2017–18 Baltic Basketball League

The 2017–18 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 14th and the last season of the Baltic Basketball League and the third under the title sponsorship of Triobet. The season began on 24 October 2017 and concluded on 5 April 2018. Last year's finalist Pieno žvaigždės defeated Jūrmala in the finals to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.[1]

2017–18 Baltic Basketball League
Competition details
Season 2017–18
Teams 13 (14)
Dates 24 October 2017 – 5 April 2018
TV Delfi TV
Final positions
Champions Pieno žvaigždės
(First title)
Runners-up Jūrmala
Third place University of Tartu
Fourth place Šiauliai
Awards
Finals MVP Jahenns Manigat
Statistical leaders
Points Yauheni Beliankou
18.40
Rebounds Viktors Iļjins
11.00
Assists Donatas Sabeckis
6.88

Competition format

In this edition 14 teams took part. They were divided into two groups of seven teams where, after a double-legged round-robin, the best four of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals. Kazakh team Barsy Atyrau and Belarusian Tsmoki-Minsk II played all their matches abroad.[2]

Midway through the season Vytautas withdrew from the league due to them forfeiting two different games in this league for different reasons. As a result, they would participate in a series of friendly matches dubbed the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games; it was created for the purpose of promoting their newest acquisitions at the time in LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball.[3]

Team information
Group Team City, Country Arena Head coach
Group A AVIS Rapla Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall Aivar Kuusmaa
Port of Pärnu Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall Heiko Rannula
Betsafe/Liepāja Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Center Agris Galvanovskis
Jūrmala Jūrmala, Latvia Jūrmala State Gymnasium Mārtiņš Gulbis
Šiauliai Šiauliai, Lithuania Šiauliai Arena Antanas Sireika
Vytautas Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania Prienai Arena Virginijus Šeškus
Tsmoki-Minsk II Minsk, Belarus The team will play away Rostislav Vergun
Group B University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall Priit Vene
TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall Gert Kullamäe
TTÜ Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall Rait Käbin
Valmiera/ORDO Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Center Kristaps Valters
Ogre Ogre, Latvia Ogres 1st Secondary school Arturs Visockis-Rubenis
Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena Gediminas Petrauskas
Barsy Atyrau Atyrau, Kazakhstan The team will play away Aleksandar Vrzina

Regular season

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Jūrmala 10 9 1 823 689 +134 Qualification to playoffs
2 Šiauliai 10 9 1 898 713 +185
3 AVIS Utilitas Rapla 10 5 5 788 786 +2
4 Port of Pärnu 10 3 7 757 788 −31
5 Betsafe Liepāja 10 3 7 612 765 −153
6 Tsmoki-Minsk II 10 1 9 686 823 −137
7 Vytautas[lower-alpha 1] (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified
Source: BBL.net
(D) Disqualified.
Notes:
  1. Vytautas forfeit and was consequently disqualified.[4]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Pieno žvaigždės 12 11 1 1188 832 +356 Qualification to playoffs
2 University of Tartu 12 8 4 1027 905 +122
3 Ogre Kumho Tyre 12 8 4 1073 910 +163
4 TLÜ Kalev 12 7 5 978 922 +56
5 Valmiera ORDO 12 3 9 877 1109 −232
6 TTÜ 12 3 9 857 998 −141
7 Barsy Atyrau 12 2 10 765 1089 −324
Source: BBL.net

Playoffs

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.[5]

Bracket
  Quarterfinals
27 February 2018 – 7 March 2018		 Semifinals
14 March 2018 – 21 March 2018		 Finals
28 March 2018 – 5 April 2018
                                         
B4 TLÜ Kalev 81 68 149  
A1 Jūrmala 89 77 166  
  A1 Jūrmala 81 81 162  
  B2 University of Tartu 69 83 152  
A3 AVIS Utilitas Rapla 67 47 114
B2 University of Tartu 73 76 149  
  A1 Jūrmala 80 68 148
  B1 Pieno žvaigždės 98 76 174
B3 Ogre Kumho Tyre 75 87 162  
A2 Šiauliai 78 97 175  
  A2 Šiauliai 84 64 148 Third place
  B1 Pieno žvaigždės 91 68 159  
A4 Port of Pärnu 66 84 150 B2 University of Tartu 86 78 164
B1 Pieno žvaigždės 96 78 174   A2 Šiauliai 88 70 158

Finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jūrmala 148–174 Pieno žvaigždės80–9868–76
Game 1
28 March 2018
19:00
Jūrmala 80–98 Pieno žvaigždės
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 24–23, 17–31, 18–24
Pts: Edgars Jeromanovs 24
Rebs: Andrejs Šeļakovs 9
Asts: Edgars Jeromanovs 6		 Pts: Trévon Hughes 22
Rebs: Hughes, Manigat 5 each
Asts: Jahenns Manigat 8
Jūrmala State Gymnasium
Attendance: 700
Referees: Rain Peerandi (EST), Oskars Lucis (LAT), Arturas Sukys (LTU)
Game 2
5 April 2018
18:00
Pieno žvaigždės 76–68 Jūrmala
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 18–24, 22–12, 11–14
Pts: Artūrs Ausējs 19
Rebs: Jahenns Manigat 7
Asts: Jahenns Manigat 7		 Pts: Ervīns Jonāts 15
Rebs: Denis Krestinin 12
Asts: Denis Krestinin 3
Pasvalys Pieno žvaigždės Arena
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Aare Halliko (EST), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)


Baltic Basketball League 2017–18 Champions

Pieno žvaigždės
1st title

Awards

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team Ref.
November 2017 Steven Cook University of Tartu[6]
December 2017 Laurynas Birutis Šiauliai[7]
January 2018 Janar Talts University of Tartu[8]
February 2018 Ivars Žvīgurs Jūrmala[9]
March 2018 Laurynas Birutis (2) Šiauliai[10]

Source: BBL Homepage

Finals MVP

Player statistics

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

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1 Yauheni Beliankou Tsmoki-Minsk II1018418.40
2 Jānis Kaufmanis Valmiera ORDO1219616.33
3 Nolan Cressler AVIS Utilitas Rapla1219416.17

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1 Donatas Sabeckis Šiauliai161106.88
2 Norman Käbin TTÜ12695.75
3 Rinalds Sirsniņš Ogre Kumho Tyre14755.36

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 Viktors Iļjins Valmiera ORDO1112111.00
2 Bamba Fall TLÜ Kalev141198.50
3 Devonte Upson AVIS Utilitas Rapla12978.08

Efficiency
Rank Name Team Games Efficiency PIR
1 Laurynas Birutis Šiauliai1530220.13
2 Bamba Fall TLÜ Kalev1428020.00
3 Viktors Iļjins Valmiera ORDO1120919.00

References
  1. "NPieno Zvaigzdes crowned as BBL champions". Baltic Basketball League. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. "New BBL season ready for tip-off". Baltic Basketball League. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. "Prienu Vytautas to Play in 'Big Baller Brand Challenge Games'". Sports Illustrated. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. "Vytautas forfeits, disqualification looming". Baltic Basketball League. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. "Competition system". Baltic Basketball League. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. "Steven Cook lands first Player of the Month award". Baltic Basketball League. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. "Birutis claims player of the month honors". Baltic Basketball League. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  8. "Janar Talts claims January's Player of the Month honors". Baltic Basketball League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  9. "Ivars Zvigurs lights up February for Player of the Month award". Baltic Basketball League. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  10. "Birutis rakes in March MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  11. "Finals MVP Manigat: "You're only as good as your fans"". Baltic Basketball League. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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