2014–15 VTB United League

The 2014–15 VTB United League was the 6th complete season of the VTB United League. It was the second season in which the VTB United League functioned as the new domestic first tier level for Russian professional basketball clubs, which can qualify through this league to EuroLeague.

VTB United League1
Season2014–15
Teams16
Games played240 (regular season)
Dates3 October 2014 – April 2015
Final positions
Champions CSKA Moscow
(6th VTB League title)
(22nd Russian national title)
Runners-up Khimki
Awards
MVP Nando de Colo
Playoffs MVP Andrey Vorontsevich
Coach of the Year Dimitris Itoudis
Defensive Player Andrey Vorontsevich
Sixth Man Petteri Koponen
Young Player Jānis Timma
Statistical leaders
Points Randy Culpepper 21.0
Rebounds Frank Elegar 11.3
Assists D.J. Cooper 9.2
1 Sponsored league name, referring to VTB Bank.

CSKA Moscow was the defending champion. CSKA successfully defended its title, as they took the league title by beating Khimki 3–0 in the Finals.

Teams

On 20 July 2014, drawing of two group of 11 teams was held in Moscow.[1] On 25 July 2014, five Lithuanian teams (Lietuvos rytas, Neptūnas Klaipėda, Dzūkija, Lietkabelis, Nevėžis) withdrew from the competition due to the Lithuanian Basketball League's decision to expand its regular-season schedule up to 40 games per team.[2] New format with double round-robin tournament was proposed for the 2014–15 VTB United League.[2]

This proposal for the regular season was approved on 1 August 2014.[3] The eight best teams of the regular season will qualify to the playoffs.

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 CSKA Moscow 30 26 4 2713 2151 +562 Qualification to playoffs
2 Khimki 30 25 5 2647 2336 +311
3 Lokomotiv Kuban 30 23 7 2582 2242 +340
4 Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 22 8 2499 2362 +137
5 Nizhny Novgorod 30 19 11 2479 2390 +89
6 UNICS 30 19 11 2287 2189 +98
7 Avtodor Saratov 30 17 13 2718 2649 +69
8 Astana 30 13 17 2385 2458 73
9 Kalev/Cramo 30 13 17 2323 2587 264
10 VEF Rīga 30 12 18 2375 2401 26
11 Enisey 30 10 20 2567 2653 86
12 Krasny Oktyabr 30 9 21 2353 2505 152
13 Bisons 30 9 21 2383 2500 117
14 ČEZ Nymburk 30 9 21 2396 2509 113
15 Tsmoki-Minsk 30 7 23 2345 2665 320
16 Krasnye Krylia 30 7 23 2060 2515 455

Playoffs

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                                   
  1 CSKA Moscow 103 110 111      
8 Astana 58 60 75      
  1 CSKA Moscow 86 97 92  
  5 Nizhny Novgorod 79 77 80  
4 Zenit 73 80 75 83 65
  5 Nizhny Novgorod 72 84 88 76 75  
    1 CSKA Moscow 89 94 99
  2 Khimki 62 81 69
  2 Khimki 99 87 89      
7 Avtodor Saratov 77 71 87      
  2 Khimki 76 76 55 76 94
  3 Lokomotiv Kuban 75 83 78 67 77    
3 Lokomotiv Kuban 74 89 86    
  6 UNICS 63 75 75      

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Player Team Ref.
Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow
[4]

MVP of the Month

Month Winner Team
October Miloš TeodosićCSKA Moscow
November Taylor RochestieNizhny Novgorod
December Courtney FortsonAvtodor Saratov
January Kyrylo FesenkoAvtodor Saratov
February Tyrese RiceBC Khimki
March Scott MachadoBC Kalev
April Rašid MahalbašićBC Astana

Player statistics

[5]

Points

Rank Player Team Games Points Average
1. Randy Culpepper Krasny Oktyabr1122620.55
2. Gerald Robinson VEF1731918.76
3. Courtney Fortson Avtodor1833518.61
4. Walter Hodge Zenit1525617.07
5. Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod1322016.92

Assists

Rank Player Team Games Assists Average
1. Jerry Johnson Astana141198.50
2. Donell Cooper Enisey181508.33
3. Scott Machado Kalev171337.82
4. Walter Hodge Zenit151117.40
5. Courtney Fortson Avtodor181277.06

Rebounds

Rank Player Team Games Rebounds Average
1. Frank Elegar Kalev1415711.21
2. Kervin Bristol Krasnye Krylia141359.64
3. Kyrylo Fesenko Avtodor121139.42
4. Pat Calathes Astana161368.50
5. Ivan Maraš Tsmoki-Minsk161338.31

Efficiency

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency Average
1. Frank Elegar Kalev1429320.93
2. Ian Hummer Bisons1836320.17
3. Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod1325619.69
4. Trey Thompkins Nizhny Novgorod1631219.50
5. Kyrylo Fesenko Avtodor1223419.50

References

  1. 2014–2015 draw held in Moscow! Archived 2014-07-24 at the Wayback Machine; VTB League, 20 July 2014
  2. No Lithuania and new format for 2014-2015? Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine; VTB League, 25 July 2014
  3. New format approved for 2014-2015 season Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine; VTB League, 1 August 2014
  4. Nando de Colo named regular season MVP Archived 2015-05-22 at the Wayback Machine; VTB League, 21 May 2015
  5. "Players stats". vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
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