# 2008–09 Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Basketball League 2008–09 was the fifth edition of Baltic Basketball League.

## Teams for the Baltic Basketball League 2008–09

| Country | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| Lithuania | 4 | BC Lietuvos Rytas | BC Žalgiris | Šiauliai | Nevėžis Kedainiai |
| Latvia | 4 | ASK Riga | BK Ventspils | Barons LMT | SK Valmiera |
| Estonia | 2 | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | BC Kalev/Cramo | | |

## Teams for the Baltic Basketball League Challenge Cup 2008–09

| Country | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| Lithuania | 7 | BC Aisčiai | BC Alytus | Kaunas TRIOBET | KK Neptūnas | BC Sakalai | BC Arvi-Sūduva | BC Techasas |
| Latvia | 5 | ASK/Buki | BK Ķeizarmežs | BK Liepājas lauvas | BK VEF Rīga | BK Zemgale | | |
| Estonia | 3 | Tallinna Kalev | TTÜ KK | Valga Welg | | | | |
| Sweden | 1 | Dolphins Norrköping | | | | | | |

## Elite Division
### Regular Season standings

| | Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1 | BC Lietuvos Rytas | 14 | 4 | 1604 | 1438 | +166 |
| 2 | Žalgiris Kaunas | 13 | 5 | 1465 | 1329 | +136 |
| 3 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 12 | 6 | 1420 | 1331 | + 89 |
| 4 | ASK Riga | 12 | 6 | 1429 | 1369 | + 60 |
| 5 | Šiauliai | 10 | 8 | 1435 | 1463 | – 28 |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 8 | 10 | 1398 | 1430 | – 32 |
| 7 | BK Ventspils | 7 | 11 | 1336 | 1448 | −112 |
| 8 | Barons LMT | 7 | 11 | 1368 | 1385 | – 17 |
| 9 | SK Valmiera | 5 | 13 | 1436 | 1550 | −114 |
| 10 | Nevėžis Kedainiai | 2 | 16 | 1285 | 1433 | −148 |

#### Quarterfinals

ASK Riga vs BC Šiauliai
* LTV7
* March 24th 19:50
* Report
| ASK Riga | BC Šiauliai |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-13, 17-24, 17-23, 23-16 |||
| Pts: Grafs 18 Rebs: Grafs 6 Asts: Vītols 4 | Pts: Vileita 14 Rebs: Kuzminskas 7 Asts: Kuzminskas 4 |
| 0-1 |||
* Arena Riga Attendance: 1000 Referees: Atso Matsalu Virginijus Dovidavicius Juris Kokainis
* LTV & LTV7
* March 28th 16:05
* Report
| BC Šiauliai | ASK Riga |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 13-12, 10-14, 7-16 |||
| Pts: Two players 12 Rebs: Praškevičius 8 Asts: Two players 2 | Pts: Kalve 15 Rebs: Grafs 11 Asts: Two players 4 |
| 1-1 |||
* Šiauliai Arena Attendance: 3250 Referees: Aare Halliko Tomas Jasevicius Oskars Lucis
* Viasat Sport Baltic
* April 1st 19:05
* Report
| ASK Riga | BC Šiauliai |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-9, 25-15, 18-24, 20-22 |||
| Pts: Helmanis 24 Rebs: Kalve 7 Asts: Mažutis 6 | Pts: Kadžiulis 20 Rebs: Maceina 10 Asts: Three players 4 |
| 2-1 |||
* Arena Riga Attendance: 2500 Referees: Atso Matsalu Kestutis Pilipauskas Ingus Baumanis
BC Kalev/Cramo vs Tartu Ülikool/Rock
* ETV
* March 24th 19:05
* Report
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Tartu Ülikool/Rock |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-26, 19-13, 18-22, 18-15 |||
| Pts: Linehan 19 Rebs: Linehan 7 Asts: Linehan 5 | Pts: Sanikidze 19 Rebs: Talts 9 Asts: Tein 4 |
| 0-1 |||
* Saku Suurhall Attendance: 5500 Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas Tanel Suslov Mindaugas Vecerskis
* ETV
* March 28th 16:00
* Report
| Tartu Ülikool/Rock | BC Kalev/Cramo |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-20, 9-29, 21-17, 12-18 |||
| Pts: Kullamäe 16 Rebs: Talts 7 Asts: Sokk 2 | Pts: Linehan 20 Rebs: Kangur 8 Asts: Fox 5 |
| 1-1 |||
* Tartu University Sports Hall Attendance: 3000 Referees: Olegs Latisevs Andres Tobi Ingus Baumanis
* ETV
* April 1st 18:50
* Report
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Tartu Ülikool/Rock |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 12-14, 26-12, 8-14, Overtime: 9-12 |||
| Pts: Linehan 15 Rebs: Kangur 13 Asts: Fox 3 | Pts: Beard 17 Rebs: Beard 11 Asts: Tsintsadze 7 |
| 1-2 |||
* Saku Suurhall Attendance: 6000 Referees: Juris Kokainis Martynas Gudas Jurgis Laurinavicius

#### Semifinals

* LTV7 & LTV
* April 24th 16:30
* Report
| BC Lietuvos Rytas | 85–76 | ASK Riga |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-12, 28-21, 19-23, 16-20 |||
| Pts: Bjelica 19 Rebs: Petravičius 8 Asts: Lukauskis 4 | | Pts: Kalve 22 Rebs: Kalve 9 Asts: Runkauskas 3 |
* Tartu University Sports Hall Attendance: 3000 Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas Juris Kokainis Aare Halliko
* ETV
* April 24th 19:00
* Report
| BC Žalgiris | 83–74 | Tartu Ülikool/Rock |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-28, 25-16, 19-17, 20-13 |||
| Pts: Šalenga 22 Rebs: Jankūnas 8 Asts: Two players 3 | | Pts: Beard 20 Rebs: Two players 6 Asts: Two players 4 |
* Tartu University Sports Hall Attendance: 4000 Referees: Atso Matsalu Virginijus Dovidavicius Olegs Latisevs

#### Third place game

* ETV & LTV7
* April 25th 16:00
* Report
| ASK Riga | 68–77 | Tartu Ülikool/Rock |
| Scoring by quarter: 29-11, 10-26, 11-19, 18-21 |||
| Pts: Kalve 15 Rebs: Grafs 11 Asts: Helmanis 2 | | Pts: Beard 20 Rebs: Sanikidze 11 Asts: Tsintsadze 6 |
* Tartu University Sports Hall Attendance: 3000 Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas Juris Kokainis Aare Halliko

#### Final

* LTV & LTV7 & ETV2
* April 25th 18:30
* Report
| BC Lietuvos Rytas | 97–74 | BC Žalgiris |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-25, 26-24, 22-6, 23-19 |||
| Pts: Eidson 41 Rebs: Eidson 8 Asts: Eidson 8 | | Pts: Šalenga 26 Rebs: Klimavičius 9 Asts: Two players 3 |
* Tartu University Sports Hall Attendance: 2500 Referees: Atso Matsalu Virginijus Dovidavicius Olegs Latisevs

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| BC Lietuvos Rytas | - | | |
| | - | BC Lietuvos Rytas | 85 |
| | | ASK Riga | 76 |
| ASK Riga | 2 | ASK Riga | 76 |
| Šiauliai | 1 | | | | |
| Šiauliai | 1 | | | BC Lietuvos Rytas | 97 |
| | | | | Žalgiris Kaunas | 74 |
| Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 2 | | | Žalgiris Kaunas | 74 |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | 1 | | | | |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | 1 | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 74 | | |
| | | Žalgiris Kaunas | 83 | Third place | Third place |
| Žalgiris Kaunas | - | Žalgiris Kaunas | 83 | Third place | Third place |
| | - | | | ASK Riga | 68 |
| | | | | Tartu Ülikool/Rock | 77 |