2015–16 LKL season

LKL
Champions	Žalgiris (18th title)
Runners-up	Neptūnas
Teams	10
Games played	180 (regular season)
Duration	October 2015 – June 2016
Awards
MVP	Vytautas Šulskis
Statistical leaders
Points	Derrick Low 15.7
Rebounds	Assem Marei 7.7
Assists	Rolandas Alijevas 6.1
Records
Highest scoring	Šiauliai 112–110 Juventus (21 October 2015)
Winning streak	10 games Žalgiris
Losing streak	13 games Nevėžis
Home win	Lietuvos rytas 116–54 Nevėžis (17 October 2015)
Away win	Nevėžis 54–98 Žalgiris (25 January 2016)
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

The 2015–16 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) season was the 23rd season of the top tier basketball league of Lithuania. Regular season started on 30 September 2015.

Žalgiris is the defending champion.

Competition Format

During the regular season, all teams played 36 games. The top eight teams in the after playing the whole 40 games each one 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 were played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for the third place were played in a best-of-five format.^[1]

Teams

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

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	0.27372145384368+27.3%^†
2	Žalgiris	96,014	10,790	1,426	3,841	0.12540287137416+12.5%^†
3	Lietuvos rytas	60,860	9,850	750	2,536	0.8205312275664+82.0%^†
4	Dzūkija	41,617	4,503	1,145	2,312	0.40632603406326+40.6%^†
5	Šiauliai	31,487	5,465	381	1,574	0.14389534883721+14.3%^†
6	Lietkabelis	28,622	2,907	600	1,506	0.84558823529412+84.5%^†
7	Juventus	31,440	2,238	889	1,429	-0.96881355932203−3.1%^†
8	Nevėžis	16,088	1,900	380	894	0.32444444444444+32.4%^†
9	Vytautas	14,540	1,400	400	692	1.6926070038911+169.2%^†
10	Pieno žvaigždės	10,582	1,100	221	557	0.31678486997636+31.6%^†
	League total	426,301	10,790	221	2,030	0.36516476126429+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

References

↑ Čempionato sistema

External links

LKL website

Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga

Teams	Dzūkija Juventus Lietkabelis Lietuvos rytas Neptūnas Nevėžis Pieno žvaigždės Šiauliai Vytautas Žalgiris

Seasons	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Finals	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Annual events	All-Star Day All-Star Game (MVP) Slam Dunk Contest Three-point Shootout

Other	Awards LKF Cup Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

2015–16 in European basketball

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Domestic leagues

Men	Albania Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine SL Favorit Sport SuperLeague United Kingdom England Scotland

Women	Hungary Scotland Serbia Spain Turkey

Regional leagues

Men	Adriatic League Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Baltic League VTB United League

Women	Central Women's Basketball League Baltic League MŽRKL Eastern European League

Domestic cups

Men	Belgium Bulgaria France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Scotland Serbia Spain Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy

Women	Scotland Serbia Spain

Supercups

Men	Belgium Croatia Germany France Italy Israel Netherlands Spain

Women

Continental
competitions

Men	Euroleague Regular Season Top 16 Playoffs Final Four Eurocup Regular Season Last 32 Knockout stage Finals FIBA Europe Cup Final Four Next Generation Tournament

Women	EuroLeague Women EuroCup Women SuperCup Women

International
competitions

Men	EuroBasket 2015 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying EuroBasket 2017 qualification

Women	EuroBasket Women 2015 EuroBasket Women 2017 qualification 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying

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