2015–16 LKL season
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LKL | ||||||||||
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Season | 2015–16 | |||||||||
Duration | October 2015 – June 2016 | |||||||||
Number of games | 180 (regular season) | |||||||||
Number of teams | 10 | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Season MVP | ![]() | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Žalgiris (18th title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | Neptūnas | |||||||||
Finals MVP | ![]() | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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Records | ||||||||||
Biggest home win | Lietuvos rytas 116–54 Nevėžis (17 October 2015) | |||||||||
Biggest away win | Nevėžis 54–98 Žalgiris (25 January 2016) | |||||||||
Highest scoring | Šiauliai 112–110 Juventus (21 October 2015) | |||||||||
Winning streak | 10 games Žalgiris | |||||||||
Losing streak | 13 games Nevėžis | |||||||||
Highest attendance | 10,790 Žalgiris 79–70 Lietuvos rytas (25 October 2015) | |||||||||
Lowest attendance | 221 Pieno žvaigždės 79–54 Nevėžis (16 January 2016) | |||||||||
Average attendance | 2,030 | |||||||||
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 6 June 2016. |
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
[edit]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.[1]
Teams
[edit]Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
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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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Žalgiris | 36 | 32 | 4 | 3112 | 2540 | +572 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Lietuvos rytas | 36 | 28 | 8 | 3052 | 2617 | +435 | |
3 | Neptūnas | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2795 | 2678 | +117 | |
4 | Vytautas | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2831 | 2822 | +9 | |
5 | Juventus | 36 | 18 | 18 | 2833 | 2985 | −152 | |
6 | Šiauliai | 36 | 18 | 18 | 2893 | 2886 | +7 | |
7 | Lietkabelis | 36 | 16 | 20 | 2705 | 2847 | −142 | |
8 | Pieno žvaigždės | 36 | 14 | 22 | 2880 | 3004 | −124 | |
9 | Nevėžis | 36 | 8 | 28 | 2598 | 3017 | −419 | |
10 | Dzūkija | 36 | 8 | 28 | 2418 | 2771 | −353 |
Results
[edit]Rounds 1 and 2
[edit]Rounds 3 and 4
[edit]Attendances
[edit]Attendances include playoff games:
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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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
[edit]Seeded teams play at home games 1, 3, 5 and 7.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Žalgiris | 102 | 84 | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pieno žvaigždės | 66 | 71 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Žalgiris | 91 | 88 | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Juventus | 76 | 73 | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vytautas | 98 | 88 | 65 | 78 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Juventus | 91 | 93 | 66 | 73 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Žalgiris | 83 | 54 | 78 | 74 | 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Neptūnas | 72 | 76 | 54 | 50 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Lietuvos rytas | 79 | 85 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lietkabelis | 74 | 66 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lietuvos rytas | 71 | 68 | 66 | 74 | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Neptūnas | 83 | 70 | 64 | 73 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Neptūnas | 83 | 84 | 90 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Šiauliai | 77 | 93 | 85 | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third place | ||||||
Lietuvos rytas | 85 | 83 | 89 | |||
Juventus | 83 | 78 | 81 | |||
Sponsors
[edit]Clubs in European competitions
[edit]Team | Competition | Progress |
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Žalgiris | EuroLeague | Top 16 |
Neptūnas | EuroCup | Top 32 |
Lietuvos rytas | Regular season | |
Juventus | FIBA Europe Cup | Eightfinals |
Pieno žvaigždes | Second round | |
Šiauliai | Regular season |
References
[edit]- ^ Čempionato sistema Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine