2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs

The 2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs included the top eight place finishing teams of the 2015–16 Greek Basket League regular season.

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.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Olympiacos 2
8 Rethymno Cretan Kings 0
1 Olympiacos 3
4 AEK 0
4 AEK 2
5 PAOK 1
1 Olympiacos 3
2 Panathinaikos 1
2 Panathinaikos 2
7 Kolossos Rodou 0
2 Panathinaikos 3 Third place
3 Aris 2
3 Aris 2 3 Aris 1
6 Nea Kifissia 0 4 AEK 3

Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Olympiacos 2–0 Rethymno Cretan Kings 102–71 77–73
AEK 2–1 PAOK 78–83 68–59 61–54
Panathinaikos 2–0 Kolossos Rodou 91–63 80–71
Aris 2–0 Nea Kifissia 78–60 108–103

Game 1

16 April 2016 Aris 78–60 Nea Kifissia Thessaloniki
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 20–15, 19–13, 26–12
Pts: Waters 18
Rebs: Symtsak 10
Asts: McNeal 7
PIR: McNeal 27
Report Pts: Hogue 14
Rebs: Hogue 8
Asts: Stamatis 4
PIR: Hogue 19
Arena: Nick Galis Hall
Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Petros Papapetrou, Asterios Goumas
16 April 2016 AEK 78–83 PAOK Athens
18:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 17–17, 20–19, 17–31
Pts: Mavrokefalidis 19
Rebs: Mavroeidis 10
Asts: Brown 6
PIR: Brown, Mavrokefalidis 13
Report Pts: Hatcher 21
Rebs: Margaritis 6
Asts: Duvnjak 4
PIR: Hatcher 24
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Spyridon Godas, Ioannis Foufis, Alexandros Psarianos
20 April 2016 Olympiacos 102–71 Rethymno Cretan Kings Piraeus
17:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–21, 31–16, 26–19
Pts: Papanikolaou 21
Rebs: Papanikolaou 7
Asts: Lojeski 6
PIR: Lojeski 27
Report Pts: Stone 19
Rebs: Stone 10
Asts: Harrow 6
PIR: Stone 18
Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Kostas Poursanidis, Georgios Theonas, Stelios Simeonidis
25 April 2016 Panathinaikos 91–63 Kolossos Rodou Athens
17:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 34–14, 15–17, 24–17, 18–15
Pts: Feldeine 20
Rebs: Calathes 9
Asts: Calathes 7
PIR: Calathes 23
Report Pts: Larentzakis 14
Rebs: Larentzakis, McGhee 6
Asts: four players 2
PIR: Larentzakis 13
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Argiris Kaldiris, Vasilis Tsonos, Vaso Tsaroucha

Game 2

23 April 2016 Nea Kifissia 103–108(OT) Aris Kifissia, Athens
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 20–12, 17–27, 16–20Overtime: 22–27
Pts: El-Amin 25
Rebs: Gikas 8
Asts: Kaselakis 3
PIR: Kaselakis 27
Report Pts: Waters 29
Rebs: Cohen 11
Asts: Waters 9
PIR: Waters, White 32
Arena: Zirineio Indoor Hall
Referees: Antonis Anastopoulos, Christos Panagiotou, Dimitris Tzafleris
23 April 2016 PAOK 59–68 AEK Thessaloniki
20:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 12–29, 9–7, 17–15
Pts: Vasileiadis 12
Rebs: Clanton 8
Asts: Vasileiadis 6
PIR: Clanton 14
Report Pts: Milošević 17
Rebs: Mavrokefalidis 12
Asts: Brown 4
PIR: Milošević 25
Arena: P.A.O.K. Sports Arena
Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Kostas Mitsopoulos, Stefanos Maglogiannis
24 April 2016 Rethymno Cretan Kings 73–77 Olympiacos Rethymno, Crete
17:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 20–27, 13–26, 24–11
Pts: Harrow 17
Rebs: Schaftenaar 8
Asts: Carter, Madden 3
PIR: Carter 17
Report Pts: Warrick 17
Rebs: Warrick 6
Asts: Mantzaris 7
PIR: Warrick 18
Arena: Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall
Referees: Nickolaos Somos, Georgios Andrikopoulos, Giannis Pagonis
27 April 2016 Kolossos Rodou 71–80 Panathinaikos Rhodes
17:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 17–27, 21–17, 13–17
Pts: Lewis 14
Rebs: Georgallis 14
Asts: Releford 7
PIR: McGhee 18
Report Pts: Gist 14
Rebs: Gist 10
Asts: Calathes 9
PIR: Gist 23
Arena: Venetokleio Indoor Hall
Referees: Anastasios Manos, Athanasios Deslis, Panagiotis Diamantis

Game 3

27 April 2016 AEK 61–54 PAOK Athens
18:45 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 15–14, 16–12, 16–15
Pts: Mavroeidis 10
Rebs: Mavroeidis 11
Asts: Brown 3
PIR: Mavroeidis 15
Report Pts: Tepić 22
Rebs: Clanton 7
Asts: Hatcher 9
PIR: Tepić 26
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Elias Koromilas, Charalampos Karakatsounis, Konstantinos Stamatopoulos

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games had been played, the games that remained were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place played the first, the second, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Olympiacos 3–0 AEK 93–58 80–67 89–75
Panathinaikos 3–2 Aris 85–79 74–60 68–77 50–56 84–68

Game 1

4 May 2016 Olympiacos 93–58 AEK Piraeus
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 31–16, 18–18, 23–10
Pts: Spanoulis 15
Rebs: Mantzaris, Papanikolaou 5
Asts: Spanoulis 6
PIR: Spanoulis 18
Report Pts: Mavroeidis 15
Rebs: Hairston 6
Asts: Mavrokefalidis 4
PIR: Mavroeidis 20
Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Elias Koromilas, Charalampos Karakatsounis, Alexandros Psarianos
4 May 2016 Panathinaikos 85–79 Aris Athens
20:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 27–20, 21–18, 18–22
Pts: Calathes 21
Rebs: Raduljica 8
Asts: Calathes 8
PIR: Calathes 29
Report Pts: McNeal 22
Rebs: McNeal 10
Asts: Waters 7
PIR: McNeal 21
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Kostas Mitsopoulos, Dimitris Mpitis

Game 2

6 May 2016 Panathinaikos 74–60 Aris Athens
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 13–10, 21–20, 16–17
Pts: Calathes, Williams 12
Rebs: Fotsis 6
Asts: Calathes 7
PIR: Calathes 20
Report Pts: Waters 15
Rebs: White 11
Asts: Waters 3
PIR: White 17
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Chrysostomos Schinas, Nickolaos Somos, Christos Panagiotou
6 May 2016 Olympiacos 80–67 AEK Piraeus
20:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 21–7, 17–16, 19–22
Pts: Lojeski 17
Rebs: Warrick 7
Asts: Spanoulis 9
PIR: Lojeski 23
Report Pts: Mavroeidis 16
Rebs: Mavroeidis 10
Asts: Milošević 4
PIR: Mavroeidis 24
Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Georgios Poursanidis, Konstantinos Stamatopoulos

Game 3

9 May 2016 Aris 77–68 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 19–15, 17–14, 18–17
Pts: McNeal, Waters 21
Rebs: Mourtos, Symtsak 6
Asts: Waters 4
PIR: Waters 19
Report Pts: Raduljica, Williams 14
Rebs: Charalampopoulos 10
Asts: Diamantidis 5
PIR: Williams 16
Arena: Nick Galis Hall
Referees: Spyridon Godas, Petros Papapetrou, Dimitris Tzafleris
10 May 2016 AEK 75–89 Olympiacos Athens
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 20–13, 20–24, 14–34
Pts: Brown 17
Rebs: Mavroeidis, Milošević 6
Asts: Brown 5
PIR: Brown 19
Report Pts: Hackett 18
Rebs: Hunter 7
Asts: Hackett 5
PIR: Hackett 22
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Panagiotis Anastasopoulos, Ioannis Foufis, Asterios Goumas

Game 4

11 May 2016 Aris 56–50 Panathinaikos Thessaloniki
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 11–17, 19–5, 18–16
Pts: McNeal 16
Rebs: White 14
Asts: Waters 5
PIR: White 25
Report Pts: Williams 19
Rebs: Hunter 11
Asts: Calathes
PIR: Williams 16
Arena: Nick Galis Hall
Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Kostas Mitsopoulos, Athanasios Deslis

Game 5

14 May 2016 Panathinaikos 84–68 Aris Athens
18:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 16–14, 17–20, 27–20
Pts: Feldeine 23
Rebs: Calathes, Feldeine, Gist 5
Asts: Feldeine 4
PIR: Feldeine 30
Report Pts: McNeal 18
Rebs: Mourtos 11
Asts: Waters 4
PIR: White 19
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Elias Koromilas, Georgios Poursanidis, Anastasios Manos

Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Aris 1–3 AEK 67–77 84–89 74–69 81–89

Game 1

18 May 2016 Aris 67–77 AEK Thessaloniki
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 20–15, 14–22, 10–27
Pts: White 15
Rebs: White 8
Asts: Waters 4
PIR: White 18
Report Pts: Brown 20
Rebs: Milošević 9
Asts: Brown 4
PIR: Milošević 19
Arena: Nick Galis Hall
Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Charalampos Karakatsounis, Nickolaos Somas

Game 2

21 May 2016 AEK 89–84 Aris Athens
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 24–21, 20–26, 21–23
Pts: Šakota 22
Rebs: Carter 7
Asts: Brown 5
PIR: Šakota 26
Report Pts: Zaras 22
Rebs: White 7
Asts: Waters 7
PIR: White 24
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Spyridon Godas, Ioannis Foufis, Dimitris Mpitis

Game 3

25 May 2016 Aris 74–69 AEK Thessaloniki
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 14–18, 19–18, 25–15
Pts: Symtsak 22
Rebs: Symtsak 10
Asts: McNeal 8
PIR: Symtsak 25
Report Pts: Carter 18
Rebs: Milošević 13
Asts: Hairston, Milošević 3
PIR: Hairston 24
Arena: Nick Galis Hall
Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Chrysostomos Schinas, Konstantinos Stamatopoulos

Game 4

28 May 2016 AEK 89–81 Aris Athens
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 21–21, 30–25, 16–17
Pts: Hairston 24
Rebs: Milošević 8
Asts: Hairston 5
PIR: Hairston 34
Report Pts: Waters 17
Rebs: White 7
Asts: Xanthopoulos 4
PIR: White 18
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Charalampos Karakatsounis, Petros Papapetrou

Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Olympiacos 3–1 Panathinaikos 81–83 68–66 77–72 82–81

Game 2

22 May 2016 Panathinaikos 66–68 Olympiacos Athens
19:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 17–21, 15–18, 20–18
Pts: Pappas 12
Rebs: Calathes 7
Asts: Calathes 6
PIR: Pappas 16
Report Pts: Printezis 20
Rebs: Printezis 9
Asts: Lojeski 5
PIR: Printezis 24
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Antonis Anastopoulos, Elias Koromilas, Anastasios Manos

Game 3

26 May 2016 Olympiacos 77–72 Panathinaikos Piraeus
19:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 24–23, 16–18, 20–10
Pts: Spanoulis 22
Rebs: Printezis 7
Asts: Hackett 3
PIR: Hackett 16
Report Pts: Feldeine 17
Rebs: Calathes, Fotsis, Papagiannis 5
Asts: Calathes, Diamantidis, Feldeine 3
PIR: Calathes, Diamantidis 14
Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Charalampos Karakatsounis, Christos Panagiotou

Game 4

30 May 2016 Panathinaikos 81–82(OT) Olympiacos Athens
19:30 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 19–12, 15–21, 13–11, Overtime: 18–19
Pts: Pappas 16
Rebs: Pappas 9
Asts: Diamantidis 6
PIR: Diamantidis 24
Report Pts: Spanoulis 25
Rebs: Agravanis 9
Asts: Spanoulis 6
PIR: Agravanis, Hunter 18
Arena: O.A.C.A.
Referees: Christos Christodoulou, Chrysostomos Schinas, Kostas Mitsopoulos