2007–08 Greek Basket League

The 2007–08 Greek Basket League season was the 68th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The winner of the championship was Panathinaikos that won Olympiacos in the finals of the championship.

2007–08 Greek Basket League season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	20 October 2007 – 4 June 2008
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Panathinaikos
Season MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis
Top scorer	Anthony Grundy 557 Points (21.4 PPG)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis

Teams

AEK Athens
Aigaleo
Maroussi
Panathinaikos
Panellinios
Panionios

Aris
PAOK

Olympiacos

Olympias

Olympia
AEL 1964

Kolossos

Rethymno

Location of teams in Greek Basket League 2007–08

Club	Home city
AEK Athens	Athens
AEL 1964	Larissa
Aigaleo	Aigaleo, Athens
Aris	Thessaloniki
Kolossos Rodou	Rhodes
Maroussi	Maroussi, Athens
Olympia Larissa	Larissa
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Olympias Patras	Patras
Panathinaikos	Athens
Panellinios	Athens
Panionios	Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK	Thessaloniki
Rethymno	Rethymno

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Total							Home				Away
		Pts	Pld	W	L	F	A	D	W	L	F	A	W	L	F	A
1.	Panathinaikos	49	26	23	3	2319	1857	+462	12	1	1193	939	11	2	1126	918
2.	Olympiacos	48	26	22	4	2208	1835	+373	12	1	1093	834	10	3	1115	1001
3.	Aris	44	26	18	8	1951	1816	+135	10	3	969	862	8	5	982	954
4.	Panionios	40	26	14	12	2022	1935	+87	8	5	1055	936	6	7	967	999
5.	Panellinios	40	26	14	12	2010	1997	+13	8	5	1045	1001	6	7	965	996
6.	Maroussi	39	26	13	13	1930	1934	-4	8	5	980	930	5	8	950	1004
7.	AEK Athens	39	26	13	13	1920	1902	+18	10	3	1025	915	3	10	897	987
8.	Olympia Larissa	38	26	12	14	1834	1856	-22	8	5	952	889	4	9	882	967
9.	Aigaleo	38	26	12	14	2036	2085	-49	8	5	1085	1036	4	9	951	1049
10.	AEL 1964	37	26	11	15	1934	2033	-99	9	4	1033	997	2	11	901	1036
11.	Kolossos Rodou	35	26	9	17	1990	2213	-223	6	7	1002	1067	3	10	988	1146
12.	PAOK	35	26	9	17	1845	1985	-140	7	6	942	940	2	11	903	1045
13.	Rethymno Aegean	35	26	9	17	1836	1922	-86	7	6	920	896	2	11	916	1026
14.	Olympias Patras	29	26	3	23	1793	2258	-465	2	11	947	1145	1	12	846	1113

Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference

	Qualified to League Playoffs
	Relegated to HEBA A2

Results

	AEK	AEL	AIG	ARI	KOL	MAR	OLL	OLP	OLY	PAO	PGS	PAN	PAOK	AGOR
AEK Athens		71-66	77-62	81-70	90-72	76-80	84-66	83-59	77-85	70-66	88-89	72-62	73-64	83-74
AEL 1964	86-78		104-98	69-79	97-76	72-61	75-62	70-60	69-96	77-107	92-88	65-67	74-63	83-62
Aigaleo	78-65	81-71	71-88		71-75	73-72	72-76	102-66	106-112	76-85	87-80	101-99	94-80	73-67
Aris	76-60	72-70		94-67	75-64	72-59	48-58	75-66	75-82	82-75	74-52	71-81	83-73	72-55
Kolossos Rodou	74-79	76-69	67-76	92-89		88-84	68-70	88-77	69-96	65-106	77-90	73-78	80-73	85-80
Maroussi	71-62	90-74	63-71	96-82	84-76		82-69	74-58	66-75	68-79	65-75	72-74	70-57	79-78
Olympia Larissa	71-67	73-75	58-74	75-47	76-66	68-50		96-67	89-92	63-83	58-74	84-73	80-69	61-52
Olympias Patras	68-76	81-75	67-85	80-87	81-107	73-93	67-87		66-103	66-99	68-92	69-70	83-76	78-95
Olympiacos	82-53	84-52	81-61	76-63	106-84	92-73	65-61	100-58		64-82	87-52	100-81	76-66	80-48
Panathinaikos	78-52	94-65	81-76	91-75	105-61	89-93	94-56	108-72	81-77		95-84	84-74	103-73	90-81
Panellinios	77-75	81-95	91-73	80-76	97-77	73-75	80-67	101-75	69-74	67-94		76-74	66-70	87-76
Panionios	90-71	89-60	61-73	71-75	89-65	92-80	75-62	95-67	84-72	78-87	78-60		74-77	79-87
PAOK	64-87	76-66	74-75	71-72	90-79	65-70	79-77	70-64	81-80	68-74	62-58	66-77		76-61
Rethymno Aegean	72-70	68-63	59-70	73-69	85-86	71-60	78-71	51-57	69-71	74-89	65-71	66-57	89-62

Playoffs

This is the outlook for the 2008 Α1 playoffs. Teams in italics have home advantage. Teams in bold advance to the next round. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoffs seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each game.

Play-offs

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals									Finals
	1	Panathinaikos	74	78	–
	8	Olympia Larissa	55	58	–
								1	Panathinaikos	91	80	98	–	–
								4	Panionios	75	76	75	–	–
	4	Panionios	83	95	–
	5	Panellinios	70	80	–
																	1	Panathinaikos	83	55	78	57	90
																	2	Olympiacos	79	71	67	59	76
	2	Olympiacos	92	70	–
	7	AEK Athens	62	68	–
								2	Olympiacos	87	90	85	75	64			EuroLeague Match
								6	Maroussi	61	97	69	86	63
	3	Aris	61	98	79												4	Panionios	60	65	89	96	88
	6	Maroussi	72	95	85												6	Maroussi	67	76	82	84	74

Final standings

Pos	Team
1.	Panathinaikos
2.	Olympiacos
3.	Panionios
4.	Maroussi
5.	Aris
6.	Panellinios
7.	AEK Athens
8.	Olympia Larissa
9.	Aigaleo
10.	AEL 1964
11.	Kolossos Rodou
12.	PAOK
13.	Rethymno Aegean
14.	Olympias Patras

	2008–09 Euroleague Regular Season
	Eurocup 2008–09 Regular Season
	Eurocup 2008–09 Qualification Round
	EuroChallenge 2008–09 Regular season
	Relegation to HEBA A2 2008–09

Greek Basket League 2007–08 Champions
Panathinaikos 29th Title

Awards

Main article: Greek Basket League awards

Greek League MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

Greek League Finals MVP

• Vassilis Spanoulis – Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Team

• Vassilis Spanoulis – Panathinaikos
• Anthony Grundy – Panellinios
• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos
• Jeremiah Massey – Aris
• Giannis Bourousis – Olympiacos

Best Coach

• Soulis Markopoulos– Maroussi

Best Defender

• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

• Ian Vougioukas – Rethymno

Statistical leaders

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

Points

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Points
1.	Anthony Grundy	Panellinios	557
2.	Jeremiah Massey	Aris	450
3.	Billy Keys	A.E.L.	442
4.	J. R. Pinnock	Kolossos	389
5.	Makis Nikolaidis	Aigaleo	384

Rebounds

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Rebounds
1.	K'zell Wesson	AEK	223
2.	Jeremiah Massey	Aris	216
3.	Dragan Ceranic	A.E.L.	193
4.	Giannis Bourousis	Olympiacos	188
5.	Tadas Klimavičius	A.E.L.	168

Assists

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Assists
1.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Panathinaikos	125
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	94
3.	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Panathinaikos	87
4.	Billy Keys	A.E.L.	85
5.	Fanis Koumpouras	Olympia	79

Steals

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Steals
1.	Anthony Grundy	Panellinios	59
2.	Jeremiah Massey	Aris	55
3.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	52
4.	J. R. Pinnock	Kolossos	51
5.	Ibrahim Jaaber	Aigaleo	42

Blocks

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Blocks
1.	Tadas Klimavičius	A.E.L.	38
2.	Yiannis Bourousis	Olympiacos	29
3.	Jeremiah Massey	Aris	24
4.	Ian Vougioukas	Rethymno	22
5.	J. R. Pinnock	Kolossos	19

Source:

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Olympiacos	EuroLeague	Playoffs, Quarter finals
Panathinaikos		Top 16, 3rd place
Aris		Top 16, 4th place
Panionios	ULEB Cup	Top 32, Knockout stage
Panellinios		Regular season, 6th place
Olympia Larissa	FIBA EuroCup	Qualifying round, 3rd place
PAOK		Qualifying round, 4th place
AEK		Second elimination round, Home and away format
Maroussi		Second elimination round, Home and away format
Olympias Patras	Second elimination round, Home and away format

External links

• Official HEBA Site
• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
• A1 League at Sportime magazine (Greek)
• Galanis Sports Data