2014–15 KML season
# 2014–15 KML season

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

| 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 |
| TLÜ/Kalev | Tallinn | Kalev Sports Hall | 6,950 | Kalle Klandorf |
| TTÜ | Tallinn | TTÜ Sports Hall | 2,000 | Heino Lill |
| Pärnu | Pärnu | Pärnu Sports Hall | 2,000 | Mait Käbin |
| TYCO Rapla | Rapla | Sadolin Sports Hall | 5,000 | Aivar Kuusmaa |
| Valga/Maks & Moorits | Valga | Valga Sports Hall | 2,000 | Varis Krūmiņš |
| Audentes/Noortekoondis | Tallinn | Audentes Sports Center | | Indrek Visnapuu |

## Coaching changes

Pre-season :

| Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
| - | - | - |
| Valga/Maks & Moorits | Sandis Buškevics | Varis Krūmiņš |
| TTÜ | Tiit Sokk | Heino Lill |
| Pärnu | 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | TÜ/Rock | 32 | 26 | 6 | 58 | .813 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Kalev/Cramo | 32 | 26 | 6 | 58 | .813 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | TYCO Rapla | 32 | 21 | 11 | 53 | .656 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | Rakvere Tarvas | 32 | 20 | 12 | 52 | .625 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Pärnu | 32 | 15 | 17 | 47 | .469 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 32 | 15 | 17 | 47 | .469 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | TTÜ | 32 | 12 | 20 | 44 | .375 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | TLÜ/Kalev | 32 | 7 | 25 | 39 | .219 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 9 | Audentes | 32 | 2 | 30 | 34 | .063 | |

### First half of the season

| Home \ Away | KAL | ROC | TAR | TLÜ | TTÜ | PÄR | RAP | VAL | AUD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalev/Cramo | | 68–57 | 89–80 | 105–63 | 80–70 | 94–56 | 86–65 | 77–83 | 123–46 |
| TÜ/Rock | 66–54 | | 93–85 | 72–56 | 86–77 | 90–63 | 68–74 | 90–62 | 121–61 |
| Rakvere Tarvas | 79–89 | 75–71 | | 89–67 | 80–76 | 87–94 | 73–65 | 95–93 | 101–73 |
| TLÜ/Kalev | 52–89 | 54–85 | 82–80 | | 78–67 | 71–79 | 54–68 | 85–79 | 83–91 |
| TTÜ | 62–88 | 51–78 | 53–70 | 79–64 | | 90–70 | 69–84 | 91–89 | 120–44 |
| Pärnu | 62–88 | 58–98 | 91–79 | 65–49 | 56–64 | | 77–75 | 82–78 | 116–75 |
| TYCO Rapla | 69–96 | 64–87 | 61–68 | 86–65 | 89–71 | 92–68 | | 77–61 | 98–51 |
| Valga/Maks & Moorits | 92–88 | 61–65 | 85–97 | 73–66 | 100–91 | 86–80 | 68–83 | | 92–72 |
| Audentes/Noortekoondis | 46–102 | 42–99 | 79–92 | 77–94 | 62–96 | 62–100 | 59–88 | 72–112 | |

### Second half of the season

| Home \ Away | ROC | TAR | TLÜ | TTÜ | PÄR | RAP | VAL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalev/Cramo | | | | | | | |
| TÜ/Rock | | | | | | | |
| Rakvere Tarvas | 57–85 | | 97–60 | 91–93 | 102–76 | 80–84 | 101–73 |
| TLÜ/Kalev | 72–93 | 60–90 | | 71–65 | 81–94 | 63–81 | 73–64 |
| TTÜ | 55–75 | 78–82 | 78–50 | | 82–76 | 71–68 | 84–89 |
| Pärnu | 88–69 | 73–91 | 84–70 | 73–64 | | 68–76 | 92–73 |
| TYCO Rapla | 68–84 | 66–69 | 93–81 | 86–78 | 80–75 | | 72–64 |
| Valga/Maks & Moorits | 72–89 | 71–83 | 88–61 | 77–76 | 80–71 | 70–73 | |
| Audentes/Noortekoondis | | | | | | | |

## 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

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

## Individual statistics

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

### Points

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brandis Raley-Ross | Rakvere Tarvas | 37 | 818 | 22.11 |
| 2 | Jurijs Aleksejevs | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 30 | 535 | 17.83 |
| 3 | Reinis Strupovičs | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 30 | 523 | 17.43 |
| 4 | Domagoj Bubalo | TYCO Rapla | 25 | 401 | 16.04 |
| 5 | Keith Benson | Kalev/Cramo | 14 | 224 | 16.00 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jurijs Aleksejevs | Valga/Maks & Moorits | 30 | 319 | 10.63 |
| 2 | Janar Talts | TÜ/Rock | 32 | 290 | 9.06 |
| 3 | Robertas Grabauskas | TLÜ/Kalev | 31 | 269 | 8.68 |
| 4 | Jaan Puidet | TTÜ | 27 | 223 | 8.26 |
| 5 | David Haughton | Rakvere Tarvas | 35 | 279 | 7.97 |

### Assists

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scott Machado | Kalev/Cramo | 20 | 90 | 4.50 |
| 2 | Sandis Silavs | Pärnu | 31 | 136 | 4.39 |
| 3 | Rait-Riivo Laane | TYCO Rapla | 36 | 155 | 4.31 |
| 4 | Jaan Puidet | TTÜ | 27 | 116 | 4.30 |
| 5 | Augustas Pečiukevičius | TÜ/Rock | 26 | 108 | 4.15 |

## 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

| Pos | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| PG | Scott Machado | Kalev/Cramo |
| SG | Brandis Raley-Ross | Rakvere Tarvas |
| SF | Gregor Arbet | Kalev/Cramo |
| PF | Janar Talts | TÜ/Rock |
| C | Domagoj Bubalo | TYCO Rapla |

### Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| October | Kristers Zeidaks | TYCO Rapla |
| November | Brandis Raley-Ross | Rakvere Tarvas |
| December | Jurijs Aleksejevs | Valga/Maks & Moorits |
| January | Janar Talts | TÜ/Rock |
| February | Domagoj Bubalo | TYCO Rapla |
| March | Brandis Raley-Ross | Rakvere Tarvas |
