2015–16 ACB season

The 2015–16 ACB season was the 33rd season of the Spanish basketball league, also called Liga Endesa in its sponsored identity. The regular season started on October 10, 2015, and ended on May 22, 2016. The playoffs was played from May 26 to June 26, 2016.[1]

Liga Endesa1
Season2015–16
Number of games306 (Regular season)
22 (Playoffs)
Number of teams18
TV partner(s)TVE, Movistar+
Regular season
Top seedFC Barcelona Lassa
Season MVPGreece Ioannis Bourousis
RelegatedMovistar Estudiantes
RETAbet.es GBC
Finals
ChampionsReal Madrid
  Runners-upFC Barcelona Lassa
SemifinalistsValencia Basket
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
Finals MVPSpain Sergio Llull
Statistical leaders
PointsUnited States Darius Adams17,2
ReboundsSerbia Dejan Musli7,4
AssistsSpain Sergio Rodríguez6,1
Index RatingSerbia Dejan Musli19,7
Records
Biggest home winBarcelona 108–54 Sevilla
(14 January 2016)
Biggest away winGBC 79–121 Valencia
(17 April 2016)
Highest scoringEstudiantes 110–116 Zaragoza
(6 December 2015)
Winning streak18 games
Valencia Basket
Losing streak10 games
RETAbet.es GBC
Highest attendance15,544
Baskonia 86–80 Madrid
(3 January 2016)
Lowest attendance1,056
GBC 60–86 Unicaja
(11 May 2016)
Total attendance2,082,234
Average attendance6,387
All statistics correct as of 22 June 2016.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

Teams edit

Promotion and relegation (pre-season) edit

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 LEB Oro.

Teams promoted from LEB Oro

Venues and locations edit

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2015–16 ACB
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
Baloncesto SevillaSevillaSan Pablo7,626[5]
CAI ZaragozaZaragozaPabellón Príncipe Felipe10,744[6]
Dominion Bilbao BasketBilbaoBilbao Arena10,014[7]
FC Barcelona Lassa[8]BarcelonaPalau Blaugrana7,585[9]
FIATC JoventutBadalonaPalau Municipal d'Esports8,500[10]
Herbalife Gran CanariaLas PalmasGran Canaria Arena9,870[11]
Iberostar TenerifeSan Cristóbal de La LagunaSantiago Martín5,003[12]
ICL Manresa[13]ManresaNou Congost5,000[14]
Laboral Kutxa BaskoniaVitoria-GasteizFernando Buesa Arena15,504[15]
Montakit FuenlabradaFuenlabradaFernando Martín5,100[16]
MoraBanc AndorraAndorra la VellaPoliesportiu d'Andorra5,000[17]
Movistar EstudiantesMadridBarclaycard Center15,000[18]
Real MadridMadridBarclaycard Center15,000[18]
RETAbet.es GBC[19]San SebastiánSan Sebastián Arena11,000[20]
Rio Natura Monbus ObradoiroSantiago de CompostelaMultiusos Fontes do Sar5,060[21]
UCAM MurciaMurciaPalacio de Deportes7,341[22]
UnicajaMálagaMartín Carpena10,233[23]
Valencia BasketValenciaFuente de San Luis8,500[24]

Personnel and sponsorship edit

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Baloncesto Sevilla Luis Casimiro Ondřej BalvínSpalding
CAI Zaragoza Andreu Casadevall Henk NorelMercuryCaja Inmaculada
Dominion Bilbao Basket Sito Alonso Álex MumbrúErreàDominion, RETAbet
FC Barcelona Lassa Xavi Pascual Juan Carlos NavarroNikeLassa Tyres
FIATC Joventut Salva Maldonado Nacho LlovetSpaldingFIATC
Herbalife Gran Canaria Aíto García Reneses Eulis BáezSpaldingHerbalife
Iberostar Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Nicolás RichottiAustralIberostar
ICL Manresa Ibon Navarro Álex HernándezJomaICL Iberia
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Velimir Perasović Fabien CauseurHummelLaboral Kutxa
Montakit Fuenlabrada Jota Cuspinera Rolands ŠmitsBFSMontakit
MoraBanc Andorra Joan Peñarroya Víctor SadaKonMoraBanc
Movistar Estudiantes Sergio Valdeolmillos Jaime FernándezJomaMovistar
Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe ReyesAdidasTeka
RETAbet.es GBC Porfirio Fisac David DoblasElementsRETAbet.es
Río Natura Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Jesús ChagoyenViveRío Natura, Monbus
UCAM Murcia Fotios Katsikaris José Ángel AnteloSpaldingUCAM
Unicaja Joan Plaza Fran VázquezSpaldingUnicaja
Valencia Basket Pedro Martínez Rafa MartínezLuanviCultura del Esfuerzo1
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo is the motto of the club.

Managerial changes edit

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Ibon Navarro[25]End of contract5 June 2015Pre-season Velimir Perasović[26]6 June 2015
UCAM Murcia Diego Ocampo[27]End of contract12 June 2015 Fotios Katsikaris[28]1 July 2015
Valencia Basket Carles Duran[29]Signed as assistant coach15 June 2015 Pedro Martínez[30]21 June 2015
ICL Manresa Pedro Martínez[31]Resigned19 June 2015 Ibon Navarro[32]16 July 2015
Movistar Estudiantes Txus Vidorreta[33]End of contract30 June 2015 Diego Ocampo[34]14 July 2015
Montakit Fuenlabrada Jesús SalaEnd of contract30 June 2015 Žan Tabak10 July 2015
Iberostar Tenerife Alejandro Martínez[35]Resigned5 November 201516th (0–4) Txus Vidorreta[35]5 November 2015
Montakit Fuenlabrada Žan Tabak[36]Signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv16 November 20158th (3–3) Jota Cuspinera[37]17 November 2015
CAI Zaragoza Joaquín Ruiz LorenteSacked[38]22 November 201516th (1–6) Andreu Casadevall23 November 2015[39]
RETAbet.es GBC Jaume PonsarnauSacked1 December 201518th (0–8) Porfirio Fisac2 December 2015
Movistar Estudiantes Diego OcampoSacked[40]18 January 201617th (3–13) Sergio Valdeolmillos29 January 2016[41]

Regular season edit

League table edit

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification or relegation
1FC Barcelona Lassa3429528352384+451Qualification to playoffs
2Real Madrid3429532292767+462
3Valencia Basket3428628312501+330
4Laboral Kutxa Baskonia34241029872703+284
5Herbalife Gran Canaria34211328182705+113
6Unicaja34201426372508+129
7UCAM Murcia34181626832663+20
8Montakit Fuenlabrada34171727932854−61
9Iberostar Tenerife34161826102708−98
10Dominion Bilbao Basket34161826472726−79
11Baloncesto Sevilla34142026622873−211
12CAI Zaragoza34132127192777−58
13FIATC Joventut34132126342783−149
14MoraBanc Andorra34122227442827−83
15Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro34102425642685−121
16ICL Manresa34102423832669−286
17Movistar Estudiantes (R)3492525642789−225Relegation to LEB Oro
18RETAbet.es GBC (R)3472724772895−418
Source: ACB
(R) Relegated

Positions by round edit

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

Team \ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
FC Barcelona Lassa6221112223332222222211111111111111
Real Madrid11754433332223334433334333333333322
Valencia Basket8543221111111111111122222222222233
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia3332544444444443344443444444444444
Herbalife Gran Canaria2115365555555555555555555555555555
Unicaja94710899866697866876799777666666666
UCAM Murcia1015141410111312141414151315111010101010878981089998877
Montakit Fuenlabrada411131111810119131069799767666666777877788
Iberostar Tenerife131415161716141513121314151415121112121211121111989101010101099
Dominion Bilbao Basket513107910891110912811886988789810910878991010
Baloncesto Sevilla18181817161415141515151314161616161616161416131313131313111211111111
CAI Zaragoza1281112131516161616161616131415151514141513141414141415141314141312
FIATC Joventut798665678881112101213121111111211121212121212131413131413
MoraBanc Andorra1412121314121113109117667798991010101011111111121112121214
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro16687776777101191011141415151614151516161617161616161515
ICL Manresa15109912131210121112810121314131313131315161615151514151515151616
Movistar Estudiantes16161615151717171717171717171717171718171717171717171716171717171717
RETAbet.es GBC17171718181818181818181818181818181817181818181818181818181818181818

Results edit

Home \ AwaySEVCAIDBBFCBCJBHGCTFEICLLBOFUEMBAMOVRMBGBCOBRUCMUNIVBC
Baloncesto Sevilla73–8471–8158–97106–10197–7281–7667–84100–9285–7888–8182–5990–9786–8067–5885–9094–8467–81
CAI Zaragoza91–8769–7176–8794–8387–9678–6582–6566–9079–8073–8081–6280–8880–5976–6484–6476–7275–78
Dominion Bilbao Basket101–8272–7355–7785–7759–8564–6773–6389–8386–7183–7285–9180–7192–9988–8390–7988–70104–111
FC Barcelona Lassa108–5484–7666–5783–7485–7593–5884–5789–6876–6584–7989–6786–9197–6167–5777–7183–7791–94
FIATC Joventut89–8371–7073–9259–8596–7683–7563–7668–8966–7979–9075–5869–7990–8874–7194–8484–9066–73
Herbalife Gran Canaria76–6791–7991–8581–9682–6790–8088–5993–90109–8898–8582–8093–10397–6488–7587–7598–6568–84
Iberostar Tenerife90–7182–7877–7164–8373–6865–6365–7193–8067–9281–8373–7593–8472–7471–5670–6957–6482–86
ICL Manresa65–7286–7967–7260–7584–8570–7886–7376–8573–7861–7485–6770–10278–8064–8177–6964–7562–74
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia89–73100–71108–6287–79102–9977–6792–9883–80101–7995–83107–7786–80101–7382–7590–6756–8379–73
Montakit Fuenlabrada79–81105–8579–7582–8480–8192–7285–9478–6097–10878–7285–7191–8594–8290–8561–7389–7981–86
MoraBanc Andorra92–7391–8169–7966–8996–6584–7777–7974–7791–9980–8984–8280–9988–7074–8486–9182–7978–86
Movistar Estudiantes102–76110–11681–7074–6983–8670–8780–8486–5758–8574–8075–8275–8085–9071–7067–8291–8473–81
Real Madrid107–8396–84102–8084–9191–7785–68112–89106–6893–88129–81107–7897–7994–88111–81101–8085–8082–88
RETAbet.es GBC68–7675–8463–7569–8470–7479–8771–8089–7083–9168–8283–8078–7361–9482–7567–7660–8679–121
Rio Natura Monbus88–5382–6793–8962–6983–7968–8082–8471–7969–8695–100104–10373–7163–7981–6888–6964–7779–91
UCAM Murcia80–76110–10296–6874–8280–7871–7588–8373–7568–6699–7576–7283–7099–10478–6487–8358–6080–62
Unicaja71–6677–6982–7777–8170–5992–8785–7585–5866–7481–5982–7189–5962–8894–5573–6579–9077–65
Valencia Basket82–9281–7485–4975–6576–6986–6193–7583–5685–78100–8481–6762–6884–8592–6576–5665–5481–70
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                      
 
 
 
 
FC Barcelona Lassa9984
 
 
 
Montakit Fuenlabrada6568
 
FC Barcelona Lassa84738385
 
 
 
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia57688963
 
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia818778
 
 
 
Herbalife Gran Canaria769371
 
FC Barcelona Lassa100707484
 
 
 
Real Madrid99909191
 
Real Madrid1078793
 
 
 
UCAM Murcia1039172
 
Real Madrid82978682
 
 
 
Valencia Basket57888780
 
Valencia Basket7988
 
 
Unicaja7559
 

Final standings edit

PosTeamPldWLQualification or relegation
1Real Madrid (C)45378Already qualified to EuroLeague
2FC Barcelona Lassa44359
3Valencia Basket40319Qualification to EuroCup
4Laboral Kutxa Baskonia412714Already qualified to EuroLeague
5Herbalife Gran Canaria372215Qualification to EuroCup
6Unicaja362016
7UCAM Murcia371918
8Montakit Fuenlabrada[a]361719
9Iberostar Tenerife341618Qualification to Champions League regular season
10Dominion Bilbao Basket[b]341618Qualification to EuroCup
11Baloncesto Sevilla341420
12CAI Zaragoza341321
13FIATC Joventut341321
14MoraBanc Andorra341222
15Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro341024
16ICL Manresa341024
17Movistar Estudiantes (R)34925Relegation to LEB Oro
18RETAbet.es GBC (R)34727
Source: ACB
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Montakit Fuenlabrada qualified to EuroCup through an allocated vacancy from any withdrawal.[42]
  2. ^ Dominion Bilbao Basket qualified to EuroCup through a wild card.[43]

Attendances edit

Attendances include playoff games:

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Laboral Kutxa Baskonia208,27615,5446,7299,918+11.2%
2Dominion Bilbao Basket154,07610,0047,7049,063+2.3%
3Real Madrid197,35313,1496,3428,971−4.6%
4Movistar Estudiantes147,05513,2005,8608,650+10.3%
5Valencia Basket164,2008,5007,2008,210+1.9%
6Unicaja132,12710,5245,7237,340−3.0%
7CAI Zaragoza114,3049,1455,2537,144−9.9%
8Herbalife Gran Canaria121,7659,0974,8596,765+8.1%
9UCAM Murcia106,7567,5964,6245,931−0.6%
10Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro89,8466,0004,7275,264+3.9%
11Montakit Fuenlabrada93,3645,7004,0565,187+3.9%
12FC Barcelona Lassa111,6246,7423,8795,074+4.2%
13FIATC Joventut83,9459,1432,3484,938−16.7%
14Baloncesto Sevilla77,2857,2603,0844,546+9.5%
15ICL Manresa73,6104,8253,8704,330+1.8%
16RETAbet.es GBC69,9445,7031,0564,114−26.4%
17MoraBanc Andorra68,6254,6303,6234,037+12.2%
18Iberostar Tenerife68,4395,1423,1824,026−1.0%
League total2,082,23415,5441,0566,387+1.6%

Updated to games played on 20 June 2016
Source: ACB

Statistics edit

Points edit

PosPlayerClubPPG
1 Darius AdamsLaboral Kutxa Baskonia17.2
2 Álex MumbrúDominion Bilbao Basket15.2
3 Adam WaczyńskiRio Natura Monbus Obradoiro14.6
4 Justin HamiltonValencia Basket14.2
5 Marcus LandryRETAbet.es GBC14.0

Rebounds edit

PosPlayerClubRPG
1 Dejan MusliICL Manresa7.4
2 Ondřej BalvínBaloncesto Sevilla7.4
3 Ante TomićFC Barcelona Lassa7.3
4 Ioannis BourousisLaboral Kutxa Baskonia7.1
5 Alen OmićHerbalife Gran Canaria6.9

Assists edit

PosPlayerClubAPG
1 Sergio RodríguezReal Madrid6.1
2 Facundo CampazzoUCAM Murcia5.3
3 Pedro LlompartRETAbet.es GBC5.0
4 Sergio LlullReal Madrid4.8
5 Donnie McGrathRio Natura Monbus Obradoiro4.7

Performance Index Rating edit

PosPlayerClubPPG
1 Dejan MusliICL Manresa19.7
2 Ioannis BourousisLaboral Kutxa Baskonia18.9
3 Gustavo AyónReal Madrid17.8
4 Ante TomićFC Barcelona Lassa17.3
5 Giorgi ShermadiniMoraBanc Andorra16.9

Source: ACB

ACB clubs in European competitions edit

TeamCompetitionProgress
Laboral Kutxa BaskoniaEuroleagueFinal Four
FC Barcelona LassaEuroleaguePlayoffs
Real MadridEuroleaguePlayoffs
UnicajaEuroleagueTop 16
Herbalife Gran CanariaEurocupSemifinals
CAI ZaragozaEurocupEighthfinals
Dominion Bilbao BasketEurocupLast 32
Valencia BasketEurocupLast 32

Awards edit

All official awards of the 2015–16 ACB season.

MVP edit

Pos.PlayerTeam
C Ioannis BourousisLaboral Kutxa Baskonia

Source: [44]

Finals MVP edit

Pos.PlayerTeam
PG Sergio LlullReal Madrid

Source: [45]

All-ACB Teams edit

Pos.First TeamSecond Team
PlayerTeamPlayerTeam
PG Sergio RodríguezReal Madrid Tomáš SatoranskýFC Barcelona Lassa
SG Darius AdamsLaboral Kutxa Baskonia Marko PopovićMontakit Fuenlabrada
SF Álex MumbrúDominion Bilbao Basket Ádám HangaLaboral Kutxa Baskonia
PF Justin HamiltonValencia Basket Gustavo AyónReal Madrid
C Ioannis BourousisLaboral Kutxa Baskonia Dejan MusliICL Manresa

Source: [46][47]

Best Young Player Award edit

Pos.PlayerTeam
PF Juancho HernangómezMovistar Estudiantes

Source: [48]

Best Defensive Player Award edit

Pos.PlayerTeam
SF Ádám HangaLaboral Kutxa Baskonia

Source:[49]

Best All-Young Team edit

Pos.PlayerTeam
PG Luka DončićReal Madrid
SG Ludde HåkansonBaloncesto Sevilla
SF Santiago YustaRio Natura Monbus Obradoiro
PF Juancho HernangómezMovistar Estudiantes
C Guillermo HernangómezReal Madrid

Source: [50]

Player of the week edit

DatePlayerTeamPIR
1 Ante TomićFC Barcelona Lassa34
2 Ioannis BourousisLaboral Kutxa Baskonia32
3 Adam WaczyńskiRío Natura Monbús Obradoiro36
4 Darío BrizuelaMovistar Estudiantes33
5 José Ángel AnteloUCAM Murcia27
6 Justin HamiltonValencia Basket39
7 Blagota SekulićIberostar Tenerife31
8 Facundo CampazzoUCAM Murcia33
9 Blagota Sekulić (2)Iberostar Tenerife31
10 Pierre OriolaBaloncesto Sevilla35
11 Ioannis Bourousis (2)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia30
12 Jonathan TabuMontakit Fuenlabrada35
13 Ioannis Bourousis (3)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia33
14 Ioannis Bourousis (4)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia37
15 Alen OmićHerbalife Gran Canaria30
16 Salva ArcoIberostar Tenerife23
Bojan DubljevićValencia Basket
Augusto LimaUCAM Murcia
17 Ioannis Bourousis (5)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia40
18 Marko PopovićMontakit Fuenlabrada30
19 Tomás BellasCAI Zaragoza33
20 Sergio LlullReal Madrid36
21 Scott BamforthBaloncesto Sevilla24
22 Darius AdamsLaboral Kutxa Baskonia35
23 Scott Bamforth (2)Baloncesto Sevilla32
24 Bostjan NachbarBaloncesto Sevilla28
Will ThomasUnicaja
25 Jonathan Tabu (2)Montakit Fuenlabrada34
26 Gustavo AyónReal Madrid25
Ondřej BalvínBaloncesto Sevilla
Axel HervelleDominion Bilbao Basket
Will Thomas (2)Unicaja
27 Dejan MusliICL Manresa32
28 Tomáš SatoranskýFC Barcelona Lassa27
29 Darius Adams (2)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia33
30 Giorgi ShermadiniMoraBanc Andorra36
31 Marko Popović (2)Montakit Fuenlabrada30
32 Sergio RodriguezReal Madrid32
Darius Adams (3)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia
33 Gustavo Ayón (2)Real Madrid39
34 Sergi VidalFIATC Joventut36

Source: [51]

Player of the month edit

MonthWeekPlayerTeamPIRRef
October1–3 Dejan MusliICL Manresa25.3[52]
November4–8 Justin HamiltonValencia Basket23.2[53]
December9–13 Ioannis BourousisLaboral Kutxa Baskonia23.4[54]
January14–18 Ioannis Bourousis (2)Laboral Kutxa Baskonia24.8[55]
February19–21 Sergio LlullReal Madrid22.3[56]
March22–25 Boštjan NachbarBaloncesto Sevilla21.0[57]
April26–29 Tomáš SatoranskýFC Barcelona Lassa21.3[58]
May30–34 Gustavo AyónReal Madrid28[59]

Source: [60]

References and notes edit

External links edit