# 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.

## 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.

### Locations and arenas

| Club | Ap. | City | Arena | Capacity |
| AEK | 59 | Marousi, Athens | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,250 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Panathinaikos | 66 | Marousi, Athens | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,250 |
| PAOK | 59 | Pylaia, Thessaloniki | PAOK Sports Arena | 8,500 |
| 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Aris | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2010 | 1761 | +249 | 46 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | AEK | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2010 | 1834 | +176 | 44 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | PAOK | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1956 | 1924 | +32 | 39 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Nea Kifissia | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1964 | 1998 | −34 | 38 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | Kolossos H Hotels | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1918 | 1990 | −72 | 37 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1953 | 2098 | −145 | 36 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 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 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |

### 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
### 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 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 0 | 1 | Olympiacos | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | AEK | 0 | | | |
| 4 | AEK | 2 | 4 | AEK | 0 | | | |
| 5 | PAOK | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | PAOK | 1 | | | | 1 | Olympiacos | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 7 | Kolossos Rodou | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Kolossos Rodou | 0 | 2 | Panathinaikos | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Aris | 2 |
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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 | — |

## 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 | Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract |
| 3 | AEK | 36 | 23 | 13 | Qualification to the Champions League *AEK, Aris and PAOK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 4 | Aris | 37 | 25 | 12 | Qualification to the Champions League *AEK, Aris and PAOK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 5 | PAOK | 29 | 14 | 15 | Qualification to the Champions League *AEK, Aris and PAOK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 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 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League |

## Awards
### Season MVP

* Vasilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

### Finals MVP

* Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

### Top scorer

* Loukas Mavrokefalidis – AEK

### 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 :
| 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 :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Nick Calathes | Panathinaikos |
| SG | Jerel McNeal | Aris |
| SF | Matt Lojeski | Olympiacos |
| PF | James Gist | Panathinaikos |
| C | Dimitrios Mavroeidis | AEK |
All-Greek League Defensive Team :
| 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 combined.
| Category | Player | Team | Total | Average |
| Points | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | AEK | 377 | 14.5 |
| Rebounds | Dustin Hogue | Nea Kifissia | 216 | 8.3 |
| Assists | Nick Calathes | Panathinaikos | 163 | 6.5 |
| Steals | Nick Calathes | Panathinaikos | 48 | 1.9 |
| Blocks | Vassilis Kavvadas | Arkadikos | 36 | 1.7 |
| PIR | Okaro White | Aris | 474 | 18.2 |

### Individual game highs

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

## Clubs in international competitions

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