# 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.
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. The season ended on June 17, when PAOK won the third-place series over Aris.

## Teams

| Club | Position 2013–14 | Greek League Arena | Capacity |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Rethymno Aegean | 9th | Rethymno Indoor Hall, Rethymno | 1,600 |
| Trikala | 11th | Trikala Indoor Hall, Trikala | 2,500 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2160 | 1689 | +471 | 51 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2102 | 1672 | +430 | 49 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | PAOK | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1911 | 1802 | +109 | 45 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | Aris | 26 | 16 | 10 | 1886 | 1847 | +39 | 42 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | AEK | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2084 | 1965 | +119 | 41 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Rethymno Aegean | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1926 | 1931 | −5 | 40 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | Kolossos Rodou | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1893 | 1956 | −63 | 39 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | Koroivos | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1886 | 1952 | −66 | 37 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 9 | KAOD | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1853 | 1906 | −53 | 36 | |
| 10 | Apollon Patras | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1719 | 1808 | −89 | 36 | |
| 11 | Nea Kifissia | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1862 | 1958 | −96 | 35 | |
| 12 | Trikala Aries | 26 | 8 | 18 | 2008 | 2196 | −188 | 34 | |
| 13 | Panelefsiniakos | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1801 | 2078 | −277 | 32 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |
| 14 | Panionios | 26 | 3 | 23 | 1814 | 2118 | −304 | 29 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |
* 1 2 2015–16 Euroleague

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APO | ARIS | KAO | KOL | KOR | NEA | OLY | PAO | PNF | PAN | PAOK | RET | TRI |
| AEK | | 67–64 | 93–77 | 89–79 | 96–73 | 76–67 | 97–73 | 62–81 | 62–70 | 105–80 | 77–64 | 85–93 | 85–77 | 96–73 |
| Apollon Patras | 48–89 | | 76–60 | 63–67 | 71–55 | 77–72 | 69–65 | 56–67 | 71–77 | 91–82 | 93–84 | 80–70 | 56–71 | 83–70 |
| Aris | 86–75 | 69–64 | | 78–75 | 65–77 | 80–59 | 83–80 | 58–69 | 56–72 | 79–61 | 67–63 | 62–57 | 68–62 | 91–60 |
| KAOD | 66–77 | 82–76 | 70–74 | | 68–72 | 78–62 | 67–51 | 64–82 | 65–81 | 76–61 | 80–69 | 64–68 | 91–76 | 62–57 |
| Kolossos Rodou | 65–72 | 64–63 | 78–77 | 84–80 | | 82–75 | 64–73 | 64–88 | 61–81 | 83–68 | 70–56 | 67–69 | 77–63 | 77–69 |
| Koroivos | 80–67 | 74–68 | 73–69 | 71–69 | 81–73 | | 79–70 | 70–87 | 59–72 | 73–74 | 83–74 | 65–61 | 72–75 | 80–58 |
| Nea Kifissia | 75–80 | 63–54 | 65–79 | 78–79 | 73–84 | 76–83 | | 68–67 | 66–72 | 68–67 | 86–85 | 60–62 | 64–74 | 81–72 |
| Olympiacos | 83–77 | 82–56 | 84–68 | 72–62 | 93–65 | 79–73 | 77–63 | | 81–75 | 104–55 | 108–65 | 80–55 | 80–60 | 87–72 |
| Panathinaikos | 92–58 | 80–52 | 76–69 | 86–55 | 90–65 | 79–64 | 76–66 | 66–77 | | 91–54 | 92–61 | 83–69 | 79–70 | 107–76 |
| Panelefsiniakos | 81–72 | 71–72 | 70–78 | 83–69 | 75–69 | 70–72 | 68–79 | 66–102 | 51–82 | | 68–70 | 58–69 | 70–80 | 77–81 |
| Panionios | 78–94 | 68–71 | 71–65 | 72–79 | 76–92 | 74–69 | 89–98 | 56–73 | 46–79 | 94–95 | | 61–65 | 79–84 | 60–98 |
| PAOK | 73–71 | 68–46 | 77–78 | 72–64 | 77–72 | 84–71 | 78–67 | 72–88 | 71–54 | 69–59 | 79–65 | | 88–79 | 105–73 |
| Rethymno Aegean | 80–79 | 88–81 | 66–69 | 72–66 | 70–66 | 78–66 | 63–58 | 54–64 | 77–94 | 85–67 | 75–65 | 71–79 | | 81–83 |
| Trikala Aries | 87–83 | 83–70 | 74–81 | 80–76 | 87–94 | 102–93 | 89–96 | 87–105 | 70–96 | 65–70 | 78–69 | 79–81 | 85–95 | |

## 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 91 | 91 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Koroivos | 52 | 59 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Koroivos | 52 | 59 | | 1 | Olympiacos | 98 | 92 | 74 | 79 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Aris | 53 | 57 | 84 | 62 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Aris | 71 | 54 | 79 | 4 | Aris | 53 | 57 | 84 | 62 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | AEK | 69 | 92 | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | AEK | 69 | 92 | 68 | | | | | | | 1 | Olympiacos | 76 | 76 | 93 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Panathinaikos | 70 | 69 | 74 | | |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 98 | 73 | 100 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Panathinaikos | 70 | 69 | 74 |
| 7 | Kolossos Rodou | 71 | 75 | 70 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Kolossos Rodou | 71 | 75 | 70 | 2 | Panathinaikos | 83 | 75 | 83 | | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| | | | | | 3 | PAOK | 58 | 61 | 65 | |
| 3 | PAOK | 66 | 61 | 75 | 3 | PAOK | 58 | 61 | 65 | | 3 | PAOK | 67 | 88 | 62 | 77 | |
| 6 | Rethymno Aegean | 59 | 65 | 62 | | | | | | | 4 | Aris | 60 | 92 | 51 | 71 | |

## Final league standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 35 | 33 | 2 | 2015–16 Euroleague Regular Season |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 35 | 28 | 7 | 2015–16 Euroleague Regular Season |
| 3 | PAOK | 36 | 24 | 12 | 2015–16 Eurocup Regular Season |
| 4 | Aris | 37 | 20 | 17 | 2015–16 Eurocup Regular Season |
| 5 | AEK | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2015–16 Eurocup Regular Season |
| 6 | Rethymno Aegean | 29 | 15 | 14 | |
| 7 | Kolossos Rodou | 29 | 14 | 15 | |
| 8 | Koroivos | 28 | 11 | 17 | |
| 9 | KAOD | 26 | 10 | 16 | |
| 10 | Apollon Patras | 26 | 10 | 16 | |
| 11 | Nea Kifissia | 26 | 9 | 17 | |
| 12 | Trikala Aries | 26 | 8 | 18 | |
| 13 | Panelefsiniakos (R) | 26 | 6 | 20 | Relegated to 2015–16 Greek A2 League |
| 14 | Panionios (R) | 26 | 3 | 23 | Relegated to 2015–16 Greek A2 League |
* ↑ 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

| Most Valuable Player Sasha Vezenkov – Aris Finals Most Valuable Player Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos& Georgios Printezis – Olympiacos Best Young Player Sasha Vezenkov – Aris Defensive Player of the Year Bryant Dunston – Olympiacos Top scorer Sasha Vezenkov – Aris Most Improved Player Sasha Vezenkov – Aris | Best Coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos – Olympiacos Most Popular Player Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos Best Five Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos Kostas Sloukas – Olympiacos Sasha Vezenkov – Aris Georgios Printezis – Olympiacos Loukas Mavrokefalidis – Panathinaikos Best Defensive Five Darrius Garrett – Α.E.Ν.Κ. Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos James Gist – Panathinaikos Stéphane Lasme – Panathinaikos Bryant Dunston – 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 | Sasha Vezenkov | Aris | 469 | 18.0 |
| Rebounds | Mouhammad Faye | Rethymno Aegean | 221 | 8.5 |
| Assists | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 140 | 6.1 |
| Steals | Vassilis Xanthopoulos | Panionios | 39 | 1.6 |
| Blocks | Drew Naymick | Aris | 54 | 2.1 |
| PIR | Sasha Vezenkov | Aris | 553 | 21.2 |

### Individual game highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Carl English | AEK | 33 |
| Rebounds | Kurt Looby | Panelefsiniakos | 18 |
| Assists | Lefteris Bochoridis | Panathinaikos | 13 |
| Steals | Torey Thomas | Aris | 7 |
| Blocks | Drew Naymick | Aris | 6 |
| Blocks | Taylor Smith | Kolossos Rodou | 6 |
| PIR | Pops Mensah-Bonsu | AEK | 43 |

## Clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Final Four, 2nd place |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Playoffs, Quarterfinals |
| PAOK | EuroCup | Last 32, 4th place |