2015–16 LKL season

May 2016 2014–15 2016–17 LKL #000045 white 2015–16 Žalgiris (18th title) Neptūnas 10 180 (regular season) October 2015 – June 2016 LTU 20px Vytautas Šulskis LKL MVP UKR 20px Jerome Randle LKL Finals MVP USA 20px Derrick Low 15.7 EGY 20px Assem Marei 7.7 LTU 20px Rolandas Alijevas 6.1 10 gamesŽalgiris 13 gamesNevėžis Šiauliai 112–110 Juventus(21 October 2015) Lietuvos rytas 116–54 Nevėžis(17 October 2015) Nevėžis 54–98 Žalgiris(25 January 2016) 10,790Žalgiris 79–70 Lietuvos rytas(25 October 2015) 221Pieno žvaigždės 79–54 Nevėžis(16 January 2016) 2,030 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 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.Čempionato sistema https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193551/http://lkl.lt/lt/top/apie-lyga/cempionato-sistema/ 2013-10-29 Teams Lithuania black Location of teams in 2015–16 LKL right 400 Lithuania 55.502014 25.592189 right Juventus Lithuania 54.716337 25.280199 right Lietuvos rytas Lithuania 55.687364 21.151732 right Neptūnas Lithuania 55.300141 24.00046 right Nevėžis Lithuania 56.061241 24.413692 right Pieno žvaigždės Lithuania 54.646339 23.960624 right Vytautas Lithuania 54.4000000 24.0500000 bottom Dzūkija Lithuania 55.920662 23.282121 right Šiauliai Lithuania 55.733287 24.339438 right Lietkabelis Lithuania 54.89048 23.914498 right Žalgiris Team Location Arena CapacityDzūkija Alytus Alytus Arena 5,500Juventus Utena Utena Arena 2,000Lietkabelis Panevėžys Cido Arena 5,950Lietuvos rytas Vilnius Lietuvos rytas ArenaSiemens Arena 2,50010,000Neptūnas Klaipėda Švyturys Arena 6,200Nevėžis Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Arena 2,200Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys Pieno žvaigždės Arena 1,200Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5,700Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas Prienai Arena 1,500Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgiris Arena 15,688 League table main WL complete LKL points wins PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO ZAL 32 4 3112 2540 RYT 28 8 3052 2617 NEP 19 17 2795 2678 VYT 19 17 2831 2822 JUV 18 18 2833 2985 SIA 18 18 2893 2886 LTK 16 20 2705 2847 PIE 14 22 2880 3004 NEV 8 28 2598 3017 DZU 8 28 2418 2771 Q yellow1 Qualification to playoffs red1 Relegation to NKL Žalgiris Lietuvos rytas Neptūnas Juventus Pieno žvaigždės Dzūkija Šiauliai Lietkabelis Vytautas Nevėžis Results Rounds 1 and 2 main FBR grey 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 complete Rounds 3 and 4 main FBR grey 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 complete Attendances Attendances include playoff games: 1 Neptūnas 95051 6040 1960 3960 3109 2 Žalgiris 96014 10790 1426 3841 3413 3 Lietuvos rytas 60860 9850 750 2536 1393 4 Dzūkija 41617 4503 1145 2312 1644 5 Šiauliai 31487 5465 381 1574 1376 6 Lietkabelis 28622 2907 600 1506 816 7 Juventus 31440 2238 889 1429 1475 8 Nevėžis 16088 1900 380 894 675 9 Vytautas 14540 1400 400 692 257 10 Pieno žvaigždės 10582 1100 221 557 423 426301 10790 221 2030 1487 6 June 2016 LKL February 2017 Playoffs Seeded teams play at home games 1, 3, 5 and 7. main 3 high 7 90 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Third place 30 Žalgiris 102 84 95 Pieno žvaigždės 66 71 81 Vytautas 98 88 65 78 79 Juventus 91 93 66 73 83 Lietuvos rytas 79 85 83 Lietkabelis 74 66 78 Neptūnas 83 84 90 87 Šiauliai 77 93 85 86 Žalgiris 91 88 80 Juventus 76 73 72 Lietuvos rytas 71 68 66 74 72 Neptūnas 83 70 64 73 73 Žalgiris 83 54 78 74 97 Neptūnas 72 76 54 50 70 main 1 high 5 150 Third place 30 Lietuvos rytas 85 83 89 Juventus 83 78 81 Awards MVP of the Month Month Player Team PIR Source 2015 October LTU Vytautas Šulskis Vytautas 18.1 Naudingiausias spalio mėnesio LKL krepšininkas – Vytautas Šulskis https://www.basketnews.lt/news-90657-naudingiausias-spalio-menesio-lkl-krepsininkas-vytautas-sulskis.html basketnews.lt lt 3 November 2015 7 November 2025 November LTU Egidijus Dimša Juventus 24.8 Egidijus Dimša – naudingiausias lapkričio mėnesio LKL krepšininkas https://www.basketnews.lt/news-91748-egidijus-dimsa-naudingiausias-lapkricio-menesio-lkl-krepsininkas.html basketnews.lt lt 2 December 2015 7 November 2025 December USA Jerai Grant Neptūnas 20.8 Naudingiausias gruodžio mėnesio LKL krepšininkas – Jerai Grantas https://www.basketnews.lt/news-92766-naudingiausias-gruodzio-menesio-lkl-krepsininkas-jerai-grantas.html basketnews.lt lt 31 December 2015 7 November 2025 2016 January USA Spencer Butterfield Juventus 25.6 Naudingiausias mėnesio LKL krepšininkas – S. Butterfieldas https://www.delfi.lt/krepsinis/naujienos/naudingiausias-menesio-lkl-krepsininkas-s-butterfieldas-70310802 delfi.lt lt 4 February 2016 7 November 2025 February LTU Paulius Jankūnas Žalgiris 21.6 Paulius Jankūnas – naudingiausias vasario mėnesio LKL žaidėjas https://www.lrytas.lt/sportas/krepsinis/2016/03/02/news/paulius-jankunas-naudingiausias-vasario-menesio-lkl-zaidejas-827616 lrytas.lt lt 2 March 2016 7 November 2025 March USA Spencer Butterfield Juventus 23 Naudingiausiu LKL mėnesio žaidėju tapo Butterfieldas https://www.basketnews.lt/news-96426-naudingiausiu-lkl-menesio-zaideju-tapo-butterfieldas.html basketnews.lt lt 30 March 2016 7 November 2025 April LTU Rokas Giedraitis Šiauliai 20 Žaidimo skonį prisiminęs R. Giedraitis – LKL mėnesio MVP https://www.delfi.lt/krepsinis/naujienos/zaidimo-skoni-prisimines-r-giedraitis-lkl-menesio-mvp-71099700 delfi.lt lt 26 April 2016 7 November 2025 Sponsors Beko (general) Energijos tiekimas Orakulas If P&C Insurance Bosca KG Group Mercedes-BenzTurkish Airlines Vytautas West Express Molten Tele-loto IDW Esperanza SpaldingSportoTelevizija 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 External links LKL website Category:Lietuvos krepšinio lyga seasons Lithuanian LKL