2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League

Israeli Basketball Super League
Awards
Season	2015–2016
Champions	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (1st title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Relegated	Ironi Nes Ziona
Teams	12
Games played	363 (regular season)
Dates	October 11, 2015 – June 9, 2016
TV	Sport 5 Channel 1
MVP	Darryl Monroe
Final Four MVP	Darryl Monroe
Statistical leaders
Index Rating	Darryl Monroe 24.2
Points	Will Clyburn 20.9
Rebounds	Alade Aminu 9.9
Assists	Gal Mekel 7.4
Records
Biggest home win	40-Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
Highest scoring	116-Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
Winning streak	12-Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.
Average attendance	2,372^[1]
← 2014–2015 2016–2017 → ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Winner.

Israeli basketball in 2015–16
League (Final Four)	State Cup	League Cup

The 2015–2016 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 62nd season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The regular season started on October 11, 2015 and ended on March 6, 2016. The last game was played on June 9, 2016.

This season, the league had a different format. After the eight best teams qualified for the Playoffs, the winners of the series would play in a Final Four tournament.

Hapoel Jerusalem was the defending champion. Hapoel failed to reclaim its title, because Maccabi Rishon LeZion won in the Final. It was the first championship ever for Rishon LeZion.

Teams

Teams 2015–16

Maccabi Kiryat Gat has been promoted to the league after winning 2014–15 National League. Hapoel Gilboa Galil, who finished last last season, relegated from the Super League.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Bnei Herzliya	Herzliya	HaYovel Herzliya	1,500
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Kiryat Gat	Ashkelon Sports Arena	3,000
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	5,500
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Payis Arena	11,600
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sarah	2,000
Ironi Nes Ziona	Nes Ziona	Lev Hamoshava	1,300
Maccabi Ashdod	Ashdod	HaKiriya Arena	2,200
Hapoel Eilat	Eilat	Begin Arena	1,690
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,200
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	11,700
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	3,500

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	27	6	2886	2572	+314	Advance to Playoffs
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	24	9	2826	2521	+305
3	Maccabi Haifa	33	19	14	2565	2482	+83
4	Ironi Nahariya	33	18	15	2547	2611	−64
5	Hapoel Eilat	33	17	16	2636	2677	−41
6	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	16	17	2659	2644	+15
7	Bnei Herzliya	33	15	18	2690	2733	−43
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	15	18	2698	2678	+20
9	Maccabi Ashdod	33	14	19	2719	2813	−94
10	Hapoel Holon	33	12	21	2567	2715	−148
11	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	33	11	22	2627	2785	−158
12	Ironi Nes Ziona	33	10	23	2591	2780	−189	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source: Basket.co.il

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals were played as best-of-five playoff series. The higher ranked team hosted games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4 (if necessary). The Quarterfinals started on May 19 and ended on June 1.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Hapoel Jerusalem	3–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	99–97	85–87	90–73	84–93	86–84
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Bnei Herzliya	76–75	68–51	81–54	–	–
Maccabi Haifa	2–3	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	69–71	71–89	83–66	75–65	60–70
Ironi Nahariya	0–3	Hapoel Eilat	75–82	77–80	85–86	–	–

Final Four

Semi-finals 6 June		Final 9 June


Hapoel Jerusalem	82
Hapoel Eilat	78


		Hapoel Jerusalem	77
		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	83




Maccabi Tel Aviv	69
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	71

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Qualified for 2016–17 Champions League Regular season
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	Wild card for 2016–17 Eurocup Basketball
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Automatically qualified for 2016–17 Euroleague
4	Hapoel Eilat
5	Maccabi Haifa
6	Ironi Nahariya	Qualification for the Champions League First qualifying round
7	Bnei Herzliya	Qualification for the FIBA Europe Cup
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv
9	Maccabi Ashdod
10	Hapoel Holon
11	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
12	Ironi Nes Ziona	Relegated to the Ligat Leumit

Statistical leaders

As of 22 April 2016.^[2]

Efficiency


Pos	Player	Club	PIR
1	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	25.0
2	Paul Delaney	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	23.5
3	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat	22.6

Points


Pos	Player	Club	PPG
1	Will Clyburn	Hapoel Holon	20.4
2	Charles Thomas	Maccabi Ashdod	20.4
3	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod	18.8

Rebounds


Pos	Player	Club	RPG
1	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat	9.9
2	Richard Howell	Ironi Nahariya	9.6
3	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	8.8

Assists


Pos	Player	Club	APG
1	Niv Berkowitz	Ironi Nahariya	6.7
2	Gregory Vargas	Hapoel Haifa	6.6
3	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod	6.0

Season highs

Category		Player	Club
Points	46	Nate Robinson	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Rebounds	20	Richard Howell	Ironi Nahariya
Assists	16	Gal Mekel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Blocks	6	5 occasions
Steals	7	Paul Delaney (2 times)	Maccabi Kiryat Gat

Source: RealGM

All-Star Game

The 2016 Israeli League All-star event was held on 25 March 2016, at the Begin Arena in Eilat.

**Israeli All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Gal Mekel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
G	Meir Tapiro	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
F	Shawn Dawson	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
F	Oz Blayzer	Maccabi Haifa
C	Elishay Kadir	Hapoel Eilat
Reserves
G	Niv Berkovitz	Ironi Nahariya
G	Yuval Naimi	Ironi Nes Ziona
G	Aviram Zelikovitch	Bnei Herzliya
G	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv
G	Afik Nissim	Hapoel Eilat
F	Amit Simhon	Hapoel Eilat
F	Karam Mashour	Bnei Herzliya
F	Jonathan Skjoldebrand	Maccabi Ashdod
F	Lior Eliyahu	Hapoel Jerusalem
C	Isaac Rosefelt	Hapoel Holon
Head coach: Danny Franco (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Head coach: Rami Hadar (Maccabi Haifa)

**Foreign All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Gregory Vargas	Maccabi Haifa
G	Khalif Wyatt	Hapoel Eilat
F	Will Graves	Maccabi Haifa
F	Donta Smith	Hapoel Jerusalem
C	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Reserves
G	Isaiah Swann	Maccabi Ashdod
G	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod
G	Michael Umeh	Ironi Nahariya
G	Sundiata Gaines	Ironi Nes Ziona
F	Gilbert Brown	Ironi Nahariya
F	Drew Crawford	Bnei Herzliya
F	Will Clyburn	Hapoel Holon
F	John Williamson	Hapoel Tel Aviv
F	Dragan Bender	Maccabi Tel Aviv
C	Marco Killingsworth	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
C	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat
Head coach: Žan Tabak (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Head coach: Mickey Gorka (Bnei Herzliya)

25 March

Israeli All-Stars	143–118	Foreign All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 41-25, 39-34, 24-35, 39-24
Pts: Kadir 21 Rebs: Kadir 9 Asts: Berkovitz 8		Pts: Garrett 18 Rebs: Garrett 8 Asts: Garrett 5

Begin Arena , Eilat
Attendance: 1,690

Awards

Regular season MVP

Darryl Monroe (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

All-BSL 1st team

All-BSL 2nd team

External links

BSL's official website

References

↑ "כדורסל ישראלי | עונת | נתוני צופים לפי קבוצה לעונת 2015-16". Basket.co.il. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
↑ "Israeli Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

Israeli Basketball Super League
Current teams	Bnei Herzliya Hapoel Eilat Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Holon Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv Ironi Nahariya Ironi Nes Ziona Maccabi Ashdod Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Rishon LeZion Maccabi Tel Aviv
Former teams	Barak Netanya Ironi Ashkelon Maccabi Kiryat Gat
Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Final Fours and Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017
Awards and Stats	MVP Finals MVP Quintet Defensive Player of the Year 6th Man of the Year Most Improved Player Discovery of the Year Coach of the Year Stats Leaders
Related competitions	State Cup League Cup Liga Leumit Liga Artzit

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