2017–18 Greek Basket League

Greek Basket League
Season	2017–18
Duration	7 October 2017 – 12 May 2018 (regular season) 16 May 2018 – 17 June 2018 (playoffs)
Games played	182 (regular season) 22 (playoffs)
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	ERT Cosmote Sport
Regular season
Season MVP	Nick Calathes
Relegated	Koroivos Trikala Aries
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos Superfoods (36th title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Third place	PAOK
Fourth place	Promitheas Patras
Statistical leaders
Points Stefan Moody 15.0 Rebounds Shaquille Goodwin 7.5 Assists Nick Calathes 7.4 Index Rating McKenzie Moore 23.8
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The 2017–18 Greek Basket League was the 78th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on October 7, 2017, and ended on June 17, 2018.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Apollon Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were relegated after the 2016–17 Greek Basket League. Panionios and Gymnastikos Larissas Faros were promoted from the 2016–17 Greek A2 Basket League.

Athens

Athens teams
AEK
Panathinaikos
Panionios

GSL Faros

Aris
PAOK

Rethymno

Trikala

Koroivos

Lavrio

Kolossos

Olympiacos

Kymis

Promitheas

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2017–18 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

Club	City	Arena	Capacity	App.
AEK	Athens (Marousi)	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,250 [1]	61
Aris	Thessaloniki	Alexandrio Melathron	5,138	64
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros	Larissa	Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena	4,000	13
Kolossos	Rhodes City	Venetoklio Indoor Hall	1,242 [2]	12
Koroivos	Amaliada	Amaliada Indoor Hall	2,000	4
Kymis	Kymi	Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall	1,620	2
Lavrio Megabolt	Lavrio	Lavrio Indoor Hall	1,700	3
Olympiacos	Athens (Piraeus)	Peace and Friendship Stadium	12,000 [3]	65
Panathinaikos Superfoods	Athens (Marousi)	OAKA Indoor Hall	19,250 [1]	68
Panionios	Athens (Nea Smyrni)	Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall	1,832	49
PAOK	Thessaloniki (Pylaia)	PAOK Sports Arena	8,500 [4]	61
Promitheas Patras	Patras	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	4,200	2
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Rethymno	Rethymno Indoor Hall	1,600	8
Trikala Aries	Trikala	Trikala Indoor Hall	2,500	5

Personnel and kits

Team	Head Coach	Team Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AEK	/ Dragan Šakota	Dušan Šakota	Fila	OPAP
Aris	Panagiotis Giannakis	Spyros Mourtos	CAP
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros	Thanasis Skourtopoulos	Ioannis Vavatsikos
Kolossos	Aris Lykogiannis	Ioannis Georgalis	Fila	Aegean Airlines
Koroivos	Dinos Kalampakos	Giannis Sachpatzidis	Nickan	Loux
Kymis	Ioannis Kastritis	Sotirios Manolopoulos	Erreà	Seajets
Lavrio Megabolt	Christos Serelis	Sakis Giannakopoulos	Nickan	Naprosyn
Olympiacos	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Vassilis Spanoulis	Nike	OPAP
Panathinaikos Superfoods	Xavi Pascual	Ian Vougioukas	Adidas	OPAP
Panionios	Vangelis Ziagkos	Nikos Michalos	Nickan	Vikos Cola
PAOK	Ilias Papatheodorou	Vangelis Margaritis	Athlos	OPAP
Promitheas Patras	Makis Giatras	Nikos Gkikas	Spalding	Loux
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Nikos Vetoulas	Charis Giannopoulos	Nickan	OPAP
Trikala Aries	Fotis Takianos	Diamantis Slaftsakis	CAP	Olympos

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos Superfoods	26	26	0	2404	1777	+627	52	Advanced to playoffs
2	Olympiacos	26	22	4	2245	1781	+464	48
3	Promitheas Patras	26	17	9	2081	2013	+68	43
4	PAOK	26	17	9	2063	1975	+88	43
5	AEK	26	15	11	2082	2031	+51	41
6	Lavrio Megabolt	26	14	12	2149	2110	+39	40
7	Kymis	26	14	12	2026	2032	−6	40
8	Kolossos H Hotels	26	11	15	1934	1977	−43	37
9	Aris	26	10	16	1754	1869	−115	36
10	Rethymno Cretan Kings	26	10	16	2047	2136	−89	36
11	Gymnastikos Larissas Faros	26	8	18	1927	2190	−263	34
12	Panionios	26	7	19	1876	2078	−202	33
13	Koroivos (R)	26	7	19	1824	2082	−258	33	Relegated to Greek A2 League
14	Trikala Aries (R)	26	4	22	1802	2163	−361	30

Source: ESAKE
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	ARIS	GSL	KOL	KOR	KYM	LAV	OLY	PAO	PAN	PAOK	PRO	RCK	TRI
AEK	—	73–64	106–79	95–79	86–60	82–76	96–86	66–62	74–94	83–73	72–81	75–76	81–74	91–78
Aris	64–62	—	71–60	72–86	66–68	60–73	80–69	55–80	70–88	60–48	65–66	68–64	70–52	82–63
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros	75–86	81–76	—	79–77	82–78	80–91	80–87	83–95	52–89	98–68	101–89	81–89	70–89	77–70
Kolossos H Hotels	82–78	73–67	94–74	—	86–71	68–81	71–77	54–72	71–72	70–62	76–79	70–89	64–63	78–60
Koroivos	75–77	71–55	73–55	79–76	—	59–73	67–91	54–104	49–86	68–67	87–91	78–71	102–97	82–85
Kymis	77–79	94–69	70–71	93–89	62–60	—	94–81	56–85	73–90	95–83	88–85	68–73	82–76	72–63
Lavrio Megabolt	80–72	70–71	77–55	80–62	80–69	78–65	—	68–84	57–111	83–73	90–72	101–87	78–77	117–87
Olympiacos	100–86	86–66	100–69	83–72	97–76	93–78	91–62	—	68–71	87–65	96–77	104–69	90–72	86–51
Panathinaikos Superfoods	115–85	84–63	103–70	87–63	92–57	87–64	120–118	68–61	—	97–53	89–74	96–64	91–69	87–56
Panionios	71–69	81–87	74–66	70–90	70–59	91–92	72–71	73–79	66–89	—	67–81	80–87	96–64	82–76
PAOK	86–65	63–57	91–51	70–56	92–63	94–83	92–87	78–71	74–91	92–74	—	73–79	80–72	58–54
Promitheas Patras	69–66	70–40	91–80	76–80	75–70	93–82	98–87	73–87	91–108	69–58	81–68	—	94–72	88–71
Rethymno Cretan Kings	90–95	80–73	91–84	89–61	95–90	83–73	73–95	66–86	69–103	90–78	73–79	82–78	—	103–67
Trikala Aries	71–82	64–83	65–74	59–86	71–59	60–71	91–79	73–98	66–96	76–81	87–78	68–87	76–86	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2018. Source: ESAKE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs.

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Panathiniakos Superfoods	2
	8	Kolossos Rodou	0
						1	Panathinaikos Superfoods	3
						4	PAOK	0
	4	PAOK	2
	5	AEK	0
											1	Panathinaikos Superfoods	3
											2	Olympiacos	2
	2	Olympiacos	2
	7	Kymis	0
						2	Olympiacos	3			Third place series
						3	Promitheas Patras	0
	3	Promitheas Patras	2								3	Promitheas Patras	0
	6	Lavrio Megabolt	0								4	PAOK	3

Quarterfinals

The higher-seeded team played the first and third leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 16 May, while the second legs were played on 19 May 2018.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Panathinaikos Superfoods	2–0	Kolossos Rodou	96–65	87–69
PAOK	2–0	AEK	78–74	93–88
Olympiacos	2–0	Kymis	78–75	88–67
Promitheas Patras	2–0	Lavrio Megabolt	75–70	79–77

Semifinals

The higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 24 May, while the second legs were played on 26 May 2018.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Panathinaikos Superfoods	3–0	PAOK	92–79	84–67	88–72
Olympiacos	3–0	Promitheas Patras	108–71	89–88	89–56

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Panathinaikos Superfoods	3–2	Olympiacos	65–75	71–66	73–58	76–92	84–70

3rd Place Final

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Promitheas Patras	0–3	PAOK	79–81	61–100	79–91

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or Relegation
1	Panathinaikos	36	34	2	Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract
2	Olympiacos	36	29	7
3	PAOK	34	22	12	Qualification to the Champions League regular season *PAOK, Promitheas Patras, and AEK declined EuroCup participation.
4	Promitheas Patras	34	19	15
5	AEK	28	15	13
6	Lavrio	28	14	14	Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup qualification round.
7	Kymis Seajets	28	14	14
8	Kolossos Rodou	28	11	17
9	Aris	26	10	16	Qualification to the Champions League qualification round, as wild card.
10	Rethymno Cretan Kings	26	10	16
11	Gymnastikos Larissas Faros	26	8	18
12	Panionios	26	7	19
13	Koroivos	26	7	19	Relegation to the Greek A2 League
14	Trikala Aries	26	4	22

Awards

Season MVP

• Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

Finals MVP

• Mike James – Panathinaikos

Top scorer

• Stefan Moody – Rethymno

Most Popular Player

• Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

Most Improved Player

• Christos Saloustros – Promitheas Patras

Most Spectacular Player

• Thanasis Antetokounmpo – Panathinaikos

Defensive Player of the Year

• Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

• Antonis Koniaris – PAOK

Best Coach

• Xavi Pascual – Panathinaikos

All-Greek League First Team [5]
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Nick Calathes MVP	Panathinaikos
SG	Thad McFadden	Kymis
SF	McKenzie Moore	Lavrio
PF	Chris Singleton	Panathinaikos
C	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos

All-Greek League Second Team [6]
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos
SG	Mike James	Panathinaikos
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Michale Kyser	Kymis
C	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos

All-Greek League Defensive Team [7]
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Nick Calathes (Best Defender)	Panathinaikos
SG	McKenzie Moore	Lavrio
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Panathinaikos
C	Michale Kyser	Kymis

Statistical leaders

The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season combined.

Category [8]	Player	Team	Total	Average
Points	Stefan Moody	Rethymno Cretan Kings	391	15.0
Rebounds	Shaquille Goodwin	Rethymno Cretan Kings	187	7.5
Assists	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	182	7.4
Steals	McKenzie Moore	Lavrio	49	2.1
Blocks	Michale Kyser	Kymis Seajets	38	1.9
PIR	McKenzie Moore	Lavrio	548	23.8

Individual game highs

Category [9]	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Stefan Moody	Rethymno Cretan Kings	44
Rebounds	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos	18
Assists	Anthony Hickey	Rethymno Cretan Kings	16
Steals	Vangelis Margaritis	PAOK	6
	McKenzie Moore	Lavrio
Blocks	Michale Kyser	Kymis Seajets	4
PIR	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos	45

Clubs in European-wide competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Olympiacos	EuroLeague	Playoffs
Panathinaikos		Playoffs, Quarterfinals
AEK	FIBA Champions League	Final-4, 1st place
PAOK		Playoffs, Round of 16
Aris		Regular season, 8th place

See also

• 2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup
• 2017–18 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier)

References

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External links

• Official Basket League Site (in Greek)
• Official Basket League Site
• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)