2008–09 Korisliiga season

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Korisliiga
Season2008–09
DurationOctober 3, 2008-May 16, 2009
Number of games44
Number of teams12
Regular season
Top seed
Joensuun Kataja
Third placeTampereen Pyrintö
Fourth placeEspoon Honka
Finals MVPFinland Vesa Mäkäläinen
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jeremiah Wood 20.1
Rebounds United States DeWayne Richardson 12.7
Assists United States Frank Richards 4.1
Records
Average attendance911 Increase

The

Joensuun Kataja.[1] Antti Nikkilä won the MVP Award and Vesa Mäkäläinen won the Finals MVP Award.[2]

Regular season

# Team G W L PF/G PA/G PTS
1
Joensuun Kataja
 44 32 12 92.3 82.6 64
2 Kouvot 44 29 15 80.3 73.6 58
3 Espoon Honka 44 28 16 77.3 71.3 56
4 Namika Lahti 44 27 17 81.0 77.8 54
5
UU-Korihait
 44 27 17 79.3 75.9 54
6
KTP-Basket
 44 23 21 79.1 77.9 46
7 Tampereen Pyrintö 44 22 22 83.6 82.6 44
8 Torpan Pojat 44 20 24 73.4 78.0 40
9 Lappeenrannan NMKY 44 18 26 79.6 83.5 36
10
Forssan Koripojat
 44 18 26 78.4 81.2 36
11 Team Componenta 44 13 31 74.3 82.8 26
12
Porvoon Tarmo
 44 7 37 72.3 83.8 14

Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring

Rank Name Team PPG
1. United States Jeremiah Wood
Joensuun Kataja
 20.1
2. United States Larry Blair
Joensuun Kataja
 19.6
2. United States HL Coleman Lappeenrannan NMKY 19.4
4. United States Frank Richards Team Componenta 19.4
5. United States Steve Smith
KTP-Basket
 18.2

Assists

Rank Name Team APG
1. United States Frank Richards Team Componenta 4.1
2. United States Damon Williams
KTP-Basket
 4.0
3. United States Larry Blair
Joensuun Kataja
 4.0
4. Finland Ilkka Vuori Namika Lahti 3.9
5. DenmarkIsrael Chanan Colman Espoon Honka/Lappeenrannan NMKY 3.5

Rebounds

Rank Name Team RPG
1. United States DeWayne Richardson
Porvoon Tarmo
 12.7
2. United States Jeremiah Wood
Joensuun Kataja
 12.4
3. United States Ray Cunningham
Forssan Koripojat
 10.5
4. United States Damon Williams
KTP-Basket
 10.4
5. United States Clifton Jones Team Componenta 9.4

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1
Joensuun Kataja
3
8 Torpan Pojat 0
Joensuun Kataja
3
Tampereen Pyrintö 1
2 Kouvot 0
7 Tampereen Pyrintö 3
Joensuun Kataja
0
Namika Lahti 3
3 Espoon Honka 3
6
KTP-Basket
0
Espoon Honka 0 Third place
Namika Lahti 3
4 Namika Lahti 3 Espoon Honka 74
5
UU-Korihait
1 Tampereen Pyrintö 83

References
  1. Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-16. Archived
    from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  2. Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-31. [dead link
    ]
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