The 2017–18 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 14th and the last season of the Baltic Basketball League and the third under the title sponsorship of Triobet. The season began on 24 October 2017 and concluded on 5 April 2018. Last year's finalist Pieno žvaigždės defeated Jūrmala in the finals to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.
Competition format In this edition 14 teams took part. They were divided into two groups of seven teams where, after a double-legged round-robin, the best four of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals. Kazakh team Barsy Atyrau and Belarusian Tsmoki-Minsk II played all their matches abroad.
Midway through the season Vytautas withdrew from the league due to them forfeiting two different games in this league for different reasons. As a result, they would participate in a series of friendly matches dubbed the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games; it was created for the purpose of promoting their newest acquisitions at the time in LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball.
Team information Group Team City, Country Arena Head coach Group A AVIS Rapla Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall Aivar Kuusmaa Port of Pärnu Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall Heiko Rannula Betsafe/Liepāja Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Center Agris Galvanovskis Jūrmala Jūrmala, Latvia Jūrmala State Gymnasium Mārtiņš Gulbis Šiauliai Šiauliai, Lithuania Šiauliai Arena Antanas Sireika Vytautas Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania Prienai Arena Virginijus Šeškus Tsmoki-Minsk II Minsk, Belarus The team will play away Rostislav Vergun Group B University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall Priit Vene TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall Gert Kullamäe TTÜ Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall Rait Käbin Valmiera/ORDO Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Center Kristaps Valters Ogre Ogre, Latvia Ogre 1st Secondary School Arturs Visockis-Rubenis Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena Gediminas Petrauskas Barsy Atyrau Atyrau, Kazakhstan The team will play away Aleksandar Vrzina
Regular season Group A
Group B
Playoffs
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 Jūrmala 148–174 Pieno žvaigždės 80–98 68–76 Game 1
Game 2
Baltic Basketball League 2017–18 ChampionsPieno žvaigždės1st title
Awards
MVP of the Month {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center" width=100|Month ! align="center" width=200|Player ! align="center" width=200|Team ! align="center" width=|Ref. |- |November 2017||align="left"| Steven Cook ||align="left"| University of Tartu || |- |December 2017||align="left"| Laurynas Birutis ||align="left"| Šiauliai || |- |January 2018||align="left"| Janar Talts ||align="left"| University of Tartu || |- |February 2018||align="left"| Ivars Žvīgurs ||align="left"| Jūrmala || |- |March 2018||align="left"| Laurynas Birutis (2) ||align="left"| Šiauliai ||
Finals MVP Jahenns Manigat ( Pieno žvaigždės)
Player statistics Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1 Yauheni Beliankou Tsmoki-Minsk II1018418.402 Jānis Kaufmanis Valmiera ORDO1219616.333 Nolan Cressler AVIS Utilitas Rapla1219416.17
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1 Donatas Sabeckis Šiauliai161106.882 Norman Käbin TTÜ12695.753 Rinalds Sirsniņš Ogre Kumho Tyre14755.36
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1 Viktors Iļjins Valmiera ORDO1112111.002 Bamba Fall TLÜ Kalev141198.503 Devonte Upson AVIS Utilitas Rapla12978.08
Efficiency RankName TeamGamesEfficiencyPIR1 Laurynas Birutis Šiauliai1530220.132 Bamba Fall TLÜ Kalev1428020.003 Viktors Iļjins Valmiera ORDO1120919.00
References
External links Official website