2016–17 Greek Basket League

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
Season	2016–17
Duration	8 October 2016 – 11 June 2017
Games played	206
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	OTE Sport Nova Sports
Regular season
Season MVP	Nick Calathes
Relegated	Apollon Patras Carna Doxa Lefkadas
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos Superfoods (35th title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Third place	AEK
Fourth place	Aris
Finals MVP	Mike James
Statistical leaders
Points Will Cummings 367 Rebounds Keith Clanton 240 Assists Nick Calathes 145 Index Rating Chris Singleton 421
Records
Biggest home win	Aris 98–50 Rethymno (28 January 2017) Olympiacos 93–45 Kymis (13 April 2017)
Biggest away win	AEK 67–105 Panathinaikos (22 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Rethymno 104–97 Promitheas (3 December 2016)
Winning streak	25 games Panathinaikos Superfoods
Losing streak	8 games Doxa Lefkadas
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

Promotion and relegation

• Nea Kifissia, Arkadikos, and Kavala were relegated after the 2015–16 Greek Basket League.
• Kymis Seajets, Promitheas Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were promoted from the 2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League.

Athens

Athens teams
AEK
Panathinaikos

Aris
PAOK

Rethymno

Apollon

Trikala

Koroivos

Lavrio

Kolossos

Olympiacos

Kymis

Promitheas

Doxa

2016–17 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

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

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

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

League table

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

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

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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Olympiacos	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Panathinaikos Superfoods	4	7	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
AEK	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Aris	3	6	10	6	7	6	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	4
PAOK	8	10	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	6	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	5
Rethymno Cretan Kings	5	3	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Kolossos H Hotels	10	12	9	11	6	11	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	7
Lavrio DHI	6	8	6	7	9	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	11	8	7	8	10	11	9	9	9	9	8	8
Promitheas Patras	11	4	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	12	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Trikala Aries	12	11	8	13	12	12	10	11	14	14	14	13	12	10	8	10	11	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Koroivos	14	14	14	9	11	14	14	10	11	10	10	11	9	13	9	11	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	11
Kymis Seajets	9	9	13	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Apollon Patras Carna	13	13	12	14	13	13	12	13	10	11	11	10	13	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Doxa Lefkadas	7	5	11	10	14	9	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Leader of the Regular season
	Qualification to Playoffs
	Relegation to A2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2017. Source: ESAKE

Playoffs

Main article: 2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs

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.

	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All official awards of the 2016–17 Greek Basket League.

Greek League MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos

Greek League Finals MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
SG	Mike James	Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Team

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos
SG	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Giorgos Printezis	Olympiacos
C	Chris Singleton	Panathinaikos

Best Coach

Pos.	Player	Team
HD	Xavi Pascual	Panathinaikos

Best Defender

Pos.	Player	Team
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PG	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos

Best Young Player

Pos.	Player	Team
SG	Antonis Koniaris	PAOK

Most Improved Player

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos

Most Popular Player

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos

Most Spectacular Player

Pos.	Player	Team
SG	Mike James	Panathinaikos

Statistical leaders

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 combined.

Performance index rating Pos Player Club PIR 1 Chris Singleton Panathinaikos 421 2 Ioannis Bourousis Panathinaikos 399 3 Keith Clanton PAOK 393 4 Will Cummings Aris 374 5 Toarlyn Fitzpatrick Rethymno 368 Points Pos Player Club Total Points 1 Will Cummings Aris 367 2 Kelsey Barlow Trikala 363 3 Toddrick Gotcher Koroivos 335 4 Toarlyn Fitzpatrick Rethymno 328 5 Robert Arnold Rethymno 322 Rebounds Pos Player Club Total Rebounds 1 Keith Clanton PAOK 240 2 Toarlyn Fitzpatrick Rethymno 173 3 Chris Singleton Panathinaikos 158 4 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Kolossos Rodou 153 5 Toddrick Gotcher Koroivos 150 Assists Pos Player Club Total Assists 1 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos 145 2 Shannon Scott Doxa Lefkadas 106 3 Gary Talton Rethymno 105 4 Langston Hall Kolossos Rodou 99 5 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos 98 Source:[10]

Clubs in international competitions

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

• 2016–17 Greek Basketball Cup
• 2016–17 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier)