2014–15 Turkish Basketball League

Turkish Basketball League
Turkish Basketball League
Season	2014–15
Teams	16
Games played	240 (regular season)
Dates	October 11, 2014 – June 19, 2015
TV	Lig TV
Final positions
Champions	Pınar Karşıyaka; (2nd title)
Runners-up	Anadolu Efes
Semifinalists	Fenerbahçe Ülker; Trabzonspor Medical Park
Relegated	Eskişehir Basket; Tofaş
Awards
Finals MVP	Bobby Dixon
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Matt Walsh
Rebounds	Alex Stepheson
Assists	Marques Green
Records
Highest scoring	TED 113–112 Gaziantep; (20 December 2014)
Winning streak	6 games; Beşiktaş İntegral Forex; Fenerbahçe Ülker; Pınar Karşıyaka
Losing streak	8 games; Eskişehir Basket
Highest attendance	13,800; Fenerbahçe Ülker 85–74 Galatasaray Liv Hospital; (17 November 2014)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 9 May 2015.

The 2014-15 Turkish Basketball League, was the 49th season of the top professional basketball league in Turkey.

The season started on October 11, 2014 and finished June 19, 2015. Fenerbahçe Ülker were the defending champions. Pınar Karşıyaka took the title, winning their second ever championship. Anadolu Efes were runners-up.^[1]

Clubs and arenas[]

İstanbul

Trabzonspor

Banvit

Istanbul teams
Anadolu Efes
Beşiktaş
Darüşşafaka
Fenerbahçe
Galatasaray
İstanbul BB

Locations of the 2014–15 Turkish Basketball League Clubs

Club	Location	Foun.Year	Arena	Capacity	Last Year	Head Coach
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	1976	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12,270	3rd(RS), QF(Play-off)	Dušan Ivković
Banvit	Bandırma	1994	Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall	2,500	1st(RS), SF(Play-off)	Selçuk Ernak
Beşiktaş İntegral Forex	Istanbul	1933	BJK Akatlar Arena	3,200	5th(RS), QF(Play-off)	Henrik Dettmann
Darüşşafaka Doğuş	Istanbul	1951	Darüşşafaka Ayhan Şahenk Sports Hall	3,500	Winner (TB2L)	Oktay Mahmuti
Eskişehir Basket	Eskişehir	2006	Anadolu Üniversitesi Sport Hall	5,000	14th(RS)	Brad Greenberg
Fenerbahçe Ülker	Istanbul	1913	Ülker Sports Arena	13,800	2nd(RS), Winner(Play-off)	Željko Obradović
Galatasaray Liv Hospital	Istanbul	1911	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12,270	4th(RS), RU(Play-off)	Ergin Ataman
İstanbul BB	Istanbul	2000	Cebeci Sport Hall	1,250	2nd (TB2L)	Draško Prodanović
Pınar Karşıyaka	İzmir	1966	Karşıyaka Arena	5,000	6th(RS), SF(Play-off)	Ufuk Sarıca
Royal Halı Gaziantep	Gaziantep	2007	Karataş Şahinbey Sport Hall	6,400	10th(RS)	Jure Zdovc
Rönesans TED Kolejliler	Ankara	1954	TOBB Sport Hall	2,000	12th(RS)	Hasan Özmeriç
Tofaş	Bursa	1974	Bursa Atatürk Sport Hall	2,900	8th(RS), QF(Play-off)	Fatih Elbaş
Torku Konyaspor	Konya	1987	Selçuklu Belediyesi Sport Hall	3,800	13th(RS)	Aziz Bekir
Trabzonspor Medical Park	Trabzon	2008	Hayri Gür Arena	7,500	9th(RS)	Nenad Marković
Türk Telekom	Ankara	1980	Ankara Arena	10,400	11th(RS)	Ercüment Sunter
Uşak Sportif	U��ak	2006	Uşak Üniversitesi Sport Hall	2,000	7th(RS), QF(Play-off)	Ozan Bulkaz

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fenerbahçe Ülker	30	23	7	2462	2189	+273	53	Qualification to playoffs
2	Anadolu Efes	30	22	8	2430	2183	+247	52
3	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	30	21	9	2384	2167	+217	51
4	Pınar Karşıyaka	30	19	11	2422	2288	+134	49
5	Banvit	30	16	14	2353	2315	+38	46
6	Trabzonspor Medical Park	30	16	14	2439	2394	+45	46
7	Türk Telekom	30	15	15	2378	2460	−82	45
8	Galatasaray Liv Hospital	30	15	15	2392	2392	0	45
9	Beşiktaş İntegral Forex	30	15	15	2357	2380	−23	45
10	Royal Halı Gaziantep	30	14	16	2265	2233	+32	44
11	Torku Konyaspor	30	12	18	2374	2512	−138	42
12	İstanbul BB	30	12	18	2258	2429	−171	42
13	Uşak Sportif	30	12	18	2340	2432	−92	42
14	Rönesans TED Kolejliler	30	11	19	2383	2494	−111	41
15	Eskişehir Basket (R)	30	9	21	2369	2546	−177	39	Relegation to TBL
16	Tofaş (R)	30	8	22	2255	2448	−193	38	Relegation to TBL

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2015. Source: TBL
(R) Relegated

Results[]

	AEF	TED	BAN	BJK	DAÇ	ESK	FBÜ	GSL	İBB	KSK	RHG	SEÜ	TOF	TTS	TSB	UŞK
Anadolu Efes		73–81	89–83	83–79	73–72	96–68	85–67	77–75	71–64	67–65	77–67	90–73	89–76	86–91	70–66	81–66
Aykon TED Kolejliler	67–69		79–80	83–88	70–82	81–72	62–71	67–75	73–84	94–92	113–112	87–90	79–76	70–72	78–89	88–84
Banvit	77–74	74–67		80-81	72–69	91–75	82–77	69–67	63-69	87–89	70–69	89–99	76–62	86–75	93–97	77–64
Beşiktaş İntegral Forex	77–78	94-81	96-87		68–84	87-79	74–94	64-65	80-66	87-82	70-81	84-74	65–72	76–59	68–58	86-67
Darüşşafaka Doğuş	61–83	91–93	69–67	74–71		82–89	51–73	77–79	83–61	82–66	64–46	84–57	88-61	108–82	88–68	80–67
Eskişehir Basket	81–79	97–85	89–81	82–81	66-90		69–89	66–61	81–69	62–91	92–81	68–89	78–80	88–79	80-83	61–69
Fenerbahçe Ülker	82–84	78–65	99–92	97–59	91–95	86–76		85–74	91–89	70–62	66-70	98-61	80–70	86-82	67–61	89–75
Galatasaray Liv Hospital	77–76	84–88	87–79	100–94	76–91	86–69	92–88		81–84	70–75	80–74	81–80	87–98	76–80	80–93	94–85
İstanbul BB	64–106	70–71	71–81	77–81	74–76	87–84	60-95	80–87		68–62	91–86	91–88	85–78	62–74	69-78	84–75
Pınar Karşıyaka	92–84	96-89	64-60	79–81	79–80	82–76	69–75	84–77	108–84		66–71	75-68	93–80	76-65	87–91	88–80
Royal Halı Gaziantep	65-63	82-60	64–68	81-88	69-72	88-80	59-71	76-64	78-49	65-81		87–78	69–51	88–77	77-69	84–81
Selçuk Üniversitesi	64–74	89–75	83–75	79–84	69–88	92–89	80–82	84–91	85–82	93-100	70–69		88–81	97–100	74–92	89–86
Tofaş	70–93	71–92	67-95	91–83	68–74	88-79	77–86	73-93	67–76	65-73	93-76	75–47		67-72	91–84	77–80
Türk Telekom	67–88	80-89	83–88	79–70	82–81	97-92	61-73	85–77	88–89	66-83	79–73	83–72	94-75		81-100	90–82
Trabzonspor Medical Park	71-97	88–73	66–71	98–75	67-75	93–91	75-87	72-70	92-88	73–75	74-88	70-76	93-80	86–76		114-88
Uşak Sportif	76–75	91–83	75–61	70–66	80–73	103–90	78–69	79–86	66–71	78–88	76–70	82–86	80–75	76-79	81–78

Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: TBL Fixtures

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Fenerbahçe Ülker	2

8	Galatasaray Liv Hospital	1
			1	Fenerbahçe Ülker	1

			4	Pınar Karşıyaka	3
4	Pınar Karşıyaka	2

5	Banvit	1
						4	Pınar Karşıyaka	4

						2	Anadolu Efes	2
2	Anadolu Efes	2

7	Türk Telekom	1
			2	Anadolu Efes	3

			6	Trabzonspor Medical Park	0
3	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	0

6	Trabzonspor Medical Park	2

Individual Statistics[]

Points[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Matt Walsh	Eskişehir Basket	27	497	18.4
2.	Troy DeVries	Torku Konyaspor	24	408	17.0
3.	Bobby Dixon	Pınar Karşıyaka	30	506	16.9

Rebounds[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Alex Stepheson	İstanbul B.B.	29	267	9.2
2.	Nemanja Bjelica	Fenerbahçe Ülker	27	216	8.0
3.	Patric Young	Galatasaray Liv Hospital	21	167	8.0

Assists[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Marques Green	Rönesans TED Kolejliler	21	186	8.9
2.	Carlos Arroyo	Galatasaray Liv Hospital	17	85	5.0
3.	Jerome Randle	Eskişehir Basket	27	125	4.6

Blocks[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Blocks	BPG
1.	Sean Williams	Torku Konyaspor	23	45	2.0
2.	Eric Buckner	Uşak Sportif	30	50	1.7
3.	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe Ülker	29	40	1.4

Steals[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Steals	SPG
1.	Jamon Gordon	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	30	62	2.1
2.	D. J. Strawberry	Pınar Karşıyaka	30	57	1.9
3.	Bobby Dixon	Pınar Karşıyaka	30	57	1.9

Turkish Basketball League clubs in European competitions[]

Team	Competition	Progress
Fenerbahçe Ülker	Euroleague	Final 4
Anadolu Efes	Euroleague	Quarterfinals
Galatasaray Liv Hospital	Euroleague	Top 16
Banvit	Eurocup	Semifinals
Pınar Karşıyaka	Eurocup	Quarterfinals
Beşiktaş Integral Forex	Eurocup	Last 32
Trabzonspor Medical Park	EuroChallenge	Runner-up
Uşak Sportif	EuroChallenge	Top 16
Tofaş	EuroChallenge	Regular Season

All-Star Game[]

**Team Europe**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Carlos Arroyo	Galatasaray Liv Hospital
G	Furkan Korkmaz	Anadolu Efes
F	Cedi Osman	Anadolu Efes
F	Dario Šarić	Anadolu Efes
C	Patric Young	Galatasaray Liv Hospital
Reserves
G	Renaldas Seibutis	Darüşşafaka Doğuş
G	Sinan Güler	Galatasaray Liv Hospital
G	Jamon Gordon	Darüşşafaka Doğuş
F	Ryan Broekhoff	Beşiktaş İntegral Forex
F	John Shurna	Darüşşafaka Doğuş
F	Alex Stepheson	İstanbul BB
C	Milko Bjelica	Anadolu Efes
Head coach: Ahmet Kandemir (Beşiktaş İntegral Forex)

**Team Asia**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Bobby Dixon	Pınar Karşıyaka
G	Andrew Goudelock	Fenerbahçe Ülker
F	Emir Preldžić	Fenerbahçe Ülker
F	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe Ülker
C	Semih Erden	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Reserves
G	Şafak Edge	Banvit
G	Sammy Mejia	Banvit
G	Cory Higgins	Royal Halı Gaziantep
F	Matt Walsh	Eskişehir Basket
F	Josh Carter	Türk Telekom
F	Jawad Williams	Royal Halı Gaziantep
C	Sean Williams	Torku Konyaspor
Head coach: Zoran Lukić (Banvit)

January 18, 2015
16:00 EEST

Team Europe	138–130	Team Asia
Scoring by quarter: 26–32, 40–28, 35–33, 37–37
Pts: Cedi Osman 20 Rebs: Carlos Arroyo 11 Asts: Carlos Arroyo 22		Pts: Semih Erden 24 Rebs: Semih Erden 7 Asts: Matt Walsh 5

Ankara Arena, Ankara
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Aytuğ Ekti, Halil Baldemir, Mehmet Şahin

Awards[]

Finals MVP[]

Bobby Dixon^[2] – Pınar Karşıyaka

All-Star Game MVP[]

Carlos Arroyo – Galatasaray Liv Hospital

References[]

^ "Türkiye Basketbol Ligi 2014-2015 Maç Sonuçları". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
^ "TBL playoffs: the MVP is Bobby Dixon". Sportando.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-21.

External links[]

[1] "Türkiye Basketbol Ligi 2014-2015 Maç Sonuçları". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-07.

[2] "TBL playoffs: the MVP is Bobby Dixon". Sportando.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-21.

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