2015–16 Greek Basket League

2015–16 Greek Basket League
Season 2015–16
Champions Olympiacos (12th title)
Runners-up Panathinaikos
Semifinalists AEK
Aris
Relegated Arkadikos
Union Kavala
Teams 14
Games played 182 (regular season)
25 (playoffs)
Dates 10 October 2015 – 13 April 2016 (regular season)
16 April – 30 May (playoffs)
TV OTE Sport
Nova Sports
Major awards
MVP Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
Finals MVP Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
Statistical leaders
Index Rating

United States Okaro White

18.8
Points

United States Jerel McNeal

14.1
Rebounds

United States Okaro White

7.3
Assists

Greece Nick Calathes

6.3
Records
Biggest home win Olympiacos 115–61 Kavala
(29 February 2016)
Biggest away win Lavrio 39–108 Olympiacos
(8 November 2015)
Highest scoring Nea Kifissia 103–108 Aris
(23 April 2016)
Winning streak 29 games
Olympiacos
Losing streak 10 games
Kavala

All statistics correct as of 30 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Greek Basket League was the 76th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Greece.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Athens
2015–16 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

Club Ap. City Arena Capacity
AEK
59
Marousi, Athens OAKA Indoor Hall 18,500[1]
Apollon Patras
31
Patras Apollon Patras Indoor Hall 3,500
Aris
62
Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,138
Arkadikos
1
Tripoli Tripoli Indoor Hall 1,100
Kolossos Rodou
10
Rhodes Venetoklio Indoor Hall 1,242[2]
Koroivos
2
Koroivos Amaliada Indoor Hall 2,000
Lavrio
1
Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall 1,700
Nea Kifissia
3
Kifissia, Athens Zirineio Indoor Hall 1,500
Olympiacos
63
Piraeus, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,600[3]
Panathinaikos
66
Marousi, Athens OAKA Indoor Hall 18,500[1]
PAOK
59
Pylaia, Thessaloniki PAOK Sports Arena 8,162[4]
Rethymno Cretan Kings
6
Rethymno Rethymno Indoor Hall 1,600
Trikala Aries
3
Trikala Trikala Indoor Hall 2,500
Union Kavala
6
Kavala Kalamitsa Indoor Hall 1,650

Personnel and kits

Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Slovenia Jure Zdovc Greece Dušan Šakota Fila OPAP
Apollon Patras Greece Kostas Mexas Greece Nikos Argyropoulos ASICS Loux
Aris Greece Dimitris Priftis Greece Spyros Mourtos NG6
Arkadikos Greece Giannis Kastritis Greece Giorgos Kopsaftis Macron
Union Kavala Greece Steve Giatzoglou Greece Dimitris Kalaitzidis Nickan
Kolossos Rodou Greece Aris Lykogiannis Greece Ioannis Georgalis Fila Aegean Airlines
Koroivos Greece Charis Markopoulos Greece Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Nickan
Lavrio Greece Christos Serelis Greece Sakis Giannakopoulos Nickan
Nea Kifissia Greece Ilias Papatheodorou Greece Nikos Gikas Nickan
Olympiacos Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Nike OPAP
Panathinaikos Greece Argyris Pedoulakis Greece Dimitris Diamantidis Adidas Stoiximan.gr
PAOK Greece Soulis Markopoulos Greece Kostas Charalampidis Luanvi
Rethymno Cretan Kings Greece Thanasis Skourtopoulos Greece Stavros Schizas Nickan OPAP
Trikala Aries Greece Kostas Flevarakis Greece Georgios Tsiaras CAP Olympos

European competitions

Team Competition Result
Panathinaikos Euroleague Top 8
Olympiacos Euroleague Top 16
Aris Eurocup Last 32
PAOK Eurocup Last 32
AEK Eurocup Regular Season

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympiacos 26 25 1 2235 1688 +547 51 Qualification to Playoffs
2 Panathinaikos 26 25 1 2135 1770 +365 51
3 Aris 26 20 6 2010 1761 +249 46
4 AEK 26 18 8 2010 1834 +176 44
5 PAOK 26 13 13 1956 1924 +32 39
6 Nea Kifissia 26 12 14 1964 1998 34 38
7 Kolossos H Hotels 26 11 15 1918 1990 72 37
8 Rethymno Cretan Kings 26 10 16 1953 2098 145 36
9 Trikala Aries 26 9 17 1938 2061 123 35
10 Apollon Patras Carna 26 9 17 1797 1952 155 35
11 Lavrio 26 9 17 1895 2027 132 35
12 Koroivos 26 8 18 1809 1991 182 34
13 Arkadikos 26 8 18 1785 2032 247 34 Relegated to A2
14 Union Kavala 26 5 21 1830 2109 279 31
Source: ESAKE

Results

Home \ Away AEK APO ARIS ARK KAV KOL KOR LAV NEA OLY PAO PAOK RET TRI
AEK 8478 7483 8774 8072 9257 7049 9082 7673 93100 6467 6553 8670 8265
Apollon Patras 6382 6573 5676 6659 5874 6062 9073 7366 7277 8090 6968 7557 8377
Aris 7776 8250 8652 6850 8368 9956 8268 8168 7074 7076 8472 7260 8479
Arkadikos 7478 8259 5090 7468 7767 8889 9890 6478 60103 6178 6668 7570 7966
Kavala 5565 7291 7177 8574 7285 7489 6866 7277 5771 7682 7487 103102 9072
Kolossos Rodou 8586 6054 7670 8370 9879 9473 6172 8790 5373 6477 7456 8067 7969
Koroivos 6776 5859 6765 6061 7278 6871 8669 8777 6584 5775 6575 8379 6473
Lavrio 6570 8064 6876 7967 9963 8473 8172 7470 5571 7279 6278 6967 7580
Nea Kifissia 5478 7982 6567 6866 8379 7769 6061 8380 7375 7584 9792 10088 11579
Olympiacos 7971 8362 7664 8944 11561 8862 8364 10839 9759 8066 8376 9559 8452
Panathinaikos 7871 8781 8059 9069 8854 10766 8876 9456 7367 7369 7069 8462 7764
PAOK 7975 8067 6977 7454 7160 6459 9278 6975 6773 99104 6790 8794 8267
Rethymno Cretan Kings 7069 8773 8388 8976 8474 9587 7567 8785 7461 7085 6084 6374 8379
Trikala Aries 6570 8467 6883 8254 7364 8986 8574 8177 7376 6989 8198 7988 8758

Playoffs

Bracket

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1 Olympiacos 2  
8 Rethymno Cretan Kings 0  
  1 Olympiacos 3  
  4 AEK 0  
4 AEK 2
  5 PAOK 1  
    1 Olympiacos 3
  2 Panathinaikos 1
  2 Panathinaikos 2  
7 Kolossos Rodou 0  
  2 Panathinaikos 3 Third place
  3 Aris 2  
3 Aris 2 3 Aris 1
  6 Nea Kifissia 0   4 AEK 3

Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.[5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Olympiacos2–0Rethymno Cretan Kings102–7177–73
AEK2–1PAOK78–8368–5961–54
Panathinaikos2–0Kolossos Rodou91–6380–71
Aris2–0Nea Kifissia78–60108–103

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games had been played, the games that remained were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place played the first, the second, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Olympiacos3–0AEK93–5880–6789–75
Panathinaikos3–2Aris85–7974–6068–7750–5684–68

Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Aris1–3AEK67–7784–8974–6981–89

Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Olympiacos3–1Panathinaikos81–8368–6677–7282–81

Final standings

Pos Team Games Wins Losses Qualification or Relegation
1Olympiacos 35 33 2 Qualification to the EuroLeague
2Panathinaikos 37 31 6
3 AEK 36 23 13 Qualification to the Champions League regular season
*AEK, Aris and PAOK declined EuroCup participation.
4 Aris 37 25 12
5 PAOK 29 14 15
6 Nea Kifissia 28 12 16 Qualification to the Champions League qualifying rounds
*Nea Kifissia declined Champions League participation.
*Relegated down to Greek B League, due to financial problems.
7 Kolossos Rodou 28 11 17
8 Rethymno Cretan Kings 28 10 18
9 Trikala Aries 26 9 17
10 Apollon Patras 26 9 17
11 Lavrio 26 9 17
12 Koroivos 26 8 18
13 Arkadikos 26 8 18 Relegation to the Greek A2 League
14 Union Kavala 26 5 21

Statistical leaders

The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season and playoffs combined.

Performance Index Rating

Pos Player Club Total PIR
1 United States Okaro White Aris
675
2 Greece Dimitrios Mavroeidis AEK
504
3 Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK
500

Points

Pos Player Club Total Points
1 United States Jerel McNeal Aris
506
2 United States Okaro White Aris
500
3 Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK
446

Rebounds

Pos Player Club Total Rebounds
1 United States Okaro White Aris
263
2 United States Dustin Hogue Nea Kifissia
226
3 Greece Dimitrios Mavroeidis AEK
213

Assists

Pos Player Club Total Assists
1 Greece Nick Calathes Panathinaikos
220
2 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos
157
3 United States Dominic Waters Aris
143

Source widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake

Season highs

Category Player Club
PIR
39
Four players
Points
36
United States Dwayne Davis Koroivos
Rebounds
20
United States Leon Williams Union Kavala
Assists
14
United States Chris Warren AEK

Awards

Most Valuable Player[7]

Finals Most Valuable Player[8]

Best Young Player[9]

Best Defender

Most Improved Player

Most Spectacular Player

Most Popular Player

Best Coach[10]

Best Five[11]

See also

References

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