2014–15 VTB United League

VTB United League1
Season2014–15
Duration3 October 2014 – April 2015
Games played240 (regular season)
Teams16
Regular season
Season MVP Nando de Colo
Finals
Champions CSKA Moscow
(6th VTB League title)
(22nd Russian national title)
Runners-up Khimki
Playoffs MVP Andrey Vorontsevich
Awards
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.

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.

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
Source: VTB United League

Playoffs

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

Awards

Most Valuable Player

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

Playoffs MVP

Player Team Ref.
Andrey Vorontsevich CSKA Moscow
[5]

Sixth Man of the Year

Player Team Ref.
Petteri Koponen Khimki [6]

Young Player of the Year

Player Team Ref.
Jānis Timma VEF Rīga
[6]

Coach of the Year

Coach Team Ref.
Dimitrios Itoudis CSKA Moscow [7]

Defensive Player of the Year

Player Team Ref.
Andrey Vorontsevich CSKA Moscow [6]

All-VTB United League Teams

First Team Second Team
Player Team Player Team
Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow
Courtney Fortson Avtodor Petteri Koponen Khimki
Tyrese Rice Khimki Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod
Derrick Brown Lokomotiv Kuban Micah Downs Avtodor
Kyrylo Fesenko Lokomotiv Kuban Andrey Vorontsevich CSKA Moscow

MVP of the Month

Month Winner Team
October Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow
November Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod
December Courtney Fortson Avtodor Saratov
January Kyrylo Fesenko Avtodor Saratov
February Tyrese Rice BC Khimki
March Scott Machado BC Kalev
April Rašid Mahalbašić BC Astana

Player statistics

[8]

Points

Rank Player Team Games Points Average
1. Randy Culpepper Krasny Oktyabr 11 226 20.55
2. Gerald Robinson VEF 17 319 18.76
3. Courtney Fortson Avtodor 18 335 18.61
4. Walter Hodge Zenit 15 256 17.07
5. Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod 13 220 16.92

Assists

Rank Player Team Games Assists Average
1. Jerry Johnson Astana 14 119 8.50
2. Donell Cooper Enisey 18 150 8.33
3. Scott Machado Kalev 17 133 7.82
4. Walter Hodge Zenit 15 111 7.40
5. Courtney Fortson Avtodor 18 127 7.06

Rebounds

Rank Player Team Games Rebounds Average
1. Frank Elegar Kalev 14 157 11.21
2. Kervin Bristol Krasnye Krylia 14 135 9.64
3. Kyrylo Fesenko Avtodor 12 113 9.42
4. Pat Calathes Astana 16 136 8.50
5. Ivan Maraš Tsmoki-Minsk 16 133 8.31

Efficiency

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency Average
1. Frank Elegar Kalev 14 293 20.93
2. Ian Hummer Bisons 18 363 20.17
3. Taylor Rochestie Nizhny Novgorod 13 256 19.69
4. Trey Thompkins Nizhny Novgorod 16 312 19.50
5. Kyrylo Fesenko Avtodor 12 234 19.50

References

  1. ^ 2014–2015 draw held in Moscow! Archived 2014-07-24 at the Wayback Machine; VTB League, 20 July 2014
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ "CSKA Defends Title In Kazan Thriller!". Vtb-league.com. 2016-06-08. Archived from the original on 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  6. ^ a b c "VTB United League - Official Website". Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  7. ^ "Dimitris Itoudis named Coach of the Year | VTB United League". old.vtb-league.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  8. ^ "Players stats". vtb-league.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
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