1502 | 1451 | +51 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 5 | Rūdupis | 32 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1673 | 1650 | +23 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 6 | Pieno žvaigždės | 30 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1446 | 1385 | +61 |
| 7 | Kėdainiai/Triobet | 30 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1533 | 1563 | −10 |
| 8 | Juventus | 29 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1490 | 1562 | −72 |
| 9 | University of Tartu | 26 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1584 | 1688 | −104 |
| 10 | KK Baltai | 24 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 1462 | 1592 | −130 |
| 11 | Liepājas Lauvas | 23 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 1435 | 1653 | −218 |

### Play-offs

| Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Žalgiris | 2 | | | | |
| Rūdupis | 1 | | | | |
| Rūdupis | 1 | Žalgiris | 117 | | |
| | | Šiauliai | 64 | | |
| Šiauliai | 2 | Šiauliai | 64 | | |
| Triumph Lyubertsy | 1 | | | | |
| Triumph Lyubertsy | 1 | | | Žalgiris | 74 |
| | | | | Lietuvos Rytas | 70 |
| VEF Riga | 2 | | | | | Lietuvos Rytas | 70 |
| Kalev/Cramo | 1 | | | | |
| Kalev/Cramo | 1 | VEF Riga | 61 | | |
| | | Lietuvos Rytas | 89 | | |
| Lietuvos Rytas | 2 | Lietuvos Rytas | 89 | | |
| Ventspils | 0 | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

Žalgiris vs. Rūdupis
* 21 March 18:30
* Report
| Rūdupis | 97–85 | Žalgiris |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 30–16, 24–28, 22–19 |||
| Pts: Kadžiulis 22 Rebs: Juškevičius, Orelik 5 Asts: Juškevičius 5 | | Pts: Jankūnas 17 Rebs: Jankūnas 7 Asts: Kalnietis 3 |
* Prienų Arena, Prienai Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Ramunas Zukauskas
* 23 March 19:15
* Report
| Žalgiris | 85–67 | Rūdupis |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 22–5, 21–9, 24–28 |||
| Pts: Kalnietis, Kuzminskas 12 Rebs: Javtokas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 6 | | Pts: Labuckas 17 Rebs: Labuckas, Buterlevičius 5 Asts: Labuckas, Ivanauskas 3 |
* Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 7,840 Referees: Antanas Ramanauskas, Saulius Paskevicius, Linas Masiulis
* 28 March 19:15
* Report
| Žalgiris | 90–73 | Rūdupis |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 21–18, 18–13, 25–24 |||
| Pts: Delininkaitis 18 Rebs: Lipkevičius 8 Asts: Kalnietis 5 | | Pts: Dabkus 17 Rebs: Dabkus 6 Asts: Juškevičius 4 |
* Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 5,841 Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Andrius Maleckas, Ignas Davainis
Šiauliai vs. Triumph Lyubertsy
* 10 March 18:00
* Report
| Triumph Lyubertsy | 84–76 | Šiauliai |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–16, 18–18, 18–21 |||
| Pts: Karasev 22 Rebs: Jefferson 12 Asts: McKee 5 | | Pts: Ruzgas 22 Rebs: Vasylius 13 Asts: Long 3 |
* SH Triumph, Lyubertsy Attendance: 1030 Referees: Oskars Lucis, Ingus Baumanis, Andris Aunkrogers
* 6 April 18:00
* Canceled
| Šiauliai | vs. | Triumph Lyubertsy |
* Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
* 7 April 17:00
* Canceled
| Šiauliai | vs. | Triumph Lyubertsy |
| Triumph withdrew from competition |||
* Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
VEF Riga vs. Kalev/Cramo
* 22 March 19:00
* Report
| VEF Riga | 64–56 | Kalev/Cramo |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 17–15, 12–8, 15–20 |||
| Pts: Kavaliauskas 17 Rebs: Millage 11 Asts: Bertāns 4 | | Pts: Sokk 13 Rebs: Šķēle, Fall 4 Asts: Sokk, Arbet, Šķēle 3 |
* Saldus Sports Center, Riga Attendance: 800 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Vilius Maciulaitis
* 24 March 17:00
* Report
| Kalev/Cramo | 79–76 (OT) | VEF Riga |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–13, 13–15, 13–17, Overtime: 9–6 |||
| Pts: Arbet 17 Rebs: Dorbek 8 Asts: Sokk 4 | | Pts: Millage 16 Rebs: Jahovičs 11 Asts: Millage 4 |
* Saku Suurhall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Gintaras Vitkauskas, Martynas Gudas
* 31 March 16:00
* Report
| VEF Riga | 84–78 | Kalev/Cramo |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 18–14, 26–23, 27–19 |||
| Pts: Janičenoks 22 Rebs: Bērziņš 7 Asts: Millage 6 | | Pts: Arbet 16 Rebs: Fall 10 Asts: Ulyanko, Sokk 6 |
* Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Antanas Ramanauskas, Vilius Maciulaitis
Lietuvos Rytas vs. Ventspils
* 23 March 19:00
* Report
| Lietuvos rytas | 99–79 | Ventspils |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 28–17, 33–25, 18–19 |||
| Pts: Seibutis 19 Rebs: Valančiūnas 10 Asts: Valančiūnas, Rašić, Jomantas 3 | | Pts: Meiers 16 Rebs: Meiers 4 Asts: Young, Gray, Abernethy 4 |
* Lietuvos rytas Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Tanel Suslov, Mart Uuehendrik, Rain Peerandi
* 2 April 19:00
* Report
| Ventspils | 63–73 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–18, 15–16, 22–22, 21–17 |||
| Pts: Gray 14 Rebs: Abernethy 8 Asts: Abernethy 5 | | Pts: Katelynas, Valančiūnas 14 Rebs: Valančiūnas 8 Asts: Babrauskas 3 |
* Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions, Ventspils Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Aare Halliko, Andres Tobi, Timo Suslov

#### Semifinals

* 28 April 17:30
* Report
| Žalgiris | 117–64 | Šiauliai |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–12, 31–25, 31–13, 24–12 |||
| Pts: Jankūnas 21 Rebs: Klimavičius 10 Asts: Popović, Kalnietis 6 | | Pts: Broadus 14 Rebs: Jucikas 5 Asts: Prekevičius 3 |
* Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 3300 Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis, Martynas Gudas, Tanel Suslov
* 28 April 20:00
* Report
| VEF Riga | 61–89 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 12–20, 15–24, 19–18 |||
| Pts: Bērziņš 11 Rebs: Kavaliauskas 7 Asts: Millage 6 | | Pts: Redikas 16 Rebs: Dilys 6 Asts: Rice 5 |
* Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 2900 Referees: Andres Tobi, Juris Kokainis, Antanas Ramanauskas

#### Third place match

* 29 April 15:00
* Report
| Šiauliai | 75–92 | VEF Riga |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 16–30, 13–18, 22–24 |||
| Pts: Gvezdauskas 20 Rebs: Long 7 Asts: Gvezdauskas, Broadus, Long 3 | | Pts: Kavaliauskas 24 Rebs: Millage 6 Asts: Bērziņš, Bailey, Millage 4 |
* Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 3000 Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius, Ingus Baumanis, Tanel Suslov

#### Final

* 29 April 18:00
* Report
| Žalgiris | 74–70 | Lietuvos rytas |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 20–10, 17–18, 15–16 |||
| Pts: Kalnietis 19 Rebs: Jankūnas 5 Asts: Popović 6 | | Pts: Rice 20 Rebs: Samardžiski 8 Asts: Redikas 3 |
* Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 4200 Referees: Olegs Latisevs, Oskars Lucis, Andres Tobi

### Player statistics

| Pos. | Name | Team | EFF |
| 1 | Denzel Bowles | Šiauliai | 21.3 |
| 2 | Jonas Valančiūnas | Lietuvos Rytas | 21.0 |
| 3 | David James McLure | Kėdainiai Triobet | 19.0 |
| 4 | Valdas Vasylius | Šiauliai | 18.6 |
| 5 | Bill Amis | Tartu Ülikool | 17.5 |
| Pos. | Name | Team | PPG |
| 1 | Denzel Bowles | Šiauliai | 19.3 |
| 2 | Joshua Mayo | Liepājas Lauvas | 16.2 |
| 3 | Bill Amis | Tartu Ülikool | 16.1 |
| 4 | Renaldas Seibutis | Lietuvos Rytas | 16.0 |
| 5 | Antanas Kavaliauskas | BK VEF Rīga | 15.0 |
| Pos. | Name | Team | RPG |
| 1 | David James McLure | Kėdainiai Triobet | 9.3 |
| 2 | Jonas Valančiūnas | Lietuvos Rytas | 9.0 |
| 3 | Gatis Jahovics | BK VEF Rīga | 8.3 |
| 4 | Denzel Bowles | Šiauliai | 7.4 |
| 5 | Lawrence Roberts | Lietuvos Rytas | 7.0 |
| Pos. | Name | Team | APG |
| 1 | Mantas Kalnietis | Žalgiris Kaunas | 4.7 |
| 2 | Rashaun Broadus | Šiauliai | 4.6 |
| 3 | Janis Strelnieks | Ventspils | 4.3 |
| 4 | Gediminas Maceina | Juventus | 4.2 |
| 5 | Curtis Millage | BK VEF Rīga | 4.0 |

## Challenge Cup
### Regular season
#### Group A

| | Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Qualification |
| 1 | BC Rakvere Tarvas | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 678 | 642 | +36 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 2 | BC Naglis | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 612 | 609 | +3 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 3 | KK Neptūnas | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 759 | 637 | +122 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 4 | Barsy Atyrau | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 621 | 653 | −32 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 5 | BK Jelgava | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 614 | 743 | −129 |

#### Group B

| | Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Qualification |
| 1 | BC Lietkabelis | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 823 | 733 | +90 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 2 | BC Sakalai | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 816 | 650 | +166 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 3 | BK Valmiera | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 726 | 641 | +85 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 4 | TTÜ KK | 13 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 710 | 767 | −57 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 5 | Piimameister Otto/Rapla | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 619 | 752 | −133 |
| 6 | BA Turība | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 651 | 802 | −151 |

### Play-offs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| BC Rakvere Tarvas | 90 83 | | |
| TTÜ KK | 83 62 | | |
| TTÜ KK | 83 62 | BC Rakvere Tarvas | 75 102 |
| | | BC Sakalai | 68 91 |
| BC Sakalai | 75 86 | BC Sakalai | 68 91 |
| KK Neptūnas | 79 74 | | | | |
| KK Neptūnas | 79 74 | | | BC Rakvere Tarvas | 74 82 |
| | | | | BC Lietkabelis | 89 71 |
| BC Naglis | 63 77 | | | BC Lietkabelis | 89 71 |
| BK Valmiera | 74 53 | | | | |
| BK Valmiera | 74 53 | BC Naglis | 62 82 | | |
| | | BC Lietkabelis | 63 96 | Third place | Third place |
| BC Lietkabelis | 109 90 | BC Lietkabelis | 63 96 | Third place | Third place |
| Barsy Atyrau | 67 73 | | | | |
| Barsy Atyrau | 67 73 | | | BC Sakalai | 83 71 |
| | | | | BC Naglis | 67 64 |
* 2011/2012 BBL Challenge Cup Champions
* BC Lietkabelis First Title