2015–16 NBL Canada season
| 2015–16 NBL Canada season | |
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| League | National Basketball League of Canada |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | December 26, 2015 – April 30, 2016 |
| Number of games | 160 (40 per team) |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Total attendance | 187,939 through 94 Games (1,999 per game) |
| TV partner(s) |
EastLink TV, The Score, Rogers Media |
| Draft | |
| Top draft pick | Erik Copes |
| Picked by | Niagara River Lions |
| Regular Season | |
| Top seed | Halifax Hurricanes |
| Top scorer | Logan Stutz (Niagara River Lions) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Halifax Hurricanes |
| Runners-up | London Lightning |
The 2015–16 NBL Canada season is the fifth season of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). The regular season began on December 26, 2015 and concluded on April 30, 2016. There were 40 total games played by each team, eight more than the previous year. The new expansion Niagara River Lions team are competing in their first season. The Halifax Hurricanes also began play, replacing the defunct Halifax Rainmen. During the offseason, the Mississauga Power folded to make way for Raptors 905 of the NBA Development League. Prior to the season, the league also enforced new policies to help improve its standard, including rules regarding sportsmanship, addressing the brawl that ended the 2015 NBL Canada Finals. The first regular season game featured the Island Storm and the Saint John Mill Rats.
On October 23, 2015, Raptors 905 of the NBA D-League, who replaced the Mississauga Power earlier in the offseason, announced that they would be facing two NBL Canada teams—the Windsor Express and London Lightning—in their three-game preseason schedule. The team would visit the WFCU Centre to face the Express on the road and compete with the Lightning at their home arena, the Hershey Centre. On November 5, Raptors 905 defeated the Express, 117–114. Adrian Moss, who scored 38 points, helped Windsor make a comeback after facing an 18-point deficit at halftime. Raptors 905 picked up another win over the Lightning on November 9, after pulling off a 126–111 victory. Tyshawn Patterson, a draft combine addition, led London with 26 points. The Windsor Express played another preseason game against the Lima Express of the Midwest Professional Basketball Association (MPBA) on December 13 at the St. Clair College SportsPlex in Windsor, pulling off the 108–82 win. Maurice Bolden led Windsor with 24 points while Lima's Jody Hill put up a game-high 26 points.
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