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
DurationOctober 12, 2014 – June 17, 2015
Games played182 (regular season)
25 (playoffs)
Teams14
TV partner(s)OTE Sport, Nova Sports
Regular season
Top seedOlympiacos
Season MVPBulgaria Sasha Vezenkov
RelegatedPanelefsiniakos
Panionios
Finals
ChampionsOlympiacos
11th title
  Runners-upPanathinaikos
Third placePAOK
Fourth placeAris
Finals MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis & Greece Giorgos Printezis
Statistical leaders
Points Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov 469
Rebounds Senegal Mouhammad Faye 221
Assists Greece Vasilis Spanoulis 140
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

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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

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Standings

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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]
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Results

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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

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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

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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

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Game 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Most Valuable Player[4]

Finals Most Valuable Player[5]

Best Young Player

Defensive Player of the Year

Top scorer

Most Improved Player

Best Coach

Most Popular Player

Best Five

Best Defensive Five

Α.E.Ν.Κ.

Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos

Olympiacos

Clubs in international competitions

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Olympiacos is the champ! - Eurohoops". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  2. ^ Capacity 5.138 seats. Archived 2015-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "worldstadiums.com Stadiums in Greece". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  4. ^ "Vezenkov is the HEBA MVP - Eurohoops". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  5. ^ Vassilis Spanoulis and Georgios Printezis named MVP of the Greek Finals,
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