2012–13 Greek Basket League

Greek Basket League 2012–13 season
Greek Basket League 2012–13 season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	13 October 2012 – 15 June 2013
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Stéphane Lasme
Top scorer	Nikos Pappas 441 Points (17.7 PPG)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Stéphane Lasme
Greek Basket League seasons
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Greek Basket League was the 73rd season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece.

Teams

Panathinaikos
Panionios
Ikaros
Ilysiakos
Peristeri

Location of teams in Greek Basket League 2012–13

Club	Home city
Apollon Patras	Patras
Aris	Thessaloniki
Ikaros Kallitheas	Kallithea, Athens
Ilysiakos	Ilisia, Athens
KAOD	Drama, Greece
Kavala	Kavala
Kolossos Rodou	Rhodes
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Panathinaikos	Athens
Panelefsiniakos	Elefsina
Panionios	Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK	Thessaloniki
Peristeri	Peristeri, Athens
Rethymno	Rethymno

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympiacos	26	25	1	2278	1744	+534	51	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Panathinaikos	26	22	4	2088	1632	+456	48
3	Panionios	26	20	6	1999	1864	+135	46
4	PAOK	26	17	9	1905	1843	+62	43
5	Rethymno Aegean	26	17	9	1979	1932	+47	43
6	Aris	26	13	13	1824	1870	−46	39
7	Ikaros Kallitheas	26	12	14	1854	1969	−115	38
8	Apollon Patras	26	11	15	1951	1993	−42	37
9	KAOD	26	11	15	2003	2053	−50	37
10	Kolossos Rodou	26	8	18	1838	1971	−133	34
11	Panelefsiniakos	26	7	19	1880	1991	−111	33
12	Ilysiakos	26	7	19	1788	2033	−245	33
13	Peristeri	26	7	19	1785	2079	−294	33	Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League
14	Kavala	26	5	21	1937	2135	−198	31	Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	APO	ARIS	IKA	ILY	KAO	KAV	KOL	OLY	PAO	PNF	PAN	PAOK	PER	RET
Apollon Patras		64–53	95–75	94–72	89–92	80–79	78–66	69–88	71–80	68–65	93–99	87–83	86–76	65–75
Aris	68–64		70–60	64–63	85–73	80–79	75–52	68–84	56–71	68–55	60–82	63–72	70–46	71–73
Ikaros Kallitheas	67–65	79–67		86–71	80–74	76–73	86–66	53–97	72–68	85–78	62–86	80–85	66–55	61–66
Ilysiakos	75–69	62–64	66–64		74–76	82–78	49–65	70–81	62–87	66–63	69–75	72–76	66–64	66–72
KAOD	88–101	84–81	76–69	80–83		72–73	74–66	81–91	60–63	101–77	62–64	89–78	87–75	84–80
Kavala	85–67	77–85	82–83	66–68	60–71		66–70	76–94	71–97	68–66	84–87	70–91	84–79	80–82
Kolossos Rodou	67–80	82–99	69–73	71–63	82–76	72–86		72–88	59–67	78–71	65–70	65–70	77–67	82–80
Olympiacos	80–53	100–65	85–63	113–75	103–67	113–62	70–65		72–67	85–60	87–73	89–64	105–57	88–73
Panathinaikos	91–60	81–62	97–72	101–49	87–70	95–73	93–77	60–64		95–68	75–61	71–61	85–60	92–50
Panelefsiniakos	68–69	76–85	78–65	96–84	74–76	87–74	60–68	76–94	59–77		76–72	67–54	75–62	90–80
Panionios	80–78	82–75	82–75	77–62	75–73	88–71	89–77	57–66	63–56	81–73		82–68	79–65	70–86
PAOK	68–61	84–72	71–48	73–69	77–66	81–69	68–63	76–71	61–71	84–78	59–66		83–68	91–85
Peristeri	76–74	57–68	79–88	83–82	78–76	81–72	91–89	78–92	41–76	77–75	69–91	55–63		70–69
Rethymno Aegean	77–71	68–50	68–66	95–68	88–75	88–79	82–73	64–78	58–85	75–69	78–68	66–64	101–76

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; 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	77	83	-

8	Apollon Patras	63	73	-
					1	Olympiacos	77	87	80	–	–

					5	Rethymno Aegean	62	72	67	–	–
4	PAOK	71	65	–

5	Rethymno Aegean	75	88	–
												1	Olympiacos	51	52	0*	–	–

												2	Panathinaikos	64	63	20*	–	–
2	Panathinaikos	88	78	–

7	Ikaros Kallitheas	57	62	–
					2	Panathinaikos	84	81	64	–	–	3rd Place

					3	Panionios	61	55	62	–	–
3	Panionios	80	66	74								3	Panionios	80	73	71	71	–

6	Aris	79	75	67								5	Rethymno Aegean	74	74	60	61	–

The game was stopped with 1:27 left in the fourth quarter due to flares, firecrackers, and objects that were thrown onto the court by Olympiacos fans. At that moment, Panathinaikos led the game by a score of 72–76. The referees stopped the game temporarily, and ordered the fans to exit the arena. However, about 120 Olympiacos fans stayed behind the VIP stands and refused to leave the arena. That led to the referees cancelling the game, and giving a technicality win to Panathinaikos, by a score of 0-20.

2012–13 Greek Basket League Finals

The defending Greek Basket League champions, Olympiacos, finished first in the regular season, and faced their arch-rivals Panathinaikos, in the finals of the playoffs, having home-court advantage. Despite the home court advantage, Panathinaikos won the series 3–0, by performing a "clean sweep", after defeating Olympiacos twice at their home-court. The 3rd game was disrupted by Olympiacos fans throwing flash-grenades at Panathinaikos' bench, when the score was 72–76 with 01:27 left to go in the game.

The match officials decided to stop the game, and have the stadium cleared of all fans. 75 minutes went by, and 100+ Olympiacos fans had still not vacated the stadium, so the game and the series was officially called off. A technicality win of 0-20 was granted to Panathinaikos, despite there still being 01:27 left on the game clock.

The events of the 3rd game of the series, happened after the owner of Panathinaikos, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, and three other men, entered into the referee locker room at the home arena of Panathinaikos, OAKA, during halftime of the 2nd game of the series. Giannakopoulos reportedly told the refs that they would not leave the arena, if they did not change how they were calling the game, with Panathinaikos behind in the score at halftime.^[1]^[2] Giannkopoulos was later sanctioned by the Greek sports prosecutor for these actions.^[3] Giannakopoulos was then banned from entering into any arenas in Greece by the Greek Committee of Sportsmanship, for a period of 6 months, however, he was placed on 3 years of probation and given a suspended sentence.^[4] He was however, suspended from entering into the arenas at his own team's games, for a period of 3 months time.^[5]

Final league standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Panathinaikos	34	30	4	2013–14 Euroleague Regular Season
2	Olympiacos	34	30	4	2013–14 Euroleague Regular Season
3	Panionios	36	25	11	2013–14 Eurocup Regular Season
4	Rethymno Aegean	35	20	15
5	PAOK	28	17	11	2013–14 Eurocup Regular Season
6	Aris	29	14	15
7	Ikaros Kallitheas	28	12	16
8	Apollon Patras	28	11	17
9	KAOD	26	11	15
10	Kolossos Rodou	26	8	18
11	Panelefsiniakos	26	7	19
12	Ilysiakos	26	7	19
13	Peristeri (R)	26	7	19	Relegated to 2013–14 Greek A2 League
14	Kavala (R)	26	5	21	Relegated to 2013–14 Greek A2 League

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

Greek Basket League 2012–13 Champions
Panathinaikos 33rd title

Awards

Greek League MVP

Stephane Lasme – Panathinaikos

Greek League Finals MVP

Stéphane Lasme – Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Team

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	RIR
1.	Kevin Palmer	K.A.O.D.	484
2.	Nikos Pappas	Panionios	471
3.	Vladimiros Jankovic	Panionios	433
4.	William Coleman	Kavala	426
5.	Brent Petway	Rethymno	421

Points

Pos.	Player	Club	Total Points
1.	Nikos Pappas	Panionios	441
2.	Errick McCollum	Apollon Patras	402
3.	Nikos Liakopoulos	Panelefsiniakos	399
4.	Terrell Stoglin	Ilysiakos	359
5.	William Coleman	Kavala	359

Rebounds

Pos	Player	Club	Total Rebounds
1.	Kevin Palmer	K.A.O.D.	216
2.	Mouhammad Faye	Ikaros Kallitheas	202
3.	Lazaros Papadopoulos	PAOK	197
4.	Vladimiros Jankovic	Panionios	168
5.	William Coleman	Kavala	166

Assists

Pos	Player	Club	Total Assists
1.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	143
2.	Nikos Liakopoulos	Panelefsiniakos	121
3.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	117
4.	Nondas Papantoniou	Peristeri	91
5.	Alekos Petroulas	Peristeri	82