VTB United League 2014/15

VTB United League season 2014/2015
sport	basketball
founding year	2008
Teams	16
countries	Estonia Finland Kazakhstan Latvia Russia Czech Republic Belarus
master	PBK CSKA Moscow
MVP (regular season)	Nando de Colo from CSKA Moscow

The VTB United League season 2014/15 was the sixth season of the basketball league VTB. 16 teams from 7 countries took part in the VTB United League season 2014/15. The season started on October 3, 2014 and ended on June 5, 2015.

Tournament format

In contrast to previous seasons, all teams played a double round each against each other. Then the first eight teams played the play-offs. It took the winner three wins to advance.

Compared to the previous year, the Polish, Ukrainian and Lithuanian clubs had left the league. Newcomers were Avtodor Saratow and Bisons Loimaa from Finland. Since the first team from Spartak St. Petersburg has stopped playing, the team moved from Triumph Lyubertsy to St. Petersburg and started as Zenit St. Petersburg in the league.

Regular season

The regular season games took place from October 3, 2014 to April 26, 2015.

table

Final score

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-	Diff
1. CSKA Moscow	30th	26th	4th	2713	2151	+562
2. BK Khimki	30th	25th	5	2647	2336	+311
3. Locomotive Kuban	30th	23	7th	2582	2242	+340
4. Zenit St. Petersburg	30th	22nd	8th	2499	2362	+137
5. BK Nizhny Novgorod	30th	19th	11	2479	2390	+89
6. UNICS Kazan	30th	19th	11	2287	2189	+98
7. Avtodor Saratov	30th	17th	13	2718	2649	+68
8. BK Astana	30th	13	17th	2385	2458	−73
9. Kalev Tallinn	30th	13	17th	2323	2587	−264
10. VEF Riga	30th	12	18th	2375	2401	−36
11. BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	30th	10	20th	2567	2653	−86
12. Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd	30th	9	21st	2353	2505	−152
13. Bison Loimaa	30th	9	21st	2383	2500	−117
14. ČEZ Nymburk	30th	9	21st	2396	2509	−113
15. Zmoki Minsk	30th	7th	23	2345	2665	−320
16. Krasnye Krylya	30th	7th	23	2060	2515	−455

team	Astana	Avtodor	Bison	Khimki	Yenisei	Kalev	Krylja	Locomotive	Minsk	NN	Nymb.	Oktyabr	UNICS	VEF	Zenith	CSKA
Astana	*	86:85	80:90	88:93	86:95	93:72	95:88	81:70	84:85	72:79	82:84	94:76	87:67	79:78	76:92	60:78
Avtodor	83:94	*	103: 82	101: 76	98:97	85:66	105: 99	92:88	100: 81	88:93	101: 97	99:93	87:69	83:98	93:83	79:91
Bison	85:76	83:89	*	84:87	108: 71	79:83	100: 43	82:77	102: 79	75:80	85:93	69:82	76:82	63:88	63:76	63:78
Khimki	93:64	89:63	94:73	*	83: 101	96:60	85:54	85:78	98:77	86:82	94:82	86:80	80:56	96:87	81:76	107: 104
Yenisei	81:83	90:85	99:79	79:89	*	83:87	101: 76	74:95	88:94	73:86	81:77	87:89	85:81	81:88	104: 108	79:93
Kalev	63:65	77:91	85:79	70:94	66: 111	*	75:71	83:99	93:84	110: 76	77:70	82:80	69:84	88:85	65:84	79: 113
Krylja	50:72	80:98	65:92	95: 102	77:72	65:75	*	64:86	77:71	73:78	95:84	73:66	59:52	46:87	84:86	41:85
locomotive	105: 79	89:85	111: 69	67:87	98:81	114: 51	91:59	*	85:80	88:82	99:95	82:61	74:72	84:89	86:64	81:73
Minsk	94:86	99: 119	93:82	82: 108	84:91	89:88	74:66	65:82	*	79:93	68:85	89:84	83:88	70:71	58:97	68: 109
Novgorod	95:88	91:85	79:65	86:94	93:83	82:71	84:88	71:60	70:65	*	89:80	92:85	80:84	102: 72	74:82	59:84
Nymburgk	86:67	96:86	70:74	72:80	99:87	73:92	77:68	67:82	79:65	71:74	*	86:81	62:81	84:90	80:84	73:86
Oktyabr	84:72	82:83	75:83	80:94	86:92	82:83	78:75	79:94	92:88	74:96	82:76	*	69:78	84:69	67:70	88: 101
UNICS	72:70	81:78	85:80	75:73	107: 74	90:68	83:56	50:60	84:70	78:89	76:62	82:66	*	64:52	73:66	73:75
VEF	61:75	100: 82	78:62	77:84	77:75	89:95	67:70	72:80	86:61	59:82	86:78	75:76	75:82	*	88:93	72:87
Zenith	85:88	94:86	100: 85	65:63	89:73	79:69	83:52	74:89	85:78	80:60	95:91	89:85	89:87	88:81	*	77:81
CSKA	89:63	104: 107	99:70	78:60	92:79	102: 81	92:51	76:78	93:72	83:75	102: 67	81:54	75:51	107: 78	102: 86	*

Play-offs

The play-off games began on May 1st and ended on June 5th, 2015.

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	CSKA Moscow	103	113	111
	8th	BK Astana	58	60	75
										1	CSKA Moscow	86	97	92
										5	Nizhny N	79	77	80
	4th	Zenit St.P	73	80	75	83	65
	5	Nizhny N	72	84	88	76	75
																			1	CSKA Moscow	89	94	99
																			2	BK Khimki	62	81	69
	2	BK Khimki	99	87	89
	7th	Avtodor	77	71	87
										2	BK Khimki	76	76	55	76	94
										3	Locomotive. Kuban	75	83	78	67	77
	3	Locomotive. Kuban	74	89	86
	6th	UNICS Kazan	63	75	75

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Nando de Colo from CSKA Moscow

Matchday MVP

Gameday	player	Club
1	Konstantinos Kaimakoglou	UNICS Kazan
2	Maxim Grigoryev	Kuban locomotive
3	/ Rašid Mahalbašić	BK Astana
4th	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow
5	/ Taylor Rochestie	BK Nizhny Novgorod
6th	Gerald Robinson	BK VEF Rīga
7th	Dmitri Kulagin	Zenit St Petersburg
8th	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor Saratov
9	Scott Machado	BC Kalev
10	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor Saratov
11	Tyrese Rice	BK Khimki
12	Roland's Freimanis	BC Kalev
13	/ Walter Hodge	BK Zenit Saint Petersburg
14th	/ Taylor Rochestie	BK Nizhny Novgorod
15th	Kaspars Bērziņš	Krasnye Krylja Samara
16	Kyrylo Fesenko	Avtodor Saratov
17th	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow
18th	/ Frank Elegar	BC Kalev
19th	Anthony Randolph	Kuban locomotive
20th	/ Frank Elegar	BC Kalev
21st	/ Jerry Johnson	BK Astana
22nd	Nikita Kurbanov	Kuban locomotive
23	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor Saratov
24	/ Scott Machado	BC Kalev
25th	Kaspars Bērziņš	Krasnye Krylja Samara
26th	Malcolm Delaney	Kuban locomotive
27	Rain Veideman	BC Kalev
28	Elmedin Kikanović	BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk
29	Petteri Koponen	BK Khimki
30th	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor Saratov
Play-off quarter-finals	Trey Thompkins	BK Nizhny Novgorod
Play-off semi-finals	Sergei Monja	BK Khimki

MVP of the month

month	player	Club
October 2014	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow
November 2014	/ Taylor Rochestie	BK Nizhny Novgorod
December 2014	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor Saratov
January 2015	Kyrylo Fesenko	Avtodor Saratov
February 2015	Tyrese Rice	BK Khimki
March 2015	/ Scott Machado	BC Kalev
April 2015	/ Rašid Mahalbašić	BK Astana

Individual awards

Award	player	Club
Sixth Man of the Year	Petteri Koponen	BK Khimki
Defensive Player of the Year	Andrei Vorontsevich	CSKA Moscow
Coach of the Year	Dimitrios Itoudis	CSKA Moscow
Young Player of the Year	Jānis Timma	BK VEF Rīga
League Scoring Champion	Randy Culpepper	Krasny Oktyabr

Best national player

The best player from each participating country was honored.

country	player	Club
Estonia	Rain Veideman	(Kalev)
Finland	Petteri Koponen	(Khimki)
Kazakhstan	Anatoly Kolesnikov	(Astana)
Latvia	Jānis Timma	(VEF)
Russia	Andrei Vorontsevich	(CSKA)
Czech Republic	Jiří Welsch	(Nymburgk)
Belarus	Artyom Parachovsky	(Nizhny Novgorod)