2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League
# 2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League

The 2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League.

## Format

### Regular season

In the first phase, ten teams competed in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total). Teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.

### Second phase

The top five teams from the regular season advanced to the championship phase. Cedevita Olimpija started their competition from this phase. These teams started the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team played a total of 10 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin was used.

The last five teams entered a home-and-away round-robin playout-league where two best teams qualify to quarterfinals. Since KK Koper Primorska had been already disqualified, each team played 6 games in this phase instead of 8. The last team was relegated.

**Playoffs**

Eight teams joined the playoffs.

## Teams

KK Triglav Kranj was promoted.

Commission of the Basketball Federation of Slovenia hasn't been approved the licence for KK Koper Primorska. On June 30, after club's appeal the licence was granted.

On December 23, Koper Primorska.decided to withdraw from the Liga Nova KBM because of the club's financial instability. All their matches were declared with score 0-20.

### Venues and locations

| Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cedevita Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,500 |
| Helios Suns | Domžale | Komunalni center Hall | 2,500 |
| GGD Šenčur | Šenčur | ŠD Šenčur | 800 |
| Hopsi | Polzela | ŠD Polzela | 1,800 |
| Krka | Novo Mesto | ŠD Leona Štuklja | 2,500 |
| Koper Primorska | Koper | Arena Bonifika | 5,000 |
| Rogaška | Rogaška Slatina | ŠD Rogaška Slatina | 800 |
| Šentjur | Šentjur | Dvorana OŠ Hruševec | 700 |
| Terme Olimia | Podčetrtek | ŠD Podčetrtek | |
| ECE Triglav | Kranj | Planina Sports Hall | 800 |
| Zlatorog | Laško | Tri Lilije Hall | 2,500 |

* Teams that play in the 2020–21 Adriatic League
* Teams that play in the 2020–21 Adriatic League Second Division
* Teams that play in the 2020–21 Alpe Adria Cup

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Terme Olimia Podčetrtek | Bojan Lazić | End of contract | – | Pre-season | Davor Brečko | 14 August 2020 |

## Regular season

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Krka | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1384 | 1101 | +283 | 34 | Qualification to championship group |
| 2 | GGD Šenčur | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1382 | 1251 | +131 | 31 | Qualification to championship group |
| 3 | Helios Suns | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1271 | 1102 | +169 | 31 | Qualification to championship group |
| 4 | Rogaška | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1382 | 1239 | +143 | 30 | Qualification to championship group |
| 5 | Terme Olimia | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1309 | 1256 | +53 | 28 | Qualification to championship group |
| 6 | Šentjur | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1296 | 1285 | +11 | 28 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 7 | Zlatorog Laško | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1239 | 1335 | −96 | 24 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 8 | Hopsi Polzela | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1246 | 1374 | −128 | 24 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 9 | ECE Triglav | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1150 | 1356 | −206 | 22 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 10 | Koper Primorska | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 360 | −360 | 18 | Withdrawn |

## Championship group

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cedevita Olimpija | 10 | 7 | 3 | 773 | 729 | +44 | 17 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Krka | 10 | 6 | 4 | 830 | 764 | +66 | 16 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Rogaška | 10 | 6 | 4 | 791 | 807 | −16 | 16 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Helios Suns | 10 | 5 | 5 | 727 | 709 | +18 | 15 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | GGD Šenčur | 10 | 3 | 7 | 775 | 773 | +2 | 13 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Terme Olimia | 10 | 3 | 7 | 727 | 841 | −114 | 13 | Qualification to playoffs |

## Relegation group

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Šentjur | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1238 | 1114 | +124 | 27 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Hopsi Polzela | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1231 | 1197 | +34 | 23 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Zlatorog Laško | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1155 | 1152 | +3 | 23 | |
| 4 | ECE Triglav | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1056 | 1217 | −161 | 17 | Relegation |

## Playoffs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 3 and, in the finals, 5.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cedevita Olimpija | 2 | | |
| Hopsi Polzela | 0 | | |
| Hopsi Polzela | 0 | Cedevita Olimpija | 2 |
| | | Helios Suns | 0 |
| Helios Suns | 2 | Helios Suns | 0 |
| GGD Šenčur | 1 | | | | |
| GGD Šenčur | 1 | | | Cedevita Olimpija | 3 |
| | | | | Krka | 0 |
| Krka | 2 | | | Krka | 0 |
| Šentjur | 1 | | | | |
| Šentjur | 1 | Krka | 2 | | |
| | | Rogaška | 0 |
| Rogaška | 2 | Rogaška | 0 |
| Terme Olimia | 0 | | |

## Awards

### Regular Season MVP

* Dino Murić (GGD Šenčur)

### Season MVP

* Dino Murić (GGD Šenčur)

### Finals MVP

* Kendrick Perry (Cedevita Olimpija)

## Statistical leaders

| Performance Index Rating Pos Player Club PIR 1 Dino Murić Šenčur 24.22 2 David Nichols Rogaška 20.03 3 Logan Routt Zlatorog 19.90 | Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 David Nichols Rogaška 19.39 1 Dino Murić Šenčur 18.39 3 Malcolm Bernard Rogaška 17.59 |
| - | - |
| Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Aaron Carver Hopsi Polzela 11.87 2 Dino Murić Šenčur 11.72 3 Logan Routt Zlatorog 10.25 | Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Daniel Vujasinović Helios Suns 6.48 2 David Nichols Rogaška 6.45 3 Žan Kosić Hopsi Polzela 6.08 |

## Slovenian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| - | - | - |
| Cedevita Olimpija | EuroCup | Regular season |
