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.

LKL

Competition details
Season	2015–16
Teams	10
Games played	180 (regular season)
Dates	October 2015 – June 2016
Final positions
Champions	Žalgiris (18th title)
Runners-up	Neptūnas
Awards
MVP	Vytautas Šulskis
Finals MVP	Jerome Randle
Statistical leaders
Points	Derrick Low 15.7
Rebounds	Assem Marei 7.7
Assists	Rolandas Alijevas 6.1
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.

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.[1]

Teams

Juventus

Lietuvos rytas

Neptūnas

Nevėžis

Pieno žvaigždės

Vytautas

Dzūkija

Šiauliai

Lietkabelis

Žalgiris

Location of teams in 2015–16 LKL

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
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

Source: LKL

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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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										Semifinals										Finals
	Žalgiris			102	84	95	0	0
	Pieno žvaigždės			66	71	81	0	0
											Žalgiris			91	88	80	0	0
											Juventus			76	73	72	0	0
	Vytautas			98	88	65	78	79
	Juventus			91	93	66	73	83
																					Žalgiris	83	54	78	74	97	0	0
																					Neptūnas	72	76	54	50	70	0	0
	Lietuvos rytas			79	85	83	0	0
	Lietkabelis			74	66	78	0	0
											Lietuvos rytas			71	68	66	74	72
											Neptūnas			83	70	64	73	73
	Neptūnas			83	84	90	87	0
	Šiauliai			77	93	85	86	0

	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		Regular season
Juventus	FIBA Europe Cup	Eightfinals
Pieno žvaigždes		Second round
Šiauliai		Regular season

References

1. Čempionato sistema Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• LKL website