# 2022–23 Greek Basket League

The 2022–23 Basket League was the 11th season of the Basket League, the top professional basketball league in Greece, since its establishment in 2012, and the 83rd season of top-flight Greek basketball overall.
The season began on 8 October 2022, and concluded on 15 June 2023 with Olympiacos being crowned champions for the second year in a row, and 14th time in their history, after defeating eternal rivals Panathinaikos 3–1 in the Finals series.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
#### Relegated from the 2021–22 Basket League

* Larisa
Note: Although Larisa finished 4th in the 2021–22 season, the team withdrawn from the league due to financial issues.

#### Promoted from the 2021–22 A2 League

* Karditsa
* Psychiko
Note: Psychiko will not participate in the 2022–23 Greek Basket League for financial reasons.

### 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 |
| Karditsa | Karditsa | Karditsa New Indoor Hall | 3,000 |
| Kolossos | Rhodes | Kallithea Palais des Sports | 1,400 |
| 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 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2029 | 1567 | +462 | 44 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1862 | 1571 | +291 | 38 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 3 | Peristeri bwin | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1852 | 1731 | +121 | 36 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 4 | PAOK mateco | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1764 | 1701 | +63 | 35 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 5 | Promitheas Patras | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1687 | 1708 | −21 | 34 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 6 | AEK | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1668 | 1686 | −18 | 34 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 7 | Kolossos H Hotels | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1718 | 1735 | −17 | 33 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 8 | Aris Thessaloniki | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1735 | 1679 | +56 | 33 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 9 | Lavrio Megabolt | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1677 | 1817 | −140 | 29 | |
| 10 | Karditsa | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1584 | 1800 | −216 | 27 | |
| 11 | Apollon Patras | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1530 | 1745 | −215 | 27 | |
| 12 | Ionikos | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1623 | 1989 | −366 | 26 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | APO | ARI | ION | KAR | KOL | LAV | OLY | PAN | PAOK | PER | PRO |
| AEK | — | 83–68 | 63–76 | 92–77 | 79–63 | 95–89 | 81–95 | 78–85 | 77–73 | 71–83 | 68–64 | 73–70 |
| Apollon | 61–69 | — | 74–82 | 93–66 | 78–72 | 85–66 | 71–54 | 61–87 | 65–96 | 65–88 | 71–77 | 68–57 |
| Aris Thessaloniki | 74–64 | 70–57 | — | 103–64 | 85–68 | 68–74 | 87–61 | 66–83 | 69–65 | 77–70 | 78–83 | 95–79 |
| Ionikos | 79–98 | 79–75 | 90–97 | — | 78–71 | 89–84 | 82–90 | 81–107 | 62–86 | 74–71 | 75–102 | 66–74 |
| Karditsa | 64–70 | 80–65 | 78–77 | 85–83 | — | 59–57 | 70–85 | 75–89 | 82–99 | 63–92 | 86–80 | 68–81 |
| Kolossos | 73–67 | 88–68 | 96–90 | 89–48 | 73–62 | — | 90–87 | 79–80 | 59–96 | 80–76 | 88–82 | 69–67 |
| Lavrio | 67–84 | 74–68 | 81–70 | 95–63 | 81–80 | 83–97 | — | 75–103 | 84–86 | 70–75 | 79–85 | 80–90 |
| Olympiacos | 111–71 | 97–60 | 89–75 | 100–68 | 92–61 | 99–64 | 98–61 | — | 68–66 | 100–70 | 101–79 | 89–77 |
| Panathinaikos | 71–57 | 108–75 | 96–79 | 102–70 | 91–75 | 77–67 | 93–70 | 74–76 | — | 87–63 | 72–71 | 87–79 |
| PAOK | 78–72 | 97–60 | 88–66 | 82–78 | 87–79 | 89–82 | 93–68 | 68–88 | 81–73 | — | 70–81 | 97–92 |
| Peristeri | 80–84 | 75–69 | 92–90 | 96–67 | 102–77 | 88–78 | 77–66 | 86–87 | 96–89 | 85–77 | — | 88–68 |
| Promitheas | 85–72 | 80–71 | 64–61 | 97–84 | 76–66 | 80–76 | 74–71 | 72–100 | 44–75 | 90–69 | 91–83 | — |

## 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 | | |
| Aris | 0 | | |
| Aris | 0 | Olympiacos | 3 |
| | | PAOK | 0 |
| PAOK | 2 | PAOK | 0 |
| Promitheas | 1 | | | | |
| Promitheas | 1 | | | Olympiacos | 3 |
| | | | | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| Panathinaikos | 2 | | | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| Kolossos | 0 | | | | |
| Kolossos | 0 | Panathinaikos | 3 | | |
| | | Peristeri | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Peristeri | 2 | Peristeri | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| AEK | 0 | | | | |
| AEK | 0 | | | Peristeri | 3 |
| | | | | PAOK | 0 |

### Quarterfinals (best of 3)

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Olympiacos | 2–0 | Aris | 97–73 | 82–58 | 0 |
| PAOK | 2–1 | Promitheas | 78–75 | 63–77 | 81–78 |
| Panathinaikos | 2–0 | Kolossos | 85–76 | 89–47 | 0 |
| Peristeri | 2–0 | AEK | 87–73 | 113–99 | |

### Semifinals (best of 5)

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | PAOK | 83–65 | 97–77 | 75–54 | 0 | 0 |
| Panathinaikos | 3–2 | Peristeri | 101–57 | 58–73 | 89–80 | 71–76 | 81–67 |

#### Third place series (best of 5)

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Peristeri | 3–0 | PAOK | 71–65 | 81–64 | 73–51 | 0 | 0 |

### Finals (best of 5)

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Olympiacos | 3–1 | Panathinaikos | 73–70 | 65–67 | 75–52 | 63–35 | 0 |

### Game 4
## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or Relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 31 | 30 | 1 | Qualification to the EuroLeague |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 33 | 22 | 11 | Qualification to the EuroLeague |
| 3 | Peristeri | 32 | 21 | 11 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 4 | PAOK | 31 | 15 | 16 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 5 | Promitheas Patras | 25 | 13 | 12 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 6 | AEK | 24 | 12 | 12 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 7 | Kolossos | 24 | 11 | 13 |
| 8 | Aris | 24 | 11 | 13 | Qualification to the EuroCup |
| 9 | Lavrio | 22 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | Karditsa | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | Apollon Patras | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| 12 | Ionikos | 22 | 4 | 18 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League |

## Awards

All official awards of the 2022–23 Greek Basket League.
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| Season MVP ||||
| PF | / Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos |
| Finals MVP ||||
| PG | / Thomas Walkup | Olympiacos |
| C | Moustapha Fall | Olympiacos |
| Top Scorer ||||
| PF | Marcus Denmon | Peristeri |
| Most Popular Player ||||
| PF | / Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos |
| Most Improved Player ||||
| PF | Lefteris Mantzoukas | Panathinaikos |
| Most Spectacular Player ||||
| C | Nate Renfro | PAOK |
| Best Defender ||||
| PG | / Thomas Walkup | Olympiacos |
| Best Young Player ||||
| PF | Lefteris Mantzoukas | Panathinaikos |
| Best Coach ||||
| HD | Georgios Bartzokas | Olympiacos |
| All-Greek League Teams ||||
| First Team ||||
| PG | Kostas Sloukas | Olympiacos |
| SG | Sylvain Francisco | Peristeri |
| SF | Kostas Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
| PF | / Sasha Vezenkov (MVP) | Olympiacos |
| C | Moustapha Fall | Olympiacos |
| Second Team ||||
| PG | Vassilis Toliopoulos | Aris |
| SG | Marcus Denmon | Peristeri |
| SG | Giannoulis Larentzakis | Olympiacos |
| SF | Dwayne Bacon | Panathinaikos |
| PF | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | Ionikos |
| C | Georgios Papagiannis | Panathinaikos |

## 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 | Marcus Denmon | Peristeri | 375 | 17.0 |
| Rebounds | Miro Bilan | Peristeri | 176 | 8.0 |
| Assists | Anthony Cowan Jr. | Promitheas Patras | 129 | 5.8 |
| Steals | Paris Lee | Panathinaikos | 40 | 2.0 |
| Blocks | Nate Renfro | PAOK | 33 | 1.5 |
| PIR | / Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos | 430 | 20.4 |

### Individual game highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Vassilis Toliopoulos | Aris | 38 |
| Rebounds | Chevez Goodwin | Aris | 19 |
| Assists | / Thomas Walkup | Olympiacos | 13 |
| Steals | Zois Karampelas | Apollon Patras | 7 |
| Blocks | Noah Horchler | Aris | 7 |
| PIR | / Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos | 40 |

## Clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Final Four, 2nd place |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Regular season, 17th place |
| Promitheas | EuroCup | Playoffs, Quarterfinals |
| AEK | Champions League | Playoffs, Quarterfinals |
| Peristeri | Champions League | Play-ins |
| PAOK | Champions League | Play-ins |
| Aris | FIBA Europe Cup | Qualification rounds, Quarterfinals |