# 2015–16 LKL season

The 2015–16 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga was the 23rd season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The regular season started on 30 September 2015.
Žalgiris was the defending champion.

## Competition format

During the regular season, all teams played 36 games. The top eight teams, after playing the whole 40 games, each joined the playoffs, in the quarterfinals, that were played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were also played in this format.
The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The final series for the first place was played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for the third place was played in a best-of-five format.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Dzūkija | Alytus | Alytus Arena | 5,500 |
| Juventus | Utena | Utena Arena | 2,000 |
| Lietkabelis | Panevėžys | Cido Arena | 5,950 |
| Lietuvos rytas | Vilnius | Lietuvos rytas Arena Siemens Arena | 2,500 10,000 |
| Neptūnas | Klaipėda | Švyturys Arena | 6,200 |
| Nevėžis | Kėdainiai | Kėdainiai Arena | 2,200 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | Pasvalys | Pieno žvaigždės Arena | 1,200 |
| Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Šiauliai Arena | 5,700 |
| Vytautas | Prienai-Birštonas | Prienai Arena | 1,500 |
| Žalgiris | Kaunas | Žalgiris Arena | 15,688 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Žalgiris | 36 | 32 | 4 | 3112 | 2540 | +572 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Lietuvos rytas | 36 | 28 | 8 | 3052 | 2617 | +435 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Neptūnas | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2795 | 2678 | +117 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Vytautas | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2831 | 2822 | +9 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Juventus | 36 | 18 | 18 | 2833 | 2985 | −152 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Šiauliai | 36 | 18 | 18 | 2893 | 2886 | +7 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Lietkabelis | 36 | 16 | 20 | 2705 | 2847 | −142 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Pieno žvaigždės | 36 | 14 | 22 | 2880 | 3004 | −124 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Nevėžis | 36 | 8 | 28 | 2598 | 3017 | −419 | |
| 10 | Dzūkija | 36 | 8 | 28 | 2418 | 2771 | −353 | |

## Results
### Rounds 1 and 2

| Home \ Away | DZŪ | JUV | LTK | LRY | NEP | NEV | PŽV | ŠIA | VYT | ŽAL |
| Dzūkija | | 62–75 | 64–63 | 82–91 | 62–67 | 57–69 | 78–70 | 68–73 | 77–79 | 72–80 |
| Juventus | 71–66 | | 80–63 | 92–88 | 79–76 | 88–92 | 76–74 | 72–70 | 58–79 | 65–83 |
| Lietkabelis | 76–67 | 68–70 | | 67–91 | 75–80 | 96–75 | 91–78 | 78–72 | 87–81 | 69–95 |
| Lietuvos rytas | 81–69 | 100–77 | 87–67 | | 116–54 | 80–76 | 96–69 | 82–61 | 81–74 | 68–82 |
| Neptūnas | 76–71 | 82–65 | 73–65 | 62–72 | | 77–66 | 90–79 | 74–83 | 82–87 | 73–82 |
| Nevėžis | 60–49 | 80–81 | 70–87 | 72–83 | 56–81 | | 73–78 | 94–88 | 61–78 | 67–90 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | 83–68 | 83–71 | 64–86 | 71–89 | 89–83 | 85–61 | | 68–71 | 71–79 | 71–88 |
| Šiauliai | 71–60 | 110–112 | 86–74 | 87–95 | 68–75 | 82–80 | 77–73 | | 106–75 | 64–78 |
| Vytautas | 89–59 | 89–65 | 87–68 | 79–89 | 72–85 | 79–85 | 92–72 | 78–76 | | 70–82 |
| Žalgiris | 78–43 | 90–78 | 103–74 | 79–70 | 81–71 | 82–88 | 93–88 | 80–59 | 94–77 | |

### Rounds 3 and 4

| Home \ Away | DZŪ | JUV | LTK | LRY | NEP | NEV | PŽV | ŠIA | VYT | ŽAL |
| Dzūkija | | 88–77 | 70–83 | 58–93 | 58–55 | 60–53 | 75–71 | 79–86 | 67–61 | 69–79 |
| Juventus | 82–75 | | 84–70 | 59–97 | 104–89 | 89–73 | 83–100 | 90–66 | 88–61 | 65–88 |
| Lietkabelis | 82–74 | 84–82 | | 75–65 | 72–80 | 76–66 | 82–83 | 75–88 | 67–65 | 70–90 |
| Lietuvos rytas | 88–59 | 83–82 | 91–69 | | 95–88 | 87–70 | 95–74 | 79–58 | 93–84 | 78–72 |
| Neptūnas | 85–65 | 101–74 | 70–74 | 70–62 | | 103–69 | 95–91 | 68–73 | 70–58 | 70–78 |
| Nevėžis | 91–81 | 81–93 | 76–81 | 59–78 | 69–77 | | 87–95 | 82–78 | 72–78 | 54–98 |
| Pieno žvaigždės | 78–58 | 85–75 | 84–90 | 81–77 | 54–88 | 79–54 | | 93–87 | 91–100 | 101–109 |
| Šiauliai | 91–69 | 109–105 | 99–82 | 80–81 | 79–74 | 112–90 | 90–94 | | 90–82 | 64–80 |
| Vytautas | 63–77 | 96–90 | 84–76 | 80–77 | 82–72 | 80–76 | 94–86 | 68–57 | | 71–79 |
| Žalgiris | 101–62 | 84–86 | 92–59 | 79–74 | 89–57 | 95–73 | 93–88 | 79–82 | 96–80 | |

## Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Neptūnas | 95,051 | 6,040 | 1,960 | 3,960 | +27.4%$^†$ |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 96,014 | 10,790 | 1,426 | 3,841 | +12.5%$^†$ |
| 3 | Lietuvos rytas | 60,860 | 9,850 | 750 | 2,536 | +82.1%$^†$ |
| 4 | Dzūkija | 41,617 | 4,503 | 1,145 | 2,312 | +40.6%$^†$ |
| 5 | Šiauliai | 31,487 | 5,465 | 381 | 1,574 | +14.4%$^†$ |
| 6 | Lietkabelis | 28,622 | 2,907 | 600 | 1,506 | +84.6%$^†$ |
| 7 | Juventus | 31,440 | 2,238 | 889 | 1,429 | −3.1%$^†$ |
| 8 | Nevėžis | 16,088 | 1,900 | 380 | 894 | +32.4%$^†$ |
| 9 | Vytautas | 14,540 | 1,400 | 400 | 692 | +169.3%$^†$ |
| 10 | Pieno žvaigždės | 10,582 | 1,100 | 221 | 557 | +31.7%$^†$ |
| | League total | 426,301 | 10,790 | 221 | 2,030 | +36.5%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 6 June 2016 Source: LKL

## Playoffs

Seeded teams play at home games 1, 3, 5 and 7.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Žalgiris | Žalgiris | Žalgiris | 102 | 84 | 95 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Pieno žvaigždės | Pieno žvaigždės | Pieno žvaigždės | 66 | 71 | 81 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Pieno žvaigždės | Pieno žvaigždės | Pieno žvaigždės | 66 | 71 | 81 | 0 | 0 | Žalgiris | Žalgiris | Žalgiris | 91 | 88 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | Juventus | Juventus | Juventus | 76 | 73 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| Vytautas | Vytautas | Vytautas | 98 | 88 | 65 | 78 | 79 | Juventus | Juventus | Juventus | 76 | 73 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| Juventus | Juventus | Juventus | 91 | 93 | 66 | 73 | 83 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Juventus | Juventus | Juventus | 91 | 93 | 66 | 73 | 83 | | | | | | | | | Žalgiris | 83 | 54 | 78 | 74 | 97 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Neptūnas | 72 | 76 | 54 | 50 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 79 | 85 | 83 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Neptūnas | 72 | 76 | 54 | 50 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| Lietkabelis | Lietkabelis | Lietkabelis | 74 | 66 | 78 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lietkabelis | Lietkabelis | Lietkabelis | 74 | 66 | 78 | 0 | 0 | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | Lietuvos rytas | 71 | 68 | 66 | 74 | 72 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Neptūnas | Neptūnas | Neptūnas | 83 | 70 | 64 | 73 | 73 |
| Neptūnas | Neptūnas | Neptūnas | 83 | 84 | 90 | 87 | 0 | Neptūnas | Neptūnas | Neptūnas | 83 | 70 | 64 | 73 | 73 |
| Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Šiauliai | 77 | 93 | 85 | 86 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Lietuvos rytas | 85 | 83 | 89 | 0 | 0 |
| Juventus | 83 | 78 | 81 | 0 | 0 |

## Sponsors

| Beko (general) Energijos tiekimas Orakulas If P&C Insurance Bosca KG Group Mercedes-Benz | Turkish Airlines Vytautas West Express Molten Tele-loto IDW Esperanza Spalding | SportoTelevizija MBT MEDIA BENZ LRT SportoTV.lt Delfi Radiocentras Krepsinis.net |

## Clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Žalgiris | EuroLeague | Top 16 |
| Neptūnas | EuroCup | Top 32 |
| Lietuvos rytas | EuroCup | Regular season |
| Juventus | FIBA Europe Cup | Eightfinals |
| Pieno žvaigždes | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
| Šiauliai | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |