2012–13 Baltic Basketball League

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

2012–13 Baltic Basketball League
Season2012–13
Teams23
Games played174
DatesOctober 1, 2012 – April 6, 2013
TVViasat Sport Baltic
Final positions
Champions Ventspils (1st title)
Runners-up Prienai
Third place Kalev/Cramo
Fourth place Barons kvartāls
Awards
MVP Gediminas Orelik
Finals MVP Jānis Timma
Statistical leaders
Points Māris Gulbis 18.73
Rebounds Tyler Cain 11.25
Assists Augustas Pečiukevičius 5.71
All statistics correct as of September 17, 2014.

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
ChampionRunner-upThird placeFourth placeQuarterfinalistLast 16Regular season
Country (League)TeamsTeams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships)
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 (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 (LBL) 5 Ventspils (2) Liepāja/Triobet (3) Valmiera (5) Jelgava (6) Barons kvartāls (LBL2 1)
Kazakhstan (D1) 1 Barsy Atyrau (2)

Regular season

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. Ventspils 10100811595+21620
2. Šiauliai 1082881660+22118
3. Palanga/Triobet 1055673790–11715
4. Barsy Atyrau 1046763795–3214
5. TTÜ KK 1028665773–10812
6. TYCO Rapla 1019692872–18011

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Tartu Ülikool/Rock 1091919696+22319
2. Lietkabelis 1082811727+8418
3. Juventus 1055845830+1515
4. Jelgava 1046791864–7314
5. Liepāja/Triobet 1028695790–95121–1 (+27)
6. Valga/Maks & Moorits 1028666820–154121–1 (–27)

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Prienai 10100915672+24320
2. Rakvere Tarvas 1055792819–27153–1
3. Barons kvartāls 1055759814–55152–2
4. Sakalai 1055779764+15151–3
5. Nevėžis 1046768732+3614
6. Tallinna Kalev 1019664876–21211

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Pieno žvaigždės 880693551+14216
2. Kalev/Cramo 862616556+6014
3. Valmiera 835595636–4111
4. KK Pärnu 826573630–5710
5. LSU/Baltai 817542646–1049

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. Ventspils 651480386+94111–1 (+20)
2. Barons kvartāls 651443436+7111–1 (–20)
3. KK Pärnu 615474506–3271–1 (+21)
4. Lietkabelis 615443512–6971–1 (–21)

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Tartu Ülikool/Rock 642485410+75101–1 (0) [lower-alpha 1]
2. Šiauliai 642500469+31101–1 (0) [lower-alpha 1]
3. Valmiera 633416419–39
4. Sakalai 615380483–1037
  1. 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. Prienai 651535443+92111–1 (+9)
2. Kalev/Cramo 651495421+74111–1 (–9)
3. Jelgava 624508588–808
4. Palanga/Triobet 606477563–866

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts Tie-break
1. Pieno žvaigždės 642509451+58102–2 (+7)
2. Rakvere Tarvas 642533489+44102–2 (+4)
3. Juventus 642547505+42102–2 (–11)
4. Barsy Atyrau 606432576–1446

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 Ventspils 78 87 165  
F2 Šiauliai 81 80 161  
  E1 Ventspils 61 78 139  
  G2 Kalev/Cramo 64 65 129  
G2 Kalev/Cramo 71 79 150
H1 Pieno žvaigždės 54 82 136  
  E1 Ventspils 91 70 161
  G1 Prienai 69 73 142
E2 Barons kvartāls 63 89 152  
F1 Tartu Ülikool/Rock 49 100 149  
  E2 Barons kvartāls 73 80 153 Third place
  G1 Prienai 76 110 186  
G1 Prienai 108 110 218 E2 Barons kvartāls 79 58 137
H2 Rakvere Tarvas 72 89 161   G2 Kalev/Cramo 71 73 144

Finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ventspils 161–142 Prienai91–6970–73
Game 1
2 April 2013
Prienai 6991 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 7073 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

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. Rain Raadik KK Pärnu1430721.93
2. Gediminas Orelik Prienai1633320.81
3. Tyler Cain Barons kvartāls816520.63
4. Emmanuel Okoye Tallinna Kalev1020620.60
5. Jānis Bērziņš Valmiera1428020.00

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Māris Gulbis Barons kvartāls1528118.73
2. Reimo Tamm Rakvere Tarvas1627917.44
3. Rain Raadik KK Pärnu1424417.43
4. Emmanuel Okoye Tallinna Kalev1017417.40
5. Gediminas Orelik Prienai1627617.25

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Tyler Cain Barons kvartāls89011.25
2. Rain Raadik KK Pärnu1415110.79
3. Emmanuel Okoye Tallinna Kalev1010010.00
4. Frank Elegar Kalev/Cramo10989.80
5. Jānis Bērziņš Valmiera141107.86

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Augustas Pečiukevičius KK Pärnu14805.71
2. Žygimantas Janavičius Prienai9515.67
3. Marc Campbell Tallinna Kalev10505.00
4. Mindaugas Stasys LSU/Baltai7324.57
5. Jokūbas Gintvainis Sakalai16724.50

Awards

BBL 2012–13 Season MVP

BBL 2013 Finals MVP

Top Scorer

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2012 Darrick Leonard Juventus
November 2012 Reimo Tamm Rakvere Tarvas
December 2012 Māris Gulbis Barons kvartāls
January 2013 Jānis Bērziņš Valmiera
February 2013 Brandis Raley-Ross Rakvere Tarvas

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. "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
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