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 field is set for 2013/14 BBL season". BBL Homepage (2013-09-04). Retrieved on 2013-09-05
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 + Key to colors Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Eightfinalist Regular season Country (League) Teams 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
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-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
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-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
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-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."Competition system". BBL Homepage. Retrieved on 2014-02-17"Regular season concludes, playoff pairs clear". BBL Homepage (2014-02-16). Retrieved on 2014-02-17
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
Bronze medal playoff Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg Tartu Ülikool/Rock 149–127 Tampereen Pyrintö 75–62 74–65
Finals Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg Šiauliai 140–123 TonyBet 62–57 78–66 Game 1
Game 2
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 RankNameTeamGamesEfficiencyEFF1. Joakim Kjellbom Norrköping Dolphins 16 377 23.562. Travis Leslie Šiauliai 12 241 20.083. Rait Keerles Rakvere Tarvas 11 208 18.914. Troy Barnies Jēkabpils 14 247 17.645. William Walker Norrköping Dolphins 13 227 17.46
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Jānis Kaufmanis Valmiera 14 273 19.502. Troy Barnies Jēkabpils 14 244 17.433. Rait Keerles Rakvere Tarvas 11 190 17.274. Paul Hill Liepāja/Triobet 7 113 16.145. Gintaras Leonavičius Nevėžis 15 240 16.00
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Joakim Kjellbom Norrköping Dolphins 16 155 9.692. Rait Keerles Rakvere Tarvas 11 98 8.913. Dinma Odiakosa Lietkabelis 7 59 8.434. Travis Leslie Šiauliai 12 90 7.505. Damon Williams Tampereen Pyrintö 20 148 7.40
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Rinalds Sirsniņš Jēkabpils 12 58 4.832. Edi Sinadinović Valga/Maks & Moorits 6 27 4.503. Raimonds Gabrāns Valmiera 12 53 4.424. Rolandas Alijevas Pieno žvaigždės 15 66 4.405. Lorenzo Williams Ventspils 16 70 4.38
Awards
BBL 2013–14 Season MVP Travis Leslie (Šiauliai)"BBL Season 2013-2014. Eurobasket.com. Retrieved on 2014-09-19
BBL 2014 Finals MVP Travis Leslie (Šiauliai)"Leslie: "My dream is to be back in the NBA"". BBL Homepage (2014-04-24). Retrieved on 2014-09-16
Top scorer Jānis Kaufmanis (Valmiera)"BBL hands out individual awards"". BBL Homepage (2014-02-20). Retrieved on 2014-02-20
MVP of the Month {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center"|Month ! align="center" width=170|Player ! align="center" width=170|Team ! align="center" width=|Ref. |- |October 2013||align="left"| Gintaras Leonavičius ||align="left"| Nevėžis || |- |November 2013||align="left"| Jānis Timma ||align="left"| Ventspils || |- |December 2013||align="left"| Joakim Kjellbom ||align="left"| Norrköping Dolphins || |- |January 2014||align="left"| Troy Barnies ||align="left"| Jēkabpils || |- |February 2014||align="left"| Tauras Jogėla ||align="left"| Nevėžis ||
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