2012–13 Greek Basket League

The 2012–13 Greek Basket League was the 73rd season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece.

Greek Basket League 2012–13 season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	13 October 2012 – 15 June 2013
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Stéphane Lasme
Top scorer	Nikos Pappas 589 Points
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Stéphane Lasme
Greek Basket League seasons
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

 

 

Panathinaikos
Panionios
Ikaros
Ilysiakos
Peristeri

 

Aris
PAOK

 

Rethymno

 

Apollon

 

Elefsina

 

Kavala

 

KAOD

 

Kolossos

 

Olympiacos

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Location of teams in Greek Basket League 2012–13

Club	Home city
Apollon Patras	Patras
Aris	Thessaloniki
Ikaros Kallitheas	Kallithea, Athens
Ilysiakos	Ilisia, Athens
KAOD	Drama, Greece
Kavala	Kavala
Kolossos Rodou	Rhodes
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Panathinaikos	Athens
Panelefsiniakos	Elefsina
Panionios	Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK	Thessaloniki
Peristeri	Peristeri, Athens
Rethymno	Rethymno

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	26	25	1	2278	1744	+534	51	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Panathinaikos	26	22	4	2088	1632	+456	48
3	Panionios	26	20	6	1999	1864	+135	46
4	PAOK	26	17	9	1905	1843	+62	43
5	Rethymno Aegean	26	17	9	1979	1932	+47	43
6	Aris	26	13	13	1824	1870	−46	39
7	Ikaros Kallitheas	26	12	14	1854	1969	−115	38
8	Apollon Patras	26	11	15	1951	1993	−42	37
9	KAOD	26	11	15	2003	2053	−50	37
10	Kolossos Rodou	26	8	18	1838	1971	−133	34
11	Panelefsiniakos	26	7	19	1880	1991	−111	33
12	Ilysiakos	26	7	19	1788	2033	−245	33
13	Peristeri	26	7	19	1785	2079	−294	33	Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League
14	Kavala	26	5	21	1937	2135	−198	31

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	APO	ARIS	IKA	ILY	KAO	KAV	KOL	OLY	PAO	PNF	PAN	PAOK	PER	RET
Apollon Patras		64–53	95–75	94–72	89–92	80–79	78–66	69–88	71–80	68–65	93–99	87–83	86–76	65–75
Aris	68–64		70–60	64–63	85–73	80–79	75–52	68–84	56–71	68–55	60–82	63–72	70–46	71–73
Ikaros Kallitheas	67–65	79–67		86–71	80–74	76–73	86–66	53–97	72–68	85–78	62–86	80–85	66–55	61–66
Ilysiakos	75–69	62–64	66–64		74–76	82–78	49–65	70–81	62–87	66–63	69–75	72–76	66–64	66–72
KAOD	88–101	84–81	76–69	80–83		72–73	74–66	81–91	60–63	101–77	62–64	89–78	87–75	84–80
Kavala	85–67	77–85	82–83	66–68	60–71		66–70	76–94	71–97	68–66	84–87	70–91	84–79	80–82
Kolossos Rodou	67–80	82–99	69–73	71–63	82–76	72–86		72–88	59–67	78–71	65–70	65–70	77–67	82–80
Olympiacos	80–53	100–65	85–63	113–75	103–67	113–62	70–65		72–67	85–60	87–73	89–64	105–57	88–73
Panathinaikos	91–60	81–62	97–72	101–49	87–70	95–73	93–77	60–64		95–68	75–61	71–61	85–60	92–50
Panelefsiniakos	68–69	76–85	78–65	96–84	74–76	87–74	60–68	76–94	59–77		76–72	67–54	75–62	90–80
Panionios	80–78	82–75	82–75	77–62	75–73	88–71	89–77	57–66	63–56	81–73		82–68	79–65	70–86
PAOK	68–61	84–72	71–48	73–69	77–66	81–69	68–63	76–71	61–71	84–78	59–66		83–68	91–85
Peristeri	76–74	57–68	79–88	83–82	78–76	81–72	91–89	78–92	41–76	77–75	69–91	55–63		70–69
Rethymno Aegean	77–71	68–50	68–66	95–68	88–75	88–79	82–73	64–78	58–85	75–69	78–68	66–64	101–76

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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	Olympiacos	77	83	-
	8	Apollon Patras	63	73	-
								1	Olympiacos	77	87	80	–	–
								5	Rethymno Aegean	62	72	67	–	–
	4	PAOK	71	65	–
	5	Rethymno Aegean	75	88	–
																	1	Olympiacos	51	52	0*	–	–
																	2	Panathinaikos	64	63	20*	–	–
	2	Panathinaikos	88	78	–
	7	Ikaros Kallitheas	57	62	–
								2	Panathinaikos	84	81	64	–	–			3rd Place
								3	Panionios	61	55	62	–	–
	3	Panionios	80	66	74												3	Panionios	80	73	71	71	–
	6	Aris	79	75	67												5	Rethymno Aegean	74	74	60	61	–

• The game was stopped with 1:27 left in the fourth quarter due to flares, firecrackers, and objects that were thrown onto the court by Olympiacos fans. At that moment, Panathinaikos led the game by a score of 72–76. The referees stopped the game temporarily, and ordered the fans to exit the arena. However, about 120 Olympiacos fans stayed behind the VIP stands and refused to leave the arena. That led to the referees cancelling the game, and giving a technicality win to Panathinaikos, by a score of 0-20.

2012–13 Greek Basket League Finals

The defending Greek Basket League champions, Olympiacos, finished first in the regular season, and faced their arch-rivals Panathinaikos, in the finals of the playoffs, having home-court advantage. Despite the home court advantage, Panathinaikos won the series 3–0, by performing a "clean sweep", after defeating Olympiacos twice at their home-court. The 3rd game was disrupted by Olympiacos fans throwing flash-grenades at Panathinaikos' bench, when the score was 72–76 with 01:27 left to go in the game.

The match officials decided to stop the game, and have the stadium cleared of all fans. 75 minutes went by, and 100+ Olympiacos fans had still not vacated the stadium, so the game and the series was officially called off. A technicality win of 0-20 was granted to Panathinaikos, despite there still being 01:27 left on the game clock.

The events of the 3rd game of the series, happened after the owner of Panathinaikos, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, and three other men, entered into the referee locker room at the home arena of Panathinaikos, OAKA, during halftime of the 2nd game of the series. Giannakopoulos reportedly told the refs that they would not leave the arena, if they did not change how they were calling the game, with Panathinaikos behind in the score at halftime.^[1][2] Giannkopoulos was later sanctioned by the Greek sports prosecutor for these actions.^[3] Giannakopoulos was then banned from entering into any arenas in Greece by the Greek Committee of Sportsmanship, for a period of 6 months, however, he was placed on 3 years of probation and given a suspended sentence.^[4] He was however, suspended from entering into the arenas at his own team's games, for a period of 3 months time.^[5]

Final league standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos	34	30	4	2013–14 Euroleague Regular Season
2	Olympiacos	34	30	4
3	Panionios	36	25	11	2013–14 Eurocup Regular Season
4	Rethymno Aegean	35	20	15
5	PAOK	28	17	11	2013–14 Eurocup Regular Season
6	Aris	29	14	15
7	Ikaros Kallitheas	28	12	16
8	Apollon Patras	28	11	17
9	KAOD	26	11	15
10	Kolossos Rodou	26	8	18
11	Panelefsiniakos	26	7	19
12	Ilysiakos	26	7	19
13	Peristeri (R)	26	7	19	Relegated to 2013–14 Greek A2 League
14	Kavala (R)	26	5	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Greek Basket League 2012–13 Champions
Panathinaikos 33rd title

Stats leaders

Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season and playoff games.^[6]

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games
1.	Nikos Pappas	Panionios	589	35
2.	Brent Petway	Rethymno	464	35
3.	Vlantimir Giankovits	Panionios	428	35
4.	Errick McCollum	Apollon Patras	423	28
5.	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	410	32

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games
1.	Vlantimir Giankovits	Panionios	228	35
2.	Kevin Palmer	KAOD	216	26
3.	Lazaros Papadopoulos	PAOK	213	26
4.	Mouhammad Faye	Ikaros Kallitheas	210	28
5.	Brent Petway	Rethymno	205	35

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games
1.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	189	33
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	152	30
3.	Nikos Liakopoulos	Elefsina	121	26
4.	Nikos Pappas	Panionios	108	35
5.	Danny Gibson	Ikaros Kallitheas	93	28

Steals

Rank	Name	Team	Steals	Games
1.	Nikos Pappas	Panionios	66	35
2.	Kevin Palmer	KAOD	62	26
3.	Keaton Grant	Apollon Patras	56	28
4.	Errick McCollum	Apollon Patras	46	28
5.	Marcus Hatten	Kolossos	45	25

Blocks

Rank	Name	Team	Blocks	Games
1.	Brent Petway	Rethymno	84	35
2.	Mouhammad Faye	Ikaros Kallitheas	39	28
3.	Stéphane Lasme	Panathinaikos	37	32
4.	Guy-Marc Michel	KAOD	36	26
5.	Larry Turner	Apollon Patras	30	28

Ranking

Main article: Performance Index Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Ranking	Games
1.	Nikos Pappas	Panionios	623	33
2.	Brent Petway	Rethymno	584	30
3.	Vlantimir Giankovits	Panionios	579	35
4.	Kevin Palmer	KAOD	484	35
5.	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	470	25

Economy

Main article: Economy (basketball)

Rank	Name	Team	Economy	Games
1.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	134	33
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	113	30
3.	Brent Petway	Rethymno	99	35
4.	Nikos Pappas	Panionios	94	35
5.	Marcus Hatten	Kolossos	79	25

Awards

Most Valuable Player

•   Stephane Lasme – Panathinaikos

Finals MVP

•   Stéphane Lasme – Panathinaikos

Top scorer

•   Nikos Pappas – Panionios

Most Improved Player

•   Vlado Janković – Panionios

Defensive Player of the Year

•   Stephane Lasme – Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

•     Sasha Vezenkov – Aris

Best Coach

•   Argyris Pedoulakis – Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Team
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SG	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos
	Nikos Pappas	Panionios
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Vlado Janković	Panionios
C	Stéphane Lasme (MVP)	Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Defensive Team
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SG	James Gist	Panathinaikos
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Kyle Hines	Olympiacos
C	Stephane Lasme (Best Defender)	Panathinaikos

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Olympiacos	EuroLeague	Final-4, 1st place
Panathinaikos		Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Panionios	EuroCup	Regular season, 4th place

References

1. Sport24.gr "Φούφη δεν θα φύγεις από εδώ" (in Greek).
2. . Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
3. Ποινική δίωξη σε Μαρινάκη, Γιαννακόπουλο και Θεοδωρίδη (in Greek).
4. . Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
5. . Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
6. "Statistics". Retrieved 14 August 2013.

External links

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