2016–17 Greek Basket League

	Leader of the Regular season
	Qualification to Playoffs
	Relegation to A2

Greek Basket League
Competition details
Season	2016–17
Teams	14
Games played	206
Dates	8 October 2016 – 11 June 2017
TV	OTE Sport; Nova Sports
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos Superfoods (35th title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Third place	AEK
Fourth place	Aris
Relegated	Apollon Patras Carna; Doxa Lefkadas
Major awards
MVP	Nick Calathes
Statistical leaders
Index Rating	Chris Singleton 16.0
Points	Will Cummings 14.5
Rebounds	Keith Clanton 9.5
Assists	Nick Calathes 5.3
Records
Biggest home win	Aris 98–50 Rethymno; (28 January 2017); Olympiacos 93–45 Kymis; (13 April 2017)
Biggest away win	AEK 67–105 Panathinaikos; (22 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Rethymno 104–97 Promitheas; (3 December 2016)
Winning streak	25 games; Panathinaikos Superfoods
Losing streak	8 games; Doxa Lefkadas
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Greek Basket League was the 77th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on 8 October 2016, and ended on 11 June 2017. Panathinaikos Superfoods won its 35th title in club history, after beating Olympiacos 3–2 in the Finals.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Nea Kifissia, Arkadikos, and Kavala were relegated after the 2015–16 Greek Basket League.
Kymis Seajets, Promitheas Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were promoted from the 2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League.

Athens

Athens teams
AEK
Panathinaikos

Trikala

Lavrio

2016–17 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

Club	Ap.	City	Arena	Capacity
AEK	60	Marousi, Athens	OAKA Indoor Hall	18,500[1]
Apollon Patras Carna	32	Patras	Apollon Patras Indoor Hall	3,500
Aris	63	Thessaloniki	Alexandrio Melathron	5,138
Doxa Lefkadas	1	Lefkada City	Lefkada Indoor Hall	1,200
Kolossos H Hotels	11	Rhodes City	Venetoklio Indoor Hall	1,242[2]
Koroivos	3	Amaliada	Amaliada Indoor Hall	2,000
Kymis Seajets	1	Kymi	Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall (Chalcis)	1,620
Lavrio DHI	2	Lavrio	Lavrio Indoor Hall	1,700
Olympiacos	64	Piraeus, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium	12,000[3]
Panathinaikos Superfoods	67	Marousi, Athens	OAKA Indoor Hall	18,500[1]
PAOK	60	Pylaia, Thessaloniki	PAOK Sports Arena	8,162[4]
Promitheas Patras	1	Patras	Dimitris Tofalos Arena	4,150
Rethymno Cretan Kings	7	Rethymno	Rethymno Indoor Hall	1,600
Trikala Aries	4	Trikala	Trikala Indoor Hall	2,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Head Coach	Team Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AEK	Sotiris Manolopoulos	Dušan Šakota	Fila	OPAP
Apollon Patras Carna	Kostas Mexas	Dimitrios Verginis	ASICS / Macron	Loux
Aris	Dimitris Priftis	Spyros Mourtos	NG6
Doxa Lefkadas	Charis Markopoulos	Dimitris Tsaldaris	Spalding	Cava Katopodis
Kolossos H Hotels	Aris Lykogiannis	Ioannis Georgalis	Fila	Aegean Airlines
Koroivos	Dinos Kalampakos	Antonis Michaloglou	Nickan	Loux
Kymis Seajets	Vassilis Bratsiakos	Stavros Toutziarakis	Erreà	Seajets
Lavrio DHI	Christos Serelis	Sakis Giannakopoulos	Nickan	Naprosyn
Olympiacos	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Vassilis Spanoulis	Nike	OPAP
Panathinaikos Superfoods	Xavi Pascual	Nick Calathes	Adidas	OPAP
PAOK	Soulis Markopoulos	Vangelis Margaritis	Athlos	OPAP
Promitheas Patras	Vangelis Angelou	Vassilis Giannikopoulos	Spalding	Loux
Rethymno Cretan Kings	Nikos Vetoulas	Charis Giannopoulos	Nickan	OPAP
Trikala Aries	Ioannis Kastritis	Sotirios Manolopoulos	CAP	Olympos

European competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Olympiacos	EuroLeague	Runners-up
Panathinaikos Superfoods	EuroLeague	Playoffs
AEK	Champions League	Round of 16
Aris	Champions League	Round of 16
PAOK	Champions League	Round of 16

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	26	25	1	2096	1650	+446	51	Qualification to semifinals
2	Panathinaikos Superfoods	26	25	1	2206	1706	+500	51	Qualification to semifinals
3	AEK	26	19	7	2055	1834	+221	45	Qualification to quarterfinals
4	Aris	26	15	11	1972	1863	+109	41	Qualification to quarterfinals
5	PAOK	26	14	12	1972	2009	−37	40	Qualification to first round
6	Rethymno Cretan Kings	26	13	13	1953	2008	−55	39
7	Kolossos H Hotels	26	13	13	1866	1887	−21	39
8	Lavrio DHI	26	11	15	1894	1956	−62	37
9	Promitheas Patras	26	10	16	1857	1930	−73	36
10	Trikala Aries	26	10	16	1817	1959	−142	36
11	Koroivos	26	8	18	1881	2154	−273	34
12	Kymis Seajets	26	8	18	1821	2022	−201	34
13	Apollon Patras Carna (R)	26	7	19	1799	1959	−160	33	Relegation to Greek A2 League
14	Doxa Lefkadas (R)	26	4	22	1780	2032	−252	30	Relegation to Greek A2 League

Source: ESAKE
(R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APO	ARIS	DOX	KOL	KOR	KYM	LAV	OLY	PAO	PAOK	PRO	RET	TRI
AEK	—	88–69	81–61	84–60	82–81	89–75	71–65	96–56	63–70	87–106	77–71	76–60	80–62	87–82
Apollon Patras Carna	59–77	—	64–79	74–65	83–67	92–66	75–60	72–61	70–87	74–97	88–79	53–67	86–78	68–73
Aris	81–77	79–70	—	78–70	84–60	100–79	85–72	98–77	63–70	59–71	62–66	80–64	98–50	75–65
Doxa Lefkadas	64–68	75–70	69–79	—	61–62	65–69	84–81	63–64	94–95	46–73	84–78	73–79	67–80	72–80
Kolossos H Hotels	86–73	71–59	85–84	77–60	—	90–88	64–54	63–79	59–70	73–82	73–68	76–59	66–74	73–53
Koroivos	63–89	71–67	94–99	74–71	66–86	—	94–64	89–86	66–88	55–76	80–82	66–62	67–78	87–76
Kymis Seajets	55–81	76–70	77–80	97–65	74–64	93–70	—	81–86	72–90	54–77	93–82	77–66	73–62	78–67
Lavrio DHI	84–87	79–65	75–70	80–60	65–67	93–63	75–69	—	64–80	60–84	63–73	74–77	73–62	86–56
Olympiacos	78–67	83–55	69–55	84–60	75–67	85–62	93–48	84–52	—	88–63	84–59	90–63	83–58	79–61
Panathinaikos Superfoods	77–68	96–59	70–54	90–61	80–65	96–65	92–52	85–64	72–59	—	102–58	81–71	116–83	93–63
PAOK	71–78	84–83	62–58	84–67	85–73	75–66	88–71	85–80	84–89	68–72	—	78–75	77–75	97–86
Promitheas Patras	67–86	65–58	79–89	78–70	78–68	79–81	81–57	64–61	53–72	69–72	73–75	—	80–84	84–67
Rethymno Cretan Kings	72–65	71–56	69–60	80–86	77–83	101–70	84–73	88–79	63–70	74–101	73–70	104–97	—	84–56
Trikala Aries	59–78	65–60	78–62	74–68	74–67	72–55	76–58	75–78	60–81	77–82	84–73	62–67	76–67	—

Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Olympiacos	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Panathinaikos Superfoods	4	7	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
AEK	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Aris	3	6	10	6	7	6	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	4
PAOK	8	10	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	6	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	5
Rethymno Cretan Kings	5	3	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Kolossos H Hotels	10	12	9	11	6	11	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	7
Lavrio DHI	6	8	6	7	9	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	11	8	7	8	10	11	9	9	9	9	8	8
Promitheas Patras	11	4	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Trikala Aries	12	11	8	13	12	12	10	11	14	14	14	13	12	10	8	10	11	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Koroivos	14	14	14	9	11	14	14	10	11	10	10	11	9	13	9	11	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	11
Kymis Seajets	9	9	13	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Apollon Patras Carna	13	13	12	14	13	13	12	13	10	11	11	10	13	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Doxa Lefkadas	7	5	11	10	14	9	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2017. Source: ESAKE

Playoffs

Bracket

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.

First Round 19–26 April		Quarterfinals 29 April–4 May		Semifinals 10-22 May		Finals 28 May–11 June












				1 Olympiacos	3

				4 Aris	0
5 PAOK	2

8 Lavrio DHI	0
		4 Aris	2

		5 PAOK	0



						1 Olympiacos	2

						2 Panathinaikos Superfoods	3



		3 AEK	2

		6 Rethymno Cretan Kings	0
6 Rethymno Cretan Kings	2

7 Kolossos H Hotels	1
				2 Panathinaikos Superfoods	3

				3 AEK	1	Third Place



						3 AEK	3

						4 Aris	0

First Round

In the first round, the teams that finished in places 5 to 8 of the regular season standings, playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, plays the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.[5]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
PAOK	2–0	Lavrio DHI	82–65	78–68	—
Rethymno Cretan Kings	2–1	Kolossos H Hotels	84–71	73–78	69–55

Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.[6]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Aris	2–0	PAOK	69–65	75–84	—
AEK	2–0	Rethymno Cretan Kings	90–78	81–70	—

Semifinals

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.[7][8]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Olympiacos	3–0	Aris	84–54	84–77	79–65	—	—
Panathinaikos Superfoods	3–1	AEK	80–70	70–71	81–72	105–67	—

Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.[9]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
AEK	3–0	Aris	90–74	91–85	71–60	—	—

Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.[9]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Olympiacos	2–3	Panathinaikos Superfoods	63–58	80–84	64–62	58–71	51–66

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or Relegation
1	Panathinaikos	35	31	4	Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract
2	Olympiacos	34	30	4
3	AEK	35	25	10	Qualification to the Champions League regular season *AEK declined EuroCup participation.
4	Aris	34	17	17
5	PAOK	30	16	14
6	Rethymno Cretan Kings	31	15	16
7	Kolossos Rodou	29	14	15
8	Lavrio	28	11	17
9	Promitheas Patras	26	10	16
10	Trikala Aries	26	10	16
11	Koroivos	26	8	18
12	Kymis Seajets	26	8	18
13	Apollon Patras	26	7	19	Relegation to the Greek A2 League
14	Doxa Lefkadas	26	4	22	Relegation to the Greek A2 League

Statistics

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 and playoffs combined.

Performance Index Rating


Pos	Player	Club	Total PIR
1	Chris Singleton	Panathinaikos Superfoods	544
2	Ioannis Bourousis	Panathinaikos Superfoods	531
3	Keith Clanton	PAOK	478
4	Will Cummings	Aris	426
5	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos Superfoods	420

Points


Pos	Player	Club	Total Points
1	Will Cummings	Aris	450
2	Robert Arnold	Rethymno Cretan Kings	381
3	Toarlyn Fitzpatrick	Rethymno Cretan Kings	377
4	Ioannis Bourousis	Panathinaikos Superfoods	373
5	Chris Singleton	Panathinaikos Superfoods	369

Rebounds


Pos	Player	Club	Total Rebounds
1	Keith Clanton	PAOK	286
2	Chris Singleton	Panathinaikos Superfoods	217
3	Toarlyn Fitzpatrick	Rethymno Cretan Kings	209
4	Ioannis Bourousis	Panathinaikos Superfoods	196
5	Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	Kolossos H Hotels	168

Assists


Pos	Player	Club	Total Assists
1	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos Superfoods	187
2	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	144
3	Gary Talton	Rethymno Cretan Kings	135
4	Roko Ukić	AEK	121
5	Langston Hall	Kolossos H Hotels	120

Source widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake

Season highs

Category		Player	Club
PIR	39	Toddrick Gotcher	Koroivos
PIR	39	Michael Jenkins	Aris
Points	29	Toddrick Gotcher	Koroivos
		Brandon Young	Lavrio DHI
		Michael Jenkins	Aris
		Jordan Morgan	Kymis Seajets
Rebounds	17	Toarlyn Fitzpatrick	Rethymno Cretan Kings
Assists	13	Nenad Miljenović	PAOK

Awards

Weekly MVP

*Stoiximan.gr* MVP of the Week
Date	Player	Team	PIR
1	Dez Wells	Doxa Lefkadas	27
2	Matt Lojeski	Olympiacos	22
2	Mouhammad Faye	Promitheas Patras	22
3	Tyler Kalinoski	Apollon Patras Carna	32
4	Michael Jenkins	Aris	32
5	Jordan Morgan	Kymis Seajets	33
6	Ioannis Bourousis	Panathinaikos Superfoods	31
7	Chris Singleton	Panathinaikos Superfoods	28
8	Jordan Sibert	PAOK	26
9	Dejan Kravić	Rethymno Cretan Kings	31
10	Toddrick Gotcher	Koroivos	39
11	Matt Lojeski (2)	Olympiacos	33
12	Ioannis Bourousis (2)	Panathinaikos Superfoods	32
13	Ioannis Psathas	Doxa Lefkadas	37
14	Ioannis Bourousis (3)	Panathinaikos Superfoods	28
15	K. C. Rivers	Panathinaikos Superfoods	32
16	Toarlyn Fitzpatrick	Rethymno Cretan Kings	36
17	Andreja Milutinović	Koroivos	26
17	Dušan Šakota	AEK	26
18	Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (2)	Rethymno Cretan Kings	27
19	Kelsey Barlow	Trikala Aries	23
19	Vlado Janković	Aris	23
20	Keith Clanton	PAOK	29
	Toddrick Gotcher (2)	Koroivos
	Trevor Releford	Kolossos H Hotels
21	Sean Evans	Lavrio DHI	26
21	Vassilis Kavvadas	Aris	26
22	Ioannis Bourousis (4)	Panathinaikos Superfoods	34
23	Chris Singleton (2)	Panathinaikos Superfoods	37
24	Kenny Gabriel	Panathinaikos Superfoods	27
25	Michael Dixon	AEK	26
26	Steve Burtt Jr.	Apollon Patras Carna	38

Source: ESAKE (Greek)

Season awards

Most Valuable Player

Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

Finals Most Valuable Player

Best Young Player

Antonis Koniaris – PAOK

Best Defender

Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

Most Improved Player

Nikola Milutinov – Olympiacos

Most Spectacular Player

Mike James – Panathinaikos

Most Popular Player

Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

Best Coach

Xavi Pascual – Panathinaikos

Best Five

References

"Indoor Basketball Arena". OAKA Indoor Hall official website. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
ΒΕΝΕΤΟΚΛΕΙΟ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ (in Greek). Kolossos Rodou. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
Έτοιμο το ΣΕΦ για τον τελικό Ολυμπιακός-Ραβένα(pics) (in Greek).
"Arena". P.A.O.K. B.C. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
"First round schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.
"Quarterfinals schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.
"Semifinals schedule (first part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.
"Semifinals schedule (second part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.
"Finals and third place series schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.

External links

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

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[2] ΒΕΝΕΤΟΚΛΕΙΟ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ (in Greek). Kolossos Rodou. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

[3] Έτοιμο το ΣΕΦ για τον τελικό Ολυμπιακός-Ραβένα(pics) (in Greek).

[4] "Arena". P.A.O.K. B.C. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

[FR-5] "First round schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.

[QF-6] "Quarterfinals schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.

[SF1-7] "Semifinals schedule (first part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.

[SF2-8] "Semifinals schedule (second part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.

[F-9] "Finals and third place series schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.