2014–15 NBB season

NBB 2014–15
NBB 2014–15
League	Novo Basquete Brasil
Sport	Basketball
Duration	October 2014–May 2015
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	SporTV Rede Globo
NBB season
Champions	Flamengo
NBB seasons
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 NBB season was the 7th season of the Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league.^[1] Once again this tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). 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.^[2]

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.^[2]^[3]

Participating teams

New teams in the league

Rio Claro Basquete (2014 Liga Ouro champions, promoted)

Teams that left the league

Universo/Goiânia (16th place in the 2013–14 regular season, relegated)
Espírito Santo Basquetebol (17th place in the 2013–14 regular season, relegated)

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach	Appearance	Last season
Basquete Cearense	Fortaleza	Ginásio da UNIFOR Ginásio Paulo Sarasate	2,200 8,200	Alberto Bial	3rd	11th
Paschoalotto/Bauru	Bauru	Ginásio Panela de Pressão	2,000	Guerrinha	7th	7th
UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília	Brasília	Ginásio da ASCEB Ginásio Nilson Nelson	3,050 16,000	José Carlos Vidal	7th	5th
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima HSBC Arena Maracanãzinho	4,500 15,000 11,800	José Alves Neto	7th	1st
Vivo/Franca	Franca	Ginásio Pedrocão	6,000	Lula Ferreira	7th	8th
Liga Sorocabana	Sorocaba	Ginásio Gualberto Moreira	3,000	Rinaldo Rodrigues	4th	14th
Winner/Limeira	Limeira	Ginásio Vô Lucato	1,800	Dedé Barbosa	6th	6th
Macaé Basquete	Macaé	Tênis Clube de Macaé Ginásio Maurício Soares Bittencourt	3,000 6,000	Léo Costa	2nd	13th
Minas Tênis Clube	Belo Horizonte	Arena Minas	4,000	Demétrius Ferracciú	7th	15th
Mogi das Cruzes/Helbor	Mogi das Cruzes	Ginásio Municipal Professor Hugo Ramos	5,000	Paco García	3rd	4th
Palmeiras/Meltex	São Paulo	Ginásio Palestra Itália	1,500	Régis Marrelli	3rd	12th
Paulistano/Unimed	São Paulo	Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior	1,500	Gustavo de Conti	7th	2nd
Pinheiros/Sky	São Paulo	Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim	854	Marcel de Souza	7th	9th
Rio Claro Basquete	Rio Claro	Ginásio de Esportes Felipe Karam	3,000	Marcelo Tamião	1st	1st (Liga Ouro)
São José/Unimed	São José dos Campos	Ginásio Lineu de Moura	2,620	Luiz Zanon	7th	3rd
Unitri/Pilhas Energizer/Uberlândia	Uberlândia	Arena Multiuso Tancredo Neves	6,000	Carlos Romano	5th	10th

São Paulo

São Paulo teams:
Palmeiras
Paulistano
Pinheiros

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Locations of the 2014–15 NBB teams

Head coach changes

Pre-season changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Pinheiros	Claudio Mortari	Moved to team's supervisor	Marcel de Souza	May 17, 2014^[4]
Limeira	Demétrius Ferracciú	Transferred to Minas	Dedé Barbosa	July 8, 2014^[5]
Brasília	Sergio Hernández	End of contract	José Carlos Vidal	July 25, 2014^[6]
Palmeiras	Hebert Coimbra	End of contract	Régis Marrelli	September 15, 2014^[7]
Rio Claro	Marcelo Tamião	Moved to team's supervisor	Chuí	October 2, 2014^[8]

Mid-season changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Rio Claro	Chuí	Sacked	Marcelo Tamião	January 14, 2015^[9]
Uberlândia	Arturo Álvarez	Sacked	Carlos Romano	January 19, 2015^[10]

Regular season

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bauru	30	28	2	2723	2263	+460	58	Quarterfinals Playoffs
2	Limeira	30	25	5	2483	2299	+184	55
3	Flamengo	30	23	7	2602	2302	+300	53
4	Mogi das Cruzes	30	21	9	2547	2447	+100	51
5	Minas	30	17	13	2267	2228	+39	47	First Round Playoffs
6	Paulistano	30	17	13	2464	2391	+73	47
7	Pinheiros	30	16	14	2387	2397	−10	46
8	Franca	30	14	16	2294	2314	−20	44
9	Palmeiras	30	13	17	2323	2378	−55	43
10	Brasília	30	12	18	2469	2524	−55	42
11	São José	30	12	18	2344	2433	−89	42
12	Macaé Basquete	30	9	21	2370	2523	−153	39
13	Uberlândia	30	9	21	2254	2471	−217	39
14	Basquete Cearense	30	8	22	2299	2521	−222	38
15	Rio Claro	30	8	22	2376	2535	−159	38
16	Liga Sorocabana	30	8	22	2350	2526	−176	38	Relegation to Liga Ouro

Source: LNB – NBB

Results

	BCE	BAU	BRA	FLA	FRA	LSB	LIM	MAC	MIN	MOG	PAL	PAU	PIN	RCB	SJO	UBE
Basquete Cearense		67–109	96–84	63–89	78–91	90–78	67–85	76–82	71–65	80–91	83–65	69–77	85–91	68–60	70–76	80–62
Bauru	99–81		83–86	92–84	82–70	97–80	90–89	85–69	89–71	97–75	85–77	81–74	116–55	106–74	104–96	87–64
Brasília	81–68	74–85		95–106	74–62	84–76	83–87	80–77	75–77	86–88	89–62	86–94	106–105	73–85	79–78	87–90
Flamengo	106–73	77–84	76–74		82–79	98–73	86–70	103–78	77–59	87–83	81–77	97–81	0–20 †	99–74	93–88	91–58
Franca	90–66	73–79	81–73	72–80		82–55	86–92	74–66	66–69	74–78	80–74	76–81	81–68	72–61	80–65	70–62
Liga Sorocabana	86–82	71–110	91–76	92–97	88–67		83–85	96–73	65–84	85–87	102–81	78–76	88–96	75–68	70–78	70–82
Limeira	89–84	77–71	86–69	78–73	100–74	85–73		87–66	66–62	82–72	76–64	89–80	72–86	95–90	82–71	83–64
Macaé Basquete	78–77	85–93	68–86	86–84	78–79	80–73	79–81		85–87	89–95	77–72	76–69	95–91	92–94	103–105	79–72
Minas	90–63	79–84	79–87	78–76	83–69	89–80	72–85	73–63		66–76	68–73	72–69	87–110	82–70	91–76	75–66
Mogi das Cruzes	80–84	80–99	108–99	94–98	80–82	89–82	98–82	81–70	60–61		85–84	88–77	83–75	93–80	88–89	90–80
Palmeiras	94–87	65–77	86–70	85–89	96–90	83–78	79–69	83–67	76–80	68–84		73–68	67–74	101–98	99–86	79–68
Paulistano	86–78	89–90	89–81	91–99	88–79	83–69	84–85	82–76	62–83	74–76	92–73		84–68	94–89	89–71	78–59
Pinheiros	97–81	69–89	95–82	68–89	87–67	85–79	61–73	99–69	89–78	81–88	65–79	89–93		67–71	72–70	107–86
Rio Claro	92–83	65–82	89–98	85–93	68–75	82–70	78–87	85–105	73–68	77–82	72–75	87–90	70–84		79–66	91–100
São José	70–78	71–90	67–78	71–94	94–83	91–72	73–77	80–79	71–64	79–89	56–55	77–88	89–70	76–75		80–52
Uberlândia	78–71	76–88	91–74	101–98	67–70	66–72	81–89	81–80	56–75	80–86	82–78	77–82	80–83	84–94	90–84

Source: NBB Fixtures
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Notes:

† Flamengo was punished by the LNB due to problems in the Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima and Pinheiros was declared the winner by 20–0 (walkover).^[11]

NBB All-Star Weekend

For the third time in history the All-Star Weekend was played at Ginásio Pedrocão in Franca, São Paulo on March 6–7, 2015.^[12]^[13] In the first day of the event, it was disputed the "Dunk Tournament", "Three-Point Tournament", "Skills Challenge" and "Shooting Stars Competition".^[12] The NBB All-Star Game was played on the following day with NBB Brasil defeated NBB Mundo for the fourth straight year (131–110).^[14]

Playoffs

First Round (Best-of-5)		Quarterfinals (Best-of-5)		Semifinals (Best-of-5)		Final (Best-of-3)

		(1) Bauru	3
(8) Franca	3	(8) Franca	2
(9) Palmeiras	2			(1) Bauru	3
				(4) Mogi das Cruzes	2
		(4) Mogi das Cruzes	3
(5) Minas	1	(12) Macaé Basquete	2
(12) Macaé Basquete	3					(1) Bauru	0
						(3) Flamengo	2
		(2) Limeira	3
(7) Pinheiros	1	(10) Brasília	1
(10) Brasília	3			(2) Limeira	0
				(3) Flamengo	3
		(3) Flamengo	3
(6) Paulistano	1	(11) São José	2
(11) São José	3

First round

(5) Minas vs. (12) Macaé Basquete

Game 1

April 10, 2015
19:30 UTC−03:00

Minas 90, Macaé Basquete 78
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 23–12, 24–15, 27–30
Pts: Siqueira 20 Rebs: Ansaloni 9 Asts: Coelho 7		Pts: Jamaal 24 Rebs: George 9 Asts: Jamaal 3

Minas 80, Macaé Basquete 81 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 7–13, 8–22, 26–15, 30–21, Overtime: 9–10
Pts: Siqueira 26 Rebs: Shilton 13 Asts: Siqueira 5		Pts: Jamaal 23 Rebs: Mineiro 9 Asts: Jamaal 4

Macaé Basquete 91, Minas 62
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 18–8, 28–13, 26–17
Pts: three players 14 Rebs: George 9 Asts: Mineiro 6		Pts: Siqueira 15 Rebs: Shilton 5 Asts: Siqueira, Coelho 3

Macaé Basquete 92, Minas 86
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 26–17, 21–24, 22–24
Pts: Jamaal 30 Rebs: Mineiro 8 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Siqueira 17 Rebs: Shilton 6 Asts: Coelho 8
Macaé Basquete wins series, 3–1

Participating teams

Head coach changes

Regular season

League table

Results

NBB All-Star Weekend

Playoffs

First round

(5) Minas vs. (12) Macaé Basquete

(6) Paulistano vs. (11) São José

(7) Pinheiros vs. (10) Brasília

(8) Franca vs. (9) Palmeiras

Quarterfinals

(1) Bauru vs. (8) Franca

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

(2) Limeira vs. (10) Brasília

(3) Flamengo vs. (11) São José

Semifinals

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

(2) Limeira vs. (3) Flamengo

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

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

References

External links