2014–15 Greek Basket League

The 2014–15 Greek Basket League was the 75th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece.

Greek Basket League
Duration	October 12, 2014 – June 17, 2015
Games played	182 (regular season) 25 (playoffs)
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	OTE Sport, Nova Sports
Regular season
Top seed	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Sasha Vezenkov
Relegated	Panelefsiniakos Panionios
Finals
Champions	Olympiacos 11th title
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Third place	PAOK
Fourth place	Aris
Finals MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis & Giorgos Printezis
Statistical leaders
Points Sasha Vezenkov 469 Rebounds Mouhammad Faye 221 Assists Vassilis Spanoulis 140 Index Rating Sasha Vezenkov 553
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of June 15, 2015.

The season started on October 12, 2014, and ended June 14, 2015. Olympiacos won the title, after they beat Panathinaikos 3–0 in the Finals.^[1] The season ended on June 17, when PAOK won the third-place series over Aris.

Teams

AEK
AENK
Panathinaikos
Panionios

Aris
PAOK

Rethymno

Apollon

Elefsina

Trikala

Koroivos

KAOD

Kolossos

Olympiacos

Location of teams in 2014–15 Greek Basket League

Club	Position 2013–14	Greek League Arena	Capacity
AEK	1st (A2)	OAKA Indoor Hall, Marousi	19,250
Nea Kifissia	5th	Zirineio Indoor Hall, Kifisia	1,500
Apollon Patras	8th	Apollon Patras Indoor Hall, Patras	3,500
Aris	7th	Alexandrio Melathron, Thessaloniki	5,138[2]
KAOD	6th	Drama Indoor Hall, Drama	1,700
Kolossos	10th	Venetoklio Indoor Hall, Rhodes	1,700
Koroivos	2nd (A2)	Amaliada Indoor Hall, Koroivos	2,000
Olympiacos	2nd	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus	12,000
Panathinaikos	1st	OAKA Indoor Hall, Marousi	19,250
Panelefsiniakos	12th	Elefsina Indoor Hall, Eleusis	1,100
Panionios	4th	Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall, Nea Smyrni	1,832
PAOK	3rd	PAOK Sports Arena, Pylaia	8,500[3]
Rethymno Aegean	9th	Rethymno Indoor Hall, Rethymno	1,600
Trikala	11th	Trikala Indoor Hall, Trikala	2,500

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos[a]	26	25	1	2160	1689	+471	51	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Panathinaikos[a]	26	23	3	2102	1672	+430	49
3	PAOK	26	19	7	1911	1802	+109	45
4	Aris	26	16	10	1886	1847	+39	42
5	AEK	26	15	11	2084	1965	+119	41
6	Rethymno Aegean	26	14	12	1926	1931	−5	40
7	Kolossos Rodou	26	13	13	1893	1956	−63	39
8	Koroivos	26	11	15	1886	1952	−66	37
9	KAOD	26	10	16	1853	1906	−53	36
10	Apollon Patras	26	10	16	1719	1808	−89	36
11	Nea Kifissia	26	9	17	1862	1958	−96	35
12	Trikala Aries	26	8	18	2008	2196	−188	34
13	Panelefsiniakos	26	6	20	1801	2078	−277	32	Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League
14	Panionios	26	3	23	1814	2118	−304	29

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 2015–16 Euroleague

Results

Home \ Away	AEK	APO	ARIS	KAO	KOL	KOR	NEA	OLY	PAO	PNF	PAN	PAOK	RET	TRI
AEK		67–64	93–77	89–79	96–73	76–67	97–73	62–81	62–70	105–80	77–64	85–93	85–77	96–73
Apollon Patras	48–89		76–60	63–67	71–55	77–72	69–65	56–67	71–77	91–82	93–84	80–70	56–71	83–70
Aris	86–75	69–64		78–75	65–77	80–59	83–80	58–69	56–72	79–61	67–63	62–57	68–62	91–60
KAOD	66–77	82–76	70–74		68–72	78–62	67–51	64–82	65–81	76–61	80–69	64–68	91–76	62–57
Kolossos Rodou	65–72	64–63	78–77	84–80		82–75	64–73	64–88	61–81	83–68	70–56	67–69	77–63	77–69
Koroivos	80–67	74–68	73–69	71–69	81–73		79–70	70–87	59–72	73–74	83–74	65–61	72–75	80–58
Nea Kifissia	75–80	63–54	65–79	78–79	73–84	76–83		68–67	66–72	68–67	86–85	60–62	64–74	81–72
Olympiacos	83–77	82–56	84–68	72–62	93–65	79–73	77–63		81–75	104–55	108–65	80–55	80–60	87–72
Panathinaikos	92–58	80–52	76–69	86–55	90–65	79–64	76–66	66–77		91–54	92–61	83–69	79–70	107–76
Panelefsiniakos	81–72	71–72	70–78	83–69	75–69	70–72	68–79	66–102	51–82		68–70	58–69	70–80	77–81
Panionios	78–94	68–71	71–65	72–79	76–92	74–69	89–98	56–73	46–79	94–95		61–65	79–84	60–98
PAOK	73–71	68–46	77–78	72–64	77–72	84–71	78–67	72–88	71–54	69–59	79–65		88–79	105–73
Rethymno Aegean	80–79	88–81	66–69	72–66	70–66	78–66	63–58	54–64	77–94	85–67	75–65	71–79		81–83
Trikala Aries	87–83	83–70	74–81	80–76	87–94	102–93	89–96	87–105	70–96	65–70	78–69	79–81	85–95

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; 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	91	91
	8	Koroivos	52	59
								1	Olympiacos	98	92	74	79
								4	Aris	53	57	84	62
	4	Aris	71	54	79
	5	AEK	69	92	68
																	1	Olympiacos	76	76	93
																	2	Panathinaikos	70	69	74
	2	Panathinaikos	98	73	100
	7	Kolossos Rodou	71	75	70
								2	Panathinaikos	83	75	83					3rd Place
								3	PAOK	58	61	65
	3	PAOK	66	61	75												3	PAOK	67	88	62	77
	6	Rethymno Aegean	59	65	62												4	Aris	60	92	51	71

Finals

Game 1

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

7 June 2015	Olympiacos	76–70	Panathinaikos
19:15	Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 23–17, 22–16, 21–20
	Pts: Sloukas 16, Dunston, Lojeski 13, Printezis 12 Rebs: Dunston 12, Mantzaris, Printezis 6 Asts: Mantzaris 4	Boxscore		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Christodoulou, Karakatsounis, Psarianos

Game 2

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

10 June 2015	Panathinaikos	69–76	Olympiacos
19:15	Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 19–17, 17–16, 19–22
		Boxscore	Pts: Printezis 17, Darden 14, Spanoulis 11 Rebs: Dunston 6, Petway 5 Asts: Mantzaris 6	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Anastopoulos, Piloidis, Mitsopoulos

Game 3

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

14 June 2015	Olympiacos	93–74	Panathinaikos
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 35–27, 24–19, 18–16
	Pts: Spanoulis 23, Printezis 12, Lojeski 11 Rebs: Hunter 7, Printezis 6 Asts: Spanoulis 5	Boxscore		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Gontas, Sxinas, Foufis

Final league standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	35	33	2	2015–16 Euroleague Regular Season
2	Panathinaikos	35	28	7
3	PAOK	36	24	12	2015–16 Eurocup Regular Season
4	Aris	37	20	17
5	AEK	29	16	13
6	Rethymno Aegean	29	15	14
7	Kolossos Rodou	29	14	15
8	Koroivos	28	11	17
9	KAOD	26	10	16
10	Apollon Patras	26	10	16
11	Nea Kifissia	26	9	17
12	Trikala Aries	26	8	18
13	Panelefsiniakos (R)	26	6	20	Relegated to 2015–16 Greek A2 League[a]
14	Panionios (R)	26	3	23

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

1. Panelefsiniakos and Panionios were relegated down to the 3rd-tier level, Greek B Basket League, due to financial problems.

Greek Basket League 2014–15 Champions
Olympiacos 11th title

Awards

Greek League MVP

• Sasha Vezenkov – Aris

Greek League Finals MVP

• Vassilis Spanoulis &
• Giorgos Printezis – Olympiacos

All-Greek League Team

• Kostas Sloukas – Olympiacos
• Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos
• Giorgos Printezis – Olympiacos
• Sasha Vezenkov – Aris
• Loukas Mavrokefalidis – Panathinaikos

Best Coach

• Ioannis Sfairopoulos – Olympiacos

Best Defender

• Bryant Dunston – Olympiacos

Best Young Player

• Sasha Vezenkov – Aris

Most Improved Player

• Sasha Vezenkov – Aris

Most Popular Player

• Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

Statistical leaders

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

Performance Index Rating

Pos.	Player	Club	PIR
1.	Sasha Vezenkov	Aris	553
2.	Dimitris Mavroeidis	Nea Kifissia	514
3.	Mouhammad Faye	Rethymno	449
4.	Esteban Batista	Panathinaikos	385
5.	Pops Mensah-Bonsu	AEK	363

Points

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Points
1.	Sasha Vezenkov	Aris	469
2.	Muhammad El-Amin	Apollon Patras	373
3.	Dimitris Mavroeidis	Nea Kifissia	363
4.	Carl English	AEK	351
5.	Thodoris Zaras	KAOD	331

Rebounds

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Rebounds
1.	Mouhammad Faye	Rethymno	221
2.	Sasha Vezenkov	Aris	201
3.	Dimitris Mavroeidis	Nea Kifissia	196
4.	Toarlyn Fitzpatrick	Apollon Patras	190
5.	Nikola Marković	Panelefsiniakos	169

Assists

Pos	Player	Club	Total Assists
1.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	140
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	133
3.	Vassilis Xanthopoulos	Panionios	129
4.	Vincent Council	Rethymno	122
5.	Justin Ingram	Trikala	128

Source:^[4]

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Olympiacos	EuroLeague	Final Four, 2nd place
Panathinaikos		Playoffs, Quarterfinals
PAOK	EuroCup	Last 32, 4th place

See also

• 2014–15 Greek Basketball Cup
• 2014–15 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier)