The 2013–14 Dutch Basketball League season was the 54th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The defending champion is Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden. GasTerra Flames from Groningen won their 4th title by beating SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 4–3 in the Finals.
Teams All teams from the 2012-13 season returned. The club EiffelTowers Den Bosch changed its name to SPM Shoeters Den Bosch after their new sponsor SPM Shoes & Boots and Stepco BSW became Maxxcom BSW. During the season Rotterdam Basketbal College changed its name in Challenge Sports Rotterdam after Challenge Sports became their new main sponsor.
Colors Club City Arena Capacity DBL season 2012–13 Apollo Amsterdam Apollohal 2 009 9th Den Helder Kings Den Helder Sporthal Sportcenter 1500 1,500 26 006 6th SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Maaspoort 2800 2,800 42 0011st GasTerra Flames Groningen Martiniplaza 4300 4,300 42 003 3rd Challenge Sports Rotterdam Rotterdam Topsportcentrum 1000 1,000 24 010 10th Aris Leeuwarden Leeuwarden Sporthal Kalverdijkje 1700 1,700 10 004 4th Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden Leiden Vijf Meihal 2000 2,000 27 002 2nd Maxxcom BSW Weert Sporthal Boshoven 0000 32 006 8th Matrixx Magixx Wijchen Sporthal De Arcus 0700 700 14 007 7th Landstede Basketbal Zwolle Landstede Sportcentrum 1200 1,200 27 005 5th
+ Key to colors Champion Runner-up Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
Squads
Regular season
Standings
Positions by round Team \ Round1 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 GasTerra Flames 6 8 3 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Den Helder Kings 4 3 5 6 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden 5 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 Landstede 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 Matrixx Magixx 8 5 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 Aris Leeuwarden 2 6 4 4 5 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Apollo Amsterdam 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 Challenge Sports Rotterdam 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 Maxxcom BSW 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Top seed Advance to playoffs
Results TeamAMSDBODHEGROLEELEIROTWEEWIJZWO AMS 59–74 43–67 75–8256–63 54–7143–71 59–7267–79 50–6058–87 77–5660–58 67–5884–71 60–7843–73 60–7467–88 DBO 94–4969–50 65–66 99–76 51–7564–77 90–73104–75 78–6780–68 85–6389–67 74–5996–64 86–6976–6680–7281–65 DHE 91–6980–59 85–7476–99 65–7568–86 80–7085–52 77–6975–65 87–5177–58 82–7094–55 65–7395–62 84–8790–81 GRO 81–4578–47 52–6885–69 79–7078–67 91– 5781–75 70–6190–57 78–4179–50 81–4497–46 85–79 71–69 83–6280–78 LEE 80–7068–84 70–7972–82 94–7766–87 77–7564–81 78–9483–71 97–9885–64 88–6780–70 70–8390–96 60–86 88–78 LEI 76–6477–49 69–7883–86 72–6882–52 69–6363–75 84–6680–68 80–7388–65 66–5981–51 65–7487–73 76–73 79–75 ROT 61–5864–74 52–7455–83 76–8262–78 59–6557–80 113–10596–95 75–8451–84 78–57 71–76 67–6546–79 70–9558–69 WEE 59–6062–60 54–9047–93 74–8578–84 49–7238–79 90–9181–82 53–10472–91 59–6559–53 60–9060–79 56–8559–57 WIJ 99–5387–58 76–6466–83 78–9179–84 60–6350–72 104–7176–78 75–73 85–84 89–6591–55 99–6776–48 68–7585–69 ZWO 94–4399–70 77–7565–78 70–8882–80 72–6655–72 82–7590–65 72–5975–78 71–64 99–65 82–5289–66 89–6875–71
Playoffs
All-Star Gala See 2014 DBL All-Star Gala
Awards Four new awards were handed out this season, in the Playoffs MVP, Sixth Man of the Year award and the All-Defense and All-Rookie Teams. Most Valuable Player: Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames) Playoffs MVP: Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames) MVP Under 23: Leon Williams (Landstede Basketbal) Statistical Player of the Year: Darius Theus (Aris Leeuwarden) Coach of the Year: Ivica Skelin (GasTerra Flames) Rookie of the Year: Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden) Most Improved Player: Jeroen van der List (Den Helder Kings) Defensive Player of the Year: Jason Dourisseau (GasTerra Flames) Sixth Man of the Year: Ali Farokhmanesh (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch)
All-Star Team: Cashmere Wright (GasTerra Flames) Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames) Patrick Richard (Matrixx Magixx) Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden) Tai Wesley (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch)
All-Defense Team: Darius Theus (Aris Leeuwarden) Arvin Slagter (GasTerra Flames) Jason Dourisseau (GasTerra Flames) Stefan Wessels (SPM Shoeters Den Bosch) Ross Bekkering (GasTerra Flames)
All-Rookie Team Yannick Franke (Challenge Sports Rotterdam) Tom Snikkers (Aris Leeuwarden) Roman Grigoryev (Maxxcom BSW) Joshua Duinker (Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden) Lucas Steijn (BC Apollo)
Statistical leaders Only players who played more than 29 games qualified. For the two point percentage ranking, a player had to take at least 5 shots per game, for the three point and free throw ranking 3 shots per game. CategoryPlayer Team Average Points Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden Rebounds Kenneth van Kempen Maxxcom BSW Assists Emmanuel Ubilla Den Helder Kings Steals Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden Blocks Berend Weijs Apollo Amsterdam 2P% Darius Theus Aris Leeuwarden 3P% Arvin Slagter GasTerra Flames FT% Rogier Jansen Den Helder Kings
In European competitions Club Competition Result SPM Shoeters Den Bosch EuroChallenge Regular season GasTerra Flames Regular season ZZ Leiden Regular season Overall 7–11
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