2014–15 KML season

Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga¹
Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga1
Season	2014–15
Duration	4 October 2014 – 22 May 2015
Number of games	108 (Regular season); 31 (Playoffs)
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	TV6, Delfi TV
Regular season
Top seed	TÜ/Rock
Finals
Champions	TÜ/Rock; 26th title
Runners-up	Kalev/Cramo
Third place	TYCO Rapla
Fourth place	Rakvere Tarvas
Finals MVP	Tanel Kurbas
Awards
Best Defender	Janar Talts
Best Young Player	Siim-Markus Post
Coach of the Year	Gert Kullamäe
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Brandis Raley-Ross
Rebounds	Jurijs Aleksejevs
Assists	Scott Machado
	← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 22 May 2015. 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Alexela.

The 2014–15 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 90th season of the Estonian basketball league and the second under the title sponsorship of Alexela. Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2013–14 KML season.

The season started on 4 October 2014 and concluded on 22 May 2015 with TÜ/Rock defeating Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 1 in the 2015 KML Finals to win their 26th Estonian League title.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Teams edit

Kalev/Cramo
TTÜ
TLÜ/Kalev
Audentes

Locations of the 2014–15 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Head coach
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Saku Arena	7,500	Alar Varrak
TÜ/Rock	Tartu	University of Tartu Sports Hall	4,000	Gert Kullamäe
Rakvere Tarvas	Rakvere	Rakvere Sports Hall	3,000	Andres Sõber
TLÜ/Kalev	Tallinn	Kalev Sports Hall	6,950	Kalle Klandorf
TTÜ	Tallinn	TTÜ Sports Hall	2,000	Heino Lill
Pärnu	Pärnu	Pärnu Sports Hall	2,000	Mait Käbin
TYCO Rapla	Rapla	Sadolin Sports Hall	5,000	Aivar Kuusmaa
Valga/Maks & Moorits	Valga	Valga Sports Hall	2,000	Varis Krūmiņš
Audentes/Noortekoondis	Tallinn	Audentes Sports Center		Indrek Visnapuu

Coaching changes edit

Pre-season
Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach
Valga/Maks & Moorits	Sandis Buškevics	Varis Krūmiņš
TTÜ	Tiit Sokk^[4]	Heino Lill
Pärnu	Darko Ivanović	Mait Käbin

Regular season edit

During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:^[5]

Kalev/Cramo will play 1 round at home and 1 away (1 at home and 1 away in total).
TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home (1 at home and 2 away in total).
Audentes/Noortekoondis will play 1 round at home and 1 away (1 at home and 1 away in total).

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	PCT	Qualification
1	TÜ/Rock	32	26	6	58	.813	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Kalev/Cramo	32	26	6	58	.813
3	TYCO Rapla	32	21	11	53	.656
4	Rakvere Tarvas	32	20	12	52	.625
5	Pärnu	32	15	17	47	.469
6	Valga/Maks & Moorits	32	15	17	47	.469
7	TTÜ	32	12	20	44	.375
8	TLÜ/Kalev	32	7	25	39	.219
9	Audentes	32	2	30	34	.063

Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2015. Source: KML

First half of the season edit

Home \ Away	KAL	ROC	TAR	TLÜ	TTÜ	PÄR	RAP	VAL	AUD
Kalev/Cramo		68–57	89–80	105–63	80–70	94–56	86–65	77–83	123–46
TÜ/Rock	66–54		93–85	72–56	86–77	90–63	68–74	90–62	121–61
Rakvere Tarvas	79–89	75–71		89–67	80–76	87–94	73–65	95–93	101–73
TLÜ/Kalev	52–89	54–85	82–80		78–67	71–79	54–68	85–79	83–91
TTÜ	62–88	51–78	53–70	79–64		90–70	69–84	91–89	120–44
Pärnu	62–88	58–98	91–79	65–49	56–64		77–75	82–78	116–75
TYCO Rapla	69–96	64–87	61–68	86–65	89–71	92–68		77–61	98–51
Valga/Maks & Moorits	92–88	61–65	85–97	73–66	100–91	86–80	68–83		92–72
Audentes/Noortekoondis	46–102	42–99	79–92	77–94	62–96	62–100	59–88	72–112

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season edit

Home \ Away	ROC	TAR	TLÜ	TTÜ	PÄR	RAP	VAL
Kalev/Cramo
TÜ/Rock
Rakvere Tarvas	57–85		97–60	91–93	102–76	80–84	101–73
TLÜ/Kalev	72–93	60–90		71–65	81–94	63–81	73–64
TTÜ	55–75	78–82	78–50		82–76	71–68	84–89
Pärnu	88–69	73–91	84–70	73–64		68–76	92–73
TYCO Rapla	68–84	66–69	93–81	86–78	80–75		72–64
Valga/Maks & Moorits	72–89	71–83	88–61	77–76	80–71	70–73
Audentes/Noortekoondis

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs edit

The playoffs began on 7 April and ended on 22 May. The tournament concluded with TÜ/Rock defeating Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 1 in the 2015 KML Finals.

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Finals

1	TÜ/Rock	3

8	TLÜ/Kalev	0
			1	TÜ/Rock	3

			4	Rakvere Tarvas	2
4	Rakvere Tarvas	3

5	Pärnu	2
						1	TÜ/Rock	4

						2	Kalev/Cramo	1
2	Kalev/Cramo	3

7	TTÜ	0
			2	Kalev/Cramo	3	Third place

			3	TYCO Rapla	0
3	TYCO Rapla	3				3	TYCO Rapla	2

6	Valga/Maks & Moorits	1				4	Rakvere Tarvas	1

Individual statistics edit

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

Points edit

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Brandis Raley-Ross	Rakvere Tarvas	37	818	22.11
2	Jurijs Aleksejevs	Valga/Maks & Moorits	30	535	17.83
3	Reinis Strupovičs	Valga/Maks & Moorits	30	523	17.43
4	Domagoj Bubalo	TYCO Rapla	25	401	16.04
5	Keith Benson	Kalev/Cramo	14	224	16.00

Rebounds edit

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Jurijs Aleksejevs	Valga/Maks & Moorits	30	319	10.63
2	Janar Talts	TÜ/Rock	32	290	9.06
3	Robertas Grabauskas	TLÜ/Kalev	31	269	8.68
4	Jaan Puidet	TTÜ	27	223	8.26
5	David Haughton	Rakvere Tarvas	35	279	7.97

Assists edit

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1	Scott Machado	Kalev/Cramo	20	90	4.50
2	Sandis Silavs	Pärnu	31	136	4.39
3	Rait-Riivo Laane	TYCO Rapla	36	155	4.31
4	Jaan Puidet	TTÜ	27	116	4.30
5	Augustas Pečiukevičius	TÜ/Rock	26	108	4.15

Awards edit

All-KML team edit

Pos	Player	Team
PG	Scott Machado	Kalev/Cramo
SG	Brandis Raley-Ross	Rakvere Tarvas
SF	Gregor Arbet	Kalev/Cramo
PF	Janar Talts	TÜ/Rock
C	Domagoj Bubalo	TYCO Rapla

Player of the Month edit

Month	Player	Team
October	Kristers Zeidaks	TYCO Rapla
November^[7]	Brandis Raley-Ross	Rakvere Tarvas
December^[8]	Jurijs Aleksejevs	Valga/Maks & Moorits
January^[9]	Janar Talts	TÜ/Rock
February^[10]	Domagoj Bubalo	TYCO Rapla
March^[11]	Brandis Raley-Ross	Rakvere Tarvas

References edit

^ "Täna algab Alexela KML" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
^ "Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliigas järgmisel hooajal 9 klubi" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
^ "Eesti meister 2015 on TÜ/ROCK!" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 22 May 2015.
^ "TTÜ loobus koondise peatreeneri Tiit Soku teenetest" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht.
^ "Korvpalli Meistriliiga võistlusjuhend hooajaks 2014/2015" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Korvpallihooaeg sai ametlikult läbi!" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 28 May 2015.
^ "Alexela KML novembri parim on Brandis Raley Ross" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
^ "Alexela KML detsembri parim on Jurijs Aleksejevs" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
^ "Alexela KML jaanuari parim on Janar Talts" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
^ "Alexela KML veebruari parim on Domagoj Bubalo" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.
^ "Alexela KML märtsi parim on Brandis Raley Ross" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.

External links edit

Official website (in Estonian)

[1] "Täna algab Alexela KML" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.

[2] "Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliigas järgmisel hooajal 9 klubi" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.

[3] "Eesti meister 2015 on TÜ/ROCK!" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 22 May 2015.

[4] "TTÜ loobus koondise peatreeneri Tiit Soku teenetest" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht.

[5] "Korvpalli Meistriliiga võistlusjuhend hooajaks 2014/2015" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association.

[awards-6] "Korvpallihooaeg sai ametlikult läbi!" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 28 May 2015.

[7] "Alexela KML novembri parim on Brandis Raley Ross" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.

[8] "Alexela KML detsembri parim on Jurijs Aleksejevs" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.

[9] "Alexela KML jaanuari parim on Janar Talts" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.

[10] "Alexela KML veebruari parim on Domagoj Bubalo" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.

[11] "Alexela KML märtsi parim on Brandis Raley Ross" (in Estonian). Basket.ee.

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