2013–14 Dutch Basketball League

Dutch Basketball League
Champions	GasTerra Flames 4th title
Runners-up	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Semifinalists	Port of Den Helder Kings Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Teams	10
Games played	36
Duration	5 October 2013 – 1 June 2014
Top seed	GasTerra Flames
Awards
MVP	Arvin Slagter
Finals MVP	Arvin Slagter
Defensive Player	Jason Dourisseau
Rookie of the Year	Joshua Duinker
Coach of the Year	Ivica Skelin
MVP U23	Leon Williams
Most Improved	Jeroen van der List
Statistical leaders
Points	Darius Theus 16.9
Rebounds	Kenneth van Kempen 8.9
Assists	Emanuel Ubilla 5.6
Records
Highest scoring	Rotterdam 113–105 Aris
Highest attendance	4,350 Multiple GasTerra Flames

The 2013–14 Dutch Basketball League season was the 54th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The defending champion is Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden. GasTerra Flames from Groningen won their 4th title by beating SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 4–3 in the Finals.

Teams

All teams from the 2012-13 season returned. The club EiffelTowers Den Bosch changed its name to SPM Shoeters Den Bosch after their new sponsor SPM Shoes & Boots and Stepco BSW became Maxxcom BSW. During the season Rotterdam Basketbal College changed its name in Challenge Sports Rotterdam after Challenge Sports became their new main sponsor.

Colors Club City Arena Capacity DBL season 2012–13           BC Apollo Amsterdam Apollohal 1,500 2 9th           Den Helder Kings[upper-alpha 1] Den Helder Sporthal Sportcenter 1,500 26 6th           SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Maaspoort 2,800 42 1st           GasTerra Flames Groningen Martiniplaza 4,300 42 3rd           Challenge Sports Rotterdam[upper-alpha 2] Rotterdam Topsportcentrum 1,000 24 10th           Aris Leeuwarden Leeuwarden Sporthal Kalverdijkje 1,700 10 4th           Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden Leiden Vijf Meihal 2,000 27 2nd           Maxxcom BSW Weert Sporthal Boshoven 32 8th           Matrixx Magixx Wijchen Sporthal de Arcus 700 14 7th           Landstede Basketbal Zwolle Landstede Sportcentrum 1,200 27 5th

Key to colors      Champion      Runner-up      Semifinalist      Quarterfinalist

Squads

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation	Tie
1	GasTerra Flames	36	32	4	2759	2141	+618	Playoffs
2	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	36	29	7	2865	2382	+483
3	Den Helder Kings	36	24	12	2832	2608	+224
4	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	36	22	14	2732	2512	+220		03–10
5	Landstede Basketbal	36	22	14	2807	2559	+248
6	Matrixx Magixx	36	20	16	2788	2542	+246
7	Aris Leeuwarden	36	13	23	2759	2996	−237
8	BC Apollo	36	7	29	2144	2702	−558		3–1
9	Challenge Sports Rotterdam	36	7	29	2323	2850	−527	–
10	Maxxcom BSW	36	4	32	2188	2905	−717

Positions by round

Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
BC Apollo	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8
Aris Leeuwarden	2	6	4	4	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Den Helder Kings	4	3	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
GasTerra Flames	6	8	3	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	1	2	1	2	3	2	4	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	5	4	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4
Challenge Sports Rotterdam	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Matrixx Magixx	8	5	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Maxxcom BSW	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Landstede Basketbal	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

Key to colors

	Homecourt advantage with 1st place
	Homecourt advantage with 2nd place
	Homecourt advantage with 3rd place
	Homecourt advantage with 4th place
	Qualified for Playoffs

Results

Team	AMS	DBO	DHE	GRO	LEE	LEI	ROT	WEE	WIJ	ZWO
AMS		59–74 43–67	75–82 56–63	54–71 43–71	59–72 67–79	50–60 58–87	77–56 60–58	67–58 84–71	60–78 43–73	60–74 67–88
DBO	94–49 69–50		65–66 99–76	51–75 64–77	90–73 104–75	78–67 80–68	85–63 89–67	74–59 96–64	86–69 76–66	80–72 81–65
DHE	91–69 80–59	85–74 76–99		65–75 68–86	80–70 85–52	77–69 75–65	87–51 77–58	82–70 94–55	65–73 95–62	84–87 90–81
GRO	81–45 78–47	52–68 85–69	79–70 78–67		91– 57 81–75	70–61 90–57	78–41 79–50	81–44 97–46	85–79 71–69	83–62 80–78
LEE	80–70 68–84	70–79 72–82	94–77 66–87	77–75 64–81		78–94 83–71	97–98 85–64	88–67 80–70	70–83 90–96	60–86 88–78
LEI	76–64 77–49	69–78 83–86	72–68 82–52	69–63 63–75	84–66 80–68		80–73 88–65	66–59 81–51	65–74 87–73	76–73 79–75
ROT	61–58 64–74	52–74 55–83	76–82 62–78	59–65 57–80	113–105 96–95	75–84 51–84		78–57 71–76	67–65 46–79	70–95 58–69
WEE	59–60 62–60	54–90 47–93	74–85 78–84	49–72 38–79	90–91 81–82	53–104 72–91	59–65 59–53		60–90 60–79	56–85 59–57
WIJ	99–53 87–58	76–64 66–83	78–91 79–84	60–63 50–72	104–71 76–78	75–73 85–84	89–65 91–55	99–67 76–48		68–75 85–69
ZWO	94–43 99–70	77–75 65–78	70–88 82–80	72–66 55–72	82–75 90–65	72–59 75–78	71–64 99–65	82–52 89–66	89–68 75–71

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	GasTerra Flames	2
	8	BC Apollo	0
						1	GasTerra Flames	3
						4	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	2
	4	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	2
	5	Landstede Basketbal	1
											1	GasTerra Flames	4
											2	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	3
	2	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	2
	7	Aris Leeuwarden	0
						2	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	3
						3	Port of Den Helder Kings	0
	3	Port of Den Helder Kings	2
	6	Matrixx Magixx	0

All-Star Gala

See 2014 DBL All-Star Gala

Awards

Four new awards were handed out this season, in the Playoffs MVP, Sixth Man of the Year award and the All-Defense and All-Rookie Teams.^[2]

• Most Valuable Player: Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames)
• Playoffs MVP: Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames)
• MVP Under 23: Leon Williams (Landstede Basketbal)
• Statistical Player of the Year: Darius Theus (Aris Leeuwarden)
• Coach of the Year: Ivica Skelin (GasTerra Flames)
• Rookie of the Year: Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)
• Most Improved Player: Jeroen van der List (Den Helder Kings)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Jason Dourisseau (GasTerra Flames)
• Sixth Man of the Year: Ali Farokhmanesh (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch)

All-Star Team: Cashmere Wright (GasTerra Flames) Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames) Patrick Richard (Matrixx Magixx) Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden) Tai Wesley (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch)

All-Defense Team: Darius Theus (Aris Leeuwarden) Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames) Jason Dourisseau (GasTerra Flames) Stefan Wessels (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch) Ross Bekkering (GasTerra Flames)

All-Rookie Team Yannick Franke (Challenge Sports Rotterdam) Tom Snikkers (Aris Leeuwarden) Roman Grigoryev (Maxxcom BSW) Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden) Lucas Steijn (BC Apollo)

Statistical leaders

Only players who played more than 29 games qualified. For the two point percentage ranking, a player had to take at least 5 shots per game, for the three point and free throw ranking 3 shots per game.

Points Pos. Player Club PPG 1 Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden 16.9 2 Joshua Duinker Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 16.1 3 Patrick Richard Matrixx Magixx 15.1 4 Tai Wesley SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 14.8 5 Cashmere Wright GasTerra Flames 13.9

Rebounds Pos. Player Club RPG 1 Kenneth van Kempen Maxxcom BSW 8.9 2 Stephen Lumpkins Aris Leeuwarden 8.2 3 Robbie Sihota Matrixx Magixx 8.1 4 Joshua Duinker Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 7.9 5 Stefan Wessels SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 7.0

Assists Pos. Player Club APG 1 Emanuel Ubilla Den Helder Kings 5.6 2 Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden 5.4 3 Whit Holcomb-Faye Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 4.9 4 Arvin Slagter GasTerra Flames 4.4 5 Jeremy Ormskerk Maxxcom BSW 3.9

Steals Pos. Player Club SPG 1 Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden 3.1 2 J.T. Tiller Landstede Basketbal 2.1 3 Kenneth van Kempen Maxxcom BSW 2.1 4 Worthy de Jong Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 2.1 5 Tai Wesley SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 1.9

Blocks Pos. Speler Club BPW 1 Berend Weijs BC Apollo 2.0 2 Stephen Lumpkins Aris Leeuwarden 1.4 3 Jeroen van der List Den Helder Kings 1.1 4 Marcel Aarts SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 1.0 5 Tai Wesley SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 0.8

Minutes Pos. Player Club MPG 1 Jeremy Ormskerk Maxxcom BSW 36.1 2 Kenneth van Kempen Maxxcom BSW 34.3 3 Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden 34.1 4 Holden Greiner Landstede Basketbal 31.8 5 Aron Royé BC Apollo 30.9

Field goal percentage Pos. Player Club FG% 1 Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden .637 2 Ross Bekkering GasTerra Flames .622 3 Stefan Wessels SPM Shoeters Den Bosch .602 4 Nick Oudendag Matrixx Magixx .595 5 Joshua Duinker Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden .593

Three point percentage Pos. Player Club 3P% 1 Arvin Slagter GasTerra Flames .500 2 Thijs Vermeulen Matrixx Magixx .447 3 Kees Akerboom jr. SPM Shoeters Den Bosch .440 4 Raymond Cowels Den Helder Kings .438 5 Emanuel Ubilla Den Helder Kings .421

Free throw percentage Pos. Player Club FT% 1 Rogier Jansen Den Helder Kings .892 2 Emanuel Ubilla Den Helder Kings .873 3 Sean Cunningham Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden .811 4 Patrick Richard Matrixx Magixx .791 5 Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden .761

Notes

1. Den Helder played the Playoffs with Port of Den Helder Kings as their official name.^[1]
2. Started the season as Rotterdam Basketbal College.

References

1. "Basketballers verder als Port of Den Helder Kings". Denhelderactueel.nl. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
2. "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.