2013–14 NBB season

NBB 2013–14
League	Novo Basquete Brasil
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 2013–May 2014
Number of teams	17
TV partner(s)	SporTV Rede Globo
NBB season
Champions	Flamengo
Season MVP	David Jackson (Limeira)

The 2013–14 NBB season was the sixth season of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league.[1] This tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). The NBB serves as a qualifying competition for international tournaments such as Liga Sudamericana and FIBA Americas League.[2]

Seventeen teams playing each other in the regular season. At the end of the home and away matches round the top four teams qualified for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically, while the teams finishing in the 5th and 12th place participated in the first round of the playoffs to determine the other four teams in the quarterfinals, best of five matches, advances to the next phase who win three games.[3]

For this season, the last two regular season placed was relegated to the newly created Liga Ouro, the NBB second division. The Liga Ouro winner receive the right to contest NBB in the next year.[2][4]

Participating teams

New teams in the league

Macaé Basquete (Promotion Tournament runners-up)
Universo/Goiânia (approved by the LNB)

Teams that left the league

Cia do Terno/Romaço/Joinville (withdrew due to financial troubles)
Tijuca/Rio de Janeiro (Promotion Tournament winner, withdrew due to financial troubles)
Suzano/Cesumar/Campestre (withdrew due to financial troubles)

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	Season
Sky/Basquete Cearense	Fortaleza	Ginásio da UNIFOR Ginásio Paulo Sarasate	2,200 9,000	Alberto Bial	2nd
Paschoalotto/Bauru	Bauru	Ginásio Panela de Pressão	3,000	Guerrinha	6th
UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília	Brasília	Ginásio da ASCEB Ginásio Nilson Nelson	3,050 16,000	Sergio Hernández	6th
Espírito Santo Basquetebol¹	Vila Velha	Ginásio Municipal João Goulart	3,500	Ênio Vecchi	6th
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio Hélio Maurício HSBC Arena	800 15,430	José Alves Neto	6th
Vivo/Franca	Franca	Ginásio Pedrocão	6,000	Lula Ferreira	6th
Universo/Goiânia	Goiânia	Ginásio Rio Vermelho Arena Goiânia	6,000 15,000	Márcio de Andrade	1st
Liga Sorocabana	Sorocaba	Ginásio Gualberto Moreira	3,000	Rinaldo Rodrigues	3rd
Winner/Kabum/Limeira	Limeira	Ginásio Vô Lucato	1,800	Demétrius Ferracciú	5th
Macaé Basquete	Macaé	Tênis Clube de Macaé Ginásio Maurício Soares Bittencourt	3,000 6,000	Léo Costa	1st
Minas Tênis Clube	Belo Horizonte	Arena Vivo	4,000	Carlos Romano	6th
Mogi das Cruzes/Helbor	Mogi das Cruzes	Ginásio Municipal Professor Hugo Ramos	5,000	Paco García	2nd
Palmeiras/Meltex	São Paulo	Ginásio Palestra Itália	1,500	Hebert Coimbra	2nd
Paulistano/Unimed	São Paulo	Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior	1,500	Gustavo de Conti	6th
Pinheiros/Sky	São Paulo	Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim	854	Cláudio Mortari	6th
São José/Unimed	São José dos Campos	Ginásio Lineu de Moura	2,620	Luiz Zanon	6th
Unitri/Magazine Luiza/Uberlândia	Uberlândia	Arena Multiuso Tancredo Neves	6,000	Brasília	4th

¹Vila Velha was renamed Espírito Santo from this season.[5]

São Paulo

São Paulo teams:
Palmeiras
Paulistano
Pinheiros

Locations of the 2013–14 NBB teams

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Palmeiras	Ênio Vecchi	Moved to technical coordinator	Hebert Coimbra	December 3, 2013[6]
Uberlândia	Hélio Rubens Garcia	Sacked	João Batista	January 7, 2014[7]
Espírito Santo	João Batista	Signed by Uberlândia	Ênio Vecchi	January 10, 2014[8]
São José	Edvar Simões	Sacked	Luiz Zanon	January 21, 2014[9]
Uberlândia	João Batista	Sacked	Brasília	April 1, 2014[10]

Regular season

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo	32	26	6	2712	2433	+279	58	Quarterfinals Playoffs
2	Paulistano	32	23	9	2684	2500	+184	55
3	Brasília	32	21	11	2770	2491	+279	53
4	Limeira	32	21	11	2498	2350	+148	53
5	Pinheiros	32	20	12	2664	2598	+66	52	First Round Playoffs
6	São José	32	19	13	2643	2607	+36	51
7	Uberlândia	32	19	13	2647	2564	+83	51
8	Bauru	32	18	14	2642	2602	+40	50
9	Basquete Cearense	32	15	17	2472	2529	−57	47
10	Franca	32	15	17	2565	2513	+52	47
11	Palmeiras	32	15	17	2551	2583	−32	47
12	Mogi das Cruzes	32	14	18	2591	2527	+64	46
13	Macaé Basquete	32	13	19	2570	2605	−35	45
14	Liga Sorocabana	32	10	22	2429	2696	−267	42
15	Minas	32	10	22	2255	2404	−149	42
16	Goiânia	32	9	23	2471	2643	−172	41	Relegation to Liga Ouro
17	Espírito Santo	32	4	28	2255	2774	−519	36	Relegation to Liga Ouro

Source: LNB – NBB

Results

	BCE	BAU	BRA	ESB	FLA	FRA	GOI	LSB	LIM	MAC	MIN	MOG	PAL	PAU	PIN	SJO	UBE
Basquete Cearense		84–80	88–77	78–60	81–88	80–65	102–85	92–87	73–64	78–75	60–71	71–69	70–69	54–77	94–97	74–64	86–96
Bauru	83–77		93–85	79–74	94–96	87–72	85–78	110–93	71–90	90–86	76–69	91–79	74–78	77–90	91–97	78–76	74–76
Brasília	88–75	82–72		98–73	79–81	87–72	91–82	102–65	82–67	96–71	82–54	78–85	71–77	100–77	84–82	90–91	84–75
Espírito Santo	82–74	85–88	66–110		60–77	61–85	51–65	70–81	84–99	65–89	68–67	70–73	90–95	84–99	50–97	86–79	70–79
Flamengo	72–69	85–66	84–82	90–73		92–89	83–69	95–72	81–71	79–69	90–59	92–76	84–76	80–58	71–80	59–81	82–77
Franca	73–61	77–76	75–70	106–82	70–80		61–63	80–73	81–82	82–68	84–65	74–78	95–62	83–84	94–74	91–82	92–75
Goiânia	75–63	83–87	72–101	82–83	74–95	83–78		92–90	65–67	66–72	53–62	64–78	81–77	74–76	74–88	100–85	75–94
Liga Sorocabana	92–83	72–85	83–84	75–67	79–98	79–88	96–98		74–76	73–54	79–76	81–79	79–84	60–82	82–76	73–80	74–87
Limeira	99–85	79–86	74–70	83–53	67–88	64–80	91–83	69–71		76–74	74–66	81–67	93–81	87–78	72–79	81–73	69–81
Macaé Basquete	80–74	98–94	78–91	85–67	103–95	95–80	84–79	91–67	62–76		85–69	79–74	101–93	68–80	77–80	82–85	72–65
Minas	79–81	71–77	62–71	73–62	84–66	59–65	75–74	75–77	64–62	67–65		94–93	85–75	75–65	66–75	87–90	83–91
Mogi das Cruzes	96–74	75–74	85–90	94–76	94–90	90–52	82–76	89–61	67–78	86–77	70–60		89–69	66–79	80–88	90–91	71–73
Palmeiras	69–85	87–84	82–94	103–64	71–84	89–84	86–63	69–71	67–85	92–85	63–57	98–91		75–68	90–73	92–74	68–64
Paulistano	94–79	87–66	96–74	96–61	67–98	96–86	95–93	96–70	56–72	110–93	80–66	93–89	76–67		100–81	92–93	90–79
Pinheiros	93–73	73–81	82–110	96–66	74–62	96–87	90–78	95–65	53–91	82–78	90–82	84–82	98–91	91–93		77–95	76–84
São José	54–71	78–88	77–87	88–72	74–94	86–77	82–75	87–72	76–82	96–88	79–72	90–78	92–79	79–73	79–70		83–85
Uberlândia	76–83	70–85	95–81	91–80	95–101	94–87	93–97	87–63	79–77	98–86	82–61	79–76	79–77	80–81	76–77	92–104

Source: NBB Fixtures

NBB All-Star Weekend

This season, the All-Star Weekend was played at Ginásio Paulo Sarasate in Fortaleza, Ceará on February 21–22, 2014.[11] In the first day of the event, it was disputed the "Dunk Tournament", "Three-Point Tournament", "Skills Challenge" and the newly "Shooting Stars Competition".[12] The NBB All-Star Game was played on the following day and NBB Brasil defeated NBB Mundo for the third straight year (126–116).[13]

Playoffs

First Round (Best-of-5)		Quarterfinals (Best-of-5)		Semifinals (Best-of-5)		Final (Single game)


		(1) Flamengo	3
(8) Bauru	3	(8) Bauru	1
(9) Basquete Cearense	0			(1) Flamengo	3
				(12) Mogi das Cruzes	1
		(4) Limeira	2
(5) Pinheiros	1	(12) Mogi das Cruzes	3
(12) Mogi das Cruzes	3					(1) Flamengo	78
						(2) Paulistano	73
		(2) Paulistano	3
(7) Uberlândia	2	(10) Franca	2
(10) Franca	3			(2) Paulistano	3
				(6) São José	2
		(3) Brasília	0
(6) São José	3	(6) São José	3
(11) Palmeiras	2

First Round

(5) Pinheiros vs. (12) Mogi das Cruzes

Game 1

April 9, 2014
19:00 UTC−03:00

Pinheiros 85, Mogi das Cruzes 82
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 25–14, 25–26, 19–23
Pts: Shamell 27 Rebs: Lucas Dias 6 Asts: Smith 7		Pts: Filipin 22 Rebs: Daniel Alemão 9 Asts: Filipin 5

Pinheiros 77, Mogi das Cruzes 90
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 20–19, 20–24, 24–27
Pts: Smith 17 Rebs: Tavernari 8 Asts: Smith 5		Pts: Simões 24 Rebs: Agba 11 Asts: Gustavinho 5

Mogi das Cruzes 85, Pinheiros 81
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 18–23, 20–15, 31–23
Pts: Filipin 15 Rebs: Daniel Alemão 12 Asts: Toledo 5		Pts: Shamell 32 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Smith 10

Mogi das Cruzes 86, Pinheiros 68
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 19–19, 20–15, 25–14
Pts: Simões 18 Rebs: Daniel Alemão 15 Asts: Gustavinho 7		Pts: Rafael Mineiro 21 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Smith 5
Mogi das Cruzes wins series, 3–1

2013–14 NBB season

Participating teams

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

NBB All-Star Weekend

Playoffs

First Round

(5) Pinheiros vs. (12) Mogi das Cruzes

(6) São José vs. (11) Palmeiras

(7) Uberlândia vs. (10) Franca

(8) Bauru vs. (9) Basquete Cearense

Quarterfinals

(1) Flamengo vs. (8) Bauru

(4) Limeira vs. (12) Mogi das Cruzes

(2) Paulistano vs. (10) Franca

(3) Brasília vs. (6) São José

Semifinals

(1) Flamengo vs. (12) Mogi das Cruzes

(2) Paulistano vs. (6) São José

Final

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Awards

NBB All-Team

Individual awards

References

External links