2010–11 Baltic Basketball League

The MasterCard Baltic Basketball League 2010–11 was the 7th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the second under the title sponsorship of MasterCard. It was the fourth season of BBL as a two division league.

2010–11 BBL season
LeagueBaltic Basketball League
SportBasketball
Number of teams14 (Elite Division)
10 (Challenge Cup)
TV partner(s)Viasat Sport Baltic
Regular Season
Season championsElite Division: BK VEF Rīga
Challenge Cup: BC Juventus
BBL Finals
ChampionsElite Division: BC Žalgiris
Challenge Cup: BC Juventus

The format featured 14 teams in the Elite Division and 10 teams in the Challenge Cup. Elite Division regular season started on September 29, 2010 and ended with the Final Four held in the Kaunas Sports Hall. It was won by BC Žalgiris who defeated BK VEF Rīga in the championship game on April 10, 2011.[1]

Challenge Cup regular season started on October 12, 2010 and ended with two-legged finals between BC Juventus and KK Kaunas. The champions were BC Juventus who won both games.[2]

Teams

Elite Division

Country (League)TeamsTeams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship)
Lithuania (LKL)6 BC Lietuvos Rytas^ (1) BC Žalgiris^ (2) BC Šiauliai (SF) BC Rūdupis‡ (QF) BC Perlas (QF) BC Nevėžis (12)
Latvia (LBL)4 BK VEF Rīga (2) BK Ventspils (SF) SK Valmiera (SF) BK Liepājas Lauvas (QF)
Estonia (KML)3 Tartu Ülikool/Rock (1) BC Kalev/Cramo (SF) TTÜ/Kalev (SF)
Sweden (Ligan)1 Norrköping Dolphins† (1)

† As winner of the 2009–10 Challenge Cup
‡ As runner-up of the 2009–10 Challenge Cup
^ Qualified directly to playoffs

Challenge Cup

Country (League)TeamsTeams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship)
Lithuania (LKL)7 BC Juventus (SF) BC Neptūnas (QF) BC Techasas (QF) BC Sakalai (9) BC Alytus (11) KK Kaunas (13) BC Naglis (NKL 1)
Latvia (LBL)1 BK Zemgale (QF)
Estonia (KML)1 BC Rakvere Tarvas (2)
Kazakhstan (D1)1 BC Barsy Atyrau (SF)

Elite Division

Regular season

The Regular season began on October 29, 2010 with BK Ventspils hosting BC Rūdupis.[3]

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1 BK VEF Rīga392217517771571+206Qualified for the Playoffs
2 BK Ventspils392217517511561+190
3 Tartu Ülikool/Rock362214817111617+94
4 BC Rūdupis362214818131636+177
5 BC Šiauliai352213917821761+21
6 BC Nevėžis352213916541628+26
7 BC Kalev/Cramo3422121017411661+80
8 Norrköping Dolphins312291317951911-116
9 BC Perlas312291315931608-15
10 BK Liepājas Lauvas292271516531815-162
11 TTÜ/Kalev282261615891808-219Qualified for the Relegation Playoffs
12 SK Valmiera232212114521734-282

Playoffs

2009-10 Elite Division finalists BC Žalgiris and BC Lietuvos Rytas qualified directly to quarterfinals where they were joined by the six top teams of the regular season.[4]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 BC Žalgiris104 78
 
 
 
 BC Nevėžis70 66
 
 BC Žalgiris108
 
 
 
 BK Ventspils55
 
 BK Ventspils84 62
 
 
 
 Tartu Ülikool/Rock77 61
 
 BC Žalgiris75
 
 
 
 BK VEF Rīga67
 
 BC Lietuvos Rytas90 85
 
 
 
 BC Šiauliai89 72
 
 BC Lietuvos Rytas68
 
 
 
 BK VEF Rīga79 Third place
 
 BK VEF Rīga91 82
 
 
 
 BC Rūdupis65 67
 
 BK Ventspils80
 
 
 BC Lietuvos Rytas84
 
2010/2011 Baltic Basketball League Champions

BC Žalgiris
Fourth Title

Quarterfinals

BC Žalgiris vs. BC Nevėžis

March 14th
19:15
BC Žalgiris 104–70 BC Nevėžis
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 24-18, 27-18, 29-15
Pts: Klimavičius 21
Rebs: Klimavičius 9
Asts: Ćapin 5		 Pts: Dimša 16
Rebs: Dimša 8
Asts: Alijevas 8
1–0
Kaunas Sports Hall
Attendance: 2411
Referees: Antanas Ramanauskas (LTU)
Antanas Gelazius (LTU)
Arturas Sukys (LTU)
March 19th
17:30
BC Nevėžis 66–78 BC Žalgiris
Scoring by quarter: 23-15, 17-18, 11-22, 15-23
Pts: Alijevas 23
Rebs: Alijevas 11
Asts: Alijevas 5		 Pts: Two players 15
Rebs: Three players 5
Asts: Collins 3
0–2
Kėdainiai Sports School
Attendance: 950
Referees: Martynas Gudas (LTU)
Vilius Maciulaitis (LTU)
Gytis Vilius (LTU)

BK Ventspils vs. Tartu Ülikool/Rock

March 11th
19:00
BK Ventspils 84–77 Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Scoring by quarter: 17-20, 23-24, 18-13, 26-20
Pts: Bērziņš 16
Rebs: Two players 7
Asts: Strēlnieks 3		 Pts: Veideman 15
Rebs: Doronin 6
Asts: Sokk 5
1–0
Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1200
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU)
Oskars Lucis (LAT)
Mart Uuehendrik (EST)
March 17th
18:00
Tartu Ülikool/Rock 61–62 BK Ventspils
Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 13-17, 18-13, 14-19
Pts: Eichfuss 12
Rebs: Eziukwu 13
Asts: Sokk 4		 Pts: Two players 10
Rebs: Hunter 9
Asts: Bērziņš 4
0–2
Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Atso Matsalu (EST)
Tomas Jasevicius (LTU)
Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)

Lietuvos Rytas vs. Šiauliai

March 15th
19:00
BC Lietuvos Rytas 90–89 BC Šiauliai
Scoring by quarter: 32-21, 20-26, 23-26, 15-16
Pts: Bajramović 23
Rebs: Jomantas 11
Asts: Jomantas 5		 Pts: Ruzgas 19
Rebs: Šarakauskas 9
Asts: Broadus 7
1–0
Lietuvos rytas Arena
Attendance: 670
Referees: Tomas Jasevicius (LTU)
Rimantas Bielinis (LTU)
Andrius Maleckas (LTU)
March 20th
19:00
BC Šiauliai 72–85 BC Lietuvos Rytas
Scoring by quarter: 31-17, 16-21, 13-22, 12-25
Pts: Gvezdauskas 23
Rebs: Delaš 6
Asts: Broadus 4		 Pts: Valančiūnas 22
Rebs: Valančiūnas 7
Asts: Strawberry 6
0–2
Šiauliai Arena
Attendance: 2790
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU)
Saulius Paskevicius (LTU)
Virgilijus Urbsys (LTU)

BK VEF Rīga vs. BC Rūdupis

March 15th
19:30
BK VEF Rīga 91–65 BC Rūdupis
Scoring by quarter: 27-22, 30-12, 17-19, 17-12
Pts: Parakhouski 19
Rebs: Three players 5
Asts: Two players 4		 Pts: Želionis 18
Rebs: Želionis 6
Asts: Two players 3
1–0
Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs
Attendance: 300
Referees: Olegs Latisevs (LAT)
Martynas Gudas (LTU)
Timo Suslov (EST)
March 19th
16:00
BC Rūdupis 67–82 BK VEF Rīga
Scoring by quarter: 22-26, 9-15, 19-22, 17-19
Pts: Juškevičius 20
Rebs: Lipkevičius 7
Asts: Dainys 5		 Pts: Bertāns 18
Rebs: Parakhouski 7
Asts: Bertāns 4
0–2
Prienai Region Municipality's Physical Education and Sports Centre's Hall
Attendance: 500
Referees: Tomas Jasevicius (LTU)
Juris Kokainis (LAT)
Tanel Suslov (EST)

Semifinals
April 9th
18:00
BC Žalgiris 108–55 BK Ventspils
Scoring by quarter: 30-14, 31-11, 26-12, 21-18
Pts: Brown 21
Rebs: Plaisted 8
Asts: Kalnietis 8		 Pts: Hunter 13
Rebs: Three players 4
Asts: Two players 4
Kaunas Sports Hall
Attendance: 4150
Referees: Atso Matsalu (EST)
Arnis Ozols (LAT)
Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU)
April 9th
20:30
BC Lietuvos Rytas 68–79 BK VEF Rīga
Scoring by quarter: 20-24, 11-14, 17-14, 20-27
Pts: Bajramović 17
Rebs: Two players 9
Asts: Rašić 4		 Pts: Parakhouski 20
Rebs: Two players 5
Asts: Hughes 3
Kaunas Sports Hall
Attendance: 3270
Referees: Olegs Latisevs (LAT)
Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU)
Aare Halliko (EST)

Third place game
April 10th
15:00
BK Ventspils 80–84 BC Lietuvos Rytas
Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 18-19, 23-27, 18-14
Pts: Hunter 19
Rebs: Hunter 8
Asts: Strēlnieks 6		 Pts: Bajramović 20
Rebs: Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Two players 5
Kaunas Sports Hall
Attendance: 2700
Referees: Atso Matsalu (EST)
Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU)
Arnis Ozols (LAT)

Final
April 10th
17:30
BC Žalgiris 75–67 BK VEF Rīga
Scoring by quarter: 20-14, 20-21, 13-20, 22-12
Pts: Klimavičius 15
Rebs: Klimavičius 9
Asts: Collins 6		 Pts: Hughes 16
Rebs: Three players 5
Asts: Janičenoks 5
Kaunas Sports Hall
Attendance: 4712
Referees: Olegs Latisevs (LAT)
Aare Halliko (EST)
Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU)

Challenge Cup

Regular season

Round 1

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1 BK Zemgale14862670633+37Qualified for Round 2
2 BC Neptūnas14862721612+109
3 BC Alytus12844648670-22
4 BC Barsy Atyrau10826634696-62
5 BC Naglis10826598660-62

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1 BC Juventus14862620591+29Qualified for Round 2
2 KK Kaunas13853642606+36
3 BC Techasas12844633642-9
4 BC Sakalai11835611641-30
5 BC Rakvere Tarvas10826632658-26

Round 2
Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff Qualification
1 BC Juventus171073842775+67Qualified for the Playoffs
2 KK Kaunas161064807776+31
3 BC Techasas161064807781+26
4 BC Neptūnas151055830814+16
5 BK Zemgale141046815843-28
6 BC Alytus121028752864-113

Play-offs
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 BC Neptūnas82 74
 
 
 
 BC Juventus79 94
 
 BC Juventus87 89
 
 
 
 KK Kaunas81 72
 
 BC Techasas82 79
 
 
 KK Kaunas78 88
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 BC Neptūnas93 75
 
 
 BC Techasas77 100
2010/2011 BBL Challenge Cup Champions

BC Juventus
First Title

Semifinals

BC Neptūnas vs. BC Juventus

March 1st
18:00
BC Neptūnas 82–79 BC Juventus
Scoring by quarter: 18-19, 20-15, 20-23, 24-22
Pts: Vasylius 27
Rebs: Ruikis 7
Asts: Brunins 4		 Pts: Čepukaitis 17
Rebs: Kieža 9
Asts: Two players 5
1–0
Neptunas Basketball Arena
Attendance: 700
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
Saulius Paskevicius (LTU)
Danielius Bandzevicius (LTU)
March 11th
17:30
BC Juventus 94–74 BC Neptūnas
Scoring by quarter: 32-16, 27-24, 22-19, 13-15
Pts: Prekevičius 19
Rebs: Kieža 11
Asts: Prekevičius 6		 Pts: Vasylius 18
Rebs: Vasylius 5
Asts: Vasylius 5
1–1
173–156
Utena's Arena
Attendance: 1550
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis (LTU)
Vilius Maciulaitis (LTU)
Ramunas Zukauskas (LTU)

BC Techasas vs. KK Kaunas

March 1st
18:00
BC Techasas 82–78 KK Kaunas
Scoring by quarter: 15-10, 28-22, 15-24, 24-22
Pts: Volkus 30
Rebs: Three players 6
Asts: Rinkevičius 6		 Pts: Two players 20
Rebs: Čukinas 12
Asts: Vasiliauskas 7
1–0
Cido Arena
Attendance: 600
Referees: Antanas Ramanauskas (LTU)
Tomas Langvinis (LTU)
Ignas Davainis (LTU)
March 11th
17:00
KK Kaunas 88–79 BC Techasas
Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 13-21, 31-14, 25-23
Pts: Čukinas 23
Rebs: Čukinas 10
Asts: Vasiliauskas 6		 Pts: Two players 20
Rebs: Valukonis 7
Asts: Two players 5
1–1
166–161
Sports Complex of Sabonis Basketball Centre
Attendance: 200
Referees: Tomas Jasevicius (LTU)
Rimantas Bielinis (LTU)
Andrius Maleckas (LTU)

Third place games

BC Neptūnas vs. BC Techasas

March 15th
18:00
BC Neptūnas 93–77 BC Techasas
Scoring by quarter: 29-17, 14-20, 29-26, 21-14
Pts: Ruikis 23
Rebs: Vasylius 11
Asts: Vasylius 5		 Pts: Leonavičius 24
Rebs: Šilinskis 8
Asts: Leonavičius 4
1–0
Neptunas Basketball Arena
Attendance: 500
Referees: Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU)
Antanas Gelazius (LTU)
Algirdas Bataitis (LTU)
March 18th
18:00
BC Techasas 100–75 BC Neptūnas
Scoring by quarter: 22-17, 27-24, 21-14, 30-20
Pts: Valukonis 22
Rebs: Volkus 9
Asts: Rinkevičius 5		 Pts: Mažeika 17
Rebs: Bonner 8
Asts: Žurna 4
1–1
177–168
Cido Arena
Attendance: 800
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU)
Martynas Gudas (LTU)
Linas Masiulis (LTU)

Finals

BC Juventus vs. KK Kaunas

March 15th
18:00
KK Kaunas 81–87 BC Juventus
Scoring by quarter: 20-21, 22-31, 15-20, 24-15
Pts: Čukinas 25
Rebs: Drungilas 8
Asts: Vasiliauskas 7		 Pts: Kieža 21
Rebs: Kieža 11
Asts: Three players 3
0–1
Sports Complex of Sabonis Basketball Centre
Attendance: 200
Referees: Antanas Ramanauskas (LTU)
Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU)
Vilius Maciulaitis (LTU)
March 19th
17:00
BC Juventus 89–72 KK Kaunas
Scoring by quarter: 29-13, 19-18, 16-24, 25-17
Pts: Maceina 14
Rebs: Kieža 10
Asts: Maceina 10		 Pts: Uzas 21
Rebs: Two players 8
Asts: Vasiliauskas 4
2–0
176–153
Utena's Arena
Attendance: 1300
Referees: Mindaugas Vecerskis (LTU)
Rimantas Bielinis (LTU)
Ramunas Zukauskas (LTU)

Relegation Playoffs

TTÜ/Kalev and SK Valmiera from the Elite Division and the Challenge Cup finalists BC Juventus and KK Kaunas participate in a two-legged playoffs for two spots in the BBL Elite Division for 2011–12 season.

Qualification - Pair A
April 10th
17:00
BC Juventus 81–69 SK Valmiera
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 23-18, 17-17, 22-17
Pts: Prekevičius 24
Rebs: Two players 5
Asts: Kieža 6		 Pts: Ziediņš 16
Rebs: Two players 9
Asts: Two players 3
1–0
Utena's Arena
Attendance: 900
Referees: Andres Tobi (EST)
Tanel Suslov (EST)
Timo Suslov (EST)
April 15th
18:30
SK Valmiera 72–76 BC Juventus
Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 15-19, 22-17, 21-22
Pts: Veselovs 16
Rebs: Bērziņš 9
Asts: Three players 4		 Pts: Kieža 19
Rebs: Urbonas 10
Asts: Pociukonis 4
0–2
Vidzemes Olimpiskais Centrs
Attendance: 400
Referees: Atso Matsalu (EST)
Aare Halliko (EST)
Mart Uuehendrik (EST)

Qualification - Pair B
April 10th
14:00
KK Kaunas 85–76 TTÜ/Kalev
Scoring by quarter: 20-23, 20-10, 19-24, 26-19
Pts: Čukinas 21
Rebs: Čukinas 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 5		 Pts: Osby 21
Rebs: Osby 12
Asts: Kriisa 7
1–0
Sports Complex of Sabonis Basketball Centre
Attendance: 150
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT)
Andris Aunkrogers (LAT)
Andris Vaskans (LAT)
April 15th
18:30
TTÜ/Kalev 65–75 KK Kaunas
Scoring by quarter: 19-24, 18-12, 21-18, 7-21
Pts: Pilk 14
Rebs: Osby 17
Asts: Archibald 4		 Pts: Jasikevičius 21
Rebs: Drungilas 13
Asts: Vasiliauskas 4
0–2
TTÜ Spordihall
Attendance: 360
Referees: Juris Kokainis (LAT)
Ingus Baumanis (LAT)
Mareks Volskis (LAT)
  • BC Juventus and KK Kaunas will play in the BBL Elite Division in the 2011–12 season.
  • SK Valmiera and TTÜ/Kalev will be relegated to the BBL Challenge Cup for the 2011–12 season.

Individual Statistics

Note: Excluded are all players who have played less than 10 games during all stages of the season in their respective division.

Elite Division

Points

Rank Name Team Games Pts. PPG
1. Bambale Osby TTÜ/Kalev2241018.64
2. Adas Juškevičius BC Rūdupis2335615.48
3. Artsiom Parakhouski BK VEF Rīga2538115.24
4. Egidijus Dimša BC Nevėžis2435914.96
5. Joakim Kjellbom Norrköping Dolphins2029614.80

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rbs. RPG
1. Bambale Osby TTÜ/Kalev2226311.95
2. Callistus Eziukwu Tartu Ülikool/Rock242148.92
3. Michael Dunigan BC Kalev/Cramo181448.00
4. Vytautas Šarakauskas BC Šiauliai241737.21
5. Saulius Kuzminskas BK Ventspils211436.81

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Ast. APG
1. Evaldas Dainys BC Rūdupis16845.25
2. Rashaun Broadus BC Šiauliai12615.08
3. Valmo Kriisa TTÜ/Kalev221084.91
4. Rolandas Alijevas BC Nevėžis20954.75
5. Aidas Viskontas BC Perlas22964.36
  

Challenge Cup

Points

Rank Name Team Games Pts. PPG
1. Ilmars Bergmanis BK Zemgale1426619.00
2. Valdas Vasylius KK Neptūnas1831117.28
3. Gintaras Leonavičius BC Techasas1220216.83
4. Šarūnas Vasiliauskas KK Kaunas1624015.00
5. Edgars Krūmiņš BK Zemgale1420714.79

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rbs. RPG
1. Aurimas Kieža BC Juventus161599.94
2. Saulius Dumbliauskas BC Alytus141117.93
3. Pavelas Čukinas KK Kaunas181367.56
4. Jekabs Rozitis BK Zemgale141057.50
5. Valdas Vasylius KK Neptūnas181216.72

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Ast. APG
1. Ernestas Ežerskis BC Techasas17794.65
2. Šarūnas Vasiliauskas KK Kaunas16744.63
3. Tomas Rinkevičius BC Techasas15684.53
4. Gediminas Maceina BC Juventus18794.39
5. Vytenis Jasikevičius KK Kaunas17704.12

Awards

Elite Division season MVP

Elite Division Final Four MVP

MVP of the Month

Elite Division

Month Player Team
October 2010 Bambale Osby TTÜ/Kalev
November 2010 Edgaras Zelionis BC Rūdupis
December 2010 Artsiom Parakhouski BK VEF Rīga
January 2011 Michael Dunigan BC Kalev/Cramo
February 2011 Weyinmi Efejuku BK Ventspils
  

Challenge Cup

Month Player Team
October 2010 Saulius Dumbliauskas BC Alytus
November 2010 Aurimas Kieža BC Juventus
December 2010 Žydrūnas Urbonas BC Juventus
January 2011 Aurimas Kieža BC Juventus
February 2011 Ilmars Bergmanis BK Zemgale

References
  1. "Zalgiris take BBL crown for 2010/2011 Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine". BBL Homepage (2011-04-10). Retrieved on 2012-02-02
  2. "Juventus take out Challenge Cup". BBL Homepage (2011-03-19). Retrieved on 2012-02-02
  3. "Ventspils opens regular season with a victory over Rudupis". BBL Homepage (2010-09-29). Retrieved on 2012-02-04
  4. "Board of MasterCard Baltic Basketball League decides upon the season 2010/2011 Archived 2010-09-16 at the Wayback Machine". BBL Homepage (2010-08-17). Retrieved on 2012-02-04
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