2010–11 PBL season

The 2010–11 Russian Professional Basketball League (PBL) was the first season of the Russian Professional League, and the 20th overall of the Russian Professional Championship. CSKA Moscow won the title, by beating Kimki Moscow Region 3–1 in the league's playoff Finals.

PBL
Season	2010–11
Duration	9 October 2010 – 16 June 2011
Regular season
Season MVP	Maciej Lampe
Relegated	Dynamo Moscow
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow (18th title)
Runners-up	Khimki
Third place	UNICS
Fourth place	Lokomotiv Kuban
Playoffs MVP	Victor Khryapa
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Format

In the regular season, all ten teams played against each other three times so in the regular season, each team played 27 games.

Teams

Moscow Region

UNICS

Krasnye Krylya

Spartak

Lokomotiv

Nizhny

Enisey

Professional Basketball League 2010–11 club locations
Moscow Region teams:
CSKA, Khimki, Triumph, Dynamo

Team	Home City	Arena	Capacity
Triumph Lyubertsy	Lyubertsy	Triumph Sports Palace	4,000
Spartak Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Sibur Arena	7,044
Dynamo Moscow	Moscow	Krylatskoye Sports Palace	5,000
Krasnye Krylia	Samara	MTL Arena	3,500
CSKA Moscow	Moscow	Universal Sports Hall CSKA	5,500
Enisey	Krasnoyarsk	Arena Sever	4,100
Khimki	Khimki	Basketball Center	6,196
Lokomotiv Kuban	Krasnodar	Basket-Hall	7,500
Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Trade Union Sport Palace	5,600
UNICS	Kazan	Basket Hall Arena	7,500

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	UNICS	27	21	6	2188	1962	+226	Qualification for the playoffs
2	CSKA Moscow	27	18	9	2161	1925	+236
3	Lokomotiv Kuban	27	17	10	2114	1956	+158
4	Khimki	27	17	10	2261	2059	+202
5	Spartak Saint Petersburg	27	17	10	2195	2122	+73
6	Enisey	27	12	15	2114	2252	−138
7	Krasnye Krylia	27	10	17	1987	2128	−141
8	Nizhny Novgorod	27	10	17	1948	2122	−174
9	Dynamo Moscow[a] (R)	27	8	19	323	352	−29	Relegated to Super League
10	Triumph Lyubertsy	27	5	22	2048	2313	−265

Source: Eurobasket
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Dynamo Moscow was expelled from the PBL due to the club's difficult financial situation.

Playoffs

Championship bracket

The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three format, the semi- and finals were played in a best-of-five format.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 UNICS	2
	8 Nizhny Novgorod	1
					1 UNICS	2
					4 Khimki	3
	4 Khimki	2
	5 Spartak Saint Petersburg	1
									4 Khimki	1
									2 CSKA Moscow	3
	2 CSKA Moscow	2
	7 Krasnye Krylia	1
					2 CSKA Moscow	3
					3 Lokomotiv Kuban	0			Third place
	3 Lokomotiv Kuban	2
	6 Enisey	1
									1 UNICS	3
									3 Lokomotiv Kuban	0

Classification bracket

All losing teams from the quarter-finals in the championship bracket played in the classification bracket. All rounds were played in a best-of-three format.

	First round				Fifth position
	8 Nizhny Novgorod	2
	5 Spartak Saint Petersburg	0
					8 Nizhny Novgorod	2
					6 Enisey	0
	6 Enisey	2
	7 Krasnye Krylia	1
					Seventh position
					5 Spartak Saint Petersburg	2
					7 Krasnye Krylia	1

Awards

Regular Season MVP

• Maciej Lampe (UNICS Kazan)^[1]

Playoffs MVP

• Victor Khryapa (CSKA Moscow)^[2]

All-Symbolic Team

• First Symbolic Team
  • Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg)
  • Keith Langford (Khimki Moscow Region)
  • Henry Domercant (Spartak St. Petersburg)
  • Sergei Monia (Khimki Moscow Region)
  • Maciej Lampe (UNICS Kazan)
• Second Symbolic Team
  • Marcus Williams (Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)
  • Terrell Lyday (UNICS Kazan)
  • Ramūnas Šiškauskas (CSKA Moscow)
  • Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv Kuban)
  • Lonny Baxter (Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)

See also

• 2010–11 VTB United League