The 2014–15 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 90th season of the Estonian basketball league and the second under the title sponsorship of Alexela. Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2013–14 KML season.
The season started on 4 October 2014 and concluded on 22 May 2015 with TÜ/Rock defeating Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 1 in the 2015 KML Finals to win their 26th Estonian League title.
Teams
TeamLocationArenaCapacityHead coachKalev/CramoTallinnSaku Arena7,500 Alar VarrakTÜ/RockTartuUniversity of Tartu Sports Hall4,000 Gert KullamäeRakvere TarvasRakvereRakvere Sports Hall3,000 Andres SõberTLÜ/KalevTallinnKalev Sports Hall6,950 Kalle KlandorfTTÜTallinnTTÜ Sports Hall2,000 Heino LillPärnuPärnuPärnu Sports Hall2,000 Mait KäbinTYCO RaplaRaplaSadolin Sports Hall5,000 Aivar KuusmaaValga/Maks & MooritsValgaValga Sports Hall2,000 Varis KrūmiņšAudentes/NoortekoondisTallinnAudentes Sports Center Indrek Visnapuu
Coaching changes Pre-seasonTeamOutgoing coachIncoming coachValga/Maks & Moorits Sandis Buškevics Varis KrūmiņšTTÜ Tiit Sokk Heino LillPärnu Darko Ivanović Mait Käbin
Regular season During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:
Kalev/Cramo will play 1 round at home and 1 away (1 at home and 1 away in total). TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home (1 at home and 2 away in total). Audentes/Noortekoondis will play 1 round at home and 1 away (1 at home and 1 away in total).
Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.
League table
First half of the season
Second half of the season
Playoffs
The playoffs began on 7 April and ended on 22 May. The tournament concluded with TÜ/Rock defeating Kalev/Cramo 4 games to 1 in the 2015 KML Finals.
Bracket
Individual statistics Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Points RankPlayerTeamGamesPointsPPG1 Brandis Raley-Ross Rakvere Tarvas 37 818 22.112 Jurijs Aleksejevs Valga/Maks & Moorits 30 535 17.833 Reinis Strupovičs Valga/Maks & Moorits 30 523 17.434 Domagoj Bubalo TYCO Rapla 25 401 16.045 Keith Benson Kalev/Cramo 14 224 16.00
Rebounds RankPlayerTeamGamesReboundsRPG1 Jurijs Aleksejevs Valga/Maks & Moorits 30 319 10.632 Janar Talts TÜ/Rock 32 290 9.063 Robertas Grabauskas TLÜ/Kalev 31 269 8.684 Jaan Puidet TTÜ 27 223 8.265 David Haughton Rakvere Tarvas35 279 7.97
Assists RankPlayerTeamGamesAssistsAPG1 Scott Machado Kalev/Cramo 20 90 4.502 Sandis Silavs Pärnu 31 136 4.393 Rait-Riivo Laane TYCO Rapla 36 155 4.314 Jaan Puidet TTÜ 27 116 4.305 Augustas Pečiukevičius TÜ/Rock26 1084.15
Awards
Finals MVP Tanel Kurbas (TÜ/Rock)
Best Defender Janar Talts (TÜ/Rock)
Best Young Player Siim-Markus Post (Audentes/Noortekoondis)
Coach of the Year Gert Kullamäe (TÜ/Rock)
All-KML team PlayerTeamPG Scott MachadoKalev/CramoSG Brandis Raley-RossRakvere TarvasSF Gregor ArbetKalev/CramoPF Janar TaltsTÜ/RockC Domagoj BubaloTYCO Rapla
Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamOctober Kristers Zeidaks TYCO Rapla November Brandis Raley-Ross Rakvere TarvasDecember Jurijs Aleksejevs Valga/Maks & Moorits January Janar Talts TÜ/RockFebruary Domagoj Bubalo TYCO Rapla March Brandis Raley-Ross Rakvere Tarvas
See also 2014–15 EuroChallenge 2014–15 VTB United League 2014–15 Baltic Basketball League
References
External links Official website