2015–16 Greek Basket League

2015–16 Greek Basket League
Relegated	Arkadikos Union Kavala
Teams	14
Games played	182 (regular season) 11 (playoffs)
Duration	10 October 2015 – 13 April 2016 (regular season) 16 April – TBD (playoffs)
TV	OTE Sport Nova Sports
Statistical leaders
PIR	Okaro White 18.7
Points	Loukas Mavrokefalidis 14.3
Rebounds	Dustin Hogue 8.1
Assists	Nick Calathes 6.7
Records
Highest scoring	Nea Kifissia 103–108 Aris (23 April 2016)
Winning streak	27 games Olympiacos
Losing streak	10 games Kavala
Home win	Olympiacos 115–61 Kavala (29 February 2016)
Away win	Lavrio 39–108 Olympiacos (8 November 2015)

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

Teams

Panionios, Panelefsiniakos, and KAOD were relegated after the 2014–15 Greek Basket League.
Kavala, Arkadikos, and Lavrio were promoted from the A2 League.

Athens

Athens teams
AEK
Nea Kifissia
Panathinaikos

2015–16 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

Club	Ap.	City	Arena	Capacity
AEK	50	Marousi	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,250
Apollon Patras	30	Patras	Apollon Patras Indoor Hall	3,500
Aris	53	Thessaloniki	Alexandrio Melathron	5,138
Arkadikos	1	Tripoli	Tripoli Indoor Hall	1,100
Kolossos Rodou	10	Rhodes	Venetoklio Indoor Hall	1,700
Koroivos	2	Koroivos	Amaliada Indoor Hall	2,000
Lavrio	1	Lavrio	Lavrio Indoor Hall	1,700
Nea Kifissia	3	Kifissia	Zirineio Indoor Hall	1,500
Olympiacos	50	Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium	14,940
Panathinaikos	53	Marousi	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,250
PAOK	52	Pylaia	PAOK Sports Arena	8,500
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	Jure Zdovc	Dušan Šakota	Fila	OPAP
Apollon Patras	Kostas Mexas	Nikos Argyropoulos	ASICS	Loux
Aris	Dimitris Priftis	Spyros Mourtos	NG6
Arkadikos	Giannis Kastritis	Giorgos Kopsaftis	Macron
Union Kavala	Steve Giatzoglou	Dimitris Kalaitzidis	Nickan
Kolossos Rodou	Aris Lykogiannis	Ioannis Georgalis	Fila	Aegean Airlines
Koroivos	Charis Markopoulos	Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	Nickan
Lavrio	Christos Serelis	Sakis Giannakopoulos	Nickan
Nea Kifissia	Ilias Papatheodorou	Nikos Gikas	Nickan
Olympiacos	Giannis Sfairopoulos	Vassilis Spanoulis	Nike	OPAP
Panathinaikos	Argiris Pedoulakis	Dimitris Diamantidis	Adidas	Stoiximan.gr
PAOK	Soulis Markopoulos	Kostas Charalampidis	Luanvi
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Athanasios Skourtopoulos	Stavros Schizas	Nickan	OPAP
Trikala Aries	Kostas Flevarakis	Georgios Tsiaras	CAP	Olympos

European competitions

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

Regular season

Standings

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	Relegated to A2

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

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	1

			4	AEK	0
4	AEK	2

5	PAOK	1


2	Panathinaikos	2
7	Kolossos Rodou	0
			2	Panathinaikos	1	Third place

			3	Aris	0
3	Aris	2

6	Nea Kifissia	0

Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, teams play against each other which must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team win 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 will be played the first and the third (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.^[1]

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 play against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the game that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Regular season place will be played the first, the second and the fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Olympiacos	1–0	AEK	93–58	6 May	10 May	12 May	14 May
Panathinaikos	1–0	Aris	85–79	6 May	9 May	11 May	14 May

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.

As of May 4, 2016.

Performance Index Rating


Pos	Player	Club	Total PIR
1	Okaro White	Aris	543
2	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK	486
3	Dimitrios Mavroeidis	AEK	441

Points


Pos	Player	Club	Total Points
1	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK	430
2	Okaro White	Aris	401
3	Jerel McNeal	Aris	395

Rebounds


Pos	Player	Club	Total Rebounds
1	Dustin Hogue	Nea Kifissia	226
2	Okaro White	Aris	207
3	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK	201

Assists


Pos	Player	Club	Total Assists
1	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	187
2	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	132
3	Will Hatcher	PAOK	118

Source widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake

Season highs

Category		Player	Club
PIR	39	Four players
Points	36	Dwayne Davis	Koroivos
Rebounds	20	Leon Williams	Union Kavala
Assists	14	Chris Warren	AEK
Blocks	4	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos

References

↑ "Quarter-finals schedule (greek)". esake.gr.

External links

Official Basket League Site (Greek)
Official Basket League Site (English)
Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (Greek)

Greek Basket League 2015–16

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Regional leagues

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Domestic cups

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Supercups

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Women

Continental
competitions

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International
competitions

Men	EuroBasket 2015 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying EuroBasket 2017 qualification

Women	EuroBasket Women 2015 EuroBasket Women 2017 qualification 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying

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