2012–13 Baltic Basketball League

2012–13 Baltic Basketball League
Season2012–13
DurationOctober 1, 2012 – April 6, 2013
Games played174
Teams23
TV partner(s)Viasat Sport Baltic
Regular season
Season MVPLithuania Gediminas Orelik
Finals
ChampionsLatvia Ventspils (1st title)
  Runners-upLithuania Prienai
Third placeEstonia Kalev/Cramo
Fourth placeLatvia Barons kvartāls
Finals MVPLatvia Jānis Timma
Statistical leaders
Points Latvia Māris Gulbis 18.73
Rebounds United States Tyler Cain 11.25
Assists Lithuania Augustas Pečiukevičius 5.71
All statistics correct as of September 17, 2014.

The 2012–13 Baltic Basketball League was the 9th season of the Baltic Basketball League.

The Challenge Cup tournament was discontinued and the new format featured 23 teams – 9 from Lithuania, 8 from Estonia, 5 from Latvia and 1 from Kazakhstan. For the Regular season the teams were divided into three groups of six and one group of five.[1] Top four teams of each group advanced to Last 16 where they were divided into four groups. Two best teams of each group advanced to the play-offs. All play-off games were played in home-and-away series.[2]

Ventspils became the first ever Latvian team to win the tournament by beating Lithuanian side Prienai 161–142 on aggregate score in the finals.[3] Kalev/Cramo from Estonia won their first Baltic League medal by downing Latvian side Barons kvartāls 144–137 in the bronze medal playoffs.

Teams

Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Last 16 Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships)
Lithuania Lithuania (LKL) 9 Prienai (3) Šiauliai (4) Pieno žvaigždės (5) Nevėžis (7) LSU/Baltai (8) Juventus (9) Sakalai (10) Lietkabelis (11) Palanga/Triobet (12)
Estonia Estonia (KML) 8 Kalev/Cramo (1) Tartu Ülikool/Rock (2) Rakvere Tarvas (3) TYCO Rapla (4) TTÜ KK (5) Tallinna Kalev (6) KK Pärnu (7) Valga/Maks & Moorits (8)
Latvia Latvia (LBL) 5 Ventspils (2) Liepāja/Triobet (3) Valmiera (5) Jelgava (6) Barons kvartāls (LBL2 1)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (D1) 1 Barsy Atyrau (2)

Regular season

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Location of teams of the Regular season in 2012–13 Baltic Basketball League.
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Location of teams of the Regular season in 2012–13 Baltic Basketball League.

The Regular season ran from October 1, 2012 to December 18, 2012.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular season.
  4. Points scored during the Regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular season match.
Key to colors
     Top four places in each group advance to Last 16
     Eliminated

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Latvia Ventspils 10 10 0 811 595 +216 20
2. Lithuania Šiauliai 10 8 2 881 660 +221 18
3. Lithuania Palanga/Triobet 10 5 5 673 790 –117 15
4. Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 10 4 6 763 795 –32 14
5. Estonia TTÜ KK 10 2 8 665 773 –108 12
6. Estonia TYCO Rapla 10 1 9 692 872 –180 11

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock 10 9 1 919 696 +223 19
2. Lithuania Lietkabelis 10 8 2 811 727 +84 18
3. Lithuania Juventus 10 5 5 845 830 +15 15
4. Latvia Jelgava 10 4 6 791 864 –73 14
5. Latvia Liepāja/Triobet 10 2 8 695 790 –95 12 1–1 (+27)
6. Estonia Valga/Maks & Moorits 10 2 8 666 820 –154 12 1–1 (–27)

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Lithuania Prienai 10 10 0 915 672 +243 20
2. Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 10 5 5 792 819 –27 15 3–1
3. Latvia Barons kvartāls 10 5 5 759 814 –55 15 2–2
4. Lithuania Sakalai 10 5 5 779 764 +15 15 1–3
5. Lithuania Nevėžis 10 4 6 768 732 +36 14
6. Estonia Tallinna Kalev 10 1 9 664 876 –212 11

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 8 8 0 693 551 +142 16
2. Estonia Kalev/Cramo 8 6 2 616 556 +60 14
3. Latvia Valmiera 8 3 5 595 636 –41 11
4. Estonia KK Pärnu 8 2 6 573 630 –57 10
5. Lithuania LSU/Baltai 8 1 7 542 646 –104 9

Last 16

The Last 16 phase ran from January 8, 2013 to February 26, 2013.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Last 16 phase, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Last 16 phase.
  4. Points scored during the Last 16 phase.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 16 phase match.
Key to colors
     Top two teams in each group advance to quarterfinals.
     Eliminated

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Latvia Ventspils 6 5 1 480 386 +94 11 1–1 (+20)
2. Latvia Barons kvartāls 6 5 1 443 436 +7 11 1–1 (–20)
3. Estonia KK Pärnu 6 1 5 474 506 –32 7 1–1 (+21)
4. Lithuania Lietkabelis 6 1 5 443 512 –69 7 1–1 (–21)

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock 6 4 2 485 410 +75 10 1–1 (0) [a]
2. Lithuania Šiauliai 6 4 2 500 469 +31 10 1–1 (0) [a]
3. Latvia Valmiera 6 3 3 416 419 –3 9
4. Lithuania Sakalai 6 1 5 380 483 –103 7
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record and head-to-head point differential were equal, therefore overall point differential in Last 16 phase was used to determine the group winner

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Lithuania Prienai 6 5 1 535 443 +92 11 1–1 (+9)
2. Estonia Kalev/Cramo 6 5 1 495 421 +74 11 1–1 (–9)
3. Latvia Jelgava 6 2 4 508 588 –80 8
4. Lithuania Palanga/Triobet 6 0 6 477 563 –86 6

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 6 4 2 509 451 +58 10 2–2 (+7)
2. Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 6 4 2 533 489 +44 10 2–2 (+4)
3. Lithuania Juventus 6 4 2 547 505 +42 10 2–2 (–11)
4. Kazakhstan Barsy Atyrau 6 0 6 432 576 –144 6

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.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 5, 2013 – March 12, 2013 		Semifinals
March 18, 2013 - March 22, 2013 		Finals
April 2, 2013 – April 6, 2013
               
E1 Latvia Ventspils 78 87 165
F2 Lithuania Šiauliai 81 80 161
E1 Latvia Ventspils 61 78 139
G2 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 64 65 129
G2 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 71 79 150
H1 Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės 54 82 136
E1 Latvia Ventspils 91 70 161
G1 Lithuania Prienai 69 73 142
E2 Latvia Barons kvartāls 63 89 152
F1 Estonia Tartu Ülikool/Rock 49 100 149
E2 Latvia Barons kvartāls 73 80 153 Third place
G1 Lithuania Prienai 76 110 186
G1 Lithuania Prienai 108 110 218 E2 Latvia Barons kvartāls 79 58 137
H2 Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 72 89 161 G2 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 71 73 144

Finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ventspils Latvia 161–142 Lithuania Prienai 91–69 70–73
Game 1
2 April 2013
Prienai Lithuania 69–91 Latvia Ventspils
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 20–29, 17–15, 15–24
Pts: Orelik 15
Rebs: Urbutis 4
Asts: Kadžiulis 4		 Pts: Campbell 23
Rebs: Campbell 8
Asts: Campbell 5
Game 2
6 April 2013
Ventspils Latvia 70–73 Lithuania Prienai
Pts: Timma 15
Rebs: Sims 5
Asts: Campbell 5		 Pts: Vene, Kadžiulis 15
Rebs: Valeika 9
Asts: Three players, 3


Baltic Basketball League 2013 Champions
Latvia
Ventspils
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

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency EFF
1. Estonia Rain Raadik Estonia KK Pärnu 14 307 21.93
2. Lithuania Gediminas Orelik Lithuania Prienai 16 333 20.81
3. United States Tyler Cain Latvia Barons kvartāls 8 165 20.63
4. United States Emmanuel Okoye Estonia Tallinna Kalev 10 206 20.60
5. Latvia Jānis Bērziņš Latvia Valmiera 14 280 20.00

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Latvia Māris Gulbis Latvia Barons kvartāls 15 281 18.73
2. Estonia Reimo Tamm Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 16 279 17.44
3. Estonia Rain Raadik Estonia KK Pärnu 14 244 17.43
4. United States Emmanuel Okoye Estonia Tallinna Kalev 10 174 17.40
5. Lithuania Gediminas Orelik Lithuania Prienai 16 276 17.25

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. United States Tyler Cain Latvia Barons kvartāls 8 90 11.25
2. Estonia Rain Raadik Estonia KK Pärnu 14 151 10.79
3. United States Emmanuel Okoye Estonia Tallinna Kalev 10 100 10.00
4. United States Virgin Islands Frank Elegar Estonia Kalev/Cramo 10 98 9.80
5. Latvia Jānis Bērziņš Latvia Valmiera 14 110 7.86

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Lithuania Augustas Pečiukevičius Estonia KK Pärnu 14 80 5.71
2. Lithuania Žygimantas Janavičius Lithuania Prienai 9 51 5.67
3. United States Marc Campbell Estonia Tallinna Kalev 10 50 5.00
4. Lithuania Mindaugas Stasys Lithuania LSU/Baltai 7 32 4.57
5. Lithuania Jokūbas Gintvainis Lithuania Sakalai 16 72 4.50

Awards

BBL 2012–13 Season MVP

BBL 2013 Finals MVP

Top Scorer

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2012 United States Darrick Leonard Lithuania Juventus [1]
November 2012 Estonia Reimo Tamm Estonia Rakvere Tarvas [2]
December 2012 Latvia Māris Gulbis Latvia Barons kvartāls [3]
January 2013 Latvia Jānis Bērziņš Latvia Valmiera [4]
February 2013 United States Brandis Raley-Ross Estonia Rakvere Tarvas [5]

Last updated: March 5, 2013.
Source: BBL Homepage

References

  1. ^ "The grouping of BBL Regular season 2012/2013". BBL Homepage (2012-09-19). Retrieved on 2013-02-28
  2. ^ "Competition system Archived 2013-02-12 at the Wayback Machine". BBL Homepage. Retrieved on 2013-02-28
  3. ^ "Ventspils lift BBL trophy Archived 2013-09-16 at the Wayback Machine". BBL Homepage (2012-04-06). Retrieved on 2013-04-06
  4. ^ a b "BBL 2012/13 Awards". BBL Homepage (2013-03-03). Retrieved on 2013-03-05
  5. ^ "Timma: "The MVP award made the victory even sweeter" Archived 2013-09-16 at the Wayback Machine". BBL Homepage (2012-04-21). Retrieved on 2013-05-02