# 2007–08 Olympiacos B.C. season

In the season 2007–08, Olympiacos was considered amongst the favourites to reach the Final Four of the EuroLeague. It is also considered the favourite along with Panathinaikos in the A1 Ethniki. In the Regular Season the team had the record of 22 wins and 4 defeats, having produced the second most offensive basketball in the Greek League. For the Quarter-finals of the Playoffs, Olympiacos swept AEK Athens in a best-of-three series and for the Semi-finals won Maroussi in a best-of-five series by 3-2. In the Finals of the Greek League Reds faced the eternal enemy Panathinaikos. Meanwhile, in Europe the team qualified for the third phase (quarter-finals) of the Euroleague, where it was eliminated by CSKA Moscow. Additionally, Olympiacos qualified to the Greek Cup Final, where they lost to the arch-rival Panathinaikos in a very impressive game, which was dramatic up to the last second.

## A1 2007–08
### Regular season

Last match
* April 23 17:00 LT
* (Report)
| Olympiacos | 80–48 | AGO Rethymno |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-10, 29-13, 21-11, 13-14 |||
| Pts: Tsakalidis 13 Rebs: Two players with 6 Asts: Six players with 2 | | Pts: Vouyoukas 14 Rebs: Vouyoukas 11 Asts: Koumoulos 3 |
* Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Attendance: 3,970

### Play-offs

This is the outlook for the 2008 Α1 playoffs. Teams in bold advance to the next round.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 74 | 78 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Olympia Larissas | 55 | 58 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Olympia Larissas | 55 | 58 | – | 1 | Panathinaikos | 91 | 80 | 98 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Panionios | 75 | 76 | 75 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Panionios | 83 | 95 | – | 4 | Panionios | 75 | 76 | 75 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Panellinios | 70 | 80 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Panellinios | 70 | 80 | – | | | | | | | | 1 | Panathinaikos | 83 | 55 | 78 | 57 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Olympiacos | 79 | 71 | 67 | 59 | |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 92 | 70 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Olympiacos | 79 | 71 | 67 | 59 |
| 7 | AEK Athens | 62 | 68 | – | | | | | | | |
| 7 | AEK Athens | 62 | 68 | – | 2 | Olympiacos | 87 | 90 | 85 | 75 | 64 | Euroleague Match | Euroleague Match | Euroleague Match | Euroleague Match | Euroleague Match | Euroleague Match | Euroleague Match |
| | | | | | 6 | Maroussi | 61 | 97 | 69 | 86 | 63 |
| 3 | Aris | 61 | 98 | 79 | 6 | Maroussi | 61 | 97 | 69 | 86 | 63 | 4 | Panionios | 60 | 65 | 89 | 96 | |
| 6 | Maroussi | 72 | 95 | 85 | | | | | | | | 6 | Maroussi | 67 | 76 | 82 | 84 | |
Quarter-finals :
| Game | 1st Game | 2nd Game | 3rd Game |
| Arena | Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens | Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens | – |
| Date | 3 May 2008 | 5 May 2008 | – |
| Report | QF-Game1 | QF-Game2 | – |
Semi-finals :
| Game | 1st Game | 2nd Game | 3rd Game | 4th Game | 5th Game |
| Arena | Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens | Agios Thomas Indoor Hall, Athens | Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens | Agios Thomas Indoor Hall, Athens | Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens |
| Date | 10 May 2008 | 13 May 2008 | 15 May 2008 | 18 May 2008 | 21 May 2008 |
| Report | SF-Game1 | SF-Game2 | SF-Game3 Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine | SF-Game4 | SF-Game5 |
Finals :
| Game | 1st Game | 2nd Game | 3rd Game | 4th Game | 5th Game |
| Arena | Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens | Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens | Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens | Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens | Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens |
| Date | 24 May 2008 | 27 May 2008 | 29 May 2008 | 1 June 2008 | 4 June 2008 |
| Report | F-Game1 | F-Game2 | F-Game3 Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine | F-Game4 | 21:00 LT |

### Greek Cup 2007–08
#### Quarter-final

* December 22 17:00 LT
* (Report)
| AEK Athens | 69–83 | Olympiacos |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-26, 17-16, 17-18, 18-23 |||
* Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 3,500

#### Semi-final

* February 6 19:15 LT
* (Report)
| Olympiacos | 72–70 | Aris TT Bank |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 13-23, 17-10, 24-17 |||
* Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Attendance: 9,500

#### Final

* March 26 18:30 LT
* (Report)
| Olympiacos | 79–81 | Panathinaikos |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 18-22, 20-26, 29-21 |||
| Pts: Greer 28 Rebs: Bourousis 12 Asts: Greer 5 | | Pts: Spanoulis 20 Rebs: Batiste 6 Asts: Spanoulis 7 |
* Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 1,720

### Euroleague 2007–08
#### Regular season

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1. | CSKA Moscow | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1123 | 942 | +181 |
| 2. | Montepaschi Siena | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1098 | 974 | +124 |
| 3. | TAU Cerámica | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1170 | 1051 | +119 |
| 4. | Žalgiris Kaunas | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1110 | 1126 | −16 |
| 5. | Olympiacos | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1185 | 1099 | +86 |
| 6. | Olimpija Ljubljana | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1030 | 1147 | −117 |
| 7. | Prokom Trefl Sopot | 14 | 4 | 10 | 973 | 1143 | −170 |
| 8. | VidiVici Bologna | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1008 | 1215 | −207 |
Key to colors :
* Qualified to Top 16
* Eliminated

#### Top 16

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1. | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 4 | 2 | 516 | 496 | +20 |
| 2. | Olympiacos | 6 | 4 | 2 | 443 | 436 | +7 |
| 3. | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 3 | 489 | 493 | −4 |
| 4. | Žalgiris Kaunas | 6 | 1 | 5 | 457 | 480 | −23 |
* Maccabi win the group on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head point differential against Olympiacos.
Key to colors :
* Qualified to Quarter-finals
* Eliminated

#### Quarter-finals

| Teams | Agg. | 1st Game | 2nd Game | 3rd Game |
| CSKA Moscow | 2 | 74 | 83 | 81 |
| Olympiacos | 1 | 76 | 73 | 56 |
| Arena | Arena | CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow | Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens | CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow |
Key to colors :
* Qualified to Final Four 2008
* Eliminated
Last match
* April 9 18:15 CET
* (Report)
| CSKA Moscow | 81–56 | Olympiacos |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-16, 19-13, 20-21, 20-6 |||
| Pts: Šiškauskas 24 Rebs: Smodiš 6 Asts: Holden 6 | | Pts: Vasilopoulos 17 Rebs: Printezis 5 Asts: Blakney, Greer 4 |
* CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Attendance: 5,000