2014–15 KML season

Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga1
Champions TÜ/Rock
26th title
Runners-up Kalev/Cramo
Third place TYCO Rapla
Fourth place Rakvere Tarvas
Teams 9
Games played 108 (Regular season)
31 (Playoffs)
Duration 4 October 2014 – 22 May 2015
Top seed TÜ/Rock
TV TV6, Delfi TV
Awards
MVP Estonia Janar Talts
Finals MVP Estonia Tanel Kurbas
Best Defender Estonia Janar Talts
Best Young Player Estonia Siim-Markus Post
Coach of the Year Estonia Gert Kullamäe
Statistical leaders
Points

United States Brandis Raley-Ross

22.11

Rebounds

Latvia Jurijs Aleksejevs

10.63

Assists

United States Scott Machado

4.50

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.

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]

Teams

Locations of the 2014–15 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams
Team Location Arena Capacity Head coach
Kalev/Cramo Tallinn Saku Arena 7,500 Estonia Alar Varrak
TÜ/Rock Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall 4,000 Estonia Gert Kullamäe
Rakvere Tarvas Rakvere Rakvere Sports Hall 3,000 Estonia Andres Sõber
TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn Kalev Sports Hall 6,950 Estonia Kalle Klandorf
TTÜ Tallinn TTÜ Sports Hall 2,000 Estonia Heino Lill
Pärnu Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall 2,000 Estonia Mait Käbin
TYCO Rapla Rapla Sadolin Sports Hall 5,000 Estonia Aivar Kuusmaa
Valga/Maks & Moorits Valga Valga Sports Hall 2,000 Latvia Varis Krūmiņš
Audentes/Noortekoondis Tallinn Audentes Sports Center Estonia Indrek Visnapuu

Coaching changes

Pre-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
Valga/Maks & Moorits Latvia Sandis Buškevics Latvia Varis Krūmiņš
TTÜ Estonia Tiit Sokk[4] Estonia Heino Lill
Pärnu Serbia Darko Ivanović Estonia Mait Käbin

Regular season

During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:[5]

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.

League table

Pos Team GP W L Pts PCT Qualification
1TÜ/Rock 32 26 6 58 .813 Qualification to Playoffs
2Kalev/Cramo 32 26 6 58 .813
3TYCO Rapla 32 21 11 53 .656
4Rakvere Tarvas 32 20 12 52 .625
5Pärnu 32 15 17 47 .469
6Valga/Maks & Moorits 3215 17 47 .469
7TTÜ 32 12 20 44 .375
8TLÜ/Kalev 32 7 25 39 .219
9Audentes 32 2 30 34 .063

Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2015. Source: KML (2014/2015)

First half of the season

Home \ AwayKALROCTARTLÜTTÜPÄRRAPVALAUD
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 \ AwayKALROCTARTLÜTTÜPÄRRAPVALAUD
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

Playoffs

Main article: 2015 KML Playoffs

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

Individual statistics

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

Points

Rank Player Team Games Points PPG
1United States Brandis Raley-Ross Rakvere Tarvas 37 818 22.11
2Latvia Jurijs Aleksejevs Valga/Maks & Moorits 30 535 17.83
3Latvia Reinis Strupovičs Valga/Maks & Moorits 30 523 17.43
4Croatia Domagoj Bubalo TYCO Rapla 25 401 16.04
5United States Keith Benson Kalev/Cramo 14 224 16.00

Rebounds

Rank Player Team Games Rebounds RPG
1Latvia Jurijs Aleksejevs Valga/Maks & Moorits 30 319 10.63
2Estonia Janar Talts TÜ/Rock 32 290 9.06
3Lithuania Robertas Grabauskas TLÜ/Kalev 31 269 8.68
4Estonia Jaan Puidet TTÜ 27 223 8.26
5United States David Haughton Rakvere Tarvas35 279 7.97

Assists

Rank Player Team Games Assists APG
1United States Scott Machado Kalev/Cramo 20 90 4.50
2Latvia Sandis Silavs Pärnu 31 136 4.39
3Estonia Rait-Riivo Laane TYCO Rapla 36 155 4.31
4Estonia Jaan Puidet TTÜ 27 116 4.30
5Lithuania Augustas Pečiukevičius TÜ/Rock26 1084.15

Awards

MVP

Finals MVP

Best Defender

Best Young Player

Coach of the Year

All-KML team

Pos Player Team
PGUnited States Scott MachadoKalev/Cramo
SGUnited States Brandis Raley-RossRakvere Tarvas
SFEstonia Gregor ArbetKalev/Cramo
PFEstonia Janar TaltsTÜ/Rock
CCroatia Domagoj BubaloTYCO Rapla

Player of the Month

Month Player Team
OctoberLatvia Kristers Zeidaks TYCO Rapla
November[7]United States Brandis Raley-Ross Rakvere Tarvas
December[8]Latvia Jurijs Aleksejevs Valga/Maks & Moorits
January[9]Estonia Janar Talts TÜ/Rock
February[10]Croatia Domagoj Bubalo TYCO Rapla
March[11]United States Brandis Raley-Ross Rakvere Tarvas

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Täna algab Alexela KML" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  2. ↑ "Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliigas järgmisel hooajal 9 klubi" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  3. ↑ "Eesti meister 2015 on TÜ/ROCK!" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 22 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "TTÜ loobus koondise peatreeneri Tiit Soku teenetest" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht.
  5. ↑ "Korvpalli Meistriliiga võistlusjuhend hooajaks 2014/2015" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  6. 1 2 3 "Korvpallihooaeg sai ametlikult läbi!" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 28 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Alexela KML novembri parim on Brandis Raley Ross" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
  8. ↑ "Alexela KML detsembri parim on Jurijs Aleksejevs" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
  9. ↑ "Alexela KML jaanuari parim on Janar Talts" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
  10. ↑ "Alexela KML veebruari parim on Domagoj Bubalo" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
  11. ↑ "Alexela KML märtsi parim on Brandis Raley Ross" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.

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