2012–13 Greek Basket League

Greek Basket League 2012–13 season
LeagueGreek Basket League
SportBasketball
Duration13 October 2012 – 15 June 2013
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season championsOlympiacos
Season MVPGabon Stéphane Lasme
Top scorerGreece Nikos Pappas 441 Points (17.7 PPG)
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos
  Runners-upOlympiacos
Finals MVPGabon Stéphane Lasme
Greek Basket League seasons

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

Teams

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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

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Finals MVP

Top scorer

Most Improved Player

Defensive Player of the Year

Best Young Player

Best Coach

All-Greek League Team
Pos. Player Team
PG Greece Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
SG Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos
Greece Nikos Pappas Panionios
SF Greece Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos
PF Serbia Greece Vlado Janković Panionios
C Gabon Stéphane Lasme (MVP) Panathinaikos
All-Greek League Defensive Team
Pos. Player Team
PG Greece Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos
SG United States James Gist Panathinaikos
SF Greece Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos
PF United States Kyle Hines Olympiacos
C Gabon Stephane Lasme (Best Defender) Panathinaikos

Statistical leaders

Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season.

Category[1] Player Team Total Average
Points Greece Nikos Pappas Panionios 441 17.7
Rebounds United States Kevin Palmer KAOD 216 8.3
Assists Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos 143 5.7
Steals United States Kevin Palmer KAOD 62 2.3
Blocks United States Brent Petway Rethymno Aegean 31 1.2

Clubs in international competitions

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

References

  1. ^ a b Sport24.gr "Φούφη δεν θα φύγεις από εδώ" (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Eurohoops.net Giannakopoulos threatened the refs". Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. ^ Ποινική δίωξη σε Μαρινάκη, Γιαννακόπουλο και Θεοδωρίδη (in Greek).
  4. ^ "Eurohoops.net Greens asking for punishment". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  5. ^ "Eurohoops.net Three months banishment". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-05-14.