2021–22 PLK season

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Anwil Włocławek
Fourth placeGrupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk
Finals MVPUnited States Travis Trice
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jonah Mathews 19.0
Rebounds Serbia Dragan Apić 8.5
Assists United States Travis Trice 7.4
Index Rating Serbia Dragan Apić 20.5
All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2021–22 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Poland. Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski were the defending champions.[1]

Teams

16 teams will participate this season.

Locations and venues

Zielona Góra
Trefl Sopot
Astoria
Czarni Słupsk
Szczecin
Toruń
Dąbrowa
Start Lublin
Legia Warsaw
Spójnia
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Location of teams in the 2021–22 PLK season
Team Location Arena Capacity
Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4,200
Asseco Arka Gdynia
 Gdynia
Gdynia Sports Arena
 5,500
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Hala Sportowa Stal 1,200
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz Artego Arena 1,470
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk Slupsk Hala Gryfia 2,500
GTK Gliwice Gliwice Gliwice Arena 13,752
HydroTruck Radom Radom ZSE Radom 1,200
Legia Warsaw Warsaw OSiR Bemowo 1,000
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum Hall 2,944
Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin Lublin Hala Globus 5,000
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Hala Orbita 3,000
Spójnia Stargard Stargard Hala Miejska 2,500
Trefl Sopot Sopot Ergo Arena 15,000
Twarde Pierniki Toruń Toruń Arena Toruń 6,248
Wilki Morskie Szczecin Szczecin
Azoty Arena
 7,403
Zastal Zielona Góra
 Zielona Góra CRS Hall 6,080

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 30 23 7 2513 2362 +151 53 Advance to playoffs
2
Anwil Włocławek
 30 22 8 2554 2359 +195 52
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 30 22 8 2792 2433 +359 52
4
Zastal Zielona Góra
 30 21 9 2642 2387 +255 51
5 WKS Śląsk Wrocław (C) 30 19 11 2553 2383 +170 49
6 Legia Warszawa 30 17 13 2505 2446 +59 47
7 Twarde Pierniki Toruń 30 17 13 2508 2500 +8 47
8 King Szczecin 30 15 15 2504 2502 +2 45
9 Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz 30 15 15 2497 2474 +23 45
10 Trefl Sopot 30 15 15 2443 2461 −18 45
11 Spójnia Stargard 30 11 19 2379 2560 −181 41
12 Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin 30 11 19 2293 2455 −162 41
13
Asseco Arka Gdynia
 30 11 19 2300 2499 −199 41
14 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 30 10 20 2482 2636 −154 40
15 GTK Gliwice 30 6 24 2271 2587 −316 36
16 HydroTruck Radom 30 5 25 2348 2540 −192 35 Relegation to I Liga
Source: PLK
(C) Champions


Results

Home \ Away
ANW
 GDY STA CZA BYD GTK RAD SZC LEG MKS TOR SPO LUB SOP WRO
ZIE
Anwil Włocławek
 — 72–82 107–88 75–80 77–58 95–71 93–79 80–89 94–81 90–86 84–78 108–97 90–81 81–61 97–89 89–82
Arka Gdynia 78–83 — 73–102 59–87 74–97 84–68 99–78 89–65 70–88 81–80 90–101 76–74 78–66 90–98 65–80 73–83
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 66–79 98–75 — 82–83 83–73 78–77 108–84 84–74 96–92 91–80 96–74 91–82 99–62 86–78 83–74 105–98
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 83–77 100–75 88–80 — 99–78 84–74 86–82 77–92 96–90 94–75 77–94 68–66 66–62 73–66 89–79 80–63
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz 58–62 98–85 83–86 86–82 — 94–71 76–73 71–102 76–83 92–62 70–81 97–93 82–89 105–90 77–88 106–88
GTK Gliwice 62–88 72–73 70–122 76–83 77–82 — 86–82 73–70 78–75 67–95 70–83 110–70 73–76 72–82 61–89 82–89
HydroTruck Radom 84–92 85–91 83–78 80–83 68–85 82–94 — 74–82 75–88 75–78 72–59 68–87 65–70 69–76 64–67 89–92
King Szczecin 82–76 78–85 79–118 74–77 81–71 93–82 103–112 — 99–83 83–102 92–87 93–81 81–85 98–73 99–83 86–96
Legia Warsaw 74–73 79–59 84–114 68–66 68–87 86–73 73–60 101–71 — 81–78 105–68 84–86 69–60 104–109 73–87 79–85
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 92–86 96–85 96–112 82–97 80–94 101–92 76–72 77–90 86–99 — 98–92 87–101 94–101 71–79 87–88 83–78
Twarde Pierniki Toruń 84–92 83–75 105–98 83–76 102–86 99–85 82–85 76–69 77–87 85–92 — 85–77 81–55 73–92 86–95 95–77
Spójnia Stargard 95–87 79–64 61–105 81–104 89–86 64–54 80–73 75–81 63–77 75–71 80–82 — 80–81 82–94 86–73 53–96
Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin 64–75 90–76 77–88 81–82 73–80 69–77 79–78 73–92 97–107 77–68 83–85 82–97 — 70–73 85–67 73–99
Trefl Sopot 82–89 58–72 77–101 103–78 81–86 91–68 80–85 69–61 85–70 86–70 89–91 72–71 84–86 — 89–102 93–89
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 74–80 86–63 79–69 96–84 90–81 106–74 106–94 85–74 78–91 102–60 68–70 105–90 84–76 77–67 — 85–88
Zastal Zielona Góra
 79–83 75–61 86–85 83–91 97–82 102–82 91–78 87–71 100–66 91–79 85–67 106–64 85–70 91–66 81–71 —
Source: PLK
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2–2–1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2–2–1–1–1).

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 3
8 King Szczecin 1
1 Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 2
5 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3
4
Zastal Zielona Góra
2
5 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3
5 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 4
6 Legia Warszawa 1
2
Anwil Włocławek
 		3
7 Twarde Pierniki Toruń 1
2
Anwil Włocławek
0 Third place
6 Legia Warszawa 3
3 Arged BMStal Ostrów Wielkopolski 0 1 Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 153
6 Legia Warszawa 3 2
Anwil Włocławek
 		169

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 3–1 King Szczecin 93–69 89–80 78–83 97–82 –
Anwil Włocławek
 		3–1 Twarde Pierniki Toruń 92–62 87–71 85–94 85–78 –
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 0–3 Legia Warszawa 78–82 64–67 81–85 – –
Zastal Zielona Góra
 2–3 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 103–90 85–83 68–95 80–87 80–86

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 2–3 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 57–77 66–91 123–60 89–69 71–81
Anwil Włocławek
 0–3 Legia Warszawa 79–83 71–77 77–87 – –

Third place series

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 153–169
Anwil Włocławek
 		77–78 76–91

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 4–1 Legia Warszawa 76–72 85–88 81–74 66–63 90–77 – –

Awards

All official awards of the 2021–22 PLK season.

Season awards

Award Player Team Ref.
PLK Most Valuable Player United States Travis Trice WKS Śląsk Wrocław [2]
PLK Finals MVP United States Travis Trice WKS Śląsk Wrocław [3]
PLK Best Defender Croatia Ivan Ramljak WKS Śląsk Wrocław [2]
PLK Best Polish Player Poland Aleksander Dziewa WKS Śląsk Wrocław [2]
PLK Best Coach Poland Mantas Česnauskis Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk [2]
All-PLK Team United States Travis Trice WKS Śląsk Wrocław [4]
United States Jonah Mathews
Anwil Włocławek
Serbia Dragan Apić
Zastal Zielona Góra
Poland Aleksander Dziewa WKS Śląsk Wrocław
United States Billy Garrett Jr. Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk

MVP of the Round

Gameday Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Serbia Dragan Apić
Zastal Zielona Góra
 32 [5]
2 United States A. J. English HydroTruck Radom 26 [6]
3 Poland Karol Gruszecki Trefl Sopot 31 [7]
4 United States Maurice Watson Twarde Pierniki Toruń 40 [8]
5 United States Doron Lamb Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin 26 [9]
6 Poland Jakub Schenk King Szczecin 24 [10]
7 Poland Mateusz Zębski Astoria Bydgoszcz 31 [11]
8 Poland Aaron Cel Twarde Pierniki Toruń 31 [12]
9 United States Erick Neal Spójnia Stargard 43 [13]
10 United States Maurice Watson (2) Twarde Pierniki Toruń 36 [14]
11 United States Raymond Cowels Legia Warsaw 27 [15]
12 Poland Szymon Szewczyk Anwil Włocławek 24 [16]
13 Poland Aleksander Dziewa WKS Śląsk Wrocław 35 [17]
14 United States Jacobi Boykins Arka Gdynia 32 [18]
15 Poland Jakub Nizioł Astoria Bydgoszcz 24 [19]
16 Poland Jarosław Zyskowski
Zastal Zielona Góra
 23 [20]
17 Poland Andrzej Pluta Jr. Astoria Bydgoszcz 26 [21]
18 United States Jonah Mathews Anwil Włocławek 40 [22]
19 & 20 State of Palestine Kyndall Dykes Anwil Włocławek 37 [23]
21 Poland Aleksander Dziewa (2) WKS Śląsk Wrocław 11 & 13 [24]
22 Poland Mateusz Zębski (2) Astoria Bydgoszcz 38 [25]
23 Poland Filip Matczak King Szczecin 29 [26]
24 United States Travis Trice WKS Śląsk Wrocław 33 & 23 [27]
25 United States Jonah Mathews (2) Anwil Włocławek 17 & 30 [28]
26 United States Malachi Richardson King Szczecin 34 [29]
27 United States James Palmer Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 38 [30]
28 Croatia Roko Rogić Twarde Pierniki Toruń 32 [31]
29 Poland Michał Kolenda Trefl Sopot 28 [32]

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
2021
September United States Billy Garrett Jr. Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 20.0 [33]
October Poland Jakub Schenk King Szczecin 19.0 [34]
November United States Trey Drechsel BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 23.5 [35]
December United States Devyn Marble MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 23.0 [36]
2022
January United States Jonah Mathews Anwil Włocławek 24.0 [37]
February United States Travis Trice Śląsk Wrocław 23.7 [38]
March

Statistical leaders

Leaders at the end of the regular season.[39]

Category Player Team Value
Points
per game 		Robert Johnson Legia Warsaw 18.8
Rebounds per game Dragan Apić Zastal Zielona Góra 8.5
Assists per game Travis Trice Śląsk Wrocław 7.3
Steals per game Mateusz Zębski Astoria Bydgoszcz 1.9
Blocks per game John Sharma Trefl Sopot 1.3
Evaluation per game Roko Rogić Twarde Pierniki Toruń 19.8

Polish clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Śląsk Wroclaw EuroCup Eightfinals
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Champions League Regular Season
Legia Warsaw FIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinals
Trefl Sopot Second Round

Polish clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Zastal Zielona Góra
 VTB United League Withdrawn
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Alpe Adria Cup Quarterfinals
Anwil Włocławek
 European North Basketball League Champions

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