2015–16 Greek Basket League

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
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	Vassilis Spanoulis
Relegated	Arkadikos Kavala
Finals
Champions	Olympiacos (12th title)
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Semifinalists	AEK Aris
Finals MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis
Statistical leaders
Points Jerel McNeal 14.1 Rebounds Okaro White 7.3 Assists Nick Calathes 6.3 Index Rating Okaro White 18.8
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

Promotion and relegation

• 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

 

Aris
PAOK

 

Rethymno

 

Apollon

 

Arkadikos

 

Trikala

 

Koroivos

 

Lavrio

 

Kolossos

 

Kavala

 

Olympiacos

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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	Jure Zdovc	Dušan Šakota	Fila	OPAP
Apollon Patras	Kostas Mexas	Nikos Argyropoulos	ASICS	Loux
Aris	Dimitris Priftis	Spyros Mourtos	NG6
Arkadikos	Ioannis 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 Gkikas	Nickan
Olympiacos	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Vassilis Spanoulis	Nike	OPAP
Panathinaikos	Argyris Pedoulakis	Dimitris Diamantidis	Adidas	Stoiximan.gr
PAOK	Soulis Markopoulos	Kostas Charalampidis	Luanvi
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Thanasis Skourtopoulos	Stavros Schizas	Nickan	OPAP
Trikala Aries	Kostas Flevarakis	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 v t e	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

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

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

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

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

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

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

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

30 May 2016	Panathinaikos	81–820(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

Most Valuable Player

•   Vasilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

Finals MVP

•   Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

Top scorer

•   Jerel McNeal – Aris

Most Popular Player

•   Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

Most Improved Player

•   Leonidas Kaselakis – Nea Kifissia

Most Spectacular Player

•   Okaro White – Aris

Defensive Player of the Year

•     Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

•   Ioannis Papapetrou – Olympiacos

Best Coach

•   Dimitrios Priftis – Aris

All-Greek League First Team^[7]
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SG	Vassilis Spanoulis (MVP)	Olympiacos
SF	Okaro White	Aris
PF	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos
C	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK

All-Greek League Second Team^[8]
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos
SG	Jerel McNeal	Aris
SF	Matt Lojeski	Olympiacos
PF	James Gist	Olympiacos
C	Dimitrios Mavroeidis	AEK

All-Greek League Defensive Team^[9]
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Nick Calathes (Best Defender)	Panathinaikos
SG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SF	Jerel McNeal	Aris
PF	Okaro White	Aris
C	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 and playoffs combined.

Performance Index Rating Pos Player Club Total PIR 1   Okaro White Aris 675 2   Dimitrios Mavroeidis AEK 504 3   Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK 500

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

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

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

Source widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake Season highs Category Player Club PIR 39 Four players Points 36   Dwayne Davis Koroivos Rebounds 20   Leon Williams Kavala Assists 14   Chris Warren AEK Awards Most Valuable Player^[10]   Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos Finals Most Valuable Player^[11]   Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos Best Young Player^[12]   Ioannis Papapetrou – Olympiacos Best Defender   Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos Most Improved Player   Leonidas Kaselakis – Nea Kifissia Most Spectacular Player   Okaro White – Aris Most Popular Player   Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos Best Coach^[13]   Dimitris Priftis – Aris Best Five^[14]   Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos   Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos   Okaro White – Aris   Georgios Printezis – Olympiacos   Loukas Mavrokefalidis – AEK 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 2015–16 Greek Basketball Cup 2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier) References . OAKA Indoor Hall official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2016. (in Greek). Kolossos Rodou. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 5 November 2016. Έτοιμο το ΣΕΦ για τον τελικό Ολυμπιακός-Ραβένα(pics) (in Greek). "Arena". P.A.O.K. BC. Retrieved 5 November 2016. "Quarter-finals schedule (greek)". esake.gr. "Finals and Third place series schedule (greek)". esake.gr. "The All-Greek Basket League team of 2015/2016". Eurohoops. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2023-03-29. "The All-Greek Basket League team of 2015/2016". Eurohoops. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2023-03-29. "Greek Basket League Basketball 2015-2016, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20. Vassilis Spanoulis named Greek League MVP. Vassilis Spanoulis named MVP of the Greek Finals. Παπαπέτρου, ο καλύτερος νέος παίκτης (in Greek). Προπονητής της χρονιάς ο Πρίφτης (in Greek). The All-Greek Basket League team of 2015/2016. External links Official Basket League Site (in Greek) Official Basket League Site (in Greek) Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)