2013–14 Dutch Basketball League

Dutch Basketball League
Competition details
Season	2013–14
Teams	10
Games played	36
Dates	5 October 2013 – 1 June 2014
Final positions
Champions	GasTerra Flames (4th title)
Runners-up	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Semifinalists	Port of Den Helder Kings ; ZZ Leiden
Awards
MVP	Arvin Slagter
Playoffs MVP	Arvin Slagter
Statistical leaders
Index Rating	Darius Theus 19.5
Points	Darius Theus 16.9
Rebounds	Kenneth van Kempen 8.9
Assists	Emmanuel Ubilla 5.6
	← 2012–13 2014–15 → All statistics correct as of 7 September 2014.

The 2013–14 Dutch Basketball League season was the 54th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The defending champion is Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden. GasTerra Flames from Groningen won their 4th title by beating SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 4–3 in the Finals.

Teams

All teams from the 2012-13 season returned. The club EiffelTowers Den Bosch changed its name to SPM Shoeters Den Bosch after their new sponsor SPM Shoes & Boots and Stepco BSW became Maxxcom BSW. During the season Rotterdam Basketbal College changed its name in Challenge Sports Rotterdam after Challenge Sports became their new main sponsor.

Club	City	Arena	Capacity	DBL season	2012–13
Apollo	Amsterdam	Apollohal	1,500	2	009 9th
Den Helder Kings[upper-alpha 1]	Den Helder	Sporthal Sportcenter	1500 1,500	26	006 6th
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Maaspoort	2800 2,800	42	0011st
GasTerra Flames	Groningen	Martiniplaza	4300 4,300	42	003 3rd
Challenge Sports Rotterdam[upper-alpha 2]	Rotterdam	Topsportcentrum	1000 1,000	24	010 10th
Aris Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	Sporthal Kalverdijkje	1700 1,700	10	004 4th
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	Leiden	Vijf Meihal	2000 2,000	27	002 2nd
Maxxcom BSW	Weert	Sporthal Boshoven	0000	32	006 8th
Matrixx Magixx	Wijchen	Sporthal De Arcus	0700 700	14	007 7th
Landstede Basketbal	Zwolle	Landstede Sportcentrum	1200 1,200	27	005 5th

Key to colors
	Champion
	Runner-up
	Semifinalist
	Quarterfinalist

Squads

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	GasTerra Flames	36	32	4	2759	2141	+618	64	Qualification for playoffs
2	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	36	29	7	2865	2382	+483	58
3	Den Helder Kings	36	24	12	199	150	+49	48
4	ZZ Leiden	36	22	14	2732	2512	+220	44[lower-alpha 1]
5	Landstede	36	22	14	2807	2559	+248	44[lower-alpha 1]
6	Matrixx Magixx	36	20	16	249	249	0	40
7	Aris Leeuwarden	36	13	23	2759	2996	−237	26
8	Apollo Amsterdam	36	7	29	2144	2702	−558	14[lower-alpha 2]
9	Challenge Sports Rotterdam	36	7	29	2323	2850	−527	14[lower-alpha 2]
10	Maxxcom BSW	36	4	32	2323	2850	−527	8

Source: DBL
Notes:

ZZ Leiden won 3–1 head-to-head vs Landstede.
Apollo Amsterdam won 3–1 head-to-head vs Challenge Sports Rotterdam.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Team \ Round
GasTerra Flames	6	8	3	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	1	2	1	2	3	2	4	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Den Helder Kings	4	3	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	5	4	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4
Landstede	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Matrixx Magixx	8	5	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Aris Leeuwarden	2	6	4	4	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Apollo Amsterdam	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8
Challenge Sports Rotterdam	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Maxxcom BSW	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Top seed
	Advance to playoffs

Results

Team	AMS	DBO	DHE	GRO	LEE	LEI	ROT	WEE	WIJ	ZWO
AMS		59–74 43–67	75–82 56–63	54–71 43–71	59–72 67–79	50–60 58–87	77–56 60–58	67–58 84–71	60–78 43–73	60–74 67–88
DBO	94–49 69–50		65–66 99–76	51–75 64–77	90–73 104–75	78–67 80–68	85–63 89–67	74–59 96–64	86–69 76–66	80–72 81–65
DHE	91–69 80–59	85–74 76–99		65–75 68–86	80–70 85–52	77–69 75–65	87–51 77–58	82–70 94–55	65–73 95–62	84–87 90–81
GRO	81–45 78–47	52–68 85–69	79–70 78–67		91– 57 81–75	70–61 90–57	78–41 79–50	81–44 97–46	85–79 71–69	83–62 80–78
LEE	80–70 68–84	70–79 72–82	94–77 66–87	77–75 64–81		78–94 83–71	97–98 85–64	88–67 80–70	70–83 90–96	60–86 88–78
LEI	76–64 77–49	69–78 83–86	72–68 82–52	69–63 63–75	84–66 80–68		80–73 88–65	66–59 81–51	65–74 87–73	76–73 79–75
ROT	61–58 64–74	52–74 55–83	76–82 62–78	59–65 57–80	113–105 96–95	75–84 51–84		78–57 71–76	67–65 46–79	70–95 58–69
WEE	59–60 62–60	54–90 47–93	74–85 78–84	49–72 38–79	90–91 81–82	53–104 72–91	59–65 59–53		60–90 60–79	56–85 59–57
WIJ	99–53 87–58	76–64 66–83	78–91 79–84	60–63 50–72	104–71 76–78	75–73 85–84	89–65 91–55	99–67 76–48		68–75 85–69
ZWO	94–43 99–70	77–75 65–78	70–88 82–80	72–66 55–72	82–75 90–65	72–59 75–78	71–64 99–65	82–52 89–66	89–68 75–71

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


1	GasTerra Flames	2

8	Apollo Amsterdam	0
			1	GasTerra Flames	3

			4	ZZ Leiden	2
4	ZZ Leiden	2

5	Landstede	1
						1	GasTerra Flames	4

						2	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	3
2	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	2

7	Aris Leeuwarden	0
			2	SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	3

			3	Port of Den Helder Kings	0
3	Port of Den Helder Kings	2

6	Matrixx Magixx	0

All-Star Gala

See 2014 DBL All-Star Gala

Awards

Four new awards were handed out this season, in the Playoffs MVP, Sixth Man of the Year award and the All-Defense and All-Rookie Teams.[2]

Most Valuable Player: Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames)
Playoffs MVP: Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames)
MVP Under 23: Leon Williams (Landstede Basketbal)
Statistical Player of the Year: Darius Theus (Aris Leeuwarden)
Coach of the Year: Ivica Skelin (GasTerra Flames)
Rookie of the Year: Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)
Most Improved Player: Jeroen van der List (Den Helder Kings)
Defensive Player of the Year: Jason Dourisseau (GasTerra Flames)
Sixth Man of the Year: Ali Farokhmanesh (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch)

All-Star Team:
- Cashmere Wright (GasTerra Flames)
- Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames)
- Patrick Richard (Matrixx Magixx)
- Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)
- Tai Wesley (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch)

All-Defense Team:
- Darius Theus (Aris Leeuwarden)
- Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames)
- Jason Dourisseau (GasTerra Flames)
- Stefan Wessels (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch)
- Ross Bekkering (GasTerra Flames)

All-Rookie Team
- Yannick Franke (Challenge Sports Rotterdam)
- Tom Snikkers (Aris Leeuwarden)
- Roman Grigoryev (Maxxcom BSW)
- Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden)
- Lucas Steijn (BC Apollo)

Statistical leaders

Only players who played more than 29 games qualified. For the two point percentage ranking, a player had to take at least 5 shots per game, for the three point and free throw ranking 3 shots per game.

Category	Player	Team	Average
Points	Darius Theus	Aris Leeuwarden	16.9
Rebounds	Kenneth van Kempen	Maxxcom BSW	8.9
Assists	Emmanuel Ubilla	Den Helder Kings	5.6
Steals	Darius Theus	Aris Leeuwarden	3.1
Blocks	Berend Weijs	Apollo Amsterdam	2.0
2P%	Darius Theus	Aris Leeuwarden	.637
3P%	Arvin Slagter	GasTerra Flames	.500
FT%	Rogier Jansen	Den Helder Kings	.892

In European competitions

Club	Competition	Result	W–L	Ref
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	EuroChallenge	Regular season	3–3	[3]
GasTerra Flames		Regular season	2–4
ZZ Leiden		Regular season	2–4
Overall			7–11

Notes

Den Helder played the Playoffs with Port of Den Helder Kings as their official name.[1]
Started the season as Rotterdam Basketbal College.

References

"Basketballers verder als Port of Den Helder Kings". Denhelderactueel.nl. 2014-04-25. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
"Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
"EuroChallenge (2014) Official Website". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

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[table_hth_APO0.79306258530964-5] Apollo Amsterdam won 3–1 head-to-head vs Challenge Sports Rotterdam.

[2] Den Helder played the Playoffs with Port of Den Helder Kings as their official name.[1]

[3] Started the season as Rotterdam Basketbal College.

[1] "Basketballers verder als Port of Den Helder Kings". Denhelderactueel.nl. 2014-04-25. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-05-03.

[6] "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

[7] "EuroChallenge (2014) Official Website". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.