2013–14 KML season

Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga1
Competition details
Season 2013–14
Teams 9
Games played 130 (Regular season)
26 (Playoffs)
Dates 27 September 2013 – 21 May 2014
TV TV6, Delfi TV
Final positions
Champions Kalev/Cramo
7th title
Runners-up TÜ/Rock
Third place Rakvere Tarvas
Fourth place Tallinna Kalev
Awards
MVP Romania Vlad Moldoveanu
Finals MVP Romania Vlad Moldoveanu
Best Defender Estonia Gregor Arbet
Best Young Player Estonia Sander Saare
Coach of the Year Estonia Alar Varrak
Statistical leaders
Points United States Joe Prophet
19.33
Rebounds United States Frank Elegar
8.77
Assists Lithuania Giedrius Gustas
4.59
All statistics correct as of 13 September 2014.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Alexela.

The 2013–14 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 89th season of the Estonian basketball league and the first under the title sponsorship of Alexela. Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2012–13 KML season.

The season started on 27 September 2013 and concluded on 21 May 2014 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 0 in the 2014 KML Finals to win their 7th Estonian League title.[1]

Teams

Locations of the 2013–14 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
TYCO Rapla Rapla Sadolin Sports Hall 5,000 Estonia Aivar Kuusmaa
TTÜ Tallinn TTÜ Sports Hall 2,000 Estonia Tiit Sokk
Valga/Maks & Moorits Valga Valga Sports Hall 2,000 Latvia Sandis Buškevics
Pärnu Pärnu Pärnu Sports Hall 2,000 Serbia Darko Ivanović
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kalev Sports Hall 6,950 Estonia Kalle Klandorf
HITO Jõhvi Jõhvi Sports Hall 500 Estonia Priit Sternhof

Coaching changes

Pre-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
Pärnu Estonia Priit Vene Serbia Darko Ivanović
In-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
TYCO Rapla Estonia Indrek Ruut Estonia Aivar Kuusmaa

Regular season

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

  • Kalev/Cramo will play 1 round at home against teams other than TÜ/Rock (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
  • TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.

League table

PosTeamGPWLPtsPCTQualification
1TÜ/Rock3230262.938 Qualification to Playoffs
2Kalev/Cramo3229361.906
3Rakvere Tarvas3223955.719
4TTÜ32161648.500
5Tallinna Kalev32141846.438
6Pärnu32141846.438
7TYCO Rapla32102242.313
8Valga/Maks & Moorits3262638.188
9HITO3223034.063

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2014. Source: KML (2013/2014)

First half of the season

Home \ AwayKALROCTARRAPTTÜVALPÄRTALHIT
Kalev/Cramo 68–75 86–60 81–50 78–63 79–62 91–51 92–68 87–67
TÜ/Rock 75–78 77–58 77–62 101–66 101–56 78–50 60–40 118–90
Rakvere Tarvas 83–73 67–90 81–61 88–76 79–64 97–54 81–59 122–65
TYCO Rapla 61–87 60–71 59–86 68–74 96–61 86–75 73–75 80–67
TTÜ 78–85 40–66 65–90 76–50 67–61 65–59 75–67 83–58
Valga/Maks & Moorits 55–75 60–87 68–84 58–56 63–70 54–69 81–86 85–64
Pärnu 51–68 68–105 63–74 78–72 66–78 64–59 63–58 97–56
Tallinna Kalev 70–79 65–85 64–109 73–69 65–55 50–54 64–55 96–62
HITO 69–86 68–107 102–118 61–83 75–98 55–70 78–82 58–80

Second half of the season

Home \ AwayKALROCTARRAPTTÜVALPÄRTALHIT
Kalev/Cramo 87–77
TÜ/Rock 86–81
Rakvere Tarvas 79–85 76–96 80–68 81–71 78–70 91–55 101–66 110–79
TYCO Rapla 59–82 69–78 67–66 79–64 79–72 66–74 82–63 107–83
TTÜ 61–80 57–80 56–63 73–64 66–56 58–59 59–58 91–60
Valga/Maks & Moorits 56–83 64–82 60–87 63–68 77–74 57–71 54–71 86–58
Pärnu 46–86 53–73 56–75 74–47 57–85 76–69 78–75 88–63
Tallinna Kalev 53–88 72–84 97–64 75–68 57–63 86–64 70–69 84–54
HITO 65–111 80–105 67–100 79–71 69–73 77–64 73–88 87–97

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 16 April and ended on 21 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 0 in the 2014 KML Finals.

Bracket

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1 TÜ/Rock 3  
8 Valga/Maks & Moorits 0  
  1 TÜ/Rock 3  
  5 Tallinna Kalev 0  
4 TTÜ 1
  5 Tallinna Kalev 3  
    1 TÜ/Rock 0
  2 Kalev/Cramo 4
  2 Kalev/Cramo 3  
7 TYCO Rapla 0  
  2 Kalev/Cramo 3 Third place
  3 Rakvere Tarvas 0  
3 Rakvere Tarvas 3 3 Rakvere Tarvas 2
  6 Pärnu 0   5 Tallinna Kalev 1

Individual statistics

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

Points

Rank Player Team Games Points PPG
1United States Joe ProphetHITO1529019.33
2Ghana Asenso AmpimTallinna Kalev2638914.96
3Estonia Siim LaurHITO2942614.69
4Lithuania Giedrius GustasRakvere Tarvas3954013.85
5Romania Vlad MoldoveanuKalev/Cramo3244313.84

Rebounds

Rank Player Team Games Rebounds RPG
1United States Frank ElegarKalev/Cramo302638.77
2Ghana Asenso AmpimTallinna Kalev262118.12
3Serbia Nemanja MiljkovićPärnu302357.83
4Estonia Jaan PuidetTTÜ302227.40
5United States Ferg MyrickValga/Maks & Moorits201477.35

Assists

Rank Player Team Games Assists APG
1Lithuania Giedrius GustasRakvere Tarvas391794.59
2Estonia Jaan PuidetTTÜ301334.43
3Estonia Erik KeedusTTÜ341454.26
4Spain Miguel OrtegaValga/Maks & Moorits20783.90
5United States Vincent SimpsonTÜ/Rock351333.80

Awards

MVP

Finals MVP

Best Defender

Best Young Player

Coach of the Year

All-KML team

Pos Player Team
PGLithuania Augustas PečiukevičiusTÜ/Rock
SGEstonia Rain VeidemanKalev/Cramo
SFEstonia Tanel KurbasTÜ/Rock
PFEstonia Janar TaltsTÜ/Rock
CUnited States Frank ElegarKalev/Cramo

Player of the Month

Month Player Team
October[6] Lithuania Giedrius Gustas Rakvere Tarvas
November[7] Lithuania Augustas Pečiukevičius TÜ/Rock
December[8] Estonia Joonas Järveläinen TTÜ
January[9] Lithuania Vilmantas Dilys TÜ/Rock
February[10] Latvia Juris Umbraško Rakvere Tarvas
March[11] Estonia Rait-Riivo Laane TYCO Rapla
April[12] Estonia Raido Roos Tallinna Kalev

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Eesti Meister 2014 on Kalev/Cramo" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  2. ↑ "Korvpalli Meistriliiga võistlusjuhend hooajaks 2014/2015" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  3. ↑ "Eurobasketi portaal koostas Eesti korvpallihooaja sümboolsed viisikud" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  4. ↑ "Finaalseeria MVP - Vlad Moldoveanu" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  5. 1 2 3 "Eesti Korvpalliliit lõpetas hooaja ning tunnustas parimaid" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  6. ↑ "Alexela KML - Kuu mängija" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  7. ↑ "Alexela KMLi novembri parim mängija on Augustas Peciukevicius" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  8. ↑ "Alexela KMLi detsembri parim mängija on Joonas Järveläinen" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  9. ↑ "Alexela KMLi jaanuari parim mängija on Vilmantas Dilys" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  10. ↑ "Alexela KMLi veebruari parim mängija on Juris Umbraško" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  11. ↑ "Alexela KMLi märtsi parim mängija on Rait-Riivo Laane" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
  12. ↑ "Alexela KMLi aprilli parim mängija on Raido Roos" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
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