2020–21 KML season
# 2020–21 KML season

The 2020–21 Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) season, also known as PAF Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons, was the 95th season of the top-tier basketball league in Estonia.

The play-offs began on 19 April 2021 and ended on 17 May with BC Kalev/Cramo defeating Pärnu Sadam in the finals for their 12th Estonian Championship.

## Teams

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 958 |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 1,700 |
| Pärnu Sadam | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 1,820 |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere Sports Hall | 2,747 |
| Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Tallinn | Sõle Sports Centre | 153 |
| TalTech | Tallinn | TalTech Sports Hall | 1,000 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 2,600 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | Toomas Annuk | Roberts Freimanis | Spalding | Fenix Bet & Casino |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | Roberts Štelmahers | Martin Dorbek | Nike | Unibet |
| Pärnu Sadam | Heiko Rannula | Lauris Blaus | Joma | Betsafe |
| Rakvere Tarvas | Juris Umbraško | Renato Lindmets | Spalding | Rakvere |
| Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Valdo Lips | Mario Paiste | Nike | Tallinn |
| TalTech | Kris Killing | Oliver Metsalu | Nike | Tallinn University of Technology |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Toomas Kandimaa | Robin Kivi | Spalding | Maks & Moorits |

### Coaching changes

| Team | 2019–20 season | 2020–21 season |
| - | - | - |
| Off-season |||
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | Priit Vene | Toomas Kandimaa |
| In-season |||
| Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | Martin Müürsepp | Valdo Lips |

## Regular season

Team standings are calculated as follows:

* Four rounds of Estonian-Latvian Basketball League regular season games.
* Two rounds of Korvpalli Meistriliiga regular season games.
* BC Kalev/Cramo's Estonian-Latvian Basketball League third and fourth round games are counted twice.

Any games postponed and not rearranged until 17 April 2021 are cancelled and regular season standings are determined by winning percentage.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 34 | 32 | 2 | 2399 | 1901 | +498 | .941 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 2 | Pärnu Sadam | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2718 | 2468 | +250 | .735 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 3 | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2573 | 2483 | +90 | .588 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 32 | 12 | 20 | 2436 | 2511 | −75 | .375 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 5 | TalTech | 31 | 11 | 20 | 2209 | 2454 | −245 | .355 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2420 | 2713 | −293 | .324 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 31 | 4 | 27 | 2340 | 2639 | −299 | .129 | Qualification to quarterfinals |

### Results

| Home \ Away | RAP | KAL | PÄR | TRV | TLK | TCH | TRT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | — | — | 64–72 | 83–81 | 96–88 | — | 81–65 |
| BC Kalev/Cramo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pärnu Sadam | — | — | — | 93–62 | 77–66 | 101–73 | 84–62 |
| Rakvere Tarvas | 72–84 | — | 58–87 | — | 86–89 | 90–77 | 80–76 |
| Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 72–87 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TalTech | 71–87 | — | 83–95 | — | — | — | 78–95 |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 67–77 | — | 77–89 | 104–101 | 86–61 | — | — |

## Playoffs

The play-offs began on 19 April and ended on 17 May. The tournament concluded with BC Kalev/Cramo defeating Pärnu Sadam three games to one in the finals.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 2 | 4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 0 | | | |
| 5 | TalTech | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | TalTech | 0 | | | | 1 | BC Kalev/Cramo | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Pärnu Sadam | 1 |
| 2 | Pärnu Sadam | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Pärnu Sadam | 1 |
| 7 | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ | 0 | 2 | Pärnu Sadam | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 0 |
| 3 | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 2 | 3 | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 0 | 3 | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla | 3 |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 1 | | | | 4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 2 |

## Awards

### Finals Most Valuable Player

* Chavaughn Lewis (BC Kalev/Cramo)

### Best Young Player

* Hugo Toom (Pärnu Sadam)

### Best Defender

* Märt Rosenthal (Pärnu Sadam)

### Coach of the Year

* Roberts Štelmahers (BC Kalev/Cramo)

### All-KML Team

| Pos | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| PG | Marcus Keene | BC Kalev/Cramo |
| SG | Edon Maxhuni | Pärnu Sadam |
| SF | Janari Jõesaar | BC Kalev/Cramo |
| PF | Roberts Freimanis | AVIS UTILITAS Rapla |
| C | Devin Thomas | BC Kalev/Cramo |
