2014–15 ABA League explained

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ABA League
T Bg:	darkgrey
T Color:	white
Season:	2014–15
Champions:	Crvena Zvezda Telekom 1st title
Runners Up:	Cedevita
Semifinalists:	Budućnost Partizan
Relegated:	Levski Sofia
Teams:	14
Duration:	(Regular season) April 14–30, 2015 (Playoffs)
Top Seed:	Crvena Zvezda Telekom
Tv:	BNT Doma TV Happy TV MKTV RTCG RTRS Sport 1 Sport Klub Šport TV
Mvp:	Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)
Finals Mvp:	Boban Marjanović (Crvena Zvezda)
Top Scorer:	Malcolm Armstead (Krka)
Ppg:	17.5
Rebounds Leader:	Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)
Rpg:	9.2
Assists Leader:	Nenad Miljenović (Mega Leks)
Apg:	8.3

The 2014–15 ABA League was the 14th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Hungary and Bulgaria participating in it.

Regular season started on October 3, 2014, and lasted until March 22, 2015 followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams.^[1]

Team information

Country	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
	align=center rowspan=5	4
	Crvena Zvezda		Pionir Hall (8,150)
	Mega Leks		Sports Hall Pinki (3,000)
	Metalac Farmakom		Valjevo Sports Hall (2,500)
			Pionir Hall (8,150)
	align=center rowspan=4	3
			Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
			Mala dvorana Doma sportova (4,000)
			Krešimir Ćosić Hall (9,000)
	align=center rowspan=3	2
			Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
			Arena Stožice (12,480)
	align=center	1		Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000)
	align=center	1			Universiada Hall (3,000)
	align=center	1			Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok (3,000)
	align=center	1			Jane Sandanski Arena (6,500)
	align=center	1			Morača Sports Center (5,000)

Head coaches

Team	Head coach
Budućnost VOLI	Igor Jovović
Cedevita	Jasmin Repeša
Cibona	Slaven Rimac
Crvena Zvezda	Dejan Radonjić
Igokea	Željko Lukajić
Krka	Aleksandar Džikić
Levski	Konstantin Papazov
Mega Leks	Dejan Milojević
Metalac Farmakom	Vladimir Đokić
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Aleš Pipan
Partizan	Duško Vujošević
Szolnoki Olaj	Dragan Aleksić
Union Olimpija	Memi Bečirovič
Zadar	Ante Nazor

Coaching changes

Week	Club	Outgoing coach	Date of change	Incoming coach
3rd	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Zmago Sagadin	16 October 2014^[2]	Vrbica Stefanov
7th	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Vrbica Stefanov	5 November 2014^[3]	Boban Mitev
9th	Igokea	Vlada Jovanović	26 November 2014^[4]	Željko Lukajić
16th	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Boban Mitev	6 January 2015^[5]	Aleksandar Jončevski
22nd	Union Olimpija	Aleš Pipan	22 February 2015^[6]	Memi Bečirovič
22nd	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Aleksandar Jončevski	27 February 2015^[7]	Aleš Pipan

Regular season

The regular season began on October 3, 2014, and ended on March 22, 2015.

Standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Semifinals

The semifinals will be played in April 2015. Teams 1 & 2 will host Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if it is necessary. Teams 3 & 4 will host Game 3, plus Game 4 if it is necessary.

Game 1

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Game 2

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Game 3

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Game 4

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Game 5

Finals

Game 4

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	GP	Average	High	Low	Annual chg in avg
1		15	6,067	7,000	2,500	5 %
2		17	4,201	5,983	2,237	47 %
3		13	3,054	5,000	1,500	9 %
4		15 ^[8]	2,881	5,100	1,580	15 %
5		13	2,529	5,123	900	align="center"	-21 %
6		13	2,269	5,000	1,000	12 %
7		13	1,762	2,500	800	38 %
8		17	1,480	3,100	400	align="center"	-1 %
9		13	1,446	2,000	800	NA
10		13	1,400	3,000	500	1 %
11		13	1,258	2,000	800	align="center"	-6 %
12		13	1,250	1,500	1,000	align="center"	-20 %
13		11^[9]	1,145	3,000	300	NA
14		13	1,000	2,000	500	align="center"	-53 %

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Stats leaders

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MVP Round by Round

Round	Player	Team	Efficiency
1	Nikola Jokić	Mega Leks	44
2	Marcus Williams	Crvena Zvezda	29
3	James Florence	Zadar	31
4	Luka Mitrović	Crvena Zvezda	34
5	Nenad Miljenović	Mega Leks	34
6	Nikola Jokić (2)	Mega Leks	40
7	Nikola Jevtović	Metalac Farmakom	28
8	Josip Sobin	Zadar	36
9	Dávid Vojvoda	Szolnoki Olaj	34
10	Damir Markota	Cibona	28
11	Andrija Bojić	Mega Leks	29
12	Nenad Miljenović (2)	Mega Leks	30
13	Josip Sobin (2)	Zadar	31
14	Nikola Kalinić	Crvena Zvezda	32
15	Josip Sobin (3)	Zadar	38
16	Nenad Miljenović (3)	Mega Leks	33
17		Partizan	30
18		Krka	30
19	Dávid Vojvoda (2)	Szolnoki Olaj	31
20		Cedevita	31
21	Nikola Jokić (3)	Mega Leks	37
22	Nenad Miljenović (4)	Mega Leks	35
23		Mega Leks	40
24		Union Olimpija	40
25	Nenad Miljenović (5)	Mega Leks	38
26	Nikola Jokić (4)	Mega Leks	39
SF game 1		Budućnost	24
SF game 2	Milan Mačvan (2)	Partizan	28
SF game 3	Nikola Kalinić (2)	Crvena Zvezda	29
SF game 4		Partizan	33
SF game 5	Miro Bilan (2)	Cedevita	19
F game 1		Crvena Zvezda	24
F game 2	Boban Marjanović (2)	Crvena Zvezda	39
F game 3	Boban Marjanović (3)	Crvena Zvezda	18
F game 4		Crvena Zvezda	19

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October 2014	Nenad Miljenović		^[12]
November 2014	Boban Marjanović		^[13]
December 2014	align=left		align=left		^[14]
January 2015	align=left		align=left		^[15]
February 2015	align=left		align=left	Mega Leks	^[16]
March 2015	align=left		align=left	Budućnost VOLI	^[17]

Ranking MVP

Rank	Name	Team	Efficiency	Games	Average
1.	Nikola Jokić	Mega Leks	527	24	21.96
2.	Nenad Miljenović	Mega Leks	521	24	21.71
3.	Josip Sobin	Zadar	467	24	19.46
4.	Miro Bilan	Cedevita	480	26	18.46
5.	Milan Mačvan	Partizan	372	21	17.71

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Malcolm Armstead	Krka	439	25	17.56
2.	Nikola Jokić	Mega Leks	370	26	15.42
3.	James Florence	Zadar	352	23	15.30
4.		Szolnoki Olaj	366	25	14.64
5.	Miro Bilan	Cedevita	353	26	14.58

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	Nikola Jokić	Mega Leks	222	24	9.25
2.	Josip Sobin	Zadar	208	24	8.67
3.	Predrag Samardžiski	MZT Skopje	120	14	8.57
4.	Nikola Milutinov	Partizan	198	25	7.92
5.	Chris Booker	Krka	195	25	7.80

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	Nenad Miljenović	Mega Leks	201	24	8.38
2.	Omar Cook	Budućnost	147	23	6.39
3.	Marcus Williams	Crvena zvezda	121	22	5.50
4.	Marko Marinović	Union Olimpija	127	26	4.88
5.	Nemanja Gordić	Cedevita	104	24	4.33

The ideal five and coach of the season

The ideal five of the season were selected by fans and head coaches of the ABA League teams, with both contributing 50% of the final result for every playing position.^{[18] [19]}

Position	Name	Team
PG		Krka
SG	Suad Šehović	Budućnost
SF	Aleksandar Pavlović	Partizan
PF	Milan Mačvan	Partizan
C	Boban Marjanović	Crvena zvezda
Coach	Dejan Radonjić	Crvena zvezda

ABA League clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
		Top 16
		Eighthfinals
		Last 32
		Last 32
		Regular Season
		Regular Season

External links

• Official website
• ABA League at Eurobasket.com

Notes and References

1. News: Propositions and playoffs format unanimously confirmed . abaliga.com . 19 September 2014 . 20 September 2014 . https://archive.today/20140920110325/http://www.abaliga.com/a7838/Official_Announcement/Propositions_and_playoffs_format_unanimously_confirmed.html . 20 September 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
2. News: Zmago Sagadin replaced by Vrbica Stefanov . abaliga.com . 16 October 2014 . 2014-10-16 . https://archive.today/20141016183246/http://www.abaliga.com/a8075/News/Zmago_Sagadin_replaced_by_Vrbica_Stefanov.html . 2014-10-16 . dead .
3. Web site: Boban Mitev stays MZT head coach . abaliga.com . 13 November 2014 . 2014-11-13 . https://archive.today/20141113215136/http://www.abaliga.com/a8352/News/Boban_Mitev_stays_MZT_head_coach.html . 2014-11-13 . dead .
4. Web site: Željko Lukajić is the new Igokea head coach . abaliga.com . 26 November 2014 . 2014-11-27 . https://archive.today/20141130053852/http://www.abaliga.com/a8489/News/Zeljko_Lukajic_is_the_new_Igokea_head_coach.html . 2014-11-30 . dead .
5. Web site: Boban Mitev is no longer MZT head coach . abaliga.com . 6 January 2015 . dead . https://archive.today/20150106220820/http://www.abaliga.com/a8935/News/Boban_Mitev_is_no_longer_MZT_head_coach.html . 6 January 2015 .
6. Web site: Bečirović replaced Pipan at Olimpija . abaliga.com . 22 February 2015 . 23 February 2015 . https://archive.today/20150223220146/http://www.abaliga.com/a9360/News/Becirovic_replaced_Pipan_at_Olimpija.html . 23 February 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
7. Web site: Aleš Pipan returned to MZT Skopje Aerodrom . abaliga.com . 22 February 2015 . 15 March 2015 . https://archive.today/20150315210110/http://www.abaliga.com/a9384/News/Ales_Pipan_returned_to_MZT_Skopje_Aerodrom.html . 15 March 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
8. BC Levski Sofia's walkover in the 17th round.
9. No spectator in the games against KK Cibona & KK Crvena Zvezda due to disciplinary punishment
10. Web site: ABA League 2014-15 Season Calendar . 2014-10-06 . https://archive.today/20141007045510/http://www.abaliga.com/n52/League/Calendar . 2014-10-07 . dead .
11. http://www.abaliga.com/n67/Statistics/Individual_Statistics ABA League Individual Statistics
12. http://www.abaliga.com/a8198/Interviews/Interview_with_the_October_MVP_Nenad_Miljenovic.html Interview with the October MVP Nenad Miljenović
13. Web site: Interview with the November MVP Boban Marjanović . 2015-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095032/http://www.abaliga.com/a8577/Interviews/Interview_with_the_November_MVP_Boban_Marjanovic.html . 2015-04-02 . dead .
14. Web site: Interview with December MVP Josip Sobin . 2015-03-16 . https://archive.today/20150316165016/http://www.abaliga.com/a8953/Interviews/Interview_with_December_MVP_Josip_Sobin.html . 2015-03-16 . dead .
15. Web site: January MVP - Milan Mačvan (Partizan NIS) . 2015-03-16 . https://archive.today/20150316165014/http://www.abaliga.com/a9212/News/January_MVP_Milan_Macvan_Partizan_NIS_.html . 2015-03-16 . dead .
16. Web site: February MVP - Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks) . 2015-03-16 . https://archive.today/20150307061633/http://www.abaliga.com/a9443/News/February_MVP_Nikola_Jokic_Mega_Leks_.html . 2015-03-07 . dead .
17. Web site: March MVP - Boris Savović (Budućnost) . 2015-03-24 . https://archive.today/20150404172539/http://www.abaliga.com/a9625/News/March_MVP_Boris_Savovic_Buducnost_VOLI_.html . 2015-04-04 . dead .
18. News: Marjanović heads the ideal five. abaliga.com. 2 April 2015. 3 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150712103617/http://www.abaliga.com/a9653/News/Marjanovic_heads_the_ideal_five.html. 2015-07-12. dead.
19. News: Coach of the 2014/15 season: Dejan Radonjić . abaliga.com . 8 April 2015 . 2015-04-08 . https://archive.today/20150408202340/http://www.abaliga.com/a9669/News/Coach_of_the_2014/15_season_Dejan_Radonjic.html . 2015-04-08 . dead .