2015–16 Greek Basket League

2015–16 Greek Basket League
Season2015–16
Duration10 October 2015 – 13 April 2016 (regular season)
16 April – 30 May (playoffs)
Games played182 (regular season)
25 (playoffs)
Teams14
TV partner(s)OTE Sport
Nova Sports
Regular season
Season MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis
RelegatedArkadikos
Kavala
Finals
ChampionsOlympiacos (12th title)
  Runners-upPanathinaikos
SemifinalistsAEK
Aris
Finals MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis
Statistical leaders
Points Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis 14.5
Rebounds United States Dustin Hogue 8.3
Assists Greece Nick Calathes 6.5
Index Rating United States Okaro White 18.2
Records
Biggest home winOlympiacos 115–61 Kavala
(29 February 2016)
Biggest away winLavrio 39–108 Olympiacos
(8 November 2015)
Highest scoringNea Kifissia 103–108 Aris
(23 April 2016)
Winning streak29 games
Olympiacos
Losing streak10 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

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2015–16 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

Club Ap. City Arena Capacity
AEK
59
 Marousi, Athens OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[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 12,000[3]
Panathinaikos
66
 Marousi, Athens OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[1]
PAOK
59
 Pylaia, Thessaloniki PAOK Sports Arena 8,500[4]
Rethymno Cretan Kings
6
 Rethymno Rethymno Indoor Hall 1,600
Trikala Aries
3
 Trikala Trikala Indoor Hall 2,500
Kavala
6
 Kavala Kalamitsa Indoor Hall 1,650

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Team 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 Ioannis 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 Gkikas 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 Greek A2 Basket League
14 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 84–78 74–83 87–74 80–72 92–57 70–49 90–82 76–73 93–100 64–67 65–53 86–70 82–65
Apollon Patras 63–82 65–73 56–76 66–59 58–74 60–62 90–73 73–66 72–77 80–90 69–68 75–57 83–77
Aris 77–76 82–50 86–52 68–50 83–68 99–56 82–68 81–68 70–74 70–76 84–72 72–60 84–79
Arkadikos 74–78 82–59 50–90 74–68 77–67 88–89 98–90 64–78 60–103 61–78 66–68 75–70 79–66
Kavala 55–65 72–91 71–77 85–74 72–85 74–89 68–66 72–77 57–71 76–82 74–87 103–102 90–72
Kolossos Rodou 85–86 60–54 76–70 83–70 98–79 94–73 61–72 87–90 53–73 64–77 74–56 80–67 79–69
Koroivos 67–76 58–59 67–65 60–61 72–78 68–71 86–69 87–77 65–84 57–75 65–75 83–79 64–73
Lavrio 65–70 80–64 68–76 79–67 99–63 84–73 81–72 74–70 55–71 72–79 62–78 69–67 75–80
Nea Kifissia 54–78 79–82 65–67 68–66 83–79 77–69 60–61 83–80 73–75 75–84 97–92 100–88 115–79
Olympiacos 79–71 83–62 76–64 89–44 115–61 88–62 83–64 108–39 97–59 80–66 83–76 95–59 84–52
Panathinaikos 78–71 87–81 80–59 90–69 88–54 107–66 88–76 94–56 73–67 73–69 70–69 84–62 77–64
PAOK 79–75 80–67 69–77 74–54 71–60 64–59 92–78 69–75 67–73 99–104 67–90 87–94 82–67
Rethymno Cretan Kings 70–69 87–73 83–88 89–76 84–74 95–87 75–67 87–85 74–61 70–85 60–84 63–74 83–79
Trikala Aries 65–70 84–67 68–83 82–54 73–64 89–86 85–74 81–77 73–76 69–89 81–98 79–88 87–58
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2016 Greek Basket League 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
Olympiacos 2–0 Rethymno Cretan Kings 102–71 77–73 —
AEK 2–1 PAOK 78–83 68–59 61–54
Panathinaikos 2–0 Kolossos Rodou 91–63 80–71 —
Aris 2–0 Nea Kifissia 78–60 108–103 —

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
Olympiacos 3–0 AEK 93–58 80–67 89–75 — —
Panathinaikos 3–2 Aris 85–79 74–60 68–77 50–56 84–68

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
Aris 1–3 AEK 67–77 84–89 74–69 81–89 —

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
Olympiacos 3–1 Panathinaikos 81–83 68–66 77–72 82–81 —

Finals

Game 1

19 May 2016 Olympiacos 81–83 Panathinaikos Piraeus
19:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 26–23, 21–14, 19–22
Pts: Lojeski 21,

Printezis 17, Spanoulis 15
Rebs: Hunter 6
Asts: Hackett 7
PIR: Lojeski 26

Report Pts: Calathes 16
Rebs: Calathes 8
Asts: Calathes 8
PIR: Calathes 27 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Chrysostomos Schinas, Kostas Mitsopoulos

Game 2

22 May 2016 Panathinaikos 66–68 Olympiacos Athens
19:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 17–21, 15–18, 20–18
Pts: Pappas 12
Rebs: Calathes 7
Asts: Calathes 6
PIR: Pappas 16 		Report Pts: Printezis 20,

Spanoulis 11
Rebs: Printezis 9,
Asts: Lojeski 5
PIR: Printezis 24

Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Antonis Anastopoulos, Elias Koromilas, Anastasios Manos

Game 3

26 May 2016 Olympiacos 77–72 Panathinaikos Piraeus
19:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 24–23, 16–18, 20–10
Pts: Spanoulis 22
Rebs: Printezis 7
Asts: Hackett 3
PIR: Hackett 16 		Report Pts: Feldeine 17
Rebs: Calathes, Fotsis, Papagiannis 5
Asts: Calathes, Diamantidis, Feldeine 3
PIR: Calathes, Diamantidis 14 		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Charalampos Karakatsounis, Christos Panagiotou

Game 4

30 May 2016 Panathinaikos 81–82(OT) Olympiacos Athens
19:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 19–12, 15–21, 13–11, Overtime: 18–19
Pts: Pappas 16
Rebs: Pappas 9
Asts: Diamantidis 6
PIR: Diamantidis 24 		Report Pts: Spanoulis 25,

Hunter 14, Mantzaris, Papanikolaou 13
Rebs: Agravanis 9, Hunter 7
Asts: Spanoulis 6
PIR: Agravanis, Hunter 18

Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Chrysostomos Schinas, Kostas Mitsopoulos

Final standings

Pos Team Games Wins Losses Qualification or Relegation
1 Olympiacos 35 33 2 Qualification to the EuroLeague
*Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract
2 Panathinaikos 37 31 6
3 AEK 36 23 13 Qualification to the Champions League
*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 Kavala 26 5 21

Awards

Season MVP

Finals MVP

Top scorer

Most Improved Player

Most Spectacular Player

Defensive Player of the Year

Best Young Player

Best Coach

All-Greek League First Team[7]
Pos. Player Team
PG Greece Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
SG Greece Vassilis Spanoulis (MVP) Olympiacos
SF United States Okaro White Aris
PF Greece Georgios Printezis Olympiacos
C Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK
All-Greek League Second Team[8]
Pos. Player Team
PG Greece Nick Calathes Panathinaikos
SG United States Jerel McNeal Aris
SF United States Matt Lojeski Olympiacos
PF United States James Gist Panathinaikos
C Greece Dimitrios Mavroeidis AEK
All-Greek League Defensive Team[9]
Pos. Player Team
PG United States Greece Nick Calathes (Best Defender) Panathinaikos
SG Greece Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
SF United States Jerel McNeal Aris
PF United States Okaro White Aris
C United States James Gist Panathinaikos

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 combined.

Category[10] Player Team Total Average
Points Greece Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK 377 14.5
Rebounds United States Dustin Hogue Nea Kifissia 216 8.3
Assists Greece Nick Calathes Panathinaikos 163 6.5
Steals Greece Nick Calathes Panathinaikos 48 1.9
Blocks Greece Vassilis Kavvadas Arkadikos 36 1.7
PIR United States Okaro White Aris 474 18.2

Individual game highs

Category[11] Player Team Statistic
Points United States Dwayne Davis Koroivos 36
Rebounds United States Leon Williams Kavala 20
Assists United States Chris Warren AEK 14
Steals Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos Aris 8
Blocks Serbia Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos 4
United States Will Davis Kolossos Rodou
United States Jamelle Hagins Aris
PIR Greece Christos Tapoutos Kavala 35

Clubs in international competitions

Team Competition Result
Panathinaikos EuroLeague Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Olympiacos Top-16, 7th place
Aris EuroCup Last 32, 3rd place
PAOK Last 32, 4th place
AEK Regular season, 5th place

See also

References

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