2014–15 ABA League

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.

ABA League
Season	2014–15
Duration	October 3, 2014 – March 22, 2015 (Regular season) April 14–30, 2015 (Playoffs)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	BNT Doma TV Happy TV MKTV RTCG RTRS Sport 1 Sport Klub Šport TV
Regular season
Top seed	Crvena Zvezda
Season MVP	Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)
Relegated	Levski Sofia
Finals
Champions	Crvena Zvezda 1st title
Runners-up	Cedevita
Semifinalists	Budućnost Partizan
Finals MVP	Boban Marjanović (Crvena Zvezda)
Statistical leaders
Points Malcolm Armstead (Krka) 17.5 Rebounds Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks) 9.2 Assists Nenad Miljenović (Mega Leks) 8.3
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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)
Serbia	4
		Crvena Zvezda	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)
		Mega Leks	Sremska Mitrovica	Sports Hall Pinki (3,000)
		Metalac Farmakom	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall (2,500)
		Partizan	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)
Croatia	3
		Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
		Cedevita	Zagreb	Mala dvorana Doma sportova (4,000)
		Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall (9,000)
Slovenia	2
		Krka	Novo mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
		Union Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice (12,480)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	Igokea	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000)
Bulgaria	1	Levski Sofia	Sofia	Universiada Hall (3,000)
Hungary	1	Szolnoki Olaj	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok (3,000)
Macedonia	1	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Skopje	Jane Sandanski Arena (6,500)
Montenegro	1	Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center (5,000)

Partizan   Crvena Zvezda   Mega Leks   Cedevita   Cibona   Zadar   Metalac   Union Olimpija   Krka   Igokea   MZT   Budućnost class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the ABA League 2014–15 (former Yugoslavia)

Szolnoki Olaj class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 2014–15 ABA League (Hungary)     Levski Sofia class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 2014–15 ABA League (Bulgaria)

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crvena Zvezda	26	24	2	2147	1790	+357	50	Qualification to playoffs
2	Budućnost VOLI	26	19	7	1993	1816	+177	45
3	Cedevita	26	18	8	2004	1838	+166	44
4	Partizan	26	18	8	1924	1778	+146	44
5	Union Olimpija	26	15	11	1952	1849	+103	41
6	Metalac Farmakom	26	13	13	1852	1936	−84	39
7	Szolnoki Olaj	26	12	14	1863	1922	−59	38
8	Zadar	26	12	14	1861	1931	−70	38
9	Krka	26	12	14	1894	1877	+17	38
10	Mega Leks	26	11	15	2148	2148	0	37
11	Cibona	26	10	16	1934	2033	−99	36
12	Igokea	26	9	17	1866	1912	−46	35
13	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	26	7	19	1775	1938	−163	33
14	Levski Sofia	26	2	24	1698	2143	−445	28	Relegated

Source: ABA League

Schedule and results

Home \ Away	BUD	CDV	CIB	CZV	IGK	KRK	LEV	MEG	MET	MZT	PAR	SZO	UOL	ZDR
Budućnost		70–80	101–79	76–77	87–72	82–77	20–0^[a]	88–80	65–61	96–69	85–79	75–68	76–61	71–63
Cedevita	80–70		81–79	87–88	68–64	100–75	86–68	103–107	79–66	81–70	70–50	74–73	66–60	71–74
Cibona	67–84	69–71		64–88	78–81	76–81	85–69	84–80	93–91	70–61	64–81	96–92	80–85	77–76
Crvena Zvezda	83–69	78–63	80–64		76–71	85–78	85–55	93–77	82–59	89–56	76–67	90–47	73–65	93–66
Igokea	62–70	57–86	61–71	80–85		66–53	87–54	70–63	72–75	61–76	83–77	66–71	83–77	71–56
Krka	81–90	80–72	70–80	77–67	78–67		72–61	72–80	89–59	85–52	72–78	61–71	71–54	83–80
Levski	75–92	78–95	64–74	58–99	77–92	68–70		98–89	66–77	91–90	66–98	61–82	56–78	72–80
Mega Leks	96–84	55–81	78–74	75–77	100–96	81–67	89–68		99–82	103–95	73–75	80–85	85–66	91–84
Metalac	70–69	56–55	67–66	74–82	81–68	69–67	81–54	86–83		69–67	72–83	72–65	67–76	87–93
MZT	65–81	61–76	78–65	76–79	76–80	60–72	72–61	84–79	58–64		55–63	74–58	57–76	72–58
Partizan	61–72	76–64	73–64	77–63	74–65	64–68	94–66	89–80	84–77	65–50		62–55	81–74	87–53
Szolnok	72–81	67–74	89–87	65–89	63–60	63–59	81–67	88–77	67–51	73–76	55–60		106–99	82–81
Union Olimpija	77–66	77–67	74–77	81–91	72–70	73–67	89–70	85–75	69–70	69–56	87–58	79–61		82–60
Zadar	61–73	70–74	77–51	63–79	68–61	79–69	86–75	74–73	85–69	74–69	69–68	71–64	60–67

Source: ^[9]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Decision, round 17 – Budućnost won 20:0^[8]

Playoffs

	Semifinals									Finals
	1	Crvena Zvezda	73	68	95	81
	4	Partizan	64	70	85	73
										Crvena Zvezda		68	69	62	89
										Cedevita		59	65	72	79
	2	Budućnost VOLI	82	81	57	85	66
	3	Cedevita	81	76	85	88	70

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

14 April 2015 18:30

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Budućnost VOLI	82–81	Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 19–21, 20–16, 23–21
Pts: Savović 20 Rebs: Šehović 9 Asts: Cook 5		Pts: Babić 14 Rebs: Delaš 8 Asts: Barać, Gordić 4

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,250 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Matej Boltauzer, Saša Maričić

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Crvena Zvezda	73–64	Partizan
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 14–18, 17–21, 18–12
Pts: Jenkins 19 Rebs: Marjanović 9 Asts: Williams, Kalinić 3		Pts: Mačvan 12 Rebs: Mačvan 12 Asts: Mačvan 5

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,932 Referees: Sreten Radović, Milivoje Jovčić, Damir Javor

Game 2

15 April 2015 18:30

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Budućnost VOLI	81–76	Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 13–15, 22–20, 20–17
Pts: Savović 22 Rebs: Šehović 7 Asts: Cook 11		Pts: Gordić 17 Rebs: Babić 6 Asts: Ukić 4

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Damir Javor, Mario Majkič

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15 April 2015 21:00

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Crvena Zvezda	68–70	Partizan
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–20, 13–16, 20–12
Pts: Jenkins 19 Rebs: Marjanović 8 Asts: Williams 3		Pts: Mačvan 14 Rebs: Mačvan 17 Asts: Milutinov 4

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,983 Referees: Srđan Dožai, Matej Boltauzer, Siniša Herceg

Game 3

18 April 2015 18:30

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Cedevita	85–57	Budućnost VOLI
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 26–12, 17–4, 27–12
Pts: Gordić, Tomas 14 Rebs: Barać 6 Asts: Gordić 6		Pts: Dašić 9 Rebs: Šehović 5 Asts: Cook 4

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2,950 Referees: Saša Pukl, Marko Juras, Sašo Petek

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Partizan	85–95	Crvena Zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 24–25, 18–22, 23–22
Pts: Milosavljević 23 Rebs: Mačvan 5 Asts: Tepić 3		Pts: Kalinić 25 Rebs: Mitrović 9 Asts: Mitrović 5

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Sreten Radović, Damir Javor

Game 4

19 April 2015 19:00

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Cedevita	88–85	Budućnost VOLI
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 22–17, 23–19, 25–30
Pts: Gordić, Ukić 16 Rebs: Barać 7 Asts: Ukić, Tomas 4		Pts: Planinić, Reynolds 13 Rebs: Vitkovac 7 Asts: Reynolds, Savović 3

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 3,050 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Matej Boltauzer, Uroš Obrknežević

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Partizan	73–81	Crvena Zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 12–16, 22–26, 15–17
Pts: Murić 25 Rebs: Milutinov 8 Asts: Murić, Milosavljević 3		Pts: Williams, Jenkins 19 Rebs: Marjanović 14 Asts: 3 players 3
Crvena Zvezda wins series by 3–1

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Saša Pukl, Sašo Petek, Tomislav Hordov

Game 5

22 April 2015 18:30

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Budućnost VOLI	66–70	Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 19–24, 17–14, 16–17
Pts: Planinić, Reynolds 13 Rebs: Savović 7 Asts: Cook 7		Pts: Bilan 16 Rebs: Tomas 6 Asts: Ukić 6
Cedevita wins series by 3–2

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Damir Javor, Saša Maričić, Mario Majkič

Finals

Game 1

25 April 2015 21:00

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Crvena Zvezda	68–59	Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 18–15, 12–20, 14–15
Pts: Mitrović 18 Rebs: Marjanović 12 Asts: Williams 5		Pts: Babić 12 Rebs: Bilan 8 Asts: Žganec, Ukić 4

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,526 Referees: Saša Pukl, Zdravko Rutešić, Miloš Koljenšić

Game 2

26 April 2015 20:30

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Crvena Zvezda	69–65	Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 22–8, 18–24, 18–16, 11–17
Pts: Marjanović 20 Rebs: Marjanović 14 Asts: Marjanović 5		Pts: Babić 14 Rebs: Žganec 8 Asts: Ukić 10

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,405 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Sašo Petek, Mario Majkič

Game 3

29 April 2015 20:30

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Cedevita	72–62	Crvena Zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 18–17, 27–13, 4–16
Pts: Barać 15 Rebs: Zubčić, Žganec 6 Asts: Ukić 4		Pts: Marjanović 16 Rebs: Kalinić 7 Asts: Mitrović 2

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Damir Javor, Miloš Koljenšić

Game 4

30 April 2015 20:30

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Cedevita	79–89	Crvena Zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 10–22, 23–17, 21–20
Pts: Zubčić 15 Rebs: Barać 4 Asts: Gordić 4		Pts: Jenkins 17 Rebs: Kalinić 8 Asts: 4 players 3
Crvena Zvezda wins series by 3–1

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 3,050 Referees: Saša Pukl, Sašo Petek, Mario Majkič

2014–15 ABA League Champions
Crvena Zvezda 1st Title

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos	Team	GP	Average	High	Low	Annual chg in avg
1	Partizan	15	6,067	7,000	2,500	5 %
2	Crvena Zvezda	17	4,201	5,983	2,237	47 %
3	Zadar	13	3,054	5,000	1,500	9 %
4	Budućnost VOLI	15 ^[10]	2,881	5,100	1,580	15 %
5	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	13	2,529	5,123	900	-21 %
6	Union Olimpija	13	2,269	5,000	1,000	12 %
7	Mega Leks	13	1,762	2,500	800	38 %
8	Cedevita	17	1,480	3,100	400	-1 %
9	Metalac Farmakom	13	1,446	2,000	800	NA
10	Igokea	13	1,400	3,000	500	1 %
11	Krka	13	1,258	2,000	800	-6 %
12	Szolnoki Olaj	13	1,250	1,500	1,000	-20 %
13	Levski Sofia	11^[11]	1,145	3,000	300	NA
14	Cibona	13	1,000	2,000	500	-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	Milan Mačvan	Partizan	30
18	Chris Booker	Krka	30
19	Dávid Vojvoda (2)	Szolnoki Olaj	31
20	Miro Bilan	Cedevita	31
21	Nikola Jokić (3)	Mega Leks	37
22	Nenad Miljenović (4)	Mega Leks	35
23	Dejan Musli	Mega Leks	40
24	Alen Omić	Union Olimpija	40
25	Nenad Miljenović (5)	Mega Leks	38
26	Nikola Jokić (4)	Mega Leks	39
SF game 1	Boris Savović	Budućnost	24
SF game 2	Milan Mačvan (2)	Partizan	28
SF game 3	Nikola Kalinić (2)	Crvena Zvezda	29
SF game 4	Edo Murić	Partizan	33
SF game 5	Miro Bilan (2)	Cedevita	19
F game 1	Boban Marjanović	Crvena Zvezda	24
F game 2	Boban Marjanović (2)	Crvena Zvezda	39
F game 3	Boban Marjanović (3)	Crvena Zvezda	18
F game 4	Charles Jenkins	Crvena Zvezda	19

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
October 2014	Nenad Miljenović	Mega Leks	^[14]
November 2014	Boban Marjanović	Crvena zvezda	^[15]
December 2014	Josip Sobin	Zadar	^[16]
January 2015	Milan Mačvan	Partizan	^[17]
February 2015	Nikola Jokić	Mega Leks	^[18]
March 2015	Boris Savović	Budućnost VOLI	^[19]

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.	Dávid Vojvoda	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.^[20][21]

Position	Name	Team
PG	Malcolm Armstead	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
Crvena Zvezda	Euroleague	Top 16
Cedevita	Eurocup	Eighthfinals
Budućnost VOLI	Eurocup	Last 32
Union Olimpija	Eurocup	Last 32
Partizan	Eurocup	Regular Season
Szolnoki Olaj	Eurocup	Regular Season

References

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2. "Zmago Sagadin replaced by Vrbica Stefanov". abaliga.com. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
3. "Boban Mitev stays MZT head coach". abaliga.com. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
4. "Željko Lukajić is the new Igokea head coach". abaliga.com. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
5. "Boban Mitev is no longer MZT head coach". abaliga.com. 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
6. "Bečirović replaced Pipan at Olimpija". abaliga.com. 22 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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9. "ABA League 2014-15 Season Calendar". Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
10. BC Levski Sofia's walkover in the 17th round.
11. No spectator in the games against KK Cibona & KK Crvena Zvezda due to disciplinary punishment
12. "ABA League 2014-15 Season Calendar". Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
13. ABA League Individual Statistics Archived January 16, 2013, at archive.today
14. Interview with the October MVP Nenad Miljenović Archived November 9, 2014, at archive.today
15. . Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
16. "Interview with December MVP Josip Sobin". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
17. "January MVP - Milan Mačvan (Partizan NIS)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
18. "February MVP - Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2015-03-16.
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External links

• Official website
• at Eurobasket.com