2010–11 Greek Basket League

The 2010–11 Greek Basket League was the 71st season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The 182-game regular season (26 games for each of the 14 teams) began on Saturday, October 4, 2010, and ended on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The league's playoffs ended on June 8, 2011.

2010–11 Greek Basket League season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	4 October 2010 – 8 June 2011
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis
Top scorer	Rawle Marshall 448 Points (17.2 PPG)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis & Mike Batiste

Teams

AEK Athens
Ilysiakos
Maroussi
Panathinaikos
Panionios
Peristeri
Ikaros

Aris
PAOK
Iraklis

Olympiacos

Kolossos

Kavala

Panellinios

Location of teams in Greek Basket League 2010–11

Club	Home city
AEK Athens	Athens
Aris	Thessaloniki
Ikaros Kallitheas	Kallithea, Athens
Ilysiakos	Ilisia, Athens
Iraklis	Thessaloniki
Kavala	Kavala
Kolossos Rodou	Rhodes
Maroussi	Maroussi, Athens
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Panathinaikos	Athens
Panellinios	Lamia (temporarily)
Panionios	Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK	Thessaloniki
Peristeri	Peristeri, Athens

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Total							Home		Away
		Pts	Pld	W	L	F	A	D	W	L	W	L
1.	Olympiacos	52	26	26	0	2221	1699	+552	13	0	13	0
2.	Panathinaikos	50	26	24	2	2368	1658	+710	12	1	12	1
3.	PAOK	42	26	16	10	1900	1846	+54	10	3	6	7
4.	Aris	40	26	14	12	2006	2001	+5	9	4	5	8
5.	Maroussi	39	26	13	13	1871	2035	−164	9	4	4	9
6.	Kavala	38	26	12	14	1889	1986	−97	9	4	3	10
7.	Peristeri	38	26	12	14	1755	1813	−58	9	4	3	10
8.	Kolossos Rodou	38	26	12	14	1798	1834	−36	8	5	4	9
9.	Panionios	38	26	12	14	1866	1947	−81	7	6	5	8
10.	Ikaros Kallitheas	36	26	10	16	1807	2013	−206	8	5	2	11
11.	Ilysiakos	35	26	9	17	1882	1934	−52	7	6	2	11
12.	Panellinios	35	26	9	17	1822	1976	−154	6	7	3	9
13.	AEK Athens	34	26	8	18	1888	2035	−147	6	7	2	11
14.	Iraklis	31	26	5	21	1737	2063	−326	4	9	1	12

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

	Qualification to League Playoffs
	Relegation to HEBA A2 2011−12

Playoffs

Teams in italics had home advantage. 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.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals									Finals
	1	Olympiacos	90	83
	8	Kolossos Rodou	55	67
								1	Olympiacos	95	102	87
								4	Aris	63	76	64
	4	Aris	72	62	69
	5	Maroussi	86	51	45
																	1	Olympiacos	70	66	76	94	-
																	2	Panathinaikos	75	78	68	101	-
	2	Panathinaikos	88	74
	7	Peristeri	60	72
								2	Panathinaikos	95	75	105					Euroleague Qualification Rounds Match
								3	PAOK	52	69	65
	3	PAOK	65	64													3	PAOK	76	70	59	91	63
	6	Kavala	61	62													4	Aris	74	73	67	80	56

Final league standings

Position	Team	Overall Record
		Games	Wins	Losses
1.	Panathinaikos	35	32	3
2.	Olympiacos	35	32	3
3.	PAOK	36	21	15
4.	Aris	37	18	19
5.	Maroussi	29	14	15
6.	Kavala	28	12	16
7.	Peristeri	28	12	16
8.	Kolossos Rodou	28	12	16
9.	Panionios	26	12	14
10.	Ikaros Kallitheas	26	10	16
11.	Ilysiakos	26	9	17
12.	Panellinios	26	9	17
13.	AEK Athens	26	8	18
14.	Iraklis	26	5	21

	Euroleague 2011−12 Regular Season
	Euroleague 2011−12 Qualification Rounds
	Eurocup 2011−12 Regular Season
	Relegation to HEBA A2 2011−12

• Maroussi forfeited its place in the Eurocup 2011−12 Regular Season.

Greek Basket League 2010−11 Champions
Panathinaikos 32nd Title

Awards

Main article: Greek Basket League awards

Greek League MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos^[6]

Greek League Finals MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis &
• Mike Batiste – Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Team

• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos
• Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos
• Rawle Marshall – PAOK
• Mike Batiste – Panathinaikos
• Ioannis Bourousis – Olympiacos

Best Coach

• Željko Obradović – Panathinaikos^[7]

Best Defender

• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos^[8]

Best Young Player

• Kostas Sloukas – Aris^[9]

Most Improved Player

• Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos^[10]

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.	Rawle Marshall	PAOK	448
2.	Pat Calathes	Kolossos Rodou	387
3.	Milt Palacio	Kavala	377
4.	Deon Thompson	Ikaros Kallitheas	352
5.	Jimmy Baxter	Ilysiakos	350

Rebounds

Pos	Player	Club	Total Rebounds
1.	Cedric Simmons	Kavala	256
2.	Deon Thompson	Ikaros Kallitheas	219
3.	Pat Calathes	Kolossos Rodou	218
4.	Kert Liouby	Peristeri	185
5.	Dalibor Bagarić	Maroussi	168

Assists

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Assists
1.	Jared Jordan	Kolossos Rodou	143
2.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	127
3.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	116
4.	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos	103
5.	Sakis Karidas	Ilysiakos	99

Steals

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Steals
1.	Sakis Karidas	Ilysiakos	45
2.	Rawle Marshall	PAOK	43
3.	Vassilis Xanthopoulos	Panellinios	42
4.	Jimmy Baxter	Ilysiakos	40
5.	Vladimir Petrović-Stergiou	Iraklis	37

Blocks

Pos	Player	Club	Total Blocks
1.	Cedric Simmons	Kavala	50
2.	Dalibor Bagarić	Maroussi	37
3.	Kert Liouby	Peristeri	32
4.	Deon Thompson	Ikaros Kallitheas	32
5.	Kostas Charissis	Kolossos Rodou	21

Source:^[11]

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Panathinaikos	EuroLeague	Final-4, 1st place
Olympiacos		Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Maroussi		Qualifying rounds, Bracket B, First qualifying round (disqualified)
Panellinios	EuroCup	Top 16, 3rd place
Aris		Top 16, 4th place
PAOK		Regular season, 3rd place