The 2015–16 Greek Basket League was the 76th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier professional basketball league in Greece.
2015–16 Greek Basket League | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2015–16 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 10 October 2015 – 13 April 2016 (regular season) 16 April – 30 May (playoffs) | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 182 (regular season) 25 (playoffs) | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 14 | ||||||||||||
TV partner(s) | OTE Sport Nova Sports | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Season MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Relegated | Arkadikos Kavala | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Olympiacos (12th title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists | AEK Aris | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 30 May 2016. |
Teams
editPromotion and relegation
edit- Panionios, Panelefsiniakos, and KAOD were relegated after the 2014–15 Greek Basket League.
- Kavala, Arkadikos, and Lavrio were promoted from the A2 League.
Locations and arenas
editPersonnel and kits
editEuropean competitions
editTeam | Competition | Result |
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Panathinaikos | Euroleague | Top 8 |
Olympiacos | Euroleague | Top 16 |
Aris | Eurocup | Last 32 |
PAOK | Eurocup | Last 32 |
AEK | Eurocup | Regular Season |
Regular season
editLeague table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Results
editPlayoffs
editBracket
editTeams 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
editIn 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 |
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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
editIn 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 |
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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
editIn 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 |
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Aris | 1–3 | AEK | 67–77 | 84–89 | 74–69 | 81–89 | — |
Finals
editIn 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 |
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Olympiacos | 3–1 | Panathinaikos | 81–83 | 68–66 | 77–72 | 82–81 | — |
Finals
editGame 1
edit19 May 2016 | Olympiacos | 81–83 | Panathinaikos | Piraeus |
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19:30 (EET) | Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 26–23, 21–14, 19–22 | |||
Pts: Lojeski 21, Printezis 17,Spanoulis 15 | 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
edit22 May 2016 | Panathinaikos | 66–68 | Olympiacos | Athens |
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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 | Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Antonis Anastopoulos, Elias Koromilas, Anastasios Manos |
Game 3
edit26 May 2016 | Olympiacos | 77–72 | Panathinaikos | Piraeus |
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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
edit30 May 2016 | Panathinaikos | 81–82 (OT) | Olympiacos | Athens |
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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 | Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Chrysostomos Schinas, Kostas Mitsopoulos |
Final standings
editPos | Team | Games | Wins | Losses | Qualification or Relegation |
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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
editAll-Greek League First Team[7] | ||
Pos. | Player | Team |
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PG | ![]() | Panathinaikos |
SG | ![]() | Olympiacos |
SF | ![]() | Aris |
PF | ![]() | Olympiacos |
C | ![]() | AEK |
All-Greek League Second Team[8] | ||
Pos. | Player | Team |
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PG | ![]() | Panathinaikos |
SG | ![]() | Aris |
SF | ![]() | Olympiacos |
PF | ![]() | Panathinaikos |
C | ![]() | AEK |
All-Greek League Defensive Team[9] | ||
Pos. | Player | Team |
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PG | ![]() ![]() | Panathinaikos |
SG | ![]() | Panathinaikos |
SF | ![]() | Aris |
PF | ![]() | Aris |
C | ![]() | Panathinaikos |
Statistical leaders
editThe 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.
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