2008–09_Korisliiga_season

Korisliiga
Korisliiga
Season	2008–09
Duration	October 3, 2008-May 16, 2009
Number of games	44
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Top seed	Joensuun Kataja
Season MVP	Antti Nikkilä (Domestic) ; Ray Nixon (Foreign)
Relegated	Porvoon Tarmo
Finals
Champions	Namika Lahti ; (2nd title)
Runners-up	Joensuun Kataja
Third place	Tampereen Pyrintö
Fourth place	Espoon Honka
Finals MVP	Vesa Mäkäläinen
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Jeremiah Wood
Rebounds	DeWayne Richardson
Assists	Frank Richards
Records
Average attendance	911
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2008–09 Korisliiga season

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The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2008-09 season was the 69th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 3, 2008 and ended on May 16, 2009. Namika Lahti won the Final series by 3-0 against Joensuun Kataja.^[1] Antti Nikkilä won the MVP Award and Vesa Mäkäläinen won the Finals MVP Award.^[2]

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"Namika Lahti kolmessa ottelussa mestariksi (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-16. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-05-31.

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"Nikkilästä vuoden pelaaja, Mäkäläinen putsasi palkintopöydän (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-31. ^{[dead link]}

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#	Team	G	W	L	PF/G	PA/G	PTS
1	Joensuun Kataja	44	32	12	92.3	82.6	64
2	Kouvot	44	29	15	80.3	73.6	58
3	Espoon Honka	44	28	16	77.3	71.3	56
4	Namika Lahti	44	27	17	81.0	77.8	54
5	UU-Korihait	44	27	17	79.3	75.9	54
6	KTP-Basket	44	23	21	79.1	77.9	46
7	Tampereen Pyrintö	44	22	22	83.6	82.6	44
8	Torpan Pojat	44	20	24	73.4	78.0	40
9	Lappeenrannan NMKY	44	18	26	79.6	83.5	36
10	Forssan Koripojat	44	18	26	78.4	81.2	36
11	Team Componenta	44	13	31	74.3	82.8	26
12	Porvoon Tarmo	44	7	37	72.3	83.8	14

Rank	Name	Team	PPG
1.	Jeremiah Wood	Joensuun Kataja	20.1
2.	Larry Blair	Joensuun Kataja	19.6
2.	HL Coleman	Lappeenrannan NMKY	19.4
4.	Frank Richards	Team Componenta	19.4
5.	Steve Smith	KTP-Basket	18.2

Rank	Name	Team	APG
1.	Frank Richards	Team Componenta	4.1
2.	Damon Williams	Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket	4.0
3.	Larry Blair	Joensuun Kataja	4.0
4.	Ilkka Vuori	Namika Lahti	3.9
5.	Chanan Colman	Espoon Honka/Lappeenrannan NMKY	3.5

Rank	Name	Team	RPG
1.	DeWayne Richardson	Porvoon Tarmo	12.7
2.	Jeremiah Wood	Joensuun Kataja	12.4
3.	Ray Cunningham	Forssan Koripojat	10.5
4.	Damon Williams	Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket	10.4
5.	Clifton Jones	Team Componenta	9.4

2008–09_Korisliiga_season

2008–09 Korisliiga season

Regular season

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Assists

Rebounds

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Quarterfinals			Semifinals		Finals

1	Joensuun Kataja	3

8	Torpan Pojat	0
			Joensuun Kataja	3

			Tampereen Pyrintö	1
2	Kouvot	0

7	Tampereen Pyrintö	3
					Joensuun Kataja	0

					Namika Lahti	3
3	Espoon Honka	3

6	KTP-Basket	0
			Espoon Honka	0	Third place

			Namika Lahti	3
4	Namika Lahti	3			Espoon Honka	74

5	UU-Korihait	1			Tampereen Pyrintö	83