2014–15 NBB season

NBB 2014–15
NBB 2014–15
League	Novo Basquete Brasil
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 2014–May 2015
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	SporTV Rede Globo
NBB season
Champions	Flamengo
NBB seasons
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 NBB season was the 7th season of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league.^[1] Once again this tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). The NBB also qualified teams for international tournaments such as Liga Sudamericana and FIBA Americas League.

This season sixteen teams were played each other in the regular season. At the end of the home and away matches round the top four teams qualified for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically, while the teams finishing in the 5th and 12th place participated in the first round of the playoffs to determine the other four teams in the quarterfinals, in a five-match series. This year NBB returned to a series in the Finals, played in a best of three-match.^[2]

For this season, only the last regular season placed was relegated to the , the NBB second division. The Liga Ouro winner receive the right to contest NBB in the next year.^[2]^[3]

Participating teams[]

New teams in the league

( champions, promoted)

Teams that left the league

Universo/Goiânia (16th place in the 2013–14 regular season, relegated)
Espírito Santo Basquetebol (17th place in the 2013–14 regular season, relegated)

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	Appearance	Last season
Basquete Cearense	Fortaleza	Ginásio Paulo Sarasate	2,200 8,200		3rd	11th
Paschoalotto/Bauru	Bauru		2,000	Guerrinha	7th	7th
UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília	Brasília	Ginásio Nilson Nelson	3,050 16,000		7th	5th
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima HSBC Arena Maracanãzinho	4,500 15,000 11,800	José Alves Neto	7th	1st
Vivo/Franca	Franca		6,000	Lula Ferreira	7th	8th
Liga Sorocabana	Sorocaba		3,000		4th	14th
Winner/Limeira	Limeira		1,800		6th	6th
Macaé Basquete	Macaé		3,000 6,000		2nd	13th
Minas Tênis Clube	Belo Horizonte	Arena Minas	4,000	Demétrius Ferracciú	7th	15th
Mogi das Cruzes/Helbor	Mogi das Cruzes		5,000		3rd	4th
Palmeiras/Meltex	São Paulo		1,500		3rd	12th
Paulistano/Unimed	São Paulo		1,500	Gustavo de Conti	7th	2nd
Pinheiros/Sky	São Paulo		854	Marcel de Souza	7th	9th
	Rio Claro		3,000		1st	1st ()
São José/Unimed	São José dos Campos		2,620		7th	3rd
Unitri/Pilhas Energizer/Uberlândia	Uberlândia		6,000		5th	10th

Brasília

São Paulo

São Paulo teams:
Palmeiras
Paulistano
Pinheiros

Locations of the 2014–15 NBB teams

Head coach changes[]

Pre-season changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Pinheiros	Claudio Mortari	Moved to team's supervisor	Marcel de Souza	May 17, 2014^[4]
Limeira	Demétrius Ferracciú	Transferred to Minas	Dedé Barbosa	July 8, 2014^[5]
Brasília	Sergio Hernández	End of contract	José Carlos Vidal	July 25, 2014^[6]
Palmeiras	Hebert Coimbra	End of contract	Régis Marrelli	September 15, 2014^[7]
	Marcelo Tamião	Moved to team's supervisor	Chuí	October 2, 2014^[8]

Mid-season changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment
	Chuí	Sacked	Marcelo Tamião	January 14, 2015^[9]
Uberlândia	Arturo Álvarez	Sacked	Carlos Romano	January 19, 2015^[10]

Regular season[]

League table[]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bauru	30	28	2	2723	2263	+460	58	Quarterfinals Playoffs
2	Limeira	30	25	5	2483	2299	+184	55
3	Flamengo	30	23	7	2602	2302	+300	53
4	Mogi das Cruzes	30	21	9	2547	2447	+100	51
5	Minas	30	17	13	2267	2228	+39	47	First Round Playoffs
6	Paulistano	30	17	13	2464	2391	+73	47
7	Pinheiros	30	16	14	2387	2397	−10	46
8	Franca	30	14	16	2294	2314	−20	44
9	Palmeiras	30	13	17	2323	2378	−55	43
10	Brasília	30	12	18	2469	2524	−55	42
11	São José	30	12	18	2344	2433	−89	42
12	Macaé Basquete	30	9	21	2370	2523	−153	39
13	Uberlândia	30	9	21	2254	2471	−217	39
14	Basquete Cearense	30	8	22	2299	2521	−222	38
15		30	8	22	2376	2535	−159	38
16	Liga Sorocabana	30	8	22	2350	2526	−176	38	Relegation to Liga Ouro

Source: LNB – NBB

Results[]

	BCE	BAU	BRA	FLA	FRA	LSB	LIM	MAC	MIN	MOG	PAL	PAU	PIN		SJO	UBE
Basquete Cearense		67–109	96–84	63–89	78–91	90–78	67–85	76–82	71–65	80–91	83–65	69–77	85–91	68–60	70–76	80–62
Bauru	99–81		83–86	92–84	82–70	97–80	90–89	85–69	89–71	97–75	85–77	81–74	116–55	106–74	104–96	87–64
Brasília	81–68	74–85		95–106	74–62	84–76	83–87	80–77	75–77	86–88	89–62	86–94	106–105	73–85	79–78	87–90
Flamengo	106–73	77–84	76–74		82–79	98–73	86–70	103–78	77–59	87–83	81–77	97–81	0–20 †	99–74	93–88	91–58
Franca	90–66	73–79	81–73	72–80		82–55	86–92	74–66	66–69	74–78	80–74	76–81	81–68	72–61	80–65	70–62
Liga Sorocabana	86–82	71–110	91–76	92–97	88–67		83–85	96–73	65–84	85–87	102–81	78–76	88–96	75–68	70–78	70–82
Limeira	89–84	77–71	86–69	78–73	100–74	85–73		87–66	66–62	82–72	76–64	89–80	72–86	95–90	82–71	83–64
Macaé Basquete	78–77	85–93	68–86	86–84	78–79	80–73	79–81		85–87	89–95	77–72	76–69	95–91	92–94	103–105	79–72
Minas	90–63	79–84	79–87	78–76	83–69	89–80	72–85	73–63		66–76	68–73	72–69	87–110	82–70	91–76	75–66
Mogi das Cruzes	80–84	80–99	108–99	94–98	80–82	89–82	98–82	81–70	60–61		85–84	88–77	83–75	93–80	88–89	90–80
Palmeiras	94–87	65–77	86–70	85–89	96–90	83–78	79–69	83–67	76–80	68–84		73–68	67–74	101–98	99–86	79–68
Paulistano	86–78	89–90	89–81	91–99	88–79	83–69	84–85	82–76	62–83	74–76	92–73		84–68	94–89	89–71	78–59
Pinheiros	97–81	69–89	95–82	68–89	87–67	85–79	61–73	99–69	89–78	81–88	65–79	89–93		67–71	72–70	107–86
	92–83	65–82	89–98	85–93	68–75	82–70	78–87	85–105	73–68	77–82	72–75	87–90	70–84		79–66	91–100
São José	70–78	71–90	67–78	71–94	94–83	91–72	73–77	80–79	71–64	79–89	56–55	77–88	89–70	76–75		80–52
Uberlândia	78–71	76–88	91–74	101–98	67–70	66–72	81–89	81–80	56–75	80–86	82–78	77–82	80–83	84–94	90–84

Source: NBB Fixtures

Notes:

† Flamengo was punished by the LNB due to problems in the Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima and Pinheiros was declared the winner by 20–0 (walkover).^[11]

NBB All-Star Weekend[]

For the third time in history the All-Star Weekend was played at in Franca, São Paulo on March 6–7, 2015.^[12]^[13] In the first day of the event, it was disputed the "Dunk Tournament", "Three-Point Tournament", "Skills Challenge" and "Shooting Stars Competition".^[12] The NBB All-Star Game was played on the following day with NBB Brasil defeated NBB Mundo for the fourth straight year (131–110).^[14]

Playoffs[]

First Round (Best-of-5)		Quarterfinals (Best-of-5)		Semifinals (Best-of-5)		Final (Best-of-3)

		(1) Bauru	3
(8) Franca	3	(8) Franca	2
(9) Palmeiras	2			(1) Bauru	3
				(4) Mogi das Cruzes	2
		(4) Mogi das Cruzes	3
(5) Minas	1	(12) Macaé Basquete	2
(12) Macaé Basquete	3					(1) Bauru	0
						(3) Flamengo	2
		(2) Limeira	3
(7) Pinheiros	1	(10) Brasília	1
(10) Brasília	3			(2) Limeira	0
				(3) Flamengo	3
		(3) Flamengo	3
(6) Paulistano	1	(11) São José	2
(11) São José	3

First Round[]

(5) Minas vs. (12) Macaé Basquete[]

Game 1

April 10, 2015
19:30 UTC−03:00

Minas 90, Macaé Basquete 78
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 23–12, 24–15, 27–30
Pts: 20 Rebs: 9 Asts: 7		Pts: 24 Rebs: 9 Asts: 3

Minas 80, Macaé Basquete 81 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 7–13, 8–22, 26–15, 30–21, Overtime: 9–10
Pts: 26 Rebs: Shilton 13 Asts: 5		Pts: 23 Rebs: 9 Asts: 4

Macaé Basquete 91, Minas 62
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 18–8, 28–13, 26–17
Pts: three players 14 Rebs: 9 Asts: 6		Pts: 15 Rebs: Shilton 5 Asts: , 3

Macaé Basquete 92, Minas 86
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 26–17, 21–24, 22–24
Pts: 30 Rebs: 8 Asts: three players 3		Pts: 17 Rebs: Shilton 6 Asts: 8
Macaé Basquete wins series, 3–1

Paulistano 75, São José 76
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–19, 21–15, 15–20
Pts: 18 Rebs: 10 Asts: , 3		Pts: Baxter 17 Rebs: Torres 10 Asts: Baxter, Valtinho 4

Paulistano 72, São José 67
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 14–17, 11–23, 23–12
Pts: 21 Rebs: 9 Asts: 4		Pts: Torres 21 Rebs: 9 Asts: Valtinho 5

São José 85, Paulistano 74
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 21–18, 30–20, 23–15
Pts: 18 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Valtinho 4		Pts: , 17 Rebs: , 5 Asts: 8

São José 74, Paulistano 65
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 16–20, 19–15, 20–9
Pts: Baxter 18 Rebs: Torres 13 Asts: 5		Pts: 13 Rebs: , 8 Asts: 3
São José wins series, 3–1

Pinheiros 91, Brasília 95
Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 22–24, 18–26, 23–18
Pts: Jo. Smith 27 Rebs: 7 Asts: Jo. Smith 7		Pts: Giovannoni 23 Rebs: 11 Asts: 3

Pinheiros 96, Brasília 90
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 14–26, 30–27, 27–19
Pts: 30 Rebs: Bambu 8 Asts: Jo. Smith 12		Pts: 15 Rebs: 9 Asts: Fúlvio 5

Brasília 82, Pinheiros 76
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 26–17, 14–19, 17–21
Pts: 30 Rebs: 6 Asts: Fúlvio 5		Pts: Jo. Smith 22 Rebs: Toledo 7 Asts: Jo. Smith 4

Brasília 93, Pinheiros 81
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 24–16, 24–24, 18–22
Pts: Giovannoni 23 Rebs: Giovannoni 10 Asts: Fúlvio 7		Pts: Toledo, 17 Rebs: Toledo 8 Asts: Jo. Smith 5
Brasília wins series, 3–1

Franca 79, Palmeiras 74
Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 18–27, 21–23, 26–17
Pts: 24 Rebs: Mata 10 Asts: Meindl, Mata 4		Pts: Gianella 21 Rebs: Diego 7 Asts: Stanic 9

Franca 81, Palmeiras 64
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 21–18, 16–11, 20–24
Pts: Mata 22 Rebs: Mata 9 Asts: Mata 6		Pts: Stanic 13 Rebs: 7 Asts: Gianella, 5

Palmeiras 80, Franca 73
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 16–12, 25–22, 19–23
Pts: 20 Rebs: Stanic 7 Asts: Stanic 9		Pts: Mariano 20 Rebs: Meindl 5 Asts: 9

Palmeiras 63, Franca 56
Scoring by quarter: 12–8, 14–21, 22–10, 15–17
Pts: 16 Rebs: 6 Asts: Stanic 7		Pts: Meindl 15 Rebs: Mata 10 Asts: 3

Franca 73, Palmeiras 64
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 15–6, 14–23, 19–16
Pts: Mariano 23 Rebs: Mariano 12 Asts: 7		Pts: Gianella 14 Rebs: 8 Asts: Gianella 5
Franca wins series, 3–2

Bauru 82, Franca 55
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–12, 20–9, 24–16
Pts: Murilo 17 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 14 Asts: Garcia 6		Pts: Meindl 15 Rebs: Meindl 8 Asts: 5

Bauru 71, Franca 74
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 26–17, 16–19, 16–19
Pts: Hettsheimeir 23 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 7 Asts: Fischer 5		Pts: Mata 26 Rebs: Mata 11 Asts: 8

Franca 67, Bauru 75
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 9–25, 28–17, 12–19
Pts: Mariano 16 Rebs: Meindl 8 Asts: 8		Pts: Garcia 23 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 11 Asts: Garcia 4

2014–15 NBB season

Participating teams[]

Head coach changes[]

Regular season[]

League table[]

Results[]

NBB All-Star Weekend[]

Playoffs[]

First Round[]

(5) Minas vs. (12) Macaé Basquete[]

(6) Paulistano vs. (11) São José[]

(7) Pinheiros vs. (10) Brasília[]

(8) Franca vs. (9) Palmeiras[]

Quarterfinals[]

(1) Bauru vs. (8) Franca[]

(4) Mogi das Cruzes vs. (12) Macaé Basquete[]

(2) Limeira vs. (10) Brasília[]

(3) Flamengo vs. (11) São José[]

Semifinals[]

(1) Bauru vs. (4) Mogi das Cruzes[]

(2) Limeira vs. (3) Flamengo[]

Finals: (1) Bauru vs. (3) Flamengo[]

Statistical leaders[]

Individual tournament highs[]

References[]

External links[]

Franca 78, Bauru 67
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 16–12, 25–23, 20–17
Pts: Meindl 20 Rebs: Mata 7 Asts: 6		Pts: Hettsheimeir 21 Rebs: 6 Asts: Fischer 8

Bauru 78, Franca 72
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 21–15, 23–16, 17–20
Pts: Hettsheimeir 24 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: Fischer 10		Pts: Mariano 16 Rebs: Mariano, Mata 8 Asts: 8
Bauru wins series, 3–2

Mogi das Cruzes 84, Macaé Basquete 72
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 21–20, 21–18, 29–17
Pts: 23 Rebs: 8 Asts: 5		Pts: , 14 Rebs: , 6 Asts: , 4

Mogi das Cruzes 84, Macaé Basquete 89
Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 16–17, 27–16, 16–29
Pts: , Shamell 20 Rebs: Prestes 7 Asts: 3		Pts: 27 Rebs: 8 Asts: three players 3

Macaé Basquete 78, Mogi das Cruzes 69
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 16–14, 15–23, 22–19
Pts: 18 Rebs: 7 Asts: 5		Pts: 21 Rebs: 10 Asts: three players 2

Macaé Basquete 73, Mogi das Cruzes 91
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 12–28, 24–32, 16–15
Pts: 17 Rebs: 6 Asts: 5		Pts: Shamell 32 Rebs: 11 Asts: 4

Mogi das Cruzes 91, Macaé Basquete 84
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 20–14, 26–30, 30–20
Pts: 21 Rebs: 8 Asts: Shamell 3		Pts: 24 Rebs: 6 Asts: , 3
Mogi das Cruzes wins series, 3��2

Limeira 93, Brasília 76
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 29–23, 23–22, 24–17
Pts: 16 Rebs: 6 Asts: Nezinho, Jackson 6		Pts: Giovannoni 22 Rebs: 6 Asts: Fúlvio 7

Limeira 85, Brasília 93
Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 16–25, 23–16, 28–24
Pts: Jackson 23 Rebs: 6 Asts: Nezinho 4		Pts: Giovannoni 29 Rebs: Giovannoni 11 Asts: three players 4

Brasília 83, Limeira 98
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 25–19, 21–23, 24–34
Pts: 17 Rebs: 8 Asts: Fúlvio 5		Pts: Nezinho 21 Rebs: 8 Asts: Jackson 5