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2017–18 Baltic Basketball League

The 2017–18 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 14th and the last season of the Baltic Basketball League and the third under the title sponsorship of Triobet. The season began on 24 October 2017 and concluded on 5 April 2018. Last year's finalist Pieno žvaigždės defeated Jūrmala in the finals to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.[1]

2017–18 Baltic Basketball League
Season2017–18
Duration24 October 2017 – 5 April 2018
Number of teams13 (14)
TV partner(s)Delfi TV
Finals
ChampionsPieno žvaigždės
(First title)
  Runners-upJūrmala
Third placeUniversity of Tartu
Fourth placeŠiauliai
Finals MVPCanada Jahenns Manigat
Statistical leaders
Points Belarus Yauheni Beliankou 18.40
Rebounds Latvia Viktors Iļjins 11.00
Assists Lithuania Donatas Sabeckis 6.88

Competition format edit

In this edition 14 teams took part. They were divided into two groups of seven teams where, after a double-legged round-robin, the best four of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals. Kazakh team Barsy Atyrau and Belarusian Tsmoki-Minsk II played all their matches abroad.[2]

Midway through the season Vytautas withdrew from the league due to them forfeiting two different games in this league for different reasons. As a result, they would participate in a series of friendly matches dubbed the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games; it was created for the purpose of promoting their newest acquisitions at the time in LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball.[3]

Team information edit

Group Team City, Country Arena Head coach
Group A   AVIS Rapla Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall   Aivar Kuusmaa
  Port of Pärnu Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall   Heiko Rannula
  Betsafe/Liepāja Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Center   Agris Galvanovskis
  Jūrmala Jūrmala, Latvia Jūrmala State Gymnasium   Mārtiņš Gulbis
  Šiauliai Šiauliai, Lithuania Šiauliai Arena   Antanas Sireika
  Vytautas Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania Prienai Arena   Virginijus Šeškus
  Tsmoki-Minsk II Minsk, Belarus The team will play away   Rostislav Vergun
Group B   University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall   Priit Vene
  TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall   Gert Kullamäe
  TTÜ Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall   Rait Käbin
  Valmiera/ORDO Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Center   Kristaps Valters
  Ogre Ogre, Latvia Ogre 1st Secondary School   Arturs Visockis-Rubenis
  Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena   Gediminas Petrauskas
  Barsy Atyrau Atyrau, Kazakhstan The team will play away   Aleksandar Vrzina

Regular season edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Jūrmala 10 9 1 823 689 +134 Qualification to playoffs
2   Šiauliai 10 9 1 898 713 +185
3   AVIS Utilitas Rapla 10 5 5 788 786 +2
4   Port of Pärnu 10 3 7 757 788 −31
5   Betsafe Liepāja 10 3 7 612 765 −153
6   Tsmoki-Minsk II 10 1 9 686 823 −137
7   Vytautas[a] (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified
Source: BBL.net
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ Vytautas forfeit and was consequently disqualified.[4]

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Pieno žvaigždės 12 11 1 1188 832 +356 Qualification to playoffs
2   University of Tartu 12 8 4 1027 905 +122
3   Ogre Kumho Tyre 12 8 4 1073 910 +163
4   TLÜ Kalev 12 7 5 978 922 +56
5   Valmiera ORDO 12 3 9 877 1109 −232
6   TTÜ 12 3 9 857 998 −141
7   Barsy Atyrau 12 2 10 765 1089 −324
Source: BBL.net

Playoffs edit

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.[5]

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals
27 February 2018 – 7 March 2018 		Semifinals
14 March 2018 – 21 March 2018 		Finals
28 March 2018 – 5 April 2018
               
B4   TLÜ Kalev 81 68 149
A1   Jūrmala 89 77 166
A1   Jūrmala 81 81 162
B2   University of Tartu 69 83 152
A3   AVIS Utilitas Rapla 67 47 114
B2   University of Tartu 73 76 149
A1   Jūrmala 80 68 148
B1   Pieno žvaigždės 98 76 174
B3   Ogre Kumho Tyre 75 87 162
A2   Šiauliai 78 97 175
A2   Šiauliai 84 64 148 Third place
B1   Pieno žvaigždės 91 68 159
A4   Port of Pärnu 66 84 150 B2   University of Tartu 86 78 164
B1   Pieno žvaigždės 96 78 174 A2   Šiauliai 88 70 158

Finals edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jūrmala   148–174   Pieno žvaigždės 80–98 68–76
Game 1
28 March 2018
19:00
Jūrmala   80–98   Pieno žvaigždės
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 24–23, 17–31, 18–24
Pts: Edgars Jeromanovs 24
Rebs: Andrejs Šeļakovs 9
Asts: Edgars Jeromanovs 6		 Pts: Trévon Hughes 22
Rebs: Hughes, Manigat 5 each
Asts: Jahenns Manigat 8
Jūrmala State Gymnasium
Attendance: 700
Referees: Rain Peerandi (EST), Oskars Lucis (LAT), Arturas Sukys (LTU)
Game 2
5 April 2018
18:00
Pieno žvaigždės   76–68   Jūrmala
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 18–24, 22–12, 11–14
Pts: Artūrs Ausējs 19
Rebs: Jahenns Manigat 7
Asts: Jahenns Manigat 7		 Pts: Ervīns Jonāts 15
Rebs: Denis Krestinin 12
Asts: Denis Krestinin 3
Pasvalys Pieno žvaigždės Arena
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Aare Halliko (EST), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)


Baltic Basketball League 2017–18 Champions
 
Pieno žvaigždės
1st title

Awards edit

MVP of the Month edit

Month Player Team Ref.
November 2017   Steven Cook   University of Tartu [6]
December 2017   Laurynas Birutis   Šiauliai [7]
January 2018   Janar Talts   University of Tartu [8]
February 2018   Ivars Žvīgurs   Jūrmala [9]
March 2018   Laurynas Birutis (2)   Šiauliai [10]

Source: BBL Homepage

Finals MVP edit

Player statistics edit

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points edit

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1   Yauheni Beliankou   Tsmoki-Minsk II 10 184 18.40
2   Jānis Kaufmanis   Valmiera ORDO 12 196 16.33
3   Nolan Cressler   AVIS Utilitas Rapla 12 194 16.17

Assists edit

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1   Donatas Sabeckis   Šiauliai 16 110 6.88
2   Norman Käbin   TTÜ 12 69 5.75
3   Rinalds Sirsniņš   Ogre Kumho Tyre 14 75 5.36

Rebounds edit

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1   Viktors Iļjins   Valmiera ORDO 11 121 11.00
2   Bamba Fall   TLÜ Kalev 14 119 8.50
3   Devonte Upson   AVIS Utilitas Rapla 12 97 8.08

Efficiency edit

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency PIR
1   Laurynas Birutis   Šiauliai 15 302 20.13
2   Bamba Fall   TLÜ Kalev 14 280 20.00
3   Viktors Iļjins   Valmiera ORDO 11 209 19.00

References edit

  1. ^ "NPieno Zvaigzdes crowned as BBL champions". Baltic Basketball League. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ "New BBL season ready for tip-off". Baltic Basketball League. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Prienu Vytautas to Play in 'Big Baller Brand Challenge Games'". Sports Illustrated. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Vytautas forfeits, disqualification looming". Baltic Basketball League. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Competition system". Baltic Basketball League. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Steven Cook lands first Player of the Month award". Baltic Basketball League. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Birutis claims player of the month honors". Baltic Basketball League. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Janar Talts claims January's Player of the Month honors". Baltic Basketball League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Ivars Zvigurs lights up February for Player of the Month award". Baltic Basketball League. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Birutis rakes in March MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Finals MVP Manigat: "You're only as good as your fans"". Baltic Basketball League. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

External links edit

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