2014–15 ACB season
The 2014–15 ACB season was the 32nd season of the Spanish basketball league, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity. The regular season started on 4 October 2014 and finished on 24 May 2015. The playoffs, joined by the eight first qualified teams, was played between 28 May and 24 June 2015.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2013–14 season and two promoted from the 2013–14 LEB Oro. Bilbao Basket was initially excluded from the league but on 8 August, the ACB was forced to re-admit Bilbao.;Teams promoted from LEB Oro
- MoraBanc Andorra
Ford BurgosVenues and locations
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
Baloncesto Sevilla | Sevilla | San Pablo | |
CAI Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Pabellón Príncipe Felipe | |
Dominion Bilbao Basket | Bilbao | Bilbao Arena | |
FC Barcelona | Barcelona | Palau Blaugrana | |
FIATC Joventut | Badalona | Palau Municipal d'Esports | |
Gipuzkoa Basket | San Sebastián | San Sebastián Arena | |
Herbalife Gran Canaria | Las Palmas | Gran Canaria Arena | |
Iberostar Tenerife | San Cristóbal de La Laguna | Santiago Martín | |
La Bruixa d'Or Manresa | Manresa | Nou Congost | |
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Fernando Buesa Arena | |
Montakit Fuenlabrada | Fuenlabrada | Fernando Martín | |
MoraBanc Andorra | Andorra la Vella | Poliesportiu d'Andorra | |
Movistar Estudiantes | Madrid | Barclaycard Center | |
Real Madrid | Madrid | Barclaycard Center | |
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro | Santiago de Compostela | Multiusos Fontes do Sar | |
UCAM Murcia | Murcia | Palacio de Deportes | |
Unicaja | Málaga | Martín Carpena | |
Valencia Basket | Valencia | Fuente de San Luis |
Personnel and sponsorship
;NotesManagerial changes
Season summary
Bilbao Basket v Laboral Kutxa Baskonia brawl
On March 1, 2015, the Basque basketball derby between Bilbao Basket and Laboral Kutxa Baskonia at Bilbao Arena finished with a brawl where Dejan Todorović of Bilbao and Tornike Shengelia of Baskonia were disqualified and twelve players were ejected due to court invasion during the fight.With four seconds left, despite the referee's call for a travelling, Todorović was going to dunk when he was hit by Shengelia. After this, the Montenegrin player pushed Shengelia from behind and the Georgian forward reacted with a punch. After this, all the players who were on the bench came into the court and started the brawl. When Shengelia was leaving the court after the disqualifying foul, he apologized to a child who was in the first row of the arena.
The ACB announced this brawl would have severe consequences and sanctions and would talk with the Spanish Basketball Federation for changing the disciplinary regulations. On March 5, the league provisionally suspended Todorović and Shengelia until the final resolution of the case.
After knowing the notice, both clubs claimed to have the same sanctions than in 2004, when the brawl Real Madrid and Estudiantes occurred. Finally, on March 11, the Disciplinary Judge accorded to suspend Tornike Shengelia for five games, Dejan Todorović for four and a €3,000 fine to Bilbao Basket player Dairis Bertāns and to Baskonia brothers Mamadou and Ilimane Diop.
Regular season
League table
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
Team \ Round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Real Madrid | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
FC Barcelona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Unicaja | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Dominion Bilbao Basket | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Valencia Basket | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
FIATC Joventut | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Herbalife Gran Canaria | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
CAI Zaragoza | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
UCAM Murcia | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Iberostar Tenerife | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Movistar Estudiantes | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
MoraBanc Andorra | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Baloncesto Sevilla | 11 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
La Bruixa d'Or Manresa | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
Gipuzkoa Basket | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Montakit Fuenlabrada | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances
Attendances include playoff games:Statistics
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Performance Index Rating
Season highs
Awards
All official awards of the 2014–15 ACB season.[ACB [Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]]
- Felipe Reyes
Finals MVP">ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Finals MVP
- Sergio Llull
[All-ACB Team]
Position | Player | Team |
PG | Jayson Granger | Unicaja |
SG | Sergio Llull | Real Madrid |
SF | Pau Ribas | Valencia Basket |
PF | Felipe Reyes | Real Madrid |
C | Marko Todorović | Dominion Bilbao Basket |
Best Young Player Award">ACB Best Young Player Award">Best Young Player Award
- Dani Díez – Gipuzkoa Basket
Best All-Young Team
Player of the week
Since this season, only players whose team wins are eligible for this award.Date | Player | Team | PIR |
1 | Augusto Lima | UCAM Murcia | 31 |
2 | Marko Todorović | Bilbao Basket | 31 |
3 | Thomas Schreiner Fran Vázquez | MoraBanc Andorra Unicaja | 25 |
4 | Željko Šakić | La Bruixa d'Or Manresa | 35 |
5 | Dāvis Bertāns | Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | 28 |
6 | Eulis Báez Felipe Reyes | Herbalife Gran Canaria Real Madrid | 29 |
7 | Maciej Lampe | FC Barcelona | 31 |
8 | Marko Todorović Ante Tomić | Bilbao Basket FC Barcelona | 28 |
9 | Álex Abrines Fabien Causeur | FC Barcelona Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | 27 |
10 | Willy Hernangómez | Baloncesto Sevilla | 43 |
11 | Tibor Pleiß | FC Barcelona | 29 |
12 | Andy Panko | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 36 |
13 | Fernando San Emeterio | Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | 24 |
14 | Jayson Granger | Unicaja | 35 |
15 | Quino Colom | Bilbao Basket | 26 |
16 | Jeleel Akindele | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 32 |
17 | Colton Iverson | Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | 29 |
18 | Marko Todorović | Bilbao Basket | 28 |
19 | Mario Hezonja | FC Barcelona | 29 |
20 | Dani Díez | Gipuzkoa Basket | 36 |
21 | Andy Panko | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 33 |
22 | Rudy Fernández Vojdan Stojanovski | Real Madrid MoraBanc Andorra | 26 |
23 | Jeleel Akindele | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 35 |
24 | Felipe Reyes | Real Madrid | 31 |
25 | Maxi Kleber | Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro | 45 |
26 | Fernando San Emeterio | Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | 30 |
27 | Pau Ribas | Valencia Basket | 26 |
28 | Fabien Causeur | Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | 32 |
29 | Pau Ribas | Valencia Basket | 30 |
30 | Luka Bogdanović Goran Suton | MoraBanc Andorra FIATC Joventut | 30 |
31 | Marko Todorović | Dominion Bilbao Basket | 27 |
32 | Adam Waczyński | Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro | 30 |
33 | Eulis Báez | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 29 |
34 | Augusto Lima Kim Tillie | UCAM Murcia Laboral Kutxa Baskonia | 31 |
[ACB [Player of the Month Award|Player of the month]]
The players with more PIR per game in the month wins this award.Month | Week | Player | Team | PIR |
October | 1–4 | Blagota Sekulić | Iberostar Tenerife | 22.4 |
November | 5–9 | Felipe Reyes | Real Madrid | 19.6 |
December | 10–14 | Andy Panko | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 24.6 |
January | 15–18 | Jeleel Akindele | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 23 |
February | 19–21 | Andy Panko | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 23.3 |
March | 22–26 | Marko Todorović | Dominion Bilbao Basket | 20.6 |
April | 27–30 | Andy Panko | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 23.3 |
May | 31–34 | Marko Todorović | Dominion Bilbao Basket | 22.0 |