2012–13 Baltic Basketball League

The 2012–13 Baltic Basketball League was the 9th season of the Baltic Basketball League.

The Challenge Cup tournament was discontinued and the new format featured 23 teams – 9 from Lithuania, 8 from Estonia, 5 from Latvia and 1 from Kazakhstan. For the Regular season the teams were divided into three groups of six and one group of five."". BBL Homepage (2012-09-19). Retrieved on 2013-02-28 Top four teams of each group advanced to Last 16 where they were divided into four groups. Two best teams of each group advanced to the play-offs. All play-off games were played in home-and-away series."Competition system ". BBL Homepage. Retrieved on 2013-02-28

Ventspils became the first ever Latvian team to win the tournament by beating Lithuanian side Prienai 161–142 on aggregate score in the finals."Ventspils lift BBL trophy ". BBL Homepage (2012-04-06). Retrieved on 2013-04-06 Kalev/Cramo from Estonia won their first Baltic League medal by downing Latvian side Barons kvartāls 144–137 in the bronze medal playoffs.

Teams + Key to colors Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Last 16 Regular season Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships) Lithuania (LKL) 9 Prienai (3) Šiauliai (4) Pieno žvaigždės (5) Nevėžis (7) LSU/Baltai (8) Juventus (9) Sakalai (10) Lietkabelis (11) Palanga/Triobet (12) Estonia (KML) 8 Kalev/Cramo (1) Tartu Ülikool/Rock (2) Rakvere Tarvas (3) TYCO Rapla (4) TTÜ KK (5) Tallinna Kalev (6) KK Pärnu (7) Valga/Maks & Moorits (8) Latvia (LBL) 5 Ventspils (2) Liepāja/Triobet (3) Valmiera (5) Jelgava (6) Barons kvartāls (LBL2 1) Kazakhstan (D1) 1 Barsy Atyrau (2)

Regular season

The Regular season ran from October 1, 2012 to December 18, 2012.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Regular season. Points scored during the Regular season. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular season match.

+ Key to colors     Top four places in each group advance to Last 16     Eliminated

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break 1. Ventspils 10 10 0 811 595 +216 20 2. Šiauliai 10 8 2 881 660 +221 18 3. Palanga/Triobet 10 5 5 673 790 –117 15 4. Barsy Atyrau 10 4 6 763 795 –32 14 5. TTÜ KK 10 2 8 665 773 –108 12 6. TYCO Rapla 10 1 9 692 872 –180 11

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break 1. Tartu Ülikool/Rock 10 9 1 919 696 +223 19 2. Lietkabelis 10 8 2 811 727 +84 18 3. Juventus 10 5 5 845 830 +15 15 4. Jelgava 10 4 6 791 864 –73 14 5. Liepāja/Triobet 10 2 8 695 790 –95 12 1–1 (+27) 6. Valga/Maks & Moorits 10 2 8 666 820 –154 12 1–1 (–27)

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break 1. Prienai 10 10 0 915 672 +243 20 2. Rakvere Tarvas 10 5 5 792 819 –27 15 3–1 3. Barons kvartāls 10 5 5 759 814 –55 15 2–2 4. Sakalai 10 5 5 779 764 +15 15 1–3 5. Nevėžis 10 4 6 768 732 +36 14 6. Tallinna Kalev 10 1 9 664 876 –212 11

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break 1. Pieno žvaigždės 8 8 0 693 551 +142 16 2. Kalev/Cramo 8 6 2 616 556 +60 14 3. Valmiera 8 3 5 595 636 –41 11 4. KK Pärnu 8 2 6 573 630 –57 10 5. LSU/Baltai 8 1 7 542 646 –104 9

Last 16 The Last 16 phase ran from January 8, 2013 to February 26, 2013.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Last 16 phase, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Last 16 phase. Points scored during the Last 16 phase. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 16 phase match.

+ Key to colors     Top two teams in each group advance to quarterfinals.     Eliminated

Group E

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break 1. Ventspils 6 5 1 480 386 +94 11 1–1 (+20) 2. Barons kvartāls 6 5 1 443 436 +7 11 1–1 (–20) 3. KK Pärnu 6 1 5 474 506 –32 7 1–1 (+21) 4. Lietkabelis 6 1 5 443 512 –69 7 1–1 (–21)

Group F

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break 1. Tartu Ülikool/Rock 6 4 2 485 410 +75 10 1–1 (0) 2. Šiauliai 6 4 2 500 469 +31 10 1–1 (0) 3. Valmiera 6 3 3 416 419 –3 9 4. Sakalai 6 1 5 380 483 –103 7

Group G

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break 1. Prienai 6 5 1 535 443 +92 11 1–1 (+9) 2. Kalev/Cramo 6 5 1 495 421 +74 11 1–1 (–9) 3. Jelgava 6 2 4 508 588 –80 8 4. Palanga/Triobet 6 0 6 477 563 –86 6

Group H

TeamPldWLPFPADiffPtsTie-break 1. Pieno žvaigždės 6 4 2 509 451 +58 10 2–2 (+7) 2. Rakvere Tarvas 6 4 2 533 489 +44 10 2–2 (+4) 3. Juventus 6 4 2 547 505 +42 10 2–2 (–11) 4. Barsy Atyrau 6 0 6 432 576 –144 6

Play-offs

In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

Bracket

Finals Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg Ventspils 161–142 Prienai 91–69 70–73 Game 1

Game 2

Baltic Basketball League 2013 Champions Ventspils 1st title

Individual statistics Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played. Statistics include only Regular Season games. Source: Baltic Basketball League player statistics

Efficiency RankNameTeamGamesEfficiencyEFF1. Rain Raadik KK Pärnu 14 307 21.932. Gediminas Orelik Prienai 16 333 20.813. Tyler Cain Barons kvartāls 8 165 20.63 4. Emmanuel Okoye Tallinna Kalev 10 206 20.605. Jānis Bērziņš Valmiera 14 280 20.00

Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Māris Gulbis Barons kvartāls 15 281 18.732. Reimo Tamm Rakvere Tarvas 16 279 17.443. Rain Raadik KK Pärnu 14 244 17.434. Emmanuel Okoye Tallinna Kalev 10 174 17.405. Gediminas Orelik Prienai 16 276 17.25

Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Tyler Cain Barons kvartāls 8 90 11.252. Rain Raadik KK Pärnu 14 151 10.793. Emmanuel Okoye Tallinna Kalev 10 100 10.004. Frank Elegar Kalev/Cramo 10 98 9.805. Jānis Bērziņš Valmiera 14 110 7.86

Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Augustas Pečiukevičius KK Pärnu 14 80 5.712. Žygimantas Janavičius Prienai 9 51 5.673. Marc Campbell Tallinna Kalev 10 50 5.004. Mindaugas Stasys LSU/Baltai 7 32 4.575. Jokūbas Gintvainis Sakalai 16 72 4.50

Awards

BBL 2012–13 Season MVP Gediminas Orelik (Prienai)"". BBL Homepage (2013-03-03). Retrieved on 2013-03-05

BBL 2013 Finals MVP Jānis Timma (Ventspils)"Timma: "The MVP award made the victory even sweeter" ". BBL Homepage (2012-04-21). Retrieved on 2013-05-02

Top Scorer Māris Gulbis (Barons kvartāls)

MVP of the Month {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center"|Month ! align="center" width=170|Player ! align="center" width=170|Team ! align="center" width=|Ref. |- |October 2012||align="left"| Darrick Leonard||align="left"| Juventus || |- |November 2012||align="left"| Reimo Tamm||align="left"| Rakvere Tarvas || |- |December 2012||align="left"| Māris Gulbis ||align="left"| Barons kvartāls || |- |January 2013||align="left"| Jānis Bērziņš ||align="left"| Valmiera || |- |February 2013||align="left"| Brandis Raley-Ross ||align="left"| Rakvere Tarvas ||

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