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
TeamLocationArenaCapacityHead coachKalev/CramoTallinnSaku Arena7,500 Alar VarrakTÜ/RockTartuUniversity of Tartu Sports Hall4,000 Gert KullamäeRakvere TarvasRakvereRakvere Sports Hall3,000 Andres SõberTYCO RaplaRaplaSadolin Sports Hall5,000 Aivar KuusmaaTTÜTallinnTTÜ Sports Hall2,000 Tiit SokkValga/Maks & MooritsValgaValga Sports Hall2,000 Sandis BuškevicsPärnuPärnuPärnu Sports Hall2,000 Darko IvanovićTallinna KalevTallinnKalev Sports Hall6,950 Kalle KlandorfHITOJõhviJõhvi Sports Hall500 Priit Sternhof
Coaching changes Pre-seasonTeamOutgoing coachIncoming coachPärnu Priit Vene Darko IvanovićIn-seasonTeamOutgoing coachIncoming coachTYCO 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
First half of the season
Second half of the season
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
Individual statistics Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.
Points RankPlayerTeamGamesPointsPPG1 Joe ProphetHITO 15 290 19.332 Asenso AmpimTallinna Kalev 26 389 14.963 Siim LaurHITO 29 426 14.694 Giedrius GustasRakvere Tarvas 39 540 13.855 Vlad MoldoveanuKalev/Cramo 32 443 13.84
Rebounds RankPlayerTeamGamesReboundsRPG1 Frank ElegarKalev/Cramo 30 263 8.772 Asenso AmpimTallinna Kalev 26 211 8.123 Nemanja MiljkovićPärnu 30 235 7.834 Jaan PuidetTTÜ 30 222 7.405 Ferg MyrickValga/Maks & Moorits 20 147 7.35
Assists RankPlayerTeamGamesAssistsAPG1 Giedrius GustasRakvere Tarvas 39 179 4.592 Jaan PuidetTTÜ 30 133 4.433 Erik KeedusTTÜ 34 145 4.264 Miguel OrtegaValga/Maks & Moorits 20 78 3.905 Vincent SimpsonTÜ/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 PlayerTeamPG Augustas PečiukevičiusTÜ/RockSG Rain VeidemanKalev/CramoSF Tanel KurbasTÜ/RockPF Janar TaltsTÜ/RockC Frank ElegarKalev/Cramo
Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamOctober Giedrius GustasRakvere TarvasNovember Augustas PečiukevičiusTÜ/RockDecember Joonas JärveläinenTTÜJanuary Vilmantas DilysTÜ/RockFebruary Juris UmbraškoRakvere TarvasMarch Rait-Riivo LaaneTYCO RaplaApril Raido RoosTallinna Kalev
See also 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball 2013–14 EuroChallenge 2013–14 VTB United League 2013–14 Baltic Basketball League
References
External links Official website