2014–15 NBB season


The 2014–15 NBB season was the 7th season of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. Once again this tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete. 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.
For this season, only the last regular season placed was relegated to the Liga Ouro, the NBB second division. The Liga Ouro winner receive the right to contest NBB in the next year.

Participating teams

;New teams in the league:
;Teams that left the league:

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacityHead coachAppearanceLast season
Basquete CearenseFortalezaGinásio da UNIFOR
Ginásio Paulo Sarasate
2,200
8,200
Alberto Bial3rd11th
Paschoalotto/BauruBauruGinásio Panela de Pressão2,000 Guerrinha7th7th
UniCEUB/BRB/BrasíliaBrasíliaGinásio da ASCEB
Ginásio Nilson Nelson
3,050
16,000
José Carlos Vidal7th5th
FlamengoRio de JaneiroGinásio Álvaro Vieira Lima
HSBC Arena
Maracanãzinho
4,500
15,000
11,800
José Alves Neto7th1st
Vivo/FrancaFrancaGinásio Pedrocão6,000 Lula Ferreira7th8th
Liga SorocabanaSorocabaGinásio Gualberto Moreira3,000 Rinaldo Rodrigues4th14th
Winner/LimeiraLimeiraGinásio Vô Lucato1,800 Dedé Barbosa6th6th
Macaé BasqueteMacaéTênis Clube de Macaé
Ginásio Maurício Soares Bittencourt
3,000
6,000
Léo Costa2nd13th
Minas Tênis ClubeBelo HorizonteArena Minas4,000 Demétrius Ferracciú7th15th
Mogi das Cruzes/HelborMogi das CruzesGinásio Municipal Professor Hugo Ramos5,000 Paco García3rd4th
Palmeiras/MeltexSão PauloGinásio Palestra Itália1,500 Régis Marrelli3rd12th
Paulistano/UnimedSão PauloGinásio Antônio Prado Junior1,500 Gustavo de Conti7th2nd
Pinheiros/SkySão PauloPoliesportivo Henrique Villaboim854 Marcel de Souza7th9th
Rio Claro BasqueteRio ClaroGinásio de Esportes Felipe Karam3,000 Marcelo Tamião1st1st
São José/UnimedSão José dos CamposGinásio Lineu de Moura2,620 Luiz Zanon7th3rd
Unitri/Pilhas Energizer/UberlândiaUberlândiaArena Multiuso Tancredo Neves6,000 Carlos Romano5th10th

Head coach changes

;Pre-season changes
TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureReplaced byDate of appointment
Pinheiros Claudio MortariMoved to team's supervisor Marcel de SouzaMay 17, 2014
Limeira Demétrius FerracciúTransferred to Minas Dedé BarbosaJuly 8, 2014
Brasília Sergio HernándezEnd of contract José Carlos VidalJuly 25, 2014
Palmeiras Hebert CoimbraEnd of contract Régis MarrelliSeptember 15, 2014
Rio Claro Marcelo TamiãoMoved to team's supervisor ChuíOctober 2, 2014

;Mid-season changes
TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureReplaced byDate of appointment
Rio Claro ChuíSacked Marcelo TamiãoJanuary 14, 2015
Uberlândia Arturo ÁlvarezSacked Carlos RomanoJanuary 19, 2015

Regular season

League table

Results

Notes:
For the third time in history the All-Star Weekend was played at Ginásio Pedrocão in Franca, São Paulo on March 6–7, 2015. In the first day of the event, it was disputed the "Dunk Tournament", "Three-Point Tournament", "Skills Challenge" and "Shooting Stars Competition". The NBB All-Star Game was played on the following day with NBB Brasil defeated NBB Mundo for the fourth straight year.

Playoffs

First Round

(5) Minas vs. (12) Macaé Basquete

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4

(6) Paulistano vs. (11) São José

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4

(7) Pinheiros vs. (10) Brasília

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4

(8) Franca vs. (9) Palmeiras

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4
;Game 5

Quarterfinals

(1) Bauru vs. (8) Franca

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4
;Game 5

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

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4
;Game 5

(2) Limeira vs. (10) Brasília

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4

(3) Flamengo vs. (11) São José

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4
;Game 5

Semifinals

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

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Game 4
;Game 5

(2) Limeira vs. (3) Flamengo

;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3

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

;Game 1
;Game 2

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Points
Pos.NameG
1 Shamell Stallworth 3920.00
23618.14
3 Jamaal Smith 3817.76
4 Kyle LaMonte 2316.96
5 David Jackson 3416.62

Rebounds
Pos.NameG
1 Caio Torres 329.06
2 Shilton dos Santos 328.44
3 Felipe Ribeiro 276.89
4 Steven Toyloy 346.85
5 Marcus Vinicius Toledo 336.48

Assists
Pos.NameG
1 Maxi Stanic 336.24
2 Ricardo Fischer 426.14
3 Nicolás Laprovíttola 395.67
4 Fúlvio de Assis 335.64
5 Joe Smith 335.30

Blocks
Pos.NameG
1 Jerome Meyinsse 391.21
2 Vernon Goodridge 121.17
3 O'Neal Mims 251.16
4 Ronald Reis 381.05
5 Léo Waszkiewicz 300.80

Steals
Pos.NameG
1 Worrel Clahar 232.61
2 Eric Tatu 302.20
3 Duda Machado 202.15
4 Marcus Vinicius Toledo 332.06
5 Caleb Brown 81.75

Efficiency
Pos.NameG
13619.06
2 David Jackson 3418.21
3 Caio Torres 3218.16
4 Alex Garcia 4017.95
5 Jamaal Smith 3817.55