2021–22 PLK season

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]

Energa Basket Liga
Season	2021–22
Dates	2 September 2021 – 27 May 2022
Teams	16
TV partner(s)	Polsat Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk
Season MVP	Travis Trice
Relegated	HydroTruck Radom
Finals
Champions	WKS Śląsk Wrocław (18th title)
Runners-up	Legia Warszawa
Third place	Anwil Włocławek
Fourth place	Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk
Finals MVP	Travis Trice
Statistical leaders
Points Jonah Mathews 19.0 Rebounds Dragan Apić 8.5 Assists Travis Trice 7.4 Index Rating Dragan Apić 20.5
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of complete.

Teams

16 teams will participate this season.

Locations and venues

Anwil

Ostrów

Śląsk Wrocław

Gdynia

Radom

Gliwice

Zielona Góra

Trefl Sopot

Astoria

Czarni Słupsk

Szczecin

Toruń

Dąbrowa

Start Lublin

Legia Warsaw

Spójnia

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

MVP of the Round

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

MVP of the Month

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