# 2014–15 Turkish Basketball League

The 2014–15 Turkish Basketball League, was the 49th season of the top professional basketball league in Turkey.
The season started on October 11, 2014 and finished June 19, 2015. Fenerbahçe Ülker were the defending champions. Pınar Karşıyaka took the title, winning their second ever championship. Anadolu Efes were runners-up.

## Clubs and arenas

| Club | Location | Foun.Year | Arena | Capacity | Last Year | Head Coach |
| Anadolu Efes | Istanbul | 1976 | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 12,270 | 3rd(RS), QF(Play-off) | Dušan Ivković |
| Banvit | Bandırma | 1994 | Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall | 2,500 | 1st(RS), SF(Play-off) | Selçuk Ernak |
| Beşiktaş İntegral Forex | Istanbul | 1933 | BJK Akatlar Arena | 3,200 | 5th(RS), QF(Play-off) | Henrik Dettmann |
| Darüşşafaka Doğuş | Istanbul | 1951 | Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall | 3,500 | Winner (TB2L) | Oktay Mahmuti |
| Eskişehir Basket | Eskişehir | 2006 | Anadolu Üniversitesi Sport Hall | 5,000 | 14th(RS) | Brad Greenberg |
| Fenerbahçe Ülker | Istanbul | 1913 | Ülker Sports Arena | 13,800 | 2nd(RS), Winner(Play-off) | Željko Obradović |
| Galatasaray Liv Hospital | Istanbul | 1911 | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 12,270 | 4th(RS), RU(Play-off) | Ergin Ataman |
| İstanbul BB | Istanbul | 2000 | Cebeci Sport Hall | 1,250 | 2nd (TB2L) | Draško Prodanović |
| Pınar Karşıyaka | İzmir | 1966 | Karşıyaka Arena | 5,000 | 6th(RS), SF(Play-off) | Ufuk Sarıca |
| Royal Halı Gaziantep | Gaziantep | 2007 | Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall | 6,400 | 10th(RS) | Jure Zdovc |
| Rönesans TED Kolejliler | Ankara | 1954 | TOBB Sport Hall | 2,000 | 12th(RS) | Hasan Özmeriç |
| Tofaş | Bursa | 1974 | Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall | 2,900 | 8th(RS), QF(Play-off) | Fatih Elbaş |
| Torku Konyaspor | Konya | 1987 | Selçuklu Belediyesi Sport Hall | 3,800 | 13th(RS) | Aziz Bekir |
| Trabzonspor Medical Park | Trabzon | 2008 | Hayri Gür Arena | 7,500 | 9th(RS) | Nenad Marković |
| Türk Telekom | Ankara | 1980 | Ankara Arena | 10,400 | 11th(RS) | Ercüment Sunter |
| Uşak Sportif | Uşak | 2006 | Uşak Üniversitesi Sport Hall | 2,000 | 7th(RS), QF(Play-off) | Ozan Bulkaz |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 30 | 23 | 7 | 2462 | 2189 | +273 | 53 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Anadolu Efes | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2430 | 2183 | +247 | 52 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Darüşşafaka Doğuş | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2384 | 2167 | +217 | 51 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2422 | 2288 | +134 | 49 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Banvit | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2353 | 2315 | +38 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Trabzonspor Medical Park | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2439 | 2394 | +45 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Türk Telekom | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2378 | 2460 | −82 | 45 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Galatasaray Liv Hospital | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2392 | 2392 | 0 | 45 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Beşiktaş İntegral Forex | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2357 | 2380 | −23 | 45 | |
| 10 | Royal Halı Gaziantep | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2265 | 2233 | +32 | 44 | |
| 11 | Torku Konyaspor | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2374 | 2512 | −138 | 42 | |
| 12 | İstanbul BB | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2258 | 2429 | −171 | 42 | |
| 13 | Uşak Sportif | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2340 | 2432 | −92 | 42 | |
| 14 | Rönesans TED Kolejliler | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2383 | 2494 | −111 | 41 | |
| 15 | Eskişehir Basket (R) | 30 | 9 | 21 | 2369 | 2546 | −177 | 39 | Relegation to TBL |
| 16 | Tofaş (R) | 30 | 8 | 22 | 2255 | 2447 | −192 | 38 | Relegation to TBL |

### Results

| | AEF | TED | BAN | BJK | DAÇ | ESK | FBÜ | GSL | İBB | KSK | RHG | SEÜ | TOF | TTS | TSB | UŞK |
| Anadolu Efes | | 73–81 | 89–83 | 83–79 | 73–72 | 96–68 | 85–67 | 77–75 | 71–64 | 67–65 | 77–67 | 90–73 | 89–76 | 86–91 | 70–66 | 81–66 |
| Aykon TED Kolejliler | 67–69 | | 79–80 | 83–88 | 70–82 | 81–72 | 62–71 | 67–75 | 73–84 | 94–92 | 113–112 | 87–90 | 79–76 | 70–72 | 78–89 | 88–84 |
| Banvit | 77–74 | 74–67 | | 80–81 | 72–69 | 91–75 | 82–77 | 69–67 | 63–69 | 87–89 | 70–69 | 89–99 | 76–62 | 86–75 | 93–97 | 77–64 |
| Beşiktaş İntegral Forex | 77–78 | 94–81 | 96–87 | | 68–84 | 87–79 | 74–94 | 64–65 | 80–66 | 87–82 | 70–81 | 84–74 | 65–72 | 76–59 | 68–58 | 86–67 |
| Darüşşafaka Doğuş | 61–83 | 91–93 | 69–67 | 74–71 | | 82–89 | 51–73 | 77–79 | 83–61 | 82–66 | 64–46 | 84–57 | 88–61 | 108–82 | 88–68 | 80–67 |
| Eskişehir Basket | 81–79 | 97–85 | 89–81 | 82–81 | 66–90 | | 69–89 | 66–61 | 81–69 | 62–91 | 92–81 | 68–89 | 78–80 | 88–79 | 80–83 | 61–69 |
| Fenerbahçe Ülker | 82–84 | 78–65 | 99–92 | 97–59 | 91–95 | 86–76 | | 85–74 | 91–89 | 70–62 | 66–70 | 98–61 | 80–70 | 86–82 | 67–61 | 89–75 |
| Galatasaray Liv Hospital | 77–76 | 84–88 | 87–79 | 100–94 | 76–91 | 86–69 | 92–88 | | 81–84 | 70–75 | 80–74 | 81–80 | 87–98 | 76–80 | 80–93 | 94–85 |
| İstanbul BB | 64–106 | 70–71 | 71–81 | 77–81 | 74–76 | 87–84 | 60–95 | 80–87 | | 68–62 | 91–86 | 91–88 | 85–78 | 62–74 | 69–78 | 84–75 |
| Pınar Karşıyaka | 92–84 | 96–89 | 64–60 | 79–81 | 79–80 | 82–76 | 69–75 | 84–77 | 108–84 | | 66–71 | 75–68 | 93–80 | 76–65 | 87–91 | 88–80 |
| Royal Halı Gaziantep | 65–63 | 82–60 | 64–68 | 81–88 | 69–72 | 88–80 | 59–71 | 76–64 | 78–49 | 65–81 | | 87–78 | 69–51 | 88–77 | 77–69 | 84–81 |
| Selçuk Üniversitesi | 64–74 | 89–75 | 83–75 | 79–84 | 69–88 | 92–89 | 80–82 | 84–91 | 85–82 | 93–100 | 70–69 | | 88–81 | 97–100 | 74–92 | 89–86 |
| Tofaş | 70–93 | 71–92 | 67–95 | 91–83 | 68–74 | 88–79 | 77–86 | 73–93 | 67–76 | 65–73 | 93–76 | 75–47 | | 67–72 | 91–84 | 77–80 |
| Türk Telekom | 67–88 | 80–89 | 83–88 | 79–70 | 82–81 | 97–92 | 61–73 | 85–77 | 88–89 | 66–83 | 79–73 | 83–72 | 94–75 | | 81–100 | 90–82 |
| Trabzonspor Medical Park | 71–97 | 88–73 | 66–71 | 98–75 | 67–75 | 93–91 | 75–87 | 72–70 | 92–88 | 73–75 | 74–88 | 70–76 | 93–80 | 86–76 | | 114–88 |
| Uşak Sportif | 76–75 | 91–83 | 75–61 | 70–66 | 80–73 | 103–90 | 78–69 | 79–86 | 66–71 | 78–88 | 76–70 | 82–86 | 80–75 | 76–79 | 81–78 | |
Last updated: 9 May 2015. Source: TBL Fixtures

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Galatasaray Liv Hospital | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Galatasaray Liv Hospital | 1 | 1 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 2 | 4 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Banvit | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Banvit | 1 | | | | 4 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Anadolu Efes | 2 |
| 2 | Anadolu Efes | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Anadolu Efes | 2 |
| 7 | Türk Telekom | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Türk Telekom | 1 | 2 | Anadolu Efes | 3 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Trabzonspor Medical Park | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Darüşşafaka Doğuş | 0 | 6 | Trabzonspor Medical Park | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Trabzonspor Medical Park | 2 | | | | | | |

## Individual statistics
### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1. | Matt Walsh | Eskişehir Basket | 27 | 497 | 18.4 |
| 2. | Troy DeVries | Torku Konyaspor | 24 | 408 | 17.0 |
| 3. | Bobby Dixon | Pınar Karşıyaka | 30 | 506 | 16.9 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1. | Alex Stepheson | İstanbul B.B. | 29 | 267 | 9.2 |
| 2. | Nemanja Bjelica | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 27 | 216 | 8.0 |
| 3. | Patric Young | Galatasaray Liv Hospital | 21 | 167 | 8.0 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1. | Marques Green | Rönesans TED Kolejliler | 21 | 186 | 8.9 |
| 2. | Carlos Arroyo | Galatasaray Liv Hospital | 17 | 85 | 5.0 |
| 3. | Jerome Randle | Eskişehir Basket | 27 | 125 | 4.6 |

### Blocks

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Blocks | BPG |
| 1. | Sean Williams | Torku Konyaspor | 23 | 45 | 2.0 |
| 2. | Eric Buckner | Uşak Sportif | 30 | 50 | 1.7 |
| 3. | Jan Veselý | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 29 | 40 | 1.4 |

### Steals

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Steals | SPG |
| 1. | Jamon Gordon | Darüşşafaka Doğuş | 30 | 62 | 2.1 |
| 2. | D. J. Strawberry | Pınar Karşıyaka | 30 | 57 | 1.9 |
| 3. | Bobby Dixon | Pınar Karşıyaka | 30 | 57 | 1.9 |

## Turkish Basketball League clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Fenerbahçe Ülker | Euroleague | Final 4 |
| Anadolu Efes | Euroleague | Quarterfinals |
| Galatasaray Liv Hospital | Euroleague | Top 16 |
| Banvit | Eurocup | Semifinals |
| Pınar Karşıyaka | Eurocup | Quarterfinals |
| Beşiktaş Integral Forex | Eurocup | Last 32 |
| Trabzonspor Medical Park | EuroChallenge | Runner-up |
| Uşak Sportif | EuroChallenge | Top 16 |
| Tofaş | EuroChallenge | Regular Season |

## All-Star Game

Team Europe :
| Pos | Player | Team |
| Starters |||
| G | Carlos Arroyo | Galatasaray Liv Hospital |
| G | Furkan Korkmaz | Anadolu Efes |
| F | Cedi Osman | Anadolu Efes |
| F | Dario Šarić | Anadolu Efes |
| C | Patric Young | Galatasaray Liv Hospital |
| Reserves |||
| G | Renaldas Seibutis | Darüşşafaka Doğuş |
| G | Sinan Güler | Galatasaray Liv Hospital |
| G | Jamon Gordon | Darüşşafaka Doğuş |
| F | Ryan Broekhoff | Beşiktaş İntegral Forex |
| F | John Shurna | Darüşşafaka Doğuş |
| F | Alex Stepheson | İstanbul BB |
| C | Milko Bjelica | Anadolu Efes |
| Head coach: Ahmet Kandemir (Beşiktaş İntegral Forex) |||
Team Asia :
| Pos | Player | Team |
| Starters |||
| G | Bobby Dixon | Pınar Karşıyaka |
| G | Andrew Goudelock | Fenerbahçe Ülker |
| F | Emir Preldžić | Fenerbahçe Ülker |
| F | Jan Veselý | Fenerbahçe Ülker |
| C | Semih Erden | Fenerbahçe Ülker |
| Reserves |||
| G | Şafak Edge | Banvit |
| G | Sammy Mejia | Banvit |
| G | Cory Higgins | Royal Halı Gaziantep |
| F | Matt Walsh | Eskişehir Basket |
| F | Josh Carter | Türk Telekom |
| F | Jawad Williams | Royal Halı Gaziantep |
| C | Sean Williams | Torku Konyaspor |
| Head coach: Zoran Lukić (Banvit) |||
* January 18, 2015 16:00 EEST
| Team Europe | 138–130 | Team Asia |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–32, 40–28, 35–33, 37–37 |||
| Pts: Cedi Osman 20 Rebs: Carlos Arroyo 11 Asts: Carlos Arroyo 22 | | Pts: Semih Erden 24 Rebs: Semih Erden 7 Asts: Matt Walsh 5 |
* Ankara Arena, Ankara Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Aytuğ Ekti, Halil Baldemir, Mehmet Şahin

## Awards
### Finals MVP

* Bobby Dixon – Pınar Karşıyaka

### All-Star Game MVP

* Carlos Arroyo – Galatasaray Liv Hospital