2013–14 KML season
# 2013–14 KML season

The 2013–14 Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 89th season of the Estonian basketball league and the first under the title sponsorship of Alexela. Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2012–13 KML season.

The season started on 27 September 2013 and concluded on 21 May 2014 with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 0 in the 2014 KML Finals to win their 7th Estonian League title.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity | Head coach |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Saku Arena | 7,500 | Alar Varrak |
| TÜ/Rock | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 4,000 | Gert Kullamäe |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere Sports Hall | 3,000 | Andres Sõber |
| TYCO Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 5,000 | Aivar Kuusmaa |
| TTÜ | Tallinn | TTÜ Sports Hall | 2,000 | Tiit Sokk |
| Valga/Maks & Moorits | Valga | Valga Sports Hall | 2,000 | Sandis Buškevics |
| Pärnu | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 2,000 | Darko Ivanović |
| Tallinna Kalev | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 6,950 | Kalle Klandorf |
| HITO | Jõhvi | Jõhvi Sports Hall | 500 | Priit Sternhof |

### Coaching changes

Pre-season :

| Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
| - | - | - |
| Pärnu | Priit Vene | Darko Ivanović |
| In-season |||
| Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
| TYCO Rapla | Indrek Ruut | Aivar Kuusmaa |

## 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 against teams other than TÜ/Rock (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
* TÜ/Rock will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | TÜ/Rock | 32 | 30 | 2 | 62 | .938 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 32 | 29 | 3 | 61 | .906 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Rakvere Tarvas | 32 | 23 | 9 | 55 | .719 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | TTÜ | 32 | 16 | 16 | 48 | .500 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Tallinna Kalev | 32 | 14 | 18 | 46 | .438 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Pärnu | 32 | 14 | 18 | 46 | .438 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | TYCO Rapla | 32 | 10 | 22 | 42 | .313 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 32 | 6 | 26 | 38 | .188 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 9 | HITO | 32 | 2 | 30 | 34 | .063 | |

### First half of the season

| Home \ Away | KAL | ROC | TAR | RAP | TTÜ | VAL | PÄR | TAL | HIT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalev/Cramo | | 68–75 | 86–60 | 81–50 | 78–63 | 79–62 | 91–51 | 92–68 | 87–67 |
| TÜ/Rock | 75–78 | | 77–58 | 77–62 | 101–66 | 101–56 | 78–50 | 60–40 | 118–90 |
| Rakvere Tarvas | 83–73 | 67–90 | | 81–61 | 88–76 | 79–64 | 97–54 | 81–59 | 122–65 |
| TYCO Rapla | 61–87 | 60–71 | 59–86 | | 68–74 | 96–61 | 86–75 | 73–75 | 80–67 |
| TTÜ | 78–85 | 40–66 | 65–90 | 76–50 | | 67–61 | 65–59 | 75–67 | 83–58 |
| Valga/Maks & Moorits | 55–75 | 60–87 | 68–84 | 58–56 | 63–70 | | 54–69 | 81–86 | 85–64 |
| Pärnu | 51–68 | 68–105 | 63–74 | 78–72 | 66–78 | 64–59 | | 63–58 | 97–56 |
| Tallinna Kalev | 70–79 | 65–85 | 64–109 | 73–69 | 65–55 | 50–54 | 64–55 | | 96–62 |
| HITO | 69–86 | 68–107 | 102–118 | 61–83 | 75–98 | 55–70 | 78–82 | 58–80 | |

### Second half of the season

| Home \ Away | KAL | ROC | TAR | RAP | TTÜ | VAL | PÄR | TAL | HIT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalev/Cramo | | 87–77 | | | | | | | |
| TÜ/Rock | 86–81 | | | | | | | | |
| Rakvere Tarvas | 79–85 | 76–96 | | 80–68 | 81–71 | 78–70 | 91–55 | 101–66 | 110–79 |
| TYCO Rapla | 59–82 | 69–78 | 67–66 | | 79–64 | 79–72 | 66–74 | 82–63 | 107–83 |
| TTÜ | 61–80 | 57–80 | 56–63 | 73–64 | | 66–56 | 58–59 | 59–58 | 91–60 |
| Valga/Maks & Moorits | 56–83 | 64–82 | 60–87 | 63–68 | 77–74 | | 57–71 | 54–71 | 86–58 |
| Pärnu | 46–86 | 53–73 | 56–75 | 74–47 | 57–85 | 76–69 | | 78–75 | 88–63 |
| Tallinna Kalev | 53–88 | 72–84 | 97–64 | 75–68 | 57–63 | 86–64 | 70–69 | | 84–54 |
| HITO | 65–111 | 80–105 | 67–100 | 79–71 | 69–73 | 77–64 | 73–88 | 87–97 | |

## Playoffs

The playoffs began on 16 April and ended on 21 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating TÜ/Rock 4 games to 0 in the 2014 KML Finals.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | TÜ/Rock | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 0 | 1 | TÜ/Rock | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Tallinna Kalev | 0 | | | |
| 4 | TTÜ | 1 | 5 | Tallinna Kalev | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Tallinna Kalev | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Tallinna Kalev | 3 | | | | 1 | TÜ/Rock | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 4 |
| 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 4 |
| 7 | TYCO Rapla | 0 | | | |
| 7 | TYCO Rapla | 0 | 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Rakvere Tarvas | 0 |
| 3 | Rakvere Tarvas | 3 | 3 | Rakvere Tarvas | 0 | 3 | Rakvere Tarvas | 2 |
| 6 | Pärnu | 0 | | | | 5 | Tallinna Kalev | 1 |

## Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

### Points

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joe Prophet | HITO | 15 | 290 | 19.33 |
| 2 | Asenso Ampim | Tallinna Kalev | 26 | 389 | 14.96 |
| 3 | Siim Laur | HITO | 29 | 426 | 14.69 |
| 4 | Giedrius Gustas | Rakvere Tarvas | 39 | 540 | 13.85 |
| 5 | Vlad Moldoveanu | Kalev/Cramo | 32 | 443 | 13.84 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Frank Elegar | Kalev/Cramo | 30 | 263 | 8.77 |
| 2 | Asenso Ampim | Tallinna Kalev | 26 | 211 | 8.12 |
| 3 | Nemanja Miljković | Pärnu | 30 | 235 | 7.83 |
| 4 | Jaan Puidet | TTÜ | 30 | 222 | 7.40 |
| 5 | Ferg Myrick | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 20 | 147 | 7.35 |

### Assists

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giedrius Gustas | Rakvere Tarvas | 39 | 179 | 4.59 |
| 2 | Jaan Puidet | TTÜ | 30 | 133 | 4.43 |
| 3 | Erik Keedus | TTÜ | 34 | 145 | 4.26 |
| 4 | Miguel Ortega | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 20 | 78 | 3.90 |
| 5 | Vincent Simpson | TÜ/Rock | 35 | 133 | 3.80 |

## Awards

### MVP

* Vlad Moldoveanu (Kalev/Cramo)

### Finals MVP

* Vlad Moldoveanu (Kalev/Cramo)

### Best Defender

* Gregor Arbet (Kalev/Cramo)

### Best Young Player

* Sander Saare (Rakvere Tarvas)

### Coach of the Year

* Alar Varrak (Kalev/Cramo)

### All-KML team

| Pos | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| PG | Augustas Pečiukevičius | TÜ/Rock |
| SG | Rain Veideman | Kalev/Cramo |
| SF | Tanel Kurbas | TÜ/Rock |
| PF | Janar Talts | TÜ/Rock |
| C | Frank Elegar | Kalev/Cramo |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| October | Giedrius Gustas | Rakvere Tarvas |
| November | Augustas Pečiukevičius | TÜ/Rock |
| December | Joonas Järveläinen | TTÜ |
| January | Vilmantas Dilys | TÜ/Rock |
| February | Juris Umbraško | Rakvere Tarvas |
| March | Rait-Riivo Laane | TYCO Rapla |
| April | Raido Roos | Tallinna Kalev |
