2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League

Israeli Basketball Super League
Israeli Basketball Super League
Season	2015–2016
Duration	October 11, 2015 – June 9, 2016
Games played	363 (regular season)
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	Sports Channel; Channel 1
Regular season
Season MVP	Darryl Monroe
Relegated	Ironi Nes Ziona
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (1st title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Final Four MVP	Darryl Monroe
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Will Clyburn
Rebounds	Alade Aminu
Assists	Gal Mekel
Index Rating	Darryl Monroe
Records
Biggest home win	40-Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
Highest scoring	116-Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
Winning streak	12-Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.
Average attendance	2,372
	← 2014–2015 2016–2017 → ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Winner.

The 2015–2016 Israeli Basketball Super League was the 62nd season of the Israeli Basketball Super League. The regular season started on October 11, 2015, and ended on March 6, 2016. The last game was played on June 9, 2016.

This season, the league had a different format. After the eight best teams qualified for the Playoffs, the winners of the series would play in a Final Four tournament.

Hapoel Jerusalem was the defending champion. Hapoel failed to reclaim its title, because Maccabi Rishon LeZion won in the Final. It was the first championship ever for Rishon LeZion.

Teams

Teams 2015–16

Maccabi Kiryat Gat has been promoted to the league after winning 2014–15 National League. Hapoel Gilboa Galil, who finished last season, relegated from the Super League.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Bnei Herzliya	Herzliya	HaYovel Herzliya	1,500
Maccabi Kiryat Gat	Kiryat Gat	Ashkelon Sports Arena	3,000
Hapoel Holon	Holon	Holon Toto Hall	5,500
Hapoel Jerusalem	Jerusalem	Pais Arena	11,000
Ironi Nahariya	Nahariya	Ein Sarah	2,000
Ironi Nes Ziona	Nes Ziona	Lev Hamoshava	1,300
Maccabi Ashdod	Ashdod	HaKiriya Arena	2,200
Hapoel Eilat	Eilat	Begin Arena	1,690
Maccabi Haifa	Haifa	Romema Arena	5,000
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	Beit Maccabi Rishon	2,200
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Drive in Arena	3,504

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	27	6	2886	2572	+314	Advance to Playoffs
2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	33	24	9	2826	2521	+305
3	Maccabi Haifa	33	19	14	2565	2482	+83
4	Ironi Nahariya	33	18	15	2547	2611	−64
5	Hapoel Eilat	33	17	16	2636	2677	−41
6	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33	16	17	2659	2644	+15
7	Bnei Herzliya	33	15	18	2690	2733	−43
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv	33	15	18	2698	2678	+20
9	Maccabi Ashdod	33	14	19	2719	2813	−94
10	Hapoel Holon	33	12	21	2567	2715	−148
11	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	33	11	22	2627	2785	−158
12	Ironi Nes Ziona	33	10	23	2591	2780	−189	Relegation to Liga Leumit

Source: Basket.co.il

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals were played as best-of-five playoff series. The higher ranked team hosted games 1, 3 and 5 (if necessary). The lower ranked team hosted games 2 and 4 (if necessary). The Quarterfinals started on May 19 and ended on June 1.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Hapoel Jerusalem	3–2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	99–97	85–87	90–73	84–93	86–84
Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0	Bnei Herzliya	76–75	68–51	81–54	–	–
Maccabi Haifa	2–3	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	69–71	71–89	83–66	75–65	60–70
Ironi Nahariya	0–3	Hapoel Eilat	75–82	77–80	85–86	–	–

Final four

Semi-finals 6 June		Final 9 June



Hapoel Jerusalem	82

Hapoel Eilat	78
		Hapoel Jerusalem	77

		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	83
Maccabi Tel Aviv	69

Maccabi Rishon LeZion	71

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Qualified for 2016–17 Champions League Regular season
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	Wild card for 2016–17 Eurocup Basketball
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Automatically qualified for 2016–17 Euroleague
4	Hapoel Eilat
5	Maccabi Haifa
6	Ironi Nahariya	Qualification for the Champions League First qualifying round
7	Bnei Herzliya	Qualification for the FIBA Europe Cup
8	Hapoel Tel Aviv
9	Maccabi Ashdod
10	Hapoel Holon
11	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
12	Ironi Nes Ziona	Relegated to the Ligat Leumit

Statistical leaders

As of 22 April 2016.^[2]

Efficiency


Pos	Player	Club	PIR
1	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	25.0
2	Paul Delaney	Maccabi Kiryat Gat	23.5
3	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat	22.6

Points


Pos	Player	Club	PPG
1	Will Clyburn	Hapoel Holon	20.4
2	Charles Thomas	Maccabi Ashdod	20.4
3	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod	18.8

Rebounds


Pos	Player	Club	RPG
1	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat	9.9
2	Richard Howell	Ironi Nahariya	9.6
3	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	8.8

Assists


Pos	Player	Club	APG
1	Niv Berkowitz	Ironi Nahariya	6.7
2	Gregory Vargas	Hapoel Haifa	6.6
3	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod	6.0

Season highs

Category		Player	Club
Points	46	Nate Robinson	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Rebounds	20	Richard Howell	Ironi Nahariya
Assists	16	Gal Mekel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Blocks	6	5 occasions
Steals	7	Paul Delaney (2 times)	Maccabi Kiryat Gat

Source: RealGM

All-Star Game

The 2016 Israeli League All-star event was held on 25 March 2016, at the Begin Arena in Eilat.

**Israeli All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Gal Mekel	Maccabi Tel Aviv
G	Meir Tapiro	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
F	Shawn Dawson	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
F	Oz Blayzer	Maccabi Haifa
C	Elishay Kadir	Hapoel Eilat
Reserves
G	Niv Berkowitz	Ironi Nahariya
G	Yuval Naimi	Ironi Nes Ziona
G	Aviram Zelekovits	Bnei Herzliya
G	Raviv Limonad	Hapoel Tel Aviv
G	Afik Nissim	Hapoel Eilat
F	Amit Simhon	Hapoel Eilat
F	Karam Mashour	Bnei Herzliya
F	Jonathan Skjöldebrand	Maccabi Ashdod
F	Lior Eliyahu	Hapoel Jerusalem
C	Isaac Rosefelt	Hapoel Holon
Head coach: Danny Franco (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Head coach: Rami Hadar (Maccabi Haifa)

**International All-Stars**
Pos	Player	Team
Starters
G	Gregory Vargas	Maccabi Haifa
G	Khalif Wyatt	Hapoel Eilat
F	Will Graves	Maccabi Haifa
F	Donta Smith	Hapoel Jerusalem
C	Darryl Monroe	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Reserves
G	Isaiah Swann	Maccabi Ashdod
G	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod
G	Michael Umeh	Ironi Nahariya
G	Sundiata Gaines	Ironi Nes Ziona
F	Gilbert Brown	Ironi Nahariya
F	Drew Crawford	Bnei Herzliya
F	Will Clyburn	Hapoel Holon
F	John Williamson	Hapoel Tel Aviv
F	Dragan Bender	Maccabi Tel Aviv
C	Marco Killingsworth	Maccabi Kiryat Gat
C	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat
Head coach: Žan Tabak (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Head coach: Mickey Gorka (Bnei Herzliya)

25 March

Israeli All-Stars	143–118	International All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 41–25, 39–34, 24–35, 39–24
Pts: Kadir 21 Rebs: Kadir 9 Asts: Berkovitz 8		Pts: Garrett 18 Rebs: Garrett 8 Asts: Garrett 5

Begin Arena , Eilat
Attendance: 1,690

Three-point shootout

Amit Simhon

**Contestants**
Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Final round
G	Isaiah Swann (W)	Maccabi Haifa	21	16
F	Guy Pnini	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22	14
G	Amit Simhon	Hapoel Eilat	19	-
G	Michael Umeh	Ironi Nahariya	19	-
G	Aviram Zelekovits	Bnei Herzliya	16	-
G	Yotam Halperin	Hapoel Jerusalem	14	-
G	Afik Nissim	Hapoel Eilat	13	-
G	Yuval Naimi	Ironi Nes Ziona	9	-

Slam Dunk Contest

**Contestants**
Pos.	Player	Team	First round	Second round	Final round
F	Gilbert Brown (W)	Ironi Nahariya	50	45	46
F	John Williamson	Hapoel Tel Aviv	50	45	45
F	Karam Mashour	Bnei Herzliya	50	42	-
C	Alade Aminu	Hapoel Eilat	44	42	-
G	Diante Garrett	Maccabi Ashdod	41	47	-

Awards

Regular season MVP

Darryl Monroe (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

All-BSL 1st team

All-BSL 2nd team

External links

BSL's official website

References

^ "כדורסל ישראלי | עונת | נתוני צופים לפי קבוצה לעונת 2015-16". Basket.co.il. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
^ "Israeli Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

[1] "כדורסל ישראלי | עונת | נתוני צופים לפי קבוצה לעונת 2015-16". Basket.co.il. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

[2] "Israeli Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.

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