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
Number of games182 (regular season)
25 (playoffs)
Number of 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
PointsBulgaria Sasha Vezenkov469
ReboundsSenegal Mouhammad Faye 221
AssistsGreece Vasilis Spanoulis140
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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ClubPosition
2013–14
Greek League ArenaCapacity
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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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos[a]2625121601689+47151Qualification to Playoffs
2Panathinaikos[a]2623321021672+43049
3PAOK2619719111802+10945
4Aris26161018861847+3942
5AEK26151120841965+11941
6Rethymno Aegean26141219261931−540
7Kolossos Rodou26131318931956−6339
8Koroivos26111518861952−6637
9KAOD26101618531906−5336
10Apollon Patras26101617191808−8936
11Nea Kifissia2691718621958−9635
12Trikala Aries2681820082196−18834
13Panelefsiniakos2662018012078−27732Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League
14Panionios2632318142118−30429
Source: [citation needed]
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Results

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Home \ AwayAEKAPOARISKAOKOLKORNEAOLYPAOPNFPANPAOKRETTRI
AEK67–6493–7789–7996–7376–6797–7362–8162–70105–8077–6485–9385–7796–73
Apollon Patras48–8976–6063–6771–5577–7269–6556–6771–7791–8293–8480–7056–7183–70
Aris86–7569–6478–7565–7780–5983–8058–6956–7279–6167–6362–5768–6291–60
KAOD66–7782–7670–7468–7278–6267–5164–8265–8176–6180–6964–6891–7662–57
Kolossos Rodou65–7264–6378–7784–8082–7564–7364–8861–8183–6870–5667–6977–6377–69
Koroivos80–6774–6873–6971–6981–7379–7070–8759–7273–7483–7465–6172–7580–58
Nea Kifissia75–8063–5465–7978–7973–8476–8368–6766–7268–6786–8560–6264–7481–72
Olympiacos83–7782–5684–6872–6293–6579–7377–6381–75104–55108–6580–5580–6087–72
Panathinaikos92–5880–5276–6986–5590–6579–6476–6666–7791–5492–6183–6979–70107–76
Panelefsiniakos81–7271–7270–7883–6975–6970–7268–7966–10251–8268–7058–6970–8077–81
Panionios78–9468–7171–6572–7976–9274–6989–9856–7346–7994–9561–6579–8460–98
PAOK73–7168–4677–7872–6477–7284–7178–6772–8871–5469–5979–6588–79105–73
Rethymno Aegean80–7988–8166–6972–6670–6678–6663–5854–6477–9485–6775–6571–7981–83
Trikala Aries87–8383–7074–8180–7687–94102–9389–9687–10570–9665–7078–6979–8185–95
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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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
                   
1Olympiacos9191
8Koroivos5259
1Olympiacos98927479
4Aris53578462
4Aris715479
5AEK699268
1Olympiacos767693
2Panathinaikos706974
2Panathinaikos9873100
7Kolossos Rodou717570
2Panathinaikos8375833rd Place
3PAOK586165
3PAOK6661753PAOK67886277
6Rethymno Aegean5965624Aris60925171

Finals

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Game 1

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7 June 2015Olympiacos76–70Panathinaikos
19:15Scoring 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

BoxscoreArena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Christodoulou, Karakatsounis, Psarianos

Game 2

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10 June 2015Panathinaikos69–76Olympiacos
19:15Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 19–17, 17–16, 19–22
BoxscorePts: 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 2015Olympiacos93–74Panathinaikos
19:30Scoring 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

BoxscoreArena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Gontas, Sxinas, Foufis

Final league standings

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PosTeamPldWLQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos353322015–16 Euroleague Regular Season
2Panathinaikos35287
3PAOK3624122015–16 Eurocup Regular Season
4Aris372017
5AEK291613
6Rethymno Aegean291514
7Kolossos Rodou291415
8Koroivos281117
9KAOD261016
10Apollon Patras261016
11Nea Kifissia26917
12Trikala Aries26818
13Panelefsiniakos (R)26620Relegated to 2015–16 Greek A2 League[a]
14Panionios (R)26323
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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TeamCompetitionResult
OlympiacosEuroLeagueFinal Four, 2nd place
PanathinaikosPlayoffs, Quarterfinals
PAOKEuroCupLast 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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