2020–21 VTB United League

VTB United League
VTB United League
Season	2020–21
Duration	20 September 2020 – 11 June 2021
Teams	13
Regular season
Season MVP	Mantas Kalnietis
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow (11th title)
Runners-up	UNICS
Semi-finalists	Zenit Saint Petersburg; Lokomotiv Kuban
Playoffs MVP	Daniel Hackett
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 VTB United League was the 12th season of the VTB United League. It was the eighth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level.

Season2020–21

Duration20 September 2020 – 11 June 2021

Teams13

Season MVP

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Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Astana	Nur-Sultan	Arena Velotrack	9,270^[1]
Avtodor	Saratov	DS Kristall	5,500^[2]
CSKA Moscow	Moscow	USC CSKA	5,000^[3]
Enisey	Krasnoyarsk	Arena.Sever	4,000^[4]
Kalev/Cramo	Tallinn	Saku Suurhall	5,500^[5]
Khimki	Khimki	BCMO	4,000^[6]
Lokomotiv Kuban	Krasnodar	Basket-Hall	7,500^[7]
Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod	Trade Union Sport Palace	5,500^[8]
Parma	Perm	UDS Molot	7,000
Tsmoki Minsk	Minsk	Minsk-Arena	15,000^[9]
UNICS	Kazan	Basket-Hall	7,000^[10]
Zenit	Saint Petersburg	Sibur Arena	6,381^[11]
Zielona Góra	Zielona Góra	CRS Hall Zielona Góra	6,080

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	24	20	4	2010	1718	+292	.833	Advance to playoffs
2	Lokomotiv Kuban	24	18	6	2138	1943	+195	.750
3	UNICS	24	18	6	1962	1794	+168	.750
4	CSKA Moscow	24	17	7	2219	1861	+358	.708
5	Nizhny Novgorod	24	14	10	1914	1921	−7	.583
6	Zielona Góra	24	13	11	2094	2075	+19	.542
7	Khimki	24	12	12	2028	1962	+66	.500
8	Parma	24	10	14	1878	1925	−47	.417
9	Avtodor	24	10	14	2019	2092	−73	.417
10	Kalev/Cramo	24	9	15	1821	1998	−177	.375
11	Enisey	24	6	18	1866	2093	−227	.250
12	Astana	24	6	18	1843	2101	−258	.250
13	Tsmoki Minsk	24	3	21	1747	2056	−309	.125

Home \ Away	AST	AVT	CSK	ENI	KAL	KHI	LOK	NIZ	PAR	TSM	UNI	ZEN	ZGA
Astana	—	83–92	60–93	60–78	61–77	77–82	86–82	69–79	80–84	74–109	74–87	70–77	88–82
Avtodor	107–85	—	82–98	85–79	87–61	85–82	89–85	93–99	70–93	113–66	97–110	62–89	90–91
CSKA Moscow	100–77	100–66	—	109–60	102–107	92–73	94–80	85–84	95–97	101–67	102–86	71–74	105–73
Enisey	77–76	86–85	80–91	—	89–94	77–92	79–106	86–96	52–86	81–86	77–84	67–85	73–94
Kalev/Cramo	85–92	85–77	72–94	75–86	—	91–84	94–105	86–84	72–85	88–82	49–76	51–87	79–86
Khimki	88–89	80–84	86–78	89–83	92–74	—	90–92	64–69	103–83	89–65	87–93	67–79	94–99
Lokomotiv Kuban	90–84	104–89	103–94	100–98	20–0	91–102	—	73–64	85–68	77–76	93–81	96–81	83–76
Nizhny Novgorod	75–73	86–80	63–83	83–79	95–85	96–85	73–94	—	88–73	78–57	66–91	62–70	100–93
Parma	83–84	93–100	61–95	67–84	80–72	69–72	84–81	67–72	—	74–65	69–76	78–76	79–85
Tsmoki Minsk	78–80	69–86	60–87	74–81	72–80	65–81	75–101	77–76	65–78	—	66–76	73–99	75–80
UNICS	101–83	94–65	76–83	75–64	83–66	83–76	77–98	87–56	69–51	83–77	—	59–58	65–64
Zenit Saint Petersburg	85–52	97–71	81–77	84–71	91–83	78–81	90–85	78–73	89–84	104–73	81–64	—	83–74
Zielona Góra	110–86	77–64	93–90	117–79	88–95	70–89	99–114	93–97	95–92	89–75	92–86	74–94	—

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	Parma	86–66	98–62	–
Lokomotiv Kuban	2–0	Khimki	89–80	92–85	–
UNICS	2–0	Zielona Góra	87–60	90–79	–
CSKA Moscow	2–1	Nizhny Novgorod	84–59	72–76	79–75

Teams

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–3	CSKA Moscow	73–78	107–104 OT	82–96	71–85	–
Lokomotiv Kuban	0–3	UNICS	87–98 OT	69–79	70–74	–	–

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Regular Season MVP	Mantas Kalnietis	Lokomotiv Kuban	^[12]
Playoffs MVP	Daniel Hackett	CSKA Moscow	^[13]
Scoring Champion	Marcus Keene	Kalev/Cramo	^[14]
Young Player of the Year	Nikita Mikhailovsky	Avtodor Saratov	^[15]
Coach of the Year	Xavi Pascual	Zenit	^[16]
Performance of the Season	Anton Astapkovich	Nizhny Novgorod	^[17]
Sixth Man of the Year	Rolands Freimanis	Zastal Zielona Góra	^[18]
Defensive Player of the Year	John Brown	UNICS	^[19]
Newcomer of the Year	Gabriel Lundberg	Zastal Zielona Góra	^[20]
First Team	Mantas Kalnietis	Lokomotiv Kuban	^[21]
	Mike James	CSKA Moscow
	Marcus Keene	Kalev/Cramo
	Rolands Freimanis	Zastal Zielona Góra
	Jordan Mickey	Khimki
Second Team	Alexey Shved	CSKA Moscow	^[22]
	Kevin Pangos	Zenit
	Will Clyburn	CSKA Moscow
	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	Lokomotiv Kuban
	Geoffrey Groselle	Zastal Zielona Góra

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2020
September/October	Billy Baron	Zenit Saint Petersburg	^[23]
November	Alan Williams	Lokomotiv Kuban	^[24]
December	Gabriel Lundberg	Zielona Góra	^[25]
2021
January	Jamar Smith	UNICS	^[26]
February	Drew Gordon	Lokomotiv Kuban	^[27]
March	Johannes Voigtmann	CSKA Moscow	^[28]
April	Marcus Keene	Kalev/Cramo	^[29]