2024–25 PLK season

Orlen Basket Liga
Season2024–25
Dates3 October 2024 – 22 June 2025
Games played240 + Playoffs
Teams16
TV partner(s)Polsat Sport
Regular season
Top seedAnwil Włocławek
Season MVP Kameron McGusty
RelegatedSpójnia Stargard
Finals
ChampionsLegia Warszawa (8th title)
Runners-upPGE Start Lublin
Third placeTrefl Sopot
Fourth placeAnwil Włocławek
Finals MVP Kameron McGusty
Statistical leaders
Points Kameron McGusty 19.9
Rebounds Stefan Đorđević 8.9
Assists Jovan Novak 9.6
Index Rating Stefan Đorđević 24.2
Records
Biggest home winDziki Warsaw 88–63 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
(5 October 2024)
Biggest away winLegia Warsaw 70–99 Trefl Sopot
(12 April 2025)
Highest scoringGTK Gliwice 110–105 Start Lublin
(24 October 2024)
All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2024–25 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Orlen Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 91st season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Poland. Trefl Sopot are the defending champions.

Teams

16 teams will participate this season.[1]

Górnik Wałbrzych was promoted from Liga I after spending 14 years in the lower leagues[2] and Sokół Łańcut was relegated.

Locations and venues

Team Location Arena Capacity
Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4,200
AMW Arka Gdynia Gdynia Polsat Plus Arena Gdynia 5,500
Dziki Warsaw Warsaw Hala Koło 1,280
Energa Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk Slupsk Hala Gryfia 2,500
Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych Wałbrzych Aqua Zdrój 2,000
Legia Warsaw Warsaw OSiR Bemowo 1,416
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum Hall 2,944
PGE Start Lublin Lublin Hala Globus 5,000
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Hala Orbita 3,000
Spójnia Stargard Stargard Hala Miejska 2,500
Tasomix Rosiek Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Arena Ostrów 3,086
Tauron GTK Gliwice Gliwice Gliwice Arena 13,752
Trefl Sopot Sopot Ergo Arena 15,000
Twarde Pierniki Toruń Toruń Arena Toruń 6,248
Wilki Morskie Szczecin Szczecin Netto 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 Anwil Włocławek 30 24 6 2672 2418 +254 54 Advanced to playoffs
2 Trefl Sopot 30 20 10 2676 2521 +155 50
3 PGE Start Lublin 30 19 11 2610 2548 +62 49
4 Legia Warszawa (C) 30 19 11 2462 2392 +70 49
5 Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych 30 18 12 2379 2311 +68 48
6 Energa Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 30 17 13 2401 2242 +159 47
7 King Szczecin 30 17 13 2605 2557 +48 47 Advanced to playins
8 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 30 15 15 2437 2412 +25 45
9 Twarde Pierniki Toruń 30 14 16 2642 2632 +10 44
10 Dziki Warszawa 30 13 17 2302 2325 −23 43
11 Zastal Zielona Góra 30 12 18 2391 2497 −106 42
12 Tauron GTK Gliwice 30 12 18 2467 2683 −216 42
13 Tasomix Rosiek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 30 11 19 2563 2610 −47 41
14 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 30 11 19 2472 2571 −99 41
15 AMW Arka Gdynia 30 9 21 2475 2701 −226 39
16 Spójnia Stargard (R) 30 9 21 2278 2412 −134 39 Relegated to I Liga
Source: PLK
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ANW GDY STA CZA DZI GTK SZC LEG MKS TOR SPO LUB SOP WAL WRO ZIE
Anwil Włocławek 88–98 92–79 92–86 79–70 96–88 92–78 77–85 95–91 83–66 72–64 82–83 77–85 91–60 97–70 66–76
AMW Arka Gdynia 85–97 79–91 88–80 69–82 83–86 83–79 56–97 81–95 97–108 84–73 102–92 89–97 74–88 81–100 83–92
Tasomix Rosiek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 85–87 105–83 70–66 94–67 85–97 82–83 75–90 92–89 87–93 75–89 82–89 95–82 80–70 88–81 84–70
Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 86–104 84–62 87–83 78–64 98–84 73–74 83–60 86–72 83–89 71–79 79–56 73–77 76–62 63–72 81–54
Dziki Warsaw 94–101 81–80 88–63 66–81 90–80 70–86 70–72 86–73 86–98 71–57 75–63 71–76 68–92 71–83 83–85
Tauron GTK Gliwice 74–90 89–97 93–79 63–88 64–76 72–87 88–85 81–79 64–111 83–97 110–105 90–86 79–95 91–73 82–70
King Szczecin 89–92 99–84 100–104 68–79 105–100 97–76 81–84 90–94 107–95 73–81 81–82 96–99 90–81 81–102 89–81
Legia Warsaw 86–94 72–88 80–79 56–70 73–66 84–87 85–71 68–77 82–77 88–84 76–88 70–99 81–91 88–79 85–79
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 77–87 100–93 98–87 91–90 48–63 107–87 88–92 79–97 98–101 67–79 82–101 78–83 74–79 70–68 88–89
Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń 89–97 96–94 90–83 78–96 90–94 91–92 101–103 85–93 74–86 88–89 90–96 124–121 102–85 87–72 83–79
PGE Spójnia Stargard 68–83 76–83 79–73 83–96 66–84 82–87 84–74 75–81 74–79 67–79 73–86 69–77 81–80 69–76 80–82
PGE Start Lublin 83–95 96–72 105–90 83–77 86–69 91–74 77–82 78–89 95–81 79–71 85–75 122–121 84–93 85–83 91–82
Trefl Sopot 93–108 100–72 96–81 89–65 81–70 88–77 98–100 75–109 92–68 75–68 83–78 87–88 100–85 94–90 88–70
Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych 71–75 84–63 104–108 66–64 63–82 70–63 72–82 72–79 87–77 77–63 89–68 87–72 83–75 77–60 62–56
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 89–86 87–82 91–87 82–85 62–69 105–83 66–67 85–73 78–93 99–76 72–61 87–77 72–87 74–80 91–82
Zastal Zielona Góra 70–97 87–90 92–87 75–77 77–76 98–83 80–101 84–94 86–73 68–79 91–78 101–92 83–72 70–74 82–88
Source: PLK
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Play-in

Under the new format, the 7th to 10th-ranked teams faced each other in the play-in. Each game is hosted by the team with the higher regular season record. The format was similar to the first two rounds of the Page–McIntyre system for a four-team playoff that was identical to that of the NBA play-in tournament. First, the 7th seed will host the 8th seed, with the winner advancing to the playoffs as the 7th seed; likewise the 9th seed will host the 10th seed, with the loser eliminated. Then the loser of the 7-v-8 game will host the winner of the 9-v-10 game, with the winner of that game getting the final playoff spot, as the 8th seed.[3]

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 Anwil Włocławek 3
8 Twarde Pierniki Toruń 1
1 Anwil Włocławek 0
4 Legia Warszawa 3
4 Legia Warszawa 3
5 Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych 1
3 PGE Start Lublin 3
4 Legia Warszawa 4
2 Trefl Sopot 3
7 King Szczecin 1
2 Trefl Sopot 2 Third place
3 PGE Start Lublin 3
3 PGE Start Lublin 3 1 Anwil Włocławek 161
6 Energa Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 2 2 Trefl Sopot 167

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Anwil Włocławek 3–1 Twarde Pierniki Toruń 86–69 107–76 82–105 98–81
Trefl Sopot 3–1 King Szczecin 85–84 72–66 90–91 94–68
PGE Start Lublin 3–2 Energa Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 84–82 90–81 73–92 57–89 109–94
Legia Warszawa 3–1 Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych 86–55 59–62 74–64 94–85

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Anwil Włocławek 0–3 Legia Warszawa 76–78 85–89 80–101
Trefl Sopot 2–3 PGE Start Lublin 81–100 95–79 84–92 95–93 72–79

Third place series

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anwil Włocławek 161–167 Trefl Sopot 88–85 73–82

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
PGE Start Lublin 3–4 Legia Warszawa 82–81 78–84 86–90 77–71 97–82 83–87 82–92

Awards

All official awards of the 2024–25 PLK season.

Season awards

Award Player Team Ref.
PLK Most Valuable Player Kameron McGusty Legia Warszawa [4]
PLK Finals MVP Kameron McGusty Legia Warszawa [5]
PLK Best Defender Aaron Best Trefl Sopot [6]
PLK Best Polish Player Michał Michalak Anwil Włocławek [7]
PLK Best Coach Selçuk Ernak Anwil Włocławek [8]
All-PLK Team Jovan Novak King Szczecin [9]
Alex Stein Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk
Kameron McGusty Legia Warszawa
Michał Michalak Anwil Włocławek
D. J. Funderburk Anwil Włocławek

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
2024
October Jarosław Zyskowski Trefl Sopot 16.3 [10]
November Michał Michalak Anwil Włocławek 16.8 [11]
December Courtney Ramey Start Lublin 20.2 [12]
2025
January Ike Smith Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych 15.2 [13]
February
March Alex Stein Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 20.0 [14]

MVP of the Round

Gameday Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Łukasz Frąckiewicz Tauron GTK Gliwice 28 [15]
2 Alterique Gilbert Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych 16 [16]
3 Stefan Đorđević AMW Arka Gdynia 33 [17]
4 Mario Ihring Tauron GTK Gliwice 29 [18]
5 Souley Boum MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 32 [19]
6 Michał Michalak Anwil Włocławek 23 [20]
7 Tyran De Lattibeaudiere Start Lublin 34 [21]
8 Kamil Łączyński Anwil Włocławek 29 [22]
9 Courtney Ramey Start Lublin 29 [23]
10 Kameron McGusty Legia Warsaw 36 [24]
11 Nemanja Nenadić AMW Arka Gdynia 28 [25]
12 Michael Ertel Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń 37 [26]
13 Viktor Gaddefors Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń 38 [27]
14 Walter Hodge Zastal Zielona Góra 27 [28]
15 Dariusz Wyka Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych 23 [29]
16 Loren Jackson Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 23 [30]
17 Nick Johnson Trefl Sopot 39 [31]
18 Tyler Cheese MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 29 [32]
19 Dariusz Wyka (x2) Górnik Zamek Książ Wałbrzych 36 [33]
20 Isaiah Whitehead King Szczecin 32 [34]
21 Jakub Schenk Trefl Sopot 31 [35]
22 Jovan Novak King Szczecin 33 [36]
23 Michael Ertel (x2) Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń 30 [37]
24 Jovan Novak (x2) King Szczecin 31 [38]
25 Aaron Best Trefl Sopot 25 [39]
26 Kameron McGusty (x2) Legia Warsaw 27 [40]
27 Mario Ihring (x2) Tauron GTK Gliwice 20 [41]
28 Alex Stein Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 20 & 26 [42]
29 Andrzej Pluta Jr. Legia Warsaw 23 [43]

Statistical leaders

Leaders at the end of the regular season.[44]

Category Player Team Value
Points per game Kameron McGusty Legia Warsaw
19.9
Rebounds per game Stefan Đorđević Arka Gdynia
8.9
Assists per game Jovan Novak King Szczecin
9.6
Steals per game Sindarius Thornwell Zastal Zielona Góra
2.1
Blocks per game Wesley Gordon Spójnia Stargard
1.4
Evaluation per game Stefan Đorđević Arka Gdynia
24.2

Polish clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Trefl Sopot EuroCup Regular Season
King Szczecin Champions League Regular Season
Śląsk Wrocław Regular Season
Anwil Włocławek FIBA Europe Cup Second Round
Spójnia Stargard Regular season

Polish clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Dziki Warsaw[45] European North Basketball League Final Four
Legia Warsaw European North Basketball League Quarterfinals

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