The 2017–18 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 14th and the last season of the

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and the third under the title

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of Triobet. The season began on 24 October 2017 and concluded on 5 April 2018. Last year's finalist

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defeated

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in the finals to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.

Competition format

In this edition 14 teams took part. They were divided into two groups of seven teams where, after a double-legged round-robin, the best four of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals. Kazakh team Barsy Atyrau and Belarusian Tsmoki-Minsk II played all their matches abroad. Midway through the season

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withdrew from the league due to them forfeiting two different games in this league for different reasons. As a result, they would participate in a series of friendly matches dubbed the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games; it was created for the purpose of promoting their newest acquisitions at the time in LiAngelo Ball and

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Team information

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Playoffs

In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

Bracket

Finals

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Awards

MVP of the Month

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Finals MVP

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Player statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points

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Jānis Kaufmanis Jānis Kaufmanis (born October 3, 1989) is a Latvian professional basketball player who plays for his hometown team Valmiera Glass ViA. Prior he has played for top tier Latvian teams BK Valmiera, VEF Rīga, BK Ventspils and Kalev/Cramo. Kaufm ...

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Assists

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Rinalds Sirsniņš Rinalds Sirsniņš (born 4 July 1985 in Ogre, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball player. He is currently playing for BK Ogre at the guard position and general manager of the team. Honours *Latvijas Basketbola līga: 2008 **Runner-up: ...

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Rebounds

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Devonte Upson Zwencyl DeVonte Upson (born March 23, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for PAOK of the Greek Basketball League (GBL). He plays the center position. He played college basketball for Trinidad State College and Southeastern Louisi ...

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Efficiency

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References

External links

Official website
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