# 2004–05 Greek Basket League

The 2004–05 Greek Basket League season was the 65th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. It was also the 13th season of Greek Basket League that was regulated by HEBA (ESAKE). The winner of the league was Panathinaikos, which beat AEK Athens in the league's playoff's finals series. The clubs MENT and Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia were relegated to the Greek A2 League. The top scorer of the league was Nikos Oikonomou, a player of Panionios.

## Teams

| Club | Home city |
| AEK Athens | Athens |
| Apollon Patras | Patras |
| Aris | Thessaloniki |
| Ionikos N.F. Amaliadas | Amaliada (Temporarily) |
| Iraklis | Thessaloniki |
| MENT | Thessaloniki |
| Makedonikos | Kozani (Temporarily) |
| Maroussi | Maroussi, Athens |
| Olympia Larissa | Larissa |
| Olympiacos | Piraeus |
| Panathinaikos | Athens |
| Panellinios | Athens |
| Panionios | Nea Smyrni, Athens |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Home | Home | Away | Away |
| | | Pts | Pld | W | L | F | A | GD | W | L | W | L |
| 1. | Panathinaikos | 48 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2150 | 1823 | +327 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 2. | Maroussi | 45 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2089 | 1926 | +163 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 3. | Aris | 43 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2139 | 1968 | +171 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 4. | Panionios | 42 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2067 | 2063 | +4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 5. | PAOK | 41 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2079 | 1985 | +94 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6. | AEK Athens | 41 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2062 | 1934 | +128 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 7. | Makedonikos | 40 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2043 | 1985 | +58 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8. | Olympiacos | 38 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2039 | 2073 | -34 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 9. | Apollon Patras | 37 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2013 | 2052 | -39 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 10. | Iraklis | 37 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1872 | 1973 | -101 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 11. | Olympia Larissa | 35 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1949 | 2083 | -134 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 12. | Panellinios | 34 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1946 | 2128 | -182 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 13. | MENT | 33 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1944 | 2147 | -203 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 14. | Ionikos N.F. | 32 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1936 | 2188 | -252 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 10 |
Source: esake.gr, galanissportsdata.com

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Olympiacos | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Olympiacos | 0 | 1 | Panathinaikos | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Panionios | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Panionios | 2 | 4 | Panionios | 2 | | | |
| 5 | PAOK | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | PAOK | 0 | | | | 1 | Panathinaikos | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | AEK Athens | 1 |
| 2 | Maroussi | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | AEK Athens | 1 |
| 7 | Makedonikos | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Makedonikos | 1 | 2 | Maroussi | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | AEK Athens | 3 |
| 3 | Aris | 1 | 3 | AEK Athens | 3 | 3 | Maroussi | 1 |
| 6 | AEK Athens | 2 | | | | 4 | Panionios | 3 |

### The finals

| Panathinaikos | 78–62 | AEK Athens |
| AEK Athens | 84–79 | Panathinaikos |
| Panathinaikos | 79–71 | AEK Athens |
| AEK Athens | 71–87 | Panathinaikos |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | | Pld | W | L |
| 1. | Panathinaikos | 37 | 30 | 7 |
| 2. | AEK Athens | 37 | 21 | 16 |
| 3. | Panionios | 37 | 23 | 14 |
| 4. | Maroussi | 37 | 23 | 14 |
| 5. | Aris | 29 | 18 | 11 |
| 6. | PAOK | 28 | 15 | 13 |
| 7. | Makedonikos | 29 | 15 | 14 |
| 8. | Olympiacos | 28 | 12 | 16 |
| 9. | Apollon Patras | 26 | 11 | 15 |
| 10. | Iraklis | 26 | 11 | 15 |
| 11. | Olympia Larissa | 26 | 9 | 17 |
| 12. | Panellinios | 26 | 8 | 18 |
| 13. | MENT | 26 | 7 | 19 |
| 14. | Ionikos N.F. | 26 | 6 | 20 |

## Awards
### Most Valuable Player

* Vassilis Spanoulis– Maroussi

### Finals MVP

* Jaka Lakovič– Panathinaikos

### Top scorer

* Nikos Oikonomou– Panionios

### Coach of the Year

* Željko Obradović – Panathinaikos

### Best Five

Best Five :
| Player | Team |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | Maroussi |
| Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos |
| Pete Mickeal | Makedonikos |
| Nikos Oikonomou | Panionios |
| Travis Watson | Panionios |

## Clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Final-4, 3rd place |
| AEK | EuroLeague | Top 16, 3rd place |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Regular season, 7th place |
| Makedonikos | ULEB Cup | Finals, 2nd Place |
| Maroussi | ULEB Cup | Quarterfinals, Home and away format |
| PAOK | ULEB Cup | Quarterfinals, Home and away format |
| Aris | ULEB Cup | Top 16, Home and away format |
| Iraklis | FIBA Europe League | Qualifying round, 6th place |
| Ionikos Nea Filadelfeia | FIBA Europe League | Qualifying round, 7th place |
| Olympia Larissa | FIBA Europe League | Qualifying round, 7th place |