The 2011–12 Russian Professional Basketball League (PBL) was the second season of the Russian Professional League, and the 21st overall season of the Russian Professional Championship. CSKA Moscow won the title, by beating Khimki Moscow Region 2–0 in the league's playoff Finals.
Format
Because of the involvement of the senior men's Russia national basketball team at the Olympic qualifying tournament in 2012, the 2011–12 Russian Professional League was reduced to two playoff series.
All teams met each other at home and away venues. In the regular season, each team played 18 games.
Teams Team Home City Arena Capacity Triumph Lyubertsy Lyubertsy Triumph Sports Palace 4,000 Spartak Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena 7,044 Spartak Primorye Vladivostok SK Olimpiets 1,500 Krasnye Krylia Samara MTL Arena 3,500 CSKA Moscow Moscow Universal Sports Hall CSKA 5,500 Enisey Krasnoyarsk Arena Sever 4,100 Khimki Khimki Basketball Center 6,196 Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar Basket-Hall 7,500 Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Trade Union Sport Palace 5,600 UNICS Kazan Basket Hall Arena 7,500 Regular season
Championship playoffs
Fifth position playoffs
Awards
Regular season MVP Davon Jefferson (Triumph Lyubertsy)
Playoffs MVP Alexey Shved (CSKA Moscow)Wolves Sign Free Agent Alexey Shved.
All-Symbolic Team First Symbolic Team Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg) Zoran Planinić (Khimki Moscow Region) Davon Jefferson (Triumph Lyubertsy) Andrei Kirilenko (CSKA Moscow) Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv Kuban) Second Symbolic Team Torey Thomas (Spartak Primorye) Vitaly Fridzon (Khimki Moscow Region) Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy) Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow) Vladimir Veremeenko (UNICS Kazan)
See also 2011–12 VTB United League
References
External links Professional Basketball League