# 2021–22 Greek Basket League

The 2021–22 Basket League was the 10th season of the Basket League, the top professional basketball league in Greece since its establishment in 2012, and the 82nd season of top-flight greek basketball overall.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
#### Relegated from the 2020-21 Basket League

Messolonghi

#### Promoted from the 2020-21 A2 League

Apollon Olympiacos

### Locations and arenas

| Club | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| AEK | Athens (Ano Liosia) | Ano Liosia Olympic Hall | 9,327 |
| Apollon | Patras | Apollon Patras Indoor Hall | 3,500 |
| Aris | Thessaloniki | Alexandrio Melathron | 5,138 |
| Ionikos | Piraeus (Nikaia) | Platon Indoor Hall | 1,206 |
| Iraklis | Thessaloniki | Ivanofeio Sports Arena | 2,500 |
| Kolossos | Rhodes | Kallithea Palais des Sports | 1,400 |
| Larisa | Larissa | Neapolis Indoor Arena | 4,000 |
| Lavrio | Lavrio | Lavrio Indoor Hall | 1,700 |
| Olympiacos | Piraeus | Peace and Friendship Stadium | 11,319 |
| Panathinaikos | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,443 |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki (Pylaia) | PAOK Sports Arena | 8,500 |
| Peristeri | Athens (Peristeri) | Peristeri Arena | 4,000 |
| Promitheas | Patras | Dimitris Tofalos Arena | 4,150 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2223 | 1743 | +480 | 47 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 2 | Panathinaikos OPAP | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2003 | 1644 | +359 | 46 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 3 | Kolossos H Hotels | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1801 | 1771 | +30 | 39 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1827 | 1925 | −98 | 37 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 5 | Promitheas Patras | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1857 | 1878 | −21 | 36 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 6 | Larisa | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1856 | 1953 | −97 | 36 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 7 | Aris Thessaloniki | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1832 | 1853 | −21 | 35 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 8 | Peristeri bwin | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1808 | 1862 | −54 | 34 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 9 | PAOK mateco | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1829 | 1818 | +11 | 34 | |
| 10 | Lavrio Megabolt | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1773 | 1928 | −155 | 32 | |
| 11 | Apollon Patras | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1748 | 1913 | −165 | 32 | |
| 12 | Ionikos | 24 | 6 | 18 | 1835 | 1988 | −153 | 30 | |
| 13 | Iraklis | 24 | 6 | 18 | 1795 | 1911 | −116 | 27 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |
* ↑ Iraklis were deducted 3 points by HEBA

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APO | ARIS | ION | IRA | KOL | LAR | LAV | OLY | PAN | PAOK | PER | PRO |
| AEK | — | 77–75 | 64–63 | 92–75 | 80–74 | 82–85 | 81–69 | 90–75 | 74–80 | 69–83 | 72–67 | 78–72 | 81–77 |
| Apollon | 84–68 | — | 74–73 | 80–72 | 89–95 | 76–80 | 74–82 | 72–62 | 68–94 | 48–90 | 95–91 | 74–72 | 59–71 |
| Aris Thessaloniki | 91–73 | 70–56 | — | 79–75 | 68–78 | 81–85 | 82–70 | 69–73 | 76–87 | 81–71 | 77–76 | 87–68 | 76–73 |
| Ionikos | 59–65 | 82–96 | 93–83 | — | 74–62 | 86–84 | 84–89 | 84–91 | 78–86 | 61–68 | 66–69 | 82–87 | 65–88 |
| Iraklis | 86–74 | 81–82 | 91–86 | 89–84 | — | 62–64 | 85–90 | 83–67 | 90–96 | 59–81 | 73–84 | 76–79 | 82–95 |
| Kolossos | 62–65 | 73–56 | 77–64 | 88–81 | 76–59 | — | 93–75 | 82–59 | 69–87 | 64–88 | 69–60 | 74–65 | 68–61 |
| Larisa | 82–65 | 83–74 | 84–81 | 86–84 | 55–70 | 81–77 | — | 66–75 | 70–101 | 86–90 | 74–70 | 63–78 | 84–77 |
| Lavrio | 81–82 | 82–66 | 68–64 | 59–61 | 84–71 | 81–84 | 77–91 | — | 72–108 | 82–91 | 59–61 | 52–75 | 90–82 |
| Olympiacos | 103–78 | 98–78 | 89–67 | 109–65 | 94–65 | 93–74 | 93–84 | 101–58 | — | 76–81 | 86–68 | 104–85 | 108–75 |
| Panathinaikos | 100–75 | 78–68 | 103–83 | 92–78 | 70–58 | 77–54 | 98–67 | 102–83 | 62–68 | — | 77–67 | 75–57 | 92–67 |
| PAOK | 96–72 | 81–76 | 96–64 | 79–80 | 72–69 | 86–80 | 82–71 | 73–89 | 73–84 | 64–81 | — | 86–87 | 84–65 |
| Peristeri | 101–81 | 78–68 | 67–70 | 79–82 | 71–68 | 70–78 | 71–77 | 91–80 | 67–93 | 62–77 | 68–67 | — | 81–88 |
| Promitheas | 85–89 | 80–60 | 62–82 | 88–84 | 78–69 | 76–61 | 91–77 | 79–71 | 66–85 | 67–76 | 84–77 | 82–77 | — |

## Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualify for the playoffs. Quarterfinals are being played in a "best of 3" format, while the rest of the series are being played in a "best of 5" format.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Olympiacos | 2 | | |
| Peristeri | 0 | | |
| Peristeri | 0 | Olympiacos | 3 |
| | | Promitheas | 0 |
| AEK | 0 | Promitheas | 0 |
| Promitheas | 2 | | | | |
| Promitheas | 2 | | | Olympiacos | 3 |
| | | | | Panathinaikos | 0 |
| Panathinaikos | 2 | | | Panathinaikos | 0 |
| Aris | 0 | | | | |
| Aris | 0 | Panathinaikos | 3 | | |
| | | Larisa | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Kolossos | 0 | Larisa | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Larisa | 2 | | | | |
| Larisa | 2 | | | Promitheas | 3 |
| | | | | Larisa | 2 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Olympiacos | 2–0 | Peristeri | 79–67 | 92–57 | 0 |
| AEK | 0–2 | Promitheas | 82–95 | 75–77 | 0 |
| Panathinaikos | 2–0 | Aris | 109–79 | 85–65 | 0 |
| Kolossos | 0–2 | Larisa | 63–71 | 82–83 | |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | Promitheas | 116–73 | 102–72 | 106-69 | 0 | 0 |
| Panathinaikos | 3–2 | Larisa | 84–77 | 77-84 | 94-82 | 62-74 | 89-43 |

#### Third place series

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Promitheas | 3–2 | Larisa | 78-89 | 84-88 | 83-78 | 94-76 | 96-56 |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | Panathinaikos | 74-61 | 78-72 | 93-74 | 0 | 0 |

### Game 3
## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or Relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 32 | 31 | 1 | Qualification to the EuroLeague |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 27 | 7 | Qualification to the EuroLeague |
| 3 | Promitheas | 34 | 17 | 17 | Qualification to the EuroCup |
| 4 | Larisa | 36 | 18 | 18 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League* |
| 5 | Kolossos | 26 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | AEK | 26 | 13 | 13 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 7 | Aris | 26 | 11 | 15 | Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup |
| 8 | Peristeri | 26 | 10 | 16 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 9 | PAOK | 24 | 10 | 14 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 10 | Lavrio | 24 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | Apollon | 24 | 8 | 18 |
| 12 | Ionikos | 24 | 6 | 18 |
| 13 | Iraklis | 24 | 6 | 18 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League |
* *Larisa, despite finishing among the top four teams, did not get the necessary licence to compete to the next years' competition and thus relegrated to the lower category (Greek A2 League)

## Awards

All official awards of the 2021–22 Greek Basket League.
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| Season MVP ||||
| PF | Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos |
| Finals MVP ||||
| PF | Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos |
| Top Scorer ||||
| SG | Anthony Cowan Jr. | Aris |
| Most Popular Player ||||
| PF | Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos |
| Most Improved Player ||||
| PF | Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos |
| Most Spectacular Player ||||
| SG | Stefan Moody | Larisa |
| Best Defender ||||
| PG | Thomas Walkup | Olympiacos |
| Best Young Player ||||
| SG | Omiros Netzipoglou | Aris |
| Best Coach ||||
| HD | Fotis Takianos | Larisa |
| All-Greek League Teams ||||
| First Team ||||
| PG | Kostas Sloukas | Olympiacos |
| SG | Stefan Moody | Larisa |
| SF | Dimitris Agravanis | Promitheas Patras |
| PF | Sasha Vezenkov (MVP) | Olympiacos |
| C | Giorgos Papagiannis | Panathinaikos |
| Second Team ||||
| PG | Vassilis Mouratos | Lavrio |
| SG | Tyler Dorsey | Olympiacos |
| SF | Kostas Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
| PF | Ousman Krubally | Larisa |
| C | Moustapha Fall | Olympiacos |

## Statistical leaders

The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season combined.
| Category | Player | Team | Total | Average |
| Points | Anthony Cowan Jr. | Aris | 359 | 15.0 |
| Rebounds | Ousman Krubally | Larisa | 203 | 8.8 |
| Assists | Vassilis Mouratos | Lavrio | 152 | 6.3 |
| Steals | Howard Sant-Roos | Panathinaikos | 40 | 1.8 |
| Blocks | Georgios Papagiannis | Panathinaikos | 35 | 1.5 |
| PIR | Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos | 427 | 20.3 |

### Individual game highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Nemanja Nedović | Panathinaikos | 38 |
| Rebounds | Ousman Krubally | Larisa | 19 |
| Assists | Vassilis Mouratos | Lavrio | 16 |
| Steals | Howard Sant-Roos | Panathinaikos | 6 |
| Blocks | Reggie Lynch | Iraklis | 6 |
| PIR | Dimitris Agravanis | Promitheas Patras | 45 |

## Clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Final Four, 4th place |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Regular season, 13th place |
| Promitheas | EuroCup | Regular season, Group B, 10th place |
| Lavrio | Champions League | Play-ins |
| PAOK | Champions League | Play-ins |
| AEK | Champions League | Regular season, Group D, 4th place |
| Peristeri | Champions League | Qualifying rounds, Semifinals |
| Ionikos | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season, Group F, 3rd place |
| Peristeri | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season, Group G, 3rd place |
| Iraklis | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season, Group E, 4th place |