# 2013–14 Baltic Basketball League

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

| Country (League) | Teams | Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships) | Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships) | Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships) | Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships) | Teams (rankings in 2012–13 national championships) | Teams (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

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Points.
* Points counting the games between tied teams only.
* Point difference between tied teams.
* 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1070 | 815 | +255 | 22 | |
| 2. | Norrköping Dolphins | 12 | 9 | 3 | 949 | 798 | +151 | 21 | |
| 3. | Jēkabpils | 12 | 7 | 5 | 956 | 856 | +100 | 19 | |
| 4. | Valmiera | 12 | 6 | 6 | 862 | 907 | –45 | 18 | |
| 5. | Rakvere Tarvas | 12 | 4 | 8 | 879 | 1031 | –152 | 16 | |
| 6. | TYCO Rapla | 12 | 3 | 9 | 779 | 958 | –179 | 15 | 1–1 (+4) |
| 7. | Tallinna Kalev | 12 | 3 | 9 | 840 | 970 | –130 | 15 | 1–1 (–4) |

### Group B

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | Tie-break |
| 1. | Ventspils | 12 | 10 | 2 | 919 | 748 | +171 | 22 | |
| 2. | Šiauliai | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1002 | 917 | +85 | 21 | 1–1 (+3) |
| 3. | Nevėžis | 12 | 9 | 3 | 976 | 851 | +125 | 21 | 1–1 (–3) |
| 4. | Barsy Atyrau | 12 | 5 | 7 | 870 | 920 | –50 | 17 | |
| 5. | Lietkabelis | 12 | 4 | 8 | 884 | 906 | –22 | 16 | 2–0 |
| 6. | Liepāja/Triobet | 12 | 4 | 8 | 853 | 923 | –70 | 16 | 0–2 |
| 7. | Pärnu | 12 | 1 | 11 | 774 | 1013 | –239 | 13 | |

### Group C

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | Tie-break |
| 1. | Pieno žvaigždės | 12 | 11 | 1 | 976 | 756 | +220 | 23 | |
| 2. | TonyBet | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1024 | 825 | +199 | 22 | |
| 3. | TÜ/Rock | 12 | 8 | 4 | 959 | 813 | +146 | 20 | |
| 4. | Barons kvartāls | 12 | 5 | 7 | 885 | 968 | –83 | 17 | 2–0 |
| 5. | Juventus | 12 | 5 | 7 | 910 | 878 | +32 | 17 | 0–2 |
| 6. | Kaspiy Aktau | 12 | 3 | 9 | 744 | 997 | –253 | 15 | |
| 7. | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 12 | 0 | 12 | 688 | 949 | –261 | 12 | |

## 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.
All qualified teams for the BBL Eighth-finals will be classified from 1st place to 16th place according to their win–loss records:
* Place in the group.
* Points.
* Points average.

### Bracket

| Eightfinals February 20, 2014 – March 3, 2014 | Eightfinals February 20, 2014 – March 3, 2014 | Eightfinals February 20, 2014 – March 3, 2014 | Eightfinals February 20, 2014 – March 3, 2014 | Eightfinals February 20, 2014 – March 3, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 7, 2014 – March 21, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 7, 2014 – March 21, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 7, 2014 – March 21, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 7, 2014 – March 21, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 7, 2014 – March 21, 2014 | Semifinals March 24, 2014 – April 8, 2014 | Semifinals March 24, 2014 – April 8, 2014 | Semifinals March 24, 2014 – April 8, 2014 | Semifinals March 24, 2014 – April 8, 2014 | Semifinals March 24, 2014 – April 8, 2014 | | Finals April 10, 2014 – April 12, 2014 | Finals April 10, 2014 – April 12, 2014 | Finals April 10, 2014 – April 12, 2014 | Finals April 10, 2014 – April 12, 2014 | Finals April 10, 2014 – April 12, 2014 |
| 1 | Pieno žvaigždės | 92 | 93 | 185 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Liepāja/Triobet | 79 | 67 | 146 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Liepāja/Triobet | 79 | 67 | 146 | 1 | Pieno žvaigždės | 64 | 50 | 114 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | TÜ/Rock | 77 | 52 | 129 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | TÜ/Rock | 84 | 84 | 168 | 8 | TÜ/Rock | 77 | 52 | 129 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Jēkabpils | 53 | 63 | 116 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Jēkabpils | 53 | 63 | 116 | | | | | | 8 | TÜ/Rock | 66 | 71 | 137 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | TonyBet | 68 | 82 | 150 | | | | | | |
| 4 | TonyBet | 67 | 84 | 151 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | TonyBet | 68 | 82 | 150 | | | | | | |
| 13 | Juventus | 70 | 76 | 146 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Juventus | 70 | 76 | 146 | 4 | TonyBet | 83 | 69 | 152 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Norrköping Dolphins | 69 | 59 | 128 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Norrköping Dolphins | 87 | 84 | 171 | 5 | Norrköping Dolphins | 69 | 59 | 128 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Barons kvartāls | 75 | 71 | 146 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Barons kvartāls | 75 | 71 | 146 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | TonyBet | 57 | 66 | 123 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Šiauliai | 62 | 78 | 140 |
| 3 | Ventspils | 66 | 84 | 150 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Šiauliai | 62 | 78 | 140 |
| 14 | Lietkabelis | 67 | 55 | 122 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Lietkabelis | 67 | 55 | 122 | 3 | Ventspils | 60 | 71 | 131 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Šiauliai | 66 | 68 | 134 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Šiauliai | 107 | 91 | 198 | 6 | Šiauliai | 66 | 68 | 134 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Barsy Atyrau | 79 | 78 | 157 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Barsy Atyrau | 79 | 78 | 157 | | | | | | 6 | Šiauliai | 82 | 85 | 167 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 81 | 75 | 156 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 99 | 102 | 201 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 81 | 75 | 156 | | | | | | |
| 15 | Rakvere Tarvas | 80 | 94 | 174 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Rakvere Tarvas | 80 | 94 | 174 | 2 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 91 | 97 | 188 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Nevėžis | 61 | 95 | 156 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nevėžis | 70 | 96 | 166 | 7 | Nevėžis | 61 | 95 | 156 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Valmiera | 89 | 70 | 159 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Bronze medal playoff

| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 149–127 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 75–62 | 74–65 |

### Finals

| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Šiauliai | 140–123 | TonyBet | 62–57 | 78–66 |

#### Game 1

* 10 April 2014 18:00
* Boxscore
| Šiauliai | 62–57 | 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
* Boxscore
| TonyBet | 66–78 | 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 Dolphins | 16 | 377 | 23.56 |
| 2. | Travis Leslie | Šiauliai | 12 | 241 | 20.08 |
| 3. | Rait Keerles | Rakvere Tarvas | 11 | 208 | 18.91 |
| 4. | Troy Barnies | Jēkabpils | 14 | 247 | 17.64 |
| 5. | William Walker | Norrköping Dolphins | 13 | 227 | 17.46 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1. | Jānis Kaufmanis | Valmiera | 14 | 273 | 19.50 |
| 2. | Troy Barnies | Jēkabpils | 14 | 244 | 17.43 |
| 3. | Rait Keerles | Rakvere Tarvas | 11 | 190 | 17.27 |
| 4. | Paul Hill | Liepāja/Triobet | 7 | 113 | 16.14 |
| 5. | Gintaras Leonavičius | Nevėžis | 15 | 240 | 16.00 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1. | Joakim Kjellbom | Norrköping Dolphins | 16 | 155 | 9.69 |
| 2. | Rait Keerles | Rakvere Tarvas | 11 | 98 | 8.91 |
| 3. | Dinma Odiakosa | Lietkabelis | 7 | 59 | 8.43 |
| 4. | Travis Leslie | Šiauliai | 12 | 90 | 7.50 |
| 5. | Damon Williams | Tampereen Pyrintö | 20 | 148 | 7.40 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1. | Rinalds Sirsniņš | Jēkabpils | 12 | 58 | 4.83 |
| 2. | Edi Sinadinović | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 6 | 27 | 4.50 |
| 3. | Raimonds Gabrāns | Valmiera | 12 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 4. | Rolandas Alijevas | Pieno žvaigždės | 15 | 66 | 4.40 |
| 5. | Lorenzo Williams | Ventspils | 16 | 70 | 4.38 |

## Awards
### BBL 2013–14 Season MVP

* Travis Leslie (Šiauliai)

### BBL 2014 Finals MVP

* Travis Leslie (Šiauliai)

### Top scorer

* Jānis Kaufmanis (Valmiera)

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| 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