2014–15_KML_season
2014–15 KML season
Estonian national championships in basketball
The 2014–15 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 90th season of the Estonian basketball league and the second under the title sponsorship of Alexela. Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2013–14 KML season.
Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga1 | ||||||||||
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Season | 2014–15 | |||||||||
Duration | 4 October 2014 – 22 May 2015 | |||||||||
Number of games | 108 (Regular season) 31 (Playoffs) | |||||||||
Number of teams | 9 | |||||||||
TV partner(s) | TV6, Delfi TV | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Top seed | TÜ/Rock | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | TÜ/Rock 26th title | |||||||||
Runners-up | Kalev/Cramo | |||||||||
Third place | TYCO Rapla | |||||||||
Fourth place | Rakvere Tarvas | |||||||||
Finals MVP | Tanel Kurbas | |||||||||
Awards | ||||||||||
Best Defender | Janar Talts | |||||||||
Best Young Player | Siim-Markus Post | |||||||||
Coach of the Year | Gert Kullamäe | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2013–14 2015–16 →
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2015.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Alexela. |
The season started on 4 October 2014 and concluded on 22 May 2015 with TÜ/Rock defeating Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 1 in the 2015 KML Finals to win their 26th Estonian League title.[1][2][3]
Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Head coach |
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Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Saku Arena | 7,500 | Alar Varrak |
TÜ/Rock | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 4,000 | Gert Kullamäe |
Rakvere Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere Sports Hall | 3,000 | Andres Sõber |
TLÜ/Kalev | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 6,950 | Kalle Klandorf |
TTÜ | Tallinn | TTÜ Sports Hall | 2,000 | Heino Lill |
Pärnu | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 2,000 | Mait Käbin |
TYCO Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 5,000 | Aivar Kuusmaa |
Valga/Maks & Moorits | Valga | Valga Sports Hall | 2,000 | Varis Krūmiņš |
Audentes/Noortekoondis | Tallinn | Audentes Sports Center | Indrek Visnapuu | |
Pre-season | ||
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Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
Valga/Maks & Moorits | Sandis Buškevics | Varis Krūmiņš |
TTÜ | Tiit Sokk[4] | Heino Lill |
Pärnu | Darko Ivanović | Mait Käbin |
During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:[5]
- Kalev/Cramo will play 1 round at home and 1 away (1 at home and 1 away in total).
- TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home (1 at home and 2 away in total).
- Audentes/Noortekoondis will play 1 round at home and 1 away (1 at home and 1 away in total).
Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | TÜ/Rock | 32 | 26 | 6 | 58 | .813 | Qualification to Playoffs |
2 | Kalev/Cramo | 32 | 26 | 6 | 58 | .813 | |
3 | TYCO Rapla | 32 | 21 | 11 | 53 | .656 | |
4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 32 | 20 | 12 | 52 | .625 | |
5 | Pärnu | 32 | 15 | 17 | 47 | .469 | |
6 | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 32 | 15 | 17 | 47 | .469 | |
7 | TTÜ | 32 | 12 | 20 | 44 | .375 | |
8 | TLÜ/Kalev | 32 | 7 | 25 | 39 | .219 | |
9 | Audentes | 32 | 2 | 30 | 34 | .063 |
First half of the season
Home \ Away | KAL | ROC | TAR | TLÜ | TTÜ | PÄR | RAP | VAL | AUD |
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Kalev/Cramo | 68–57 | 89–80 | 105–63 | 80–70 | 94–56 | 86–65 | 77–83 | 123–46 | |
TÜ/Rock | 66–54 | 93–85 | 72–56 | 86–77 | 90–63 | 68–74 | 90–62 | 121–61 | |
Rakvere Tarvas | 79–89 | 75–71 | 89–67 | 80–76 | 87–94 | 73–65 | 95–93 | 101–73 | |
TLÜ/Kalev | 52–89 | 54–85 | 82–80 | 78–67 | 71–79 | 54–68 | 85–79 | 83–91 | |
TTÜ | 62–88 | 51–78 | 53–70 | 79–64 | 90–70 | 69–84 | 91–89 | 120–44 | |
Pärnu | 62–88 | 58–98 | 91–79 | 65–49 | 56–64 | 77–75 | 82–78 | 116–75 | |
TYCO Rapla | 69–96 | 64–87 | 61–68 | 86–65 | 89–71 | 92–68 | 77–61 | 98–51 | |
Valga/Maks & Moorits | 92–88 | 61–65 | 85–97 | 73–66 | 100–91 | 86–80 | 68–83 | 92–72 | |
Audentes/Noortekoondis | 46–102 | 42–99 | 79–92 | 77–94 | 62–96 | 62–100 | 59–88 | 72–112 |
Second half of the season
Home \ Away | KAL | ROC | TAR | TLÜ | TTÜ | PÄR | RAP | VAL | AUD |
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Kalev/Cramo | |||||||||
TÜ/Rock | |||||||||
Rakvere Tarvas | 57–85 | 97–60 | 91–93 | 102–76 | 80–84 | 101–73 | |||
TLÜ/Kalev | 72–93 | 60–90 | 71–65 | 81–94 | 63–81 | 73–64 | |||
TTÜ | 55–75 | 78–82 | 78–50 | 82–76 | 71–68 | 84–89 | |||
Pärnu | 88–69 | 73–91 | 84–70 | 73–64 | 68–76 | 92–73 | |||
TYCO Rapla | 68–84 | 66–69 | 93–81 | 86–78 | 80–75 | 72–64 | |||
Valga/Maks & Moorits | 72–89 | 71–83 | 88–61 | 77–76 | 80–71 | 70–73 | |||
Audentes/Noortekoondis |
The playoffs began on 7 April and ended on 22 May. The tournament concluded with TÜ/Rock defeating Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 1 in the 2015 KML Finals.
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | TÜ/Rock | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | TLÜ/Kalev | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | TÜ/Rock | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Pärnu | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | TÜ/Rock | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kalev/Cramo | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | TTÜ | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||
3 | TYCO Rapla | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | TYCO Rapla | 3 | 3 | TYCO Rapla | 2 | |||||||||
6 | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 1 | 4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 1 |
Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Points
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1 | Brandis Raley-Ross | Rakvere Tarvas | 37 | 818 | 22.11 |
2 | Jurijs Aleksejevs | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 30 | 535 | 17.83 |
3 | Reinis Strupovičs | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 30 | 523 | 17.43 |
4 | Domagoj Bubalo | TYCO Rapla | 25 | 401 | 16.04 |
5 | Keith Benson | Kalev/Cramo | 14 | 224 | 16.00 |
Rebounds
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1 | Jurijs Aleksejevs | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 30 | 319 | 10.63 |
2 | Janar Talts | TÜ/Rock | 32 | 290 | 9.06 |
3 | Robertas Grabauskas | TLÜ/Kalev | 31 | 269 | 8.68 |
4 | Jaan Puidet | TTÜ | 27 | 223 | 8.26 |
5 | David Haughton | Rakvere Tarvas | 35 | 279 | 7.97 |
Assists
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1 | Scott Machado | Kalev/Cramo | 20 | 90 | 4.50 |
2 | Sandis Silavs | Pärnu | 31 | 136 | 4.39 |
3 | Rait-Riivo Laane | TYCO Rapla | 36 | 155 | 4.31 |
4 | Jaan Puidet | TTÜ | 27 | 116 | 4.30 |
5 | Augustas Pečiukevičius | TÜ/Rock | 26 | 108 | 4.15 |
Finals MVP
Best Defender
Best Young Player
Coach of the Year
All-KML team
Pos | Player | Team |
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PG | Scott Machado | Kalev/Cramo |
SG | Brandis Raley-Ross | Rakvere Tarvas |
SF | Gregor Arbet | Kalev/Cramo |
PF | Janar Talts | TÜ/Rock |
C | Domagoj Bubalo | TYCO Rapla |
Player of the Month
Month | Player | Team |
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October | Kristers Zeidaks | TYCO Rapla |
November[7] | Brandis Raley-Ross | Rakvere Tarvas |
December[8] | Jurijs Aleksejevs | Valga/Maks & Moorits |
January[9] | Janar Talts | TÜ/Rock |
February[10] | Domagoj Bubalo | TYCO Rapla |
March[11] | Brandis Raley-Ross | Rakvere Tarvas |
- "Täna algab Alexela KML" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
- "Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliigas järgmisel hooajal 9 klubi" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
- "Eesti meister 2015 on TÜ/ROCK!" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 22 May 2015.
- "TTÜ loobus koondise peatreeneri Tiit Soku teenetest" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht.
- "Korvpalli Meistriliiga võistlusjuhend hooajaks 2014/2015" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
- "Korvpallihooaeg sai ametlikult läbi!" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 28 May 2015.
- "Alexela KML novembri parim on Brandis Raley Ross" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
- "Alexela KML detsembri parim on Jurijs Aleksejevs" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
- "Alexela KML jaanuari parim on Janar Talts" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
- "Alexela KML veebruari parim on Domagoj Bubalo" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
- "Alexela KML märtsi parim on Brandis Raley Ross" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
- Official website (in Estonian)