2022–23 PLK season

The 2022–23 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 89th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Poland. Śląsk Wrocław are the defending champions.

Energa Basket Liga
Season	2022–23
Dates	22 September 2022 – 15 June 2023
Teams	16
TV partner(s)	Polsat Sport
Regular season
Top seed	WKS Śląsk Wrocław
Season MVP	Andrzej Mazurczak
Relegated	Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz
Finals
Champions	Wilki Morskie Szczecin (1st title)
Runners-up	WKS Śląsk Wrocław
Third place	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Fourth place	Legia Warszawa
Finals MVP	Bryce Brown
Statistical leaders
Points Jeremiah Martin 19.1 Rebounds Adam Kemp 9.6 Assists Courtney Fortson 8.4 Index Rating Jeremiah Martin 20.9
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of complete.

Teams

16 teams will participate this season.^[1]

HydroTruck Radom was relegated and Sokół Łańcut will be promoted from Liga I.

Locations and venues

Anwil

Ostrów

Śląsk Wrocław

Gdynia

Gliwice

Zielona Góra

Trefl Sopot

Astoria

Czarni Słupsk

Szczecin

Toruń

Dąbrowa

Start Lublin

Sokół Łańcut

Legia Warsaw

Spójnia

Location of teams in the 2022–23 PLK season

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Anwil Włocławek	Włocławek	Hala Mistrzów	4,200
Suzuki Arka Gdynia	Gdynia	Polsat Plus Arena Gdynia	5,500
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Arena Ostrów	3,086
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz	Bydgoszcz	Sisu Arena	1,470
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk	Slupsk	Hala Gryfia	2,500
GTK Gliwice	Gliwice	Gliwice Arena	13,752
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
Rawlplug Sokół Łańcut	Łańcut	MOSiR Łańcut	1,200
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	Netto Arena	7,403
Zastal Enea 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	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	30	22	8	2541	2344	+197	52	Advance to playoffs
2	King Szczecin (C)	30	22	8	2600	2465	+135	52
3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	30	20	10	2584	2426	+158	50
4	Legia Warszawa	30	20	10	2536	2423	+113	50
5	Spójnia Stargard	30	18	12	2510	2462	+48	48
6	Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk	30	17	13	2325	2221	+104	47
7	Anwil Włocławek	30	17	13	2532	2395	+137	47
8	Trefl Sopot	30	17	13	2468	2422	+46	47
9	Zastal Zielona Góra	30	16	14	2561	2522	+39	46
10	Asseco Arka Gdynia	30	11	19	2464	2581	−117	41
11	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	30	11	19	2544	2665	−121	41
12	Rawlplug Sokół Łańcut	30	11	19	2292	2398	−106	41
13	Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin	30	11	19	2414	2549	−135	41
14	GTK Gliwice	30	10	20	2377	2516	−139	40
15	Twarde Pierniki Toruń	30	9	21	2457	2618	−161	39
16	Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz	30	8	22	2538	2736	−198	38	Relegation to I Liga

Source: PLK
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ANW	GDY	STA	CZA	BYD	GTK	LAN	SZC	LEG	MKS	TOR	SPO	LUB	SOP	WRO	ZIE
Anwil Włocławek	—	110–86	86–88	79–70	97–81	88–63	78–89	99–91	91–97	94–72	86–79	78–81	86–63	80–83	73–75	82–61
Arka Gdynia	93–79	—	92–80	68–88	85–88	91–76	84–81	88–102	81–83	84–74	87–99	76–77	90–79	75–82	87–70	78–90
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	71–68	102–73	—	74–84	103–80	100–76	87–75	95–92	90–87	85–76	90–58	80–85	78–74	79–84	68–75	88–72
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk	85–73	66–64	66–90	—	82–78	49–60	91–88	66–83	73–86	83–74	94–58	68–51	82–60	83–60	75–77	64–66
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz	95–84	88–102	88–94	59–86	—	83–72	87–78	104–103	61–86	78–80	90–100	89–98	92–100	80–91	99–111	73–91
GTK Gliwice	80–82	70–81	97–82	84–64	82–89	—	87–86	90–83	135–136	77–79	90–85	83–95	63–49	82–92	71–91	88–94
Rawlplug Sokół Łańcut	67–85	85–74	70–67	69–83	84–72	68–73	—	76–91	72–83	60–68	74–66	79–83	74–72	81–74	92–85	86–74
King Szczecin	88–87	98–93	88–97	88–77	88–80	84–62	75–73	—	69–65	88–81	99–101	97–95	86–78	103–79	78–103	69–64
Legia Warsaw	78–70	90–61	68–96	70–63	96–88	61–84	75–61	77–92	—	101–86	81–68	69–71	108–90	79–71	63–76	87–81
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	79–82	86–91	88–100	95–94	92–89	88–70	103–102	76–79	93–76	—	96–106	100–85	92–91	82–91	96–103	88–108
Twarde Pierniki Toruń	74–84	79–98	82–95	74–73	88–92	96–89	72–60	73–81	84–88	106–77	—	92–88	80–93	79–81	74–83	72–89
Spójnia Stargard	93–94	88–61	89–91	83–69	73–72	59–64	96–63	81–88	97–80	90–83	92–82	—	99–106	77–66	81–79	82–77
Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin	70–81	72–71	90–71	80–91	101–97	79–68	74–83	75–69	76–103	91–89	104–83	85–94	—	96–75	70–100	76–83
Trefl Sopot	73–81	115–83	93–78	71–77	90–71	98–79	83–68	86–91	70–80	87–73	87–85	91–79	74–69	—	74–88	81–90
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	82–91	87–80	83–68	74–86	101–90	84–73	75–76	66–78	83–77	80–88	79–74	99–66	91–84	71–67	—	85–78
Zastal Zielona Góra	88–84	97–87	87–97	85–93	98–105	100–89	81–72	78–79	90–106	94–90	98–88	101–82	96–67	83–99	67–85	—

Source: PLK
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

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	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	3
	8	Trefl Sopot	1
						1	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	3
						4	Legia Warszawa	1
	4	Legia Warszawa	3
	5	Spójnia Stargard	0
											1	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	2
											2	King Szczecin	4
	2	King Szczecin	3
	7	Anwil Włocławek	2
						2	King Szczecin	3			Third place
						3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	1
	3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	3								3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	170
	6	Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk	0								4	Legia Warszawa	161

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	3–1	Trefl Sopot	80–73	87–95	88–80	84–75	—
King Szczecin	3–2	Anwil Włocławek	91–86	76–77	84–75	64–70	81–67
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	3–0	Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk	95–85	70–63	77–70	—	—
Legia Warszawa	3–0	Spójnia Stargard	84–77	91–78	93–82	—	—

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	3–1	Legia Warszawa	83–77	71–57	55–78	65–63	—
King Szczecin	3–1	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	80–78	79–74	60–92	79–76	—

Third place series

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	170–161	Legia Warszawa	85–73	85–88

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	2–4	King Szczecin	78–89	65–92	67–90	85–75	82–70	72–92	—

Awards

All official awards of the 2022–23 PLK season.

Season awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
PLK Most Valuable Player	Andrzej Mazurczak	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	[2]
PLK Finals MVP	Bryce Brown	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	[3]
PLK Best Defender	Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz	Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra	[2]
PLK Best Polish Player	Andrzej Mazurczak	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	[2]
PLK Best Coach	Arkadiusz Miłoszewski	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	[2]
All-PLK Team	Andrzej Mazurczak	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	[4]
	Jeremiah Martin	WKS Śląsk Wrocław
	Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz	Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra
	Aleksander Dziewa	WKS Śląsk Wrocław
	Damian Kulig	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

MVP of the Round

Gameday	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
1	Damian Kulig	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	35	[5]
2	Jeremiah Martin	Śląsk Wrocław	28	[6]
3	Eddy Polanco	Astoria Bydgoszcz	38	[7]
4	Łukasz Kolenda	Śląsk Wrocław	33	[8]
5	Klavs Cavars	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	33	[9]
6	Damian Kulig (2)	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	34	[10]
7	Jeremiah Martin (2)	Śląsk Wrocław	28	[11]
8	Michał Kolenda	Trefl Sopot	32	[12]
9	Courtney Fortson	Spójnia Stargard	38	[13]
10	Damian Kulig (3)	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	32	[14]
11	Jeremiah Martin (3)	Śląsk Wrocław	42	[15]
12	Ben Simons	Astoria Bydgoszcz	36	[16]
13	Ivan Ramljak	Śląsk Wrocław	26	[17]
14	D.J. Fenner	Arka Gdynia	31	[18]
15	Filip Matczak	King Szczecin	19 & 26	[19]
16	Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz	Zastal Zielona Góra	32	[20]
17	Gabe DeVoe	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	39	[21]
18	Courtney Fortson (2)	Spójnia Stargard	36	[22]
19	Courtney Fortson (3)	Spójnia Stargard	32	[23]
20	Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz (2)	Zastal Zielona Góra	30	[24]
21	Trey Wade	Arka Gdynia	35	[25]
22	Andrzej Pluta	Trefl Sopot	24	[26]
23	Aric Holman	Legia Warsaw	35	[27]
24	Bryce Alford	Zastal Zielona Góra	28	[28]
25	Andrzej Mazurczak	King Szczecin	38	[29]
26	Kyle Vinales	Legia Warsaw	51	[30]
27	James Florence	Arka Gdynia	18 & 16	[31]
28	Scoochie Smith	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	33	[32]
29	Victor Sanders	Anwil Włocławek	32	[33]

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
2022
September	Damian Kulig	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	27.3	[34]
October
November	Aleksander Dziewa	Śląsk Wrocław	18.3	[35]
December	Jeremiah Martin	Śląsk Wrocław	22.5	[36]
2023
January	Courtney Fortson	Spójnia Stargard	20.0	[37]
February	Andrzej Mazurczak	King Szczecin	24.3	[38]
March

Statistical leaders

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

Category	Player	Team	Value
Points per game	Jeremiah Martin	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	19.1
Rebounds per game	Adam Kemp	Sokół Łańcut	9.6
Assists per game	Courtney Fortson	Spójnia Stargard	8.4
Steals per game	Jeremiah Martin	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	2.4
Blocks per game	Adam Kemp	Sokół Łańcut	2.0
Evaluation per game	Jeremiah Martin	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	20.9

Polish clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Śląsk Wroclaw	EuroCup	Regular Season
Legia Warsaw	Champions League	Regular Season
Anwil Włocławek	FIBA Europe Cup	Champions
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk		Qualifying rounds

Polish clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski[40]	European North Basketball League	Champions
Zastal Zielona Góra[41]		Quarterfinals
Wilki Morskie Szczecin[42]		Semifinals
Trefl Sopot[43]		Regular Season
Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin[44]		Semifinals
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza[45]	Alpe Adria Cup	Champions