2012–13 VTB United League

VTB United League
Champions	CSKA Moscow 4th title
Runners-up	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar
Teams	20 (from 10 countries)
Top seed	Žalgiris Kaunas
Awards
MVP	E. J. Rowland
Playoffs MVP	Victor Khryapa
Coach of the Year	Rimas Kurtinaitis
Young Player	Sergey Karasev
Statistical leaders
Points	E. J. Rowland 17.1
Rebounds	Aleks Marić 8.5
Assists	Aaron Miles 7.3

The VTB United League 2012–13 was the fourth complete season of Northern and Eastern Europe's most competitive basketball clubs. The tournament featured 20 teams from 10 countries. CSKA Moscow won its 4th VTB title, by beating Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar 3–1 in the Best-of-five Finals series.

Participants

Country (League)	Teams
Belarus (BPL)	Tsmoki-Minsk
Czech Republic (NBL)	ČEZ Basketball Nymburk
Estonia (KML)	Kalev/Cramo
Kazakhstan (Division 1)	Astana Tigers
Latvia (LBL)	VEF Rīga
Lithuania (LKL)	Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
	Neptūnas Klaipėda
	Žalgiris Kaunas
Poland (PLK)	Turów Zgorzelec
Russia (PBL)	CSKA Moscow
	Enisey Krasnoyarsk
	Khimki Moscow Region
	Krasnye Krylya Samara
	Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
	Nizhny Novgorod
	Spartak Saint Petersburg
	Triumph Lyubertsy
	UNICS Kazan
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	Azovmash Mariupol
	Donetsk

Regular Season

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA 1. Khimki 18 14 4 1451 1305 2. Unics Kazan 18 14 4 1328 1169 3. Krasnye Krylya Samara 18 12 6 1353 1304 4. Spartak Saint Petersburg 18 12 6 1292 1174 5. Astana Tigers 18 10 8 1332 1416 6. Donetsk 18 9 9 1429 1325 7. Lietuvos rytas 18 9 9 1402 1397 8. Turów Zgorzelec 18 4 14 1318 1403 9. Azovmash Mariupol 18 3 15 1287 1447 10. Kalev/Cramo 18 3 15 1202 1389

AST AZO DON KAL KHI KRA LR SPA TUR UNI Astana Tigers 75–72 96–90 93–78 92–77 75–78 72–71 78–75 81–61 62–80 Azovmash Mariupol 82–89 68–75 76–71 77–91 73–92 88–94 76–81 76–66 71–78 Donetsk 76–56 83–66 67–46 66–84 96–87 95–79 88–80 99–85 63–74 Kalev/Cramo 81–85 73–77 61–60 57–65 73–83 60–73 53–71 72–68 52–70 Khimki 104–75 91–73 72–58 77–67 82–81 80–69 72–60 91–72 85–74 Krasnye Krylya Samara 61–66 72–62 64–59 83–73 76–67 89–72 75–70 81–77 56–69 Lietuvos rytas 93–60 75–56 99–97 95–73 79–88 81–70 63–83 78–71 87–80 Spartak Saint Petersburg 74–57 74–58 59–63 80–59 74–69 61–63 75–48 76–74 84–68 Turów Zgorzelec 93–66 78–69 83–81 80–81 79–86 74–76 86–78 59–63 64–69 Unics Kazan 70–54 89–67 66–48 86–72 76–70 74–66 74–68 51–52 80–48

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA 1. Žalgiris Kaunas 18 16 2 1499 1269 2. CSKA Moscow 18 15 3 1390 1160 3. Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar 18 12 6 1423 1318 4. VEF Rīga 18 11 7 1523 1446 5. Nizhny Novgorod 18 10 8 1320 1261 6. Triumph Lyubertsy 18 9 9 1413 1363 7. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 18 6 12 1337 1438 8. ČEZ Basketball Nymburk 18 5 13 1282 1448 9. Tsmoki-Minsk 18 3 15 1246 1451 10. Neptūnas Klaipėda 18 3 15 1381 1597

ČEZ CSK ENI LOK NEP NN TRI TSM VEF ŽAL ČEZ Basketball Nymburk 63–76 69–61 81–74 84–78 73–81 68–96 65–56 81–83 84–90 CSKA Moscow 84–75 77–52 83–56 79–57 83–60 80–71 68–57 83–75 68–74 Enisey Krasnoyarsk 81–59 64–73 87–94 63–77 62–67 74–78 77–74 96–93 64–99 Lokomotiv Kuban-Krasnodar 75–54 61–72 93–64 84–48 75–74 74–65 89–74 95–98 70–78 Neptūnas Klaipėda 96–86 72–83 88–89 83–95 72–90 88–97 110–106 60–86 62–90 Nizhny Novgorod 82–66 70–68 84–44 54–61 84–63 76–80 55–54 82–86 58–76 Triumph Lyubertsy 89–52 62–82 77–81 78–89 83–80 71–59 80–66 78–80 69–70 Tsmoki-Minsk 71–63 48–90 65–79 64–80 93–71 66–93 62–85 74–85 86–82 VEF Rīga 85–89 67–75 85–69 72–77 94–89 87–89 101–78 98–73 77–72 Žalgiris Kaunas 90–70 76–66 86–61 89–81 111–87 69–62 80–76 81–57 86–71

Playoffs

Round of 16

The teams that finished third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series.

			Series	1	2	3
Krasnye Krylya Samara	−	Triumph Lyubertsy	2–0	76–69	77–67	–
Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	−	Donetsk	2–0	86–80	88–77	–
Spartak Saint Petersburg	−	Nizhny Novgorod	1–2	83–69	57–62	85–88
VEF Rīga	−	Astana Tigers	2–1	76–89	87–54	76–67

Quarterfinals

The teams that finished first and two in the other group battled with 1/8 final winners in a Best-Of-5 series.

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
Khimki	−	VEF Rīga	3–0	103–82	104–82	82–60	–	–
Žalgiris Kaunas	–	Nizhny Novgorod	3–1	75–63	66–62	59–60	66–59	–
Unics Kazan	–	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	1–3	72–80	65–77	68–65	64–68	–
CSKA Moscow	−	Krasnye Krylya Samara	3–1	77–46	87–78	49–50	69–56	–

Semifinals

The teams that won in 1/4 final, battled with other 1/4 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
Khimki	−	CSKA Moscow	2–3	83–80	72–74	47–61	77–75	64–87
Žalgiris Kaunas	–	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	1–3	80–53	63–85	72–82	62–84	–

Final

The teams that won in 1/2 final, battled with other 1/2 final winner in a Best-Of-5 series.

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
CSKA Moscow	–	Lokomotiv-Kuban Krasnodar	3–1	72–65	64–54	58–69	59–54	–

Rosters

Champion: Miloš Teodosić, Vladimir Micov, Aleksandr Gudumak, Aaron Jackson, Dmitry Sokolov, Nenad Krstić, Sonny Weems, Aleksei Zozulin, Zoran Erceg, Evgeny Voronov, Andrey Vorontsevich, Alexander Kaun, Victor Khryapa, Anton Ponkrashov, Theódoros Papaloukás (Coach: Ettore Messina)

• Top efficiency: Victor Khryapa, 15.0 EFF
• Top scorer: Sonny Weems, 11.0 PPG
• Top rebounder: Victor Khryapa, 7.0 RPG
• Top assister: Victor Khryapa, 4.3 APG

Runner-up: Maxim Grigoryev, Derrick Brown, Richard Hendrix, Alexey Savrasenko, Mantas Kalnietis, Sergey Bykov, Valeriy Likhodey, Simas Jasaitis, James Baron, Andrey Zubkov, Aleksandar Marić, Nicholas Calathes, Maksym Sheleketo (Coach: Evgeniy Pashutin)

• Top efficiency: Nicholas Calathes, 16.1 EFF
• Top scorer: Nicholas Calathes, 13.9 PPG
• Top rebounder: Aleksandar Marić, 6.6 RPG
• Top assister: Nicholas Calathes, 6.1 APG

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: E. J. Rowland (VEF Riga)^[1]
• Playoffs MVP: Victor Khryapa (PBC CSKA Moscow)
• Young Player of the Year: Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy)

Nationality awards

For the first time, awards were handed out to the best player by nationality.

Nationality	Player	Team	Ref.
Czech	Petr Benda	CEZ Nymburk	[2]
Estonian	Tanel Sokk	Kalev/Cramo	[3]
Polish	Aaron Cel	Turów Zgorzelec	[4]
Kazakh	Anton Ponomarev	Astana	[5]
Belarusian	Vladimir Veremeenko	UNICS Kazan	[6]
Latvian	Kristaps Janicenoks	VEF Rīga	[7]
Ukrainian	Oleksiy Pecherov	Azovmash	[7]
Lithuanian	Mantas Kalnietis	Lokomotiv-Kuban	[8]
Russian	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	[9]

Monthly MVP

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
October	Ksistof Lavrinovic	Žalgiris Kaunas	[7]
November	E.J. Rowland	VEF Rīga	[10]
December	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	[11]
January	Zackary Wright	Spartak St. Petersburg	[12]
February	Mantas Kalnietis	Lokomotiv-Kuban	[13]
March	Darius Songaila	Azovmash	[14]

References

External links

• Official Website (Russian)
• Official Website (English)