2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League

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.

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 Will Clyburn 20.9 Rebounds Alade Aminu 9.9 Assists Gal Mekel 7.4 Index Rating Darryl Monroe 24.2
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[1]
← 2014–2015 2016–2017 → ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Winner.

Israeli basketball in 2015–16
League (Final Four)	State Cup	League Cup

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

Herzliya

Ness Ziona

Kiryat Gat

Holon

Jerusalem

Ashdod

Rishon LeZion

Tel Aviv

Haifa

Nahariya

Eilat

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

Main article: 2016 Israeli 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

• Gal Mekel (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
• Khalif Wyatt (Hapoel Eilat)
• Donta Smith (Hapoel Jerusalem)
• Lior Eliyahu (Hapoel Jerusalem)
• Darryl Monroe (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

All-BSL 2nd team

• Gregory Vargas (Maccabi Haifa)
• Raviv Limonad (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
• Shawn Dawson (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)
• Will Clyburn (Hapoel Holon)
• Richard Howell (Ironi Nahariya)

Coach of the Season

• Arik Shivek (Maccabi Rishon LeZion)

Rising Star

• Karam Mashour (Bnei Herzliya)

Best Defender

• Gregory Vargas (Maccabi Haifa)

Most Improved Player

• Itay Segev (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Sixth Man of the Season

• Bar Timor (Hapoel Jerusalem)

External links

• BSL's official website