2016–17 Greek Basket League

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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.

Greek Basket League
Season2016–17
Duration8 October 2016 – 11 June 2017
Number of games206
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)OTE Sport
Nova Sports
Regular season
Season MVPGreece Nick Calathes
RelegatedApollon Patras Carna
Doxa Lefkadas
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos Superfoods (35th title)
  Runners-upOlympiacos
Third placeAEK
Fourth placeAris
Statistical leaders
Points United States Will Cummings 367
Rebounds United States Keith Clanton 240
Assists Greece Nick Calathes 145
Index Rating United States Chris Singleton 544
Records
Biggest home winAris 98–50 Rethymno
(28 January 2017)
Olympiacos 93–45 Kymis
(13 April 2017)
Biggest away winAEK 67–105 Panathinaikos
(22 May 2017)
Highest scoringRethymno 104–97 Promitheas
(3 December 2016)
Winning streak25 games
Panathinaikos Superfoods
Losing streak8 games
Doxa Lefkadas

Teams edit

Promotion and relegation edit

2016–17 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas edit

Club Ap. City Arena Capacity
AEK
60
Marousi, Athens OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[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 19,250[1]
PAOK
60
Pylaia, Thessaloniki PAOK Sports Arena 8,500[4]
Promitheas Patras
1
Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena 4,200
Rethymno Cretan Kings
7
Rethymno Rethymno Indoor Hall 1,600
Trikala Aries
4
Trikala Trikala Indoor Hall 2,500

Personnel and kits edit

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 edit

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 edit

League table edit

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
3 AEK 26 19 7 2055 1834 +221 45 Qualification to quarterfinals
4 Aris 26 15 11 1972 1863 +109 41
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
Source: ESAKE
(R) Relegated

Results edit

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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Positions by round edit

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

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Olympiacos12222221111111111111111111
Panathinaikos Superfoods47333332222222222222222222
AEK21111113333333333333333333
Aris361067677654445454545465454
PAOK810454554445554645454544545
Rethymno Cretan Kings53545445566777778777777666
Kolossos H Hotels101291161166777666566666656777
Lavrio DHI686798111212121212118118781011999988
Promitheas Patras1147887888899101212910998888899
Trikala Aries121181312121011141414131210810111089101010101010
Koroivos141414911141410111010119139119111110111111111211
Kymis Seajets991312101099998889101213131212121212121112
Apollon Patras Carna1313121413131213101111101311131312121313131313131313
Doxa Lefkadas7511101491314131313141414141414141414141414141414
Leader of the Regular season
Qualification to Playoffs
Relegation to A2
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2017. Source: ESAKE

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Awards edit

Season MVP edit

Finals MVP edit

Top scorer edit

Most Popular Player edit

Most Improved Player edit

Most Spectacular Player edit

Best Defender edit

Best Young Player edit

Best Coach edit

All-Greek League First Team[10]
Pos. Player Team
PG    

Nick Calathes (MVP)

Panathinaikos
SG   Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos
SF   Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos
PF   Georgios Printezis Olympiacos
C   Chris Singleton Panathinaikos
All-Greek League Second Team[11]
Pos. Player Team
PG  

Mike James

Panathinaikos
SG   Will Cummings Aris
SF   K. C. Rivers Panathinaikos
PF   Mouhammad Faye Promitheas Patras
C   Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos
All-Greek League Defensive Team[12]
Pos. Player Team
PG     Nick Calathes (Best Defender) Panathinaikos
SG   Vangelis Mantzaris Olympiacos
  Vassilis Xanthopoulos Aris
SF   Kostas Papanikolaou (Best Defender) Olympiacos
PF   James Gist Panathinaikos
C   Khem Birch Olympiacos

Statistics edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Category Player Club
PIR 39   Toddrick Gotcher Koroivos
  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 edit

Weekly MVP edit

Stoiximan.gr MVP of the Week
Date Player Team PIR
1   Dez Wells Doxa Lefkadas 27
2   Matt Lojeski Olympiacos 22
  Mouhammad Faye Promitheas Patras
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
  Dušan Šakota AEK
18   Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (2) Rethymno Cretan Kings 27
19   Kelsey Barlow Trikala Aries 23
  Vlado Janković Aris
20   Keith Clanton PAOK 29
  Toddrick Gotcher (2) Koroivos
  Trevor Releford Kolossos H Hotels
21   Sean Evans Lavrio DHI 26
  Vassilis Kavvadas Aris
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)

Clubs in international competitions edit

Team Competition Result
Olympiacos EuroLeague Final Four, 2nd place
Panathinaikos Playoffs, Quarterfinals
AEK Champions League Playoffs, Round of 16
Aris Playoffs, Round of 16
PAOK Playoffs, Round of 16

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Indoor Basketball Arena". OAKA Indoor Hall official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  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.
  5. ^ "First round schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.
  6. ^ "Quarterfinals schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.
  7. ^ "Semifinals schedule (first part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.
  8. ^ "Semifinals schedule (second part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.
  9. ^ a b "Finals and third place series schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.
  10. ^ Η καλύτερη πεντάδα της STOIXIMAN.GR Basket League για την σεζόν 2016-17 (in Greek).
  11. ^ Η καλύτερη πεντάδα της STOIXIMAN.GR Basket League για την σεζόν 2016-17 (in Greek).
  12. ^ "Καλύτερος αμυντικός και φέτος ο Καλάθης!". Eurohoops (in Greek). 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2023-03-02.

External links edit