# 2018–19 PLK season

The 2018–19 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 85th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Poland. Anwil Włocławek defended its title and repeated as Polish champions.

## Teams

Czarni Słupsk withdrew during the 2017–18 PLK season because of financial problems.
On 17 May 2018, Spójnia Stargard promoted to the PLK as the winners of the I Liga, after defeating Sokół Łańcut 3–0 in the playoff finals.
Also, during the pre-season, PGE Turów Zgorzelec withdrew from the tournament.

### Locations and venues

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Anwil Włocławek | Włocławek | Hala Mistrzów | 4,200 |
| Arka Gdynia | Gdynia | Gdynia Sports Arena | 5,500 |
| AZS Koszalin | Koszalin | Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa | 3,000 |
| BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | Ostrów Wielkopolski | Hala Sportowa Stal | 1,200 |
| GTK Gliwice | Gliwice | Arena Gliwice | 1,092 |
| HydroTruck Radom | Radom | ZSE Radom | 1,200 |
| Legia Warsaw | Warsaw | OSiR Bemowo | 1,000 |
| Miasto Szkła Krosno | Krosno | MOSiR Krosno | 1,380 |
| MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza | Dąbrowa Górnicza | Centrum Hall | 2,944 |
| Polpharma Starogard Gdański | Starogard Gdański | Argo-Kociewie | 2,500 |
| Polski Cukier Toruń | Toruń | Arena Toruń | 6,248 |
| Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | Zielona Góra | CRS Hall | 6,080 |
| TBV Start Lublin | Lublin | Hala Globus | 5,000 |
| Spójnia Stargard | Stargard | Hala Miejska | 2,500 |
| Trefl Sopot | Sopot | Ergo Arena | 15,000 |
| Wilki Morskie Szczecin | Szczecin | Azoty Arena | 7,403 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arka Gdynia | 30 | 25 | 5 | 2575 | 2393 | +182 | 55 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Polski Cukier Toruń | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2678 | 2413 | +265 | 54 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2707 | 2410 | +297 | 54 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Anwil Włocławek (C) | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2728 | 2460 | +268 | 52 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 30 | 20 | 10 | 2577 | 2344 | +233 | 50 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2501 | 2314 | +187 | 47 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | King Szczecin | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2565 | 2527 | +38 | 45 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Legia Warsaw | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2369 | 2396 | −27 | 45 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Polpharma Starogard Gdański | 30 | 13 | 17 | 2711 | 2744 | −33 | 43 | |
| 10 | TBV Start Lublin | 30 | 13 | 17 | 2514 | 2525 | −11 | 43 | |
| 11 | HydroTruck Radom | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2348 | 2543 | −195 | 41 | |
| 12 | GTK Gliwice | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2468 | 2669 | −201 | 41 | |
| 13 | Spójnia Stargard | 30 | 9 | 21 | 2357 | 2551 | −194 | 39 | |
| 14 | AZS Koszalin | 30 | 8 | 22 | 2421 | 2655 | −234 | 38 | |
| 15 | Trefl Sopot | 30 | 7 | 23 | 2493 | 2598 | −105 | 37 | |
| 16 | Miasto Szkła Krosno (R) | 30 | 6 | 24 | 2438 | 2708 | −270 | 36 | Relegation to Liga I |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANW | GDY | AZS | STA | GTK | RAD | LEG | KRO | MKS | POL | TOR | SPO | LUB | ZIE | SOP | SZC |
| Anwil Włocławek | — | 66–83 | 77–80 | 844–78 | 113–81 | 97–73 | 89–75 | 104–76 | 77–79 | 122–115 | 76–79 | 80–81 | 90–80 | 93–84 | 97–85 | 86–82 |
| Arka Gdynia | 98–89 | — | 77–72 | 86–73 | 86–70 | 100–73 | 79–69 | 91–78 | 76–86 | 86–80 | 88–72 | 89–88 | 83–78 | 78–65 | 90–88 | 72–81 |
| AZS Koszalin | 76–91 | 84–89 | — | 78–123 | 82–85 | 78–75 | 90–67 | 99–94 | 85–89 | 77–74 | 73–82 | 68–74 | 126–122 | 72–81 | 67–102 | 88–71 |
| BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 73–80 | 65–75 | 100–76 | — | 89–61 | 89–70 | 84–62 | 94–60 | 76–82 | 101–79 | 67–86 | 86–84 | 87–84 | 81–72 | 91–77 | 92–70 |
| GTK Gliwice | 81–86 | 74–78 | 95–71 | 76–114 | — | 80–78 | 86–71 | 98–88 | 77–74 | 82–85 | 70–94 | 101–93 | 91–102 | 74–79 | 77–75 | 95–81 |
| HydroTruck Radom | 68–81 | 77–94 | 91–78 | 80–84 | 91–72 | — | 87–82 | 85–68 | 65–76 | 88–81 | 85–87 | 76–72 | 87–79 | 74–70 | 75–68 | 61–79 |
| Legia Warsaw | 72–103 | 78–85 | 79–69 | 68–77 | 84–67 | 94–72 | — | 86–78 | 75–77 | 91–76 | 68–63 | 76–72 | 83–78 | 59–76 | 75–58 | 75–70 |
| Miasto Szkła Krosno | 88–93 | 72–96 | 93–86 | 79–82 | 101–89 | 76–92 | 85–88 | — | 86–97 | 100–92 | 70–95 | 93–76 | 73–87 | 73–87 | 79–76 | 86–92 |
| MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza | 81–101 | 62–82 | 93–91 | 94–82 | 79–86 | 82–74 | 74–80 | 88–82 | — | 103–106 | 93–84 | 86–80 | 87–84 | 78–102 | 69–84 | 82–91 |
| Polpharma Starogard Gdański | 95–92 | 100–104 | 99–84 | 75–90 | 96–80 | 107–86 | 102–97 | 105–77 | 99–105 | — | 97–88 | 93–90 | 96–77 | 80–94 | 100–90 | 94–99 |
| Polski Cukier Toruń | 80–89 | 96–73 | 89–65 | 87–70 | 113–98 | 92–56 | 94–80 | 99–91 | 91–77 | 96–87 | — | 94–69 | 87–86 | 93–89 | 90–83 | 87–71 |
| Spójnia Stargard | 75–91 | 95–70 | 76–73 | 79–88 | 89–83 | 80–83 | 72–94 | 90–78 | 61–81 | 72–65 | 75–85 | — | 75–87 | 59–85 | 76–82 | 64–95 |
| TBV Start Lublin | 70–88 | 71–80 | 81–59 | 88–83 | 85–73 | 109–91 | 67–81 | 83–75 | 72–84 | 104–91 | 93–91 | 78–93 | — | 69–77 | 100–75 | 71–80 |
| Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 93–91 | 113–93 | 97–80 | 83–76 | 104–76 | 99–71 | 100–96 | 105–87 | 87–81 | 96–80 | 107–110 | 104–87 | 92–70 | — | 93–75 | 96–89 |
| Trefl Sopot | 82–92 | 84–89 | 90–100 | 93–96 | 96–99 | 97–93 | 88–92 | 79–86 | 70–80 | 82–71 | 72–76 | 96–98 | 77–75 | 85–90 | — | 82–88 |
| King Szczecin | 97–110 | 94–105 | 99–94 | 76–86 | 92–91 | 92–71 | 80–72 | 74–66 | 99–84 | 91–101 | 95–98 | 91–62 | 72–75 | 80–87 | 94–104 | — |

## Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2-2-1-1-1).

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Arka Gdynia | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Legia Warsaw | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Legia Warsaw | 2 | 1 | Arka Gdynia | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Anwil Włocławek | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Anwil Włocławek | 3 | 4 | Anwil Włocławek | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 0 | | | | 4 | Anwil Włocławek | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Polski Cukier Toruń | 3 |
| 2 | Polski Cukier Toruń | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Polski Cukier Toruń | 3 |
| 7 | King Szczecin | 0 | | | |
| 7 | King Szczecin | 0 | 2 | Polski Cukier Toruń | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 0 |
| 3 | Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 3 | 3 | Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 0 | 1 | Arka Gdynia | 182 |
| 6 | MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza | 1 | | | | 3 | Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 175 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Arka Gdynia | 3–2 | Legia Warsaw | 79–75 | 109–87 | 91–97 | 94–100 | 94–75 |
| Polski Cukier Toruń | 3–0 | King Szczecin | 70–65 | 91–85 | 95–9 | 0 | 0 |
| Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 3–1 | MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza | 88–80 | 89–97 | 99–79 | 81–73 | 0 |
| Anwil Włocławek | 3–0 | BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 89–84 | 86–78 | 105–98 | 0 | 0 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Arka Gdynia | 2–3 | Anwil Włocławek | 94–91 | 78–65 | 79–87 | 85–90 | 97-109 |
| Polski Cukier Toruń | 3–0 | Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 88–77 | 81–67 | 86–81 | 0 | 0 |

### Third place series

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Arka Gdynia | 182–175 | Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | 77–95 | 105–80 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| Polski Cukier Toruń | 3–4 | Anwil Włocławek | 96–89 | 78–89 | 86–96 | 83–82 | 74–70 | 85–103 | 77–89 |

## Awards

All official awards of the 2018–19 PLK season.

### PLK Most Valuable Player

| Player | Team | Ref. |
| James Florence | Arka Gdynia | |

### PLK Best Defender

| Player | Team | Ref. |
| Martynas Paliukėnas | King Szczecin | |

### PLK Best Polish Player

| Player | Team | Ref. |
| Michał Sokołowski | Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra | |

### PLK Best Coach

| Player | Team | Ref. |
| Przemysław Frasunkiewicz | Asseco Arka Gdynia | |

### All-PLK Team

| Player | Team |
| James Florence | Asseco Arka Gdynia |
| Josh Bostic | Asseco Arka Gdynia |
| Michał Sokołowski | Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra |
| Vladimir Dragičević | MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza |
| Aaron Cel | Polski Cukier Toruń |

## Polish clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Arka Gdynia | EuroCup | Regular season |
| Anwil Włocławek | Champions League | Regular season |
| Polski Cukier Toruń | Champions League | Third qualifying round |
| HydroTruck Radom | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |

## Polish clubs in Regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Stelmet Zielona Gora | VTB United League | 12th |
| GTK Gliwice | Alpe Adria Cup | Semifinals |