2015–16 Baltic Basketball League#MVP of the Month

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{{Infobox basketball league season

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| prevseason = 2014–15

| nextseason = 2016–17

| title = 2015–16 Baltic Basketball League

| image =

| t_bg = black

| t_color = white

| caption =

| season = 2015–16

| TV = Viasat Sport Baltic, Delfi TV

| champions = {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai (3rd title)

| runners_up = {{flagicon|EST}} Tartu Ülikool/Rock

| third_place = {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis

| fourth_place = {{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO

| teams = 17

| games = 116

| duration = {{nowrap|October 13, 2015 – April 6, 2016}}

| top_seed = Šiauliai

| MVP =

| finals_MVP = {{flagicon|LTU|size=20px}} Rokas Giedraitis{{cite web|title=Siauliai win Triobet BBL third time in a row!|url=http://bbl.net/en/news/siauliai-win-triobet-bbl-third-time-in-a-row-/|website=BBL.net|access-date=7 April 2016}}

| award4 =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Andrew Warren | ppg= 25.6

| rebounds_leader = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Stephen Zack | rpg= 11.0

| assists_leader = {{flagicon|EST|size=20px}} Rait-Riivo Laane | apg= 6.6

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The 2015–16 Triobet Baltic Basketball League was the 12th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the first under the title sponsorship of Triobet.{{cite web|title=BBL signs three-year partnership with Triobet|date=October 13, 2015|publisher=Baltic Basketball League|url=http://bbl.net/en/news/bbl-signs-three-year-partnership-with-triobet-company/}}

Overview

This season’s competition included 6 teams from Estonia, 5 teams from Latvia and Lithuania and one team from Kazakhstan, which played all its games away.{{cite web|title=Format of 2015-16 BBL season confirmed|date=September 6, 2015|publisher=Baltic Basketball League|url=http://bbl.net/en/news/news-12/}} For the regular season the teams were divided into two groups of seven teams and competed in a round-robin competition system, with team facing each of their opponents twice. The teams qualified for the eighth-finals based on their ranking after the regular season. Out of the five teams who participated in FIBA Europe Cup competition – Ventspils, Juventus, Šiauliai, TÜ/Rock and Pieno žvaigždės – the latter three didn't qualify for the FIBA Europe Cup playoffs and thus begin their journey at the start of the BBL play-offs, seeded respectively first, second and third based on last season’s results.{{cite web|title=Triobet BBL Play-Off pairs confirmed|date=February 3, 2016|publisher=Baltic Basketball League|url=http://bbl.net/en/news/triobet-bbl-play-off-pairs-confirmed/}} All play-off games were played in home-and-away series.

Tartu Ülikool/Rock became the first Estonian team to reach the Baltic League finals. In the Finals they lost with an aggregate score of 157–176 to Lithuanian team Šiauliai who won their third title in a row. Third place belonged to Lithuanian side Lietkabelis who beat Latvian team Valmiera/ORDO with aggregate score of 160–154.

Teams

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|Country (League)| Teamscolspan=6| Teams (ranking in 2014–15 national championship)
bgcolor= | {{flagicon|Estonia}} Estonia (KML)align=center| 6

|style="background:silver;"| TÜ/Rock (1)

|style="background:#FFE6E6;"| AVIS Rapla (3)

|style="background:#FFE6E6;"| Rakvere Tarvas (4)

|style="background:#FFE6E6;"| Pärnu Sadam (5)

|style="background:#fcc;"| TTÜ (7)

|style="background:#FFE6E6;"| TLÜ/Kalev (8)

bgcolor=| {{flagicon|Latvia}} Latvia (LBL)align=center| 5

|style="background:#E8FFD8;"| Jēkabpils (3)

|style="background:#E8FFD8;"| Liepāja/Triobet (4)

|style="background:#FFE6E6;"| Jūrmala/Fēnikss (5)

|style="background:#FFE6E6;"| Barons/LDz (6)

|style="background:#D0F0C0;"| Valmiera/ORDO (7)

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bgcolor=| {{flagicon|Lithuania}} Lithuania (LKL)align=center| 5

|style="background:#E8FFD8;"| Pieno žvaigždės (4)

|style="background:gold;"| Šiauliai (7)

|style="background:#ACE1AF;"| Lietkabelis (8)

|style="background:#FFE6E6;"| Vytautas (9)

|style="background:#E8FFD8;"| Nevėžis (10)

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bgcolor=| {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Kazakhstan (KBC)align=center| 1

|style="background:#FFE6E6;"| Barsy Atyrau (-)

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=Team information=

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style="background:white; width:10%" | Group

! style="background:white; width:20%" | Team

! style="background:white; width:20%" | City, Country

! style="background:white; width:25%" | Arena

! style="background:white; width:15%" | Head coach

style="background:white;" rowspan="7"| Group A

| {{flagicon|EST}} AVIS Rapla

| Rapla, Estonia

| Sadolin Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Aivar Kuusmaa

{{flagicon|LAT}} Barons/LDz

| Riga, Latvia

| Mārupe Arena

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Agris Galvanovskis

{{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis

| Panevėžys, Lithuania

| Cido Arena

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Gintaras Kadžiulis

{{flagicon|LTU}} Nevėžis

| Kėdainiai, Lithuania

| Kėdainiai Arena

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Ramūnas Cvirka

{{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam

| Pärnu, Estonia

| Pärnu Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Mait Käbin

{{flagicon|EST}} TLÜ/Kalev

| Tallinn, Estonia

| Kalev Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Kalle Klandorf

{{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO

| Valmiera, Latvia

| Vidzeme Olympic Center

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Ainars Zvirgzdiņš

style="background:white;" rowspan=7 | Group B

| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Barsy Atyrau

| Atyrau, Kazakhstan

| The team will play away

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Oleg Kiselev

{{flagicon|LAT}} Jēkabpils

| Jēkabpils, Latvia

| Jēkabpils Sporta nams

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Igors Miglinieks

{{flagicon|LAT}} Jūrmala/Fēnikss

| Jūrmala, Latvia

| Taurenītis

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Arnis Vecvagars

{{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja/Triobet

| Liepāja, Latvia

| Liepāja Olympic Center

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Uvis Helmanis

{{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere Tarvas

| Rakvere, Estonia

| Rakvere Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Andres Sõber

{{flagicon|EST}} TTÜ

| Tallinn, Estonia

| TTÜ Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Rait Käbin

{{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas

| Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania

| Prienai Arena

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Virginijus Šeškus

style="background:white;" rowspan="6"| Playoffs

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės

| Pasvalys, Lithuania

| Pieno žvaigždės Arena

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Mantas Šernius

{{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| Šiauliai, Lithuania

| Šiauliai Arena

| {{flagicon|LTU}} Gediminas Petrauskas

{{flagicon|EST}} TÜ/Rock

| Tartu, Estonia

| University of Tartu Sports Hall

| {{flagicon|EST}} Gert Kullamäe

Regular season

{{Location map+

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{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=54.646339|long=23.960624 |label=Vytautas}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=55.920662|long=23.282121 |position=top|label=Šiauliai}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=55.733287|long=24.339438 |position=bottom|label=Lietkabelis}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=56.906878|long=24.058336|position=bottom|label=Barons/LDz}}

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{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=56.966667|long=23.75|position=left|label=Jūrmala/Fēnikss}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=57.55|long=25.4|position=right|label=Valmiera}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=56.499444|long=25.878333|position=right|label=Jēkabpils}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=59.35|long=26.35|position = right |label=Tarvas}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=58.38|long=24.5 |position = left |label=Pärnu}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=58.99|long=24.8 |position = right |label=Rapla}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=58.38|long=26.71|position = bottom |label=TÜ/Rock}}

{{Location map~|Baltic states|lat=59.43|long=24.74|position = left |label=TTÜ
TLÜ/Kalev}}

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The Regular season ran from October 13, 2015 to January 27, 2016.

=Group A=

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! width=20| {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} !! width=210|Team !! width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !! width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !! width=30| {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !! width=30|{{Tooltip|PF|Points for}}!! width=30|{{Tooltip|PA|Points against}}!!width=35|{{Tooltip|PD|Point difference}}!! width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} !! width=120| Qualification

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|1.||align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis || 12 || 10 || 2 || 1026 || 888 || +138 || 22

| rowspan=7 align="center"|Playoffs

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|2.||align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO || 12 || 9 || 3 || 941 || 865 || +76 || 21

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|3.||align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} AVIS Rapla|| 12 || 7 || 5 || 838 || 897 || −59 || 19

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|4.||align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} TLÜ/Kalev || 12 || 6 || 6 || 895 || 916 || −21 || 18

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|5.||align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Nevėžis || 12 || 4 || 8 || 889 || 909 || −20 || 16

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|6.||align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Barons/LDz || 12 || 4 || 8 || 910 || 941 || −31 || 16

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|7.||align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam || 12 || 2 || 10 || 899 || 982 || −83 || 14

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=Group B=

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! width=20| {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} !! width=210|Team !! width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !! width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !! width=30| {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !! width=30|{{Tooltip|PF|Points for}}!! width=30|{{Tooltip|PA|Points against}}!!width=35|{{Tooltip|PD|Point difference}}!! width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} !! width=120| Qualification

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|1.||align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas || 12 || 11 || 1 || 1005 || 894 || +111 || 23

| rowspan=6 align="center"|Playoffs

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|2.||align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja/Triobet || 12 || 8 || 4 || 939 || 909 || +30 || 20

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|3.||align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Jēkabpils || 12 || 7 || 5 || 921 || 914 || +7 || 19

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|4.||align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere Tarvas || 12 || 6 || 6 || 914 || 891 || +23 || 18

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|5.||align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Jūrmala/Fēnikss || 12 || 5 || 7 || 884 || 870 || +14 || 17

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|6.||align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Barsy Atyrau || 12 || 3 || 9 || 900 || 970 || −70 || 15

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|7.||align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} TTÜ || 12 || 2 || 10 || 845 || 960 || −115 || 14 || align"center"|Eliminated

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Playoffs

=Bracket=

{{16TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=score|nowrap

| RD1=Eightfinals
February 8–25

| RD2=Quarterfinals
March 1–10

| RD3=Semifinals
March 15–23

| RD4=Finals
March 29–April 6

| team-width= 170

| RD1-seed01= 1

| RD1-team01= {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| RD1-score01-1= 101

| RD1-score01-2= 85

| RD1-seed02= 16

| RD1-team02= {{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam

| RD1-score02-1= 61

| RD1-score02-2= 80

| RD1-seed03= 8

| RD1-team03= {{flagicon|LAT}} Jēkabpils

| RD1-score03-1=65

| RD1-score03-2= 93

| RD1-seed04= 9

| RD1-team04= {{flagicon|EST}} AVIS Rapla

| RD1-score04-1=79

| RD1-score04-2= 65

| RD1-seed05= 4

| RD1-team05= {{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas

| RD1-score05-1=83

| RD1-score05-2= 83

| RD1-seed06= 13

| RD1-team06= {{flagicon|LTU}} Nevėžis

| RD1-score06-1=78

| RD1-score06-2= 107

| RD1-seed07= 5

| RD1-team07= {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis

| RD1-score07-1= 88

| RD1-score07-2= 92

| RD1-seed08= 12

| RD1-team08= {{flagicon|LAT}} Jūrmala/Fēnikss

| RD1-score08-1= 88

| RD1-score08-2= 78

| RD1-seed09= 2

| RD1-team09= {{flagicon|EST}} TÜ/Rock

| RD1-score09-1= 105

| RD1-score09-2= 99

| RD1-seed10= 15

| RD1-team10= {{flagicon|KAZ}} Barsy Atyrau

| RD1-score10-1= 77

| RD1-score10-2= 74

| RD1-seed11= 7

| RD1-team11= {{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja/Triobet

| RD1-score11-1= 74

| RD1-score11-2= 93

| RD1-seed12= 10

| RD1-team12= {{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere Tarvas

| RD1-score12-1= 50

| RD1-score12-2= 87

| RD1-seed13= 3

| RD1-team13= {{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės

| RD1-score13-1=110

| RD1-score13-2= 93

| RD1-seed14= 14

| RD1-team14= {{flagicon|LAT}} Barons/LDz

| RD1-score14-1=84

| RD1-score14-2= 93

| RD1-seed15= 6

| RD1-team15= {{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO

| RD1-score15-1= 84

| RD1-score15-2= 87

| RD1-seed16= 11

| RD1-team16= {{flagicon|EST}} TLÜ/Kalev

| RD1-score16-1= 66

| RD1-score16-2= 68

| RD2-seed01= 1

| RD2-team01= {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| RD2-score01-1= 73

| RD2-score01-2= 91

| RD2-seed02= 8

| RD2-team02= {{flagicon|LAT}} Jēkabpils

| RD2-score02-1= 64

| RD2-score02-2= 93

| RD2-seed03= 13

| RD2-team03= {{flagicon|LTU}} Nevėžis

| RD2-score03-1= 61

| RD2-score03-2= 59

| RD2-seed04= 5

| RD2-team04= {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis

| RD2-score04-1= 84

| RD2-score04-2= 64

| RD2-seed05= 2

| RD2-team05= {{flagicon|EST}} TÜ/Rock

| RD2-score05-1= 93

| RD2-score05-2= 80

| RD2-seed06= 7

| RD2-team06= {{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja/Triobet

| RD2-score06-1= 66

| RD2-score06-2= 76

| RD2-seed07= 3

| RD2-team07= {{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės

| RD2-score07-1= 71

| RD2-score07-2= 78

| RD2-seed08= 6

| RD2-team08= {{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO

| RD2-score08-1= 81

| RD2-score08-2= 80

| RD3-seed01= 1

| RD3-team01= {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| RD3-score01-1= 77

| RD3-score01-2= 91

| RD3-seed02= 5

| RD3-team02= {{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis

| RD3-score02-1= 67

| RD3-score02-2= 79

| RD3-seed03= 2

| RD3-team03= {{flagicon|EST}} TÜ/Rock

| RD3-score03-1= 68

| RD3-score03-2= 75

| RD3-seed04= 6

| RD3-team04= {{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO

| RD3-score04-1= 64

| RD3-score04-2= 68

| RD4-seed01= 1

| RD4-team01= {{flagicon|LTU}} Šiauliai

| RD4-score01-1= 74

| RD4-score01-2=102

| RD4-seed02= 2

| RD4-team02= {{flagicon|EST}} TÜ/Rock

| RD4-score02-1= 81

| RD4-score02-2=76

}}

{{2TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=score|nowrap

| RD1=Third place series
March 30–April 5

| RD1-seed1=5

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis

| RD1-score1-1= 74

| RD1-score1-2= 86

| RD1-seed2=6

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|LAT}} Valmiera/ORDO

| RD1-score2-1= 90

| RD1-score2-2= 64

}}

Player statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

=Points=

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Rank

!width=200|Player

!width=200|Team

!width=50|Games

!width=75|Points

!width=50|Average

1align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Warrenalign="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam717925.57
2align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Johnny Berhanemeskelalign="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} TLÜ/Kalev1426418.86
3align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Reinis Strupovičsalign="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere Tarvas1017517.50
4align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Burwellalign="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Barsy Atyrau1321916.85
5align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Kris Richardalign="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja/Triobet1525216.80

=Assists=

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Rank

!width=200|Player

!width=200|Team

!width=50|Games

!width=75|Assists

!width=50|Average

1align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Rait-Riivo Laanealign="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} TTÜ12796.58
2align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Rinalds Sirsniņšalign="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Jēkabpils13755.77
3align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Miljan Pavkovićalign="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Lietkabelis13755.62
4align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Edgars Jeromanovsalign="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Jūrmala/Fēnikss14745.29
5align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Derrick Lowalign="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės4215.25

=Rebounds=

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Rank

!width=200|Player

!width=200|Team

!width=50|Games

!width=75|Rebounds

!width=50|Average

1align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Stephen Zackalign="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Liepāja/Triobet1213211.00
2align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Ronaldas Rutkauskasalign="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Jēkabpils131219.31
3align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Hippalign="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Barons/LDz11988.91
4align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} William Artinoalign="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} AVIS Rapla121068.83
5align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} David Haughtonalign="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Rakvere Tarvas141228.71

=Efficiency=

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Rank

!width=200|Name

!width=200|Team

!width=50|Games

!width=75|Efficiency

!width=50|Average

1align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Giedrius Staniulisalign="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Pieno žvaigždės36521.67
2align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Warrenalign="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam714721.00
3align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Paulius Petrilevičiusalign="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam1223119.25
4align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas Šulskisalign="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas1325019.23
5align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Ronaldas Rutkauskasalign="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Jēkabpils1324819.08

Awards

=MVP of the Month=

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! align="center"|Month

! align="center" width=200|Player

! align="center" width=200|Team

! align="center" width=|Ref.

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|October 2015||align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Warren ||align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam || [http://bbl.net/en/news/warren-claims-october-mvp-honors/]

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|November 2015||align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Paulius Petrilevicius ||align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Pärnu Sadam || [http://bbl.net/en/news/petrilevicius-named-november-mvp/]

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|December 2015||align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Laimonas Kisielius ||align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Vytautas || [http://bbl.net/en/news/kisielius-claims-december-mvp-honors/]

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|January 2016||align="left"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Ronaldas Rutkauskas ||align="left"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Jēkabpils ||[http://bbl.net/en/news/rutkauskas-named-january-mvp/]

{{Fb footer|s=[http://www.bbl.net/ BBL Homepage] | u=February 3, 2016|date=February 2016}}

References

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