# 2020–21 Greek Basket League

The 2020–21 Greek Basket League, also known as the 2020–21 Stoiximan Greek Basket League for sponsorship reasons, is the 81st season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season begun on 24 October 2020.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation
#### Relegated from the Greek Basket League 2019–20 season

Ifaistos Lemnos, Rethymno Cretan Kings and Panionios decided not to participate in the Greek Basket League in the 2020–21 season, due to financial problems.

#### Promoted from the Greek A2 Basket League 2019–20 season

Messolonghi won the A2 League championship, and was thus promoted to the first tier level, for the first time in its history. Diagoras Dryopideon entered in the first league and absorbed by Ionikos Nikaias on 9 July 2020.

### Locations and arenas

| Club | Location | Arena | Capacity | App. |
| AEK | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,443 | 71 |
| Aris | Thessaloniki | Alexandrio Melathron | 5,138 | 67 |
| Messolonghi | Agrinio | Agrinio Indoor Hall | 1,500 | 1 |
| Ionikos | Piraeus (Nikaia) | Platon Indoor Hall | 1,200 | 14 |
| Iraklis | Thessaloniki | Ivanofeio Sports Arena | 2,500 | 53 |
| Kolossos | Rhodes | Kallithea Palais des Sports | 1,400 | 15 |
| Larisa | Larissa | Neapolis Indoor Arena | 4,000 | 2 |
| Lavrio | Lavrio | Lavrio Indoor Hall | 1,700 | 6 |
| Panathinaikos | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,443 | 71 |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki (Pylaia) | PAOK Sports Arena | 8,162 | 64 |
| Peristeri | Athens (Peristeri) | Peristeri Arena | 4,000 | 25 |
| Promitheas | Patras | Dimitris Tofalos Arena | 4,200 | 5 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos OPAP | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1949 | 1578 | +371 | 42 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 2 | Lavrio Megabolt | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1810 | 1722 | +88 | 39 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 3 | Promitheas Patras | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1768 | 1677 | +91 | 38 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1813 | 1666 | +147 | 36 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 5 | PAOK | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1736 | 1729 | +7 | 35 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 6 | Peristeri | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1615 | 1634 | −19 | 33 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 7 | Kolossos H Hotels | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1720 | 1703 | +17 | 30 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 8 | Ionikos Hellenic Coin | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1699 | 1789 | −90 | 30 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 9 | Aris Thessaloniki | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1622 | 1704 | −82 | 29 | |
| 10 | Iraklis | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1617 | 1769 | −152 | 29 | |
| 11 | Larisa Bread factory | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1633 | 1785 | −152 | 28 | |
| 12 | Messolonghi BAXI | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1594 | 1820 | −226 | 27 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | ARIS | ION | IRA | KOL | LAR | LAV | MES | PAN | PAOK | PER | PRO |
| AEK | — | 84–67 | 81–74 | 100–97 | 89–72 | 87–68 | 94–97 | 98–76 | | 76–56 | 91–59 | 75–82 |
| Aris | 68–73 | — | 74–62 | 81–75 | 74–84 | 70–52 | 89–94 | 77–48 | 75–93 | 71–77 | 71–84 | 94–83 |
| Ionikos | 68–81 | 68–64 | — | 67–77 | | 83–76 | 88–89 | 100–85 | 53–79 | 83–84 | 75–80 | 86–77 |
| Iraklis | 72–79 | 54–76 | 75–78 | — | 66–65 | 73–69 | 60–77 | 100–78 | 66–100 | 75–57 | 71–75 | |
| Kolossos | 79–72 | 83–72 | 94–74 | 84–61 | — | 90–64 | 77–62 | 66–77 | 82–95 | 84–85 | 80–65 | 79–84 |
| Larisa | 76–75 | 84–88 | 76–97 | 80–76 | 82–73 | — | 58–66 | 84–58 | 89–98 | 88–91 | 78–98 | 85–81 |
| Lavrio | 78–70 | 92–71 | 81–91 | 105–77 | 83–77 | | — | 87–70 | 92–82 | 84–77 | 88–71 | 75–72 |
| Messolonghi | 66–87 | 73–70 | 79–66 | 68–71 | 87–77 | 79–77 | 75–79 | — | 66–73 | | 63–70 | 82–88 |
| Panathinaikos | 80–75 | 94–72 | 98–74 | 106–74 | 90–67 | 69–60 | 105–69 | 102–68 | — | 96–67 | 76–57 | 78–80 |
| PAOK | 85–87 | 75–64 | 86–84 | 79–72 | 82–74 | 91–93 | 83–65 | 96–87 | 68–74 | — | 85–66 | 81–78 |
| Peristeri | 62–66 | | 86–70 | 70–79 | 84–81 | 82–78 | 70–78 | 84–72 | 68–74 | 76–67 | — | 70–73 |
| Promitheas | 80–78 | 90–69 | 82–72 | 85–61 | 69–67 | 81–63 | 90–88 | 84–68 | 61–83 | 83–80 | 75–58 | — |

## Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs. Quarterfinals will be played in a Best of 3 format while the rest of the series will be played in a Best of 5 format.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Panathinaikos | 2 | | |
| Ionikos | 0 | | |
| Ionikos | 0 | Panathinaikos | 3 |
| | | AEK | 1 |
| AEK | 2 | AEK | 1 |
| PAOK | 1 | | | | |
| PAOK | 1 | | | Panathinaikos | 3 |
| | | | | Lavrio | 1 |
| Lavrio | 2 | | | Lavrio | 1 |
| Kolossos | 0 | | | | |
| Kolossos | 0 | Lavrio | 3 | | |
| | | Promitheas | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Promitheas | 2 | Promitheas | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Peristeri | 1 | | | | |
| Peristeri | 1 | | | Promitheas | 1 |
| | | | | AEK | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Panathinaikos | 2–0 | Ionikos | 102–64 | 90–61 | 0 |
| AEK | 2–1 | PAOK | 102–89 | 73–81 | 87–81 |
| Lavrio | 2–0 | Kolossos | 87–68 | 88–84 | 0 |
| Promitheas | 2–1 | Peristeri | 66–83 | 90–79 | 86–58 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Panathinaikos | 3–1 | AEK | 78–72 | 80–92 | 94-83 | 78-71 | 0 |
| Lavrio | 3–2 | Promitheas | 79–86 | 66-68 | 85-79 (OT) | 92-77 | 81-74 |

#### Third place series

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Promitheas | 1–3 | AEK | 77-73 | 101-113 | 80-81 | 72-95 | 0 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Panathinaikos | 3–1 | Lavrio | 100-72 | 89-94 (OT) | 103-74 | 82-66 | 0 |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or Relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 32 | 28 | 4 | Qualification to the EuroLeague |
| 2 | Lavrio | 33 | 23 | 10 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 3 | AEK | 33 | 20 | 13 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 4 | Promitheas | 34 | 21 | 13 | Qualification to the EuroCup |
| 5 | PAOK | 25 | 14 | 11 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 6 | Peristeri | 25 | 12 | 13 | Qualification to the Basketball Champions League |
| 7 | Kolossos | 24 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | Ionikos | 24 | 8 | 16 | Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup |
| 9 | Aris | 22 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | Iraklis | 22 | 7 | 15 | Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup |
| 11 | Larisa | 22 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Messolonghi | 22 | 5 | 17 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League |

## Awards
### Season MVP

* Ioannis Papapetrou – Panathinaikos

### Finals MVP

* Ioannis Papapetrou – Panathinaikos

### Top scorer

* Kerem Kanter – Kolossos Rodou

### Most Popular Player

* Mario Hezonja – Panathinaikos

### Most Improved Player

* Vassilis Mouratos – Lavrio

### Most Spectacular Player

* Mario Hezonja – Panathinaikos

### Best Defender

* Howard Sant-Roos – Panathinaikos

### Best Young Player

* Nikos Chougkaz – Ionikos Nikaias

### Best Coach

* Christos Serelis – Lavrio
| Pos. | All-Greek League First Team | All-Greek League First Team |
| PG | Vasilis Mouratos | Lavrio |
| SG | Tyson Carter | Lavrio |
| SF | Ioannis Papapetrou (MVP) | Panathinaikos |
| PF | Dinos Mitoglou | Panathinaikos |
| C | Georgios Papagiannis | Panathinaikos |
| Pos. | All-Greek League Second Team | All-Greek League Second Team |
| PG | Jerian Grant | Promitheas Patras |
| SG | Daryl Macon | AEK |
| SF | Mario Hezonja | Panathinaikos |
| PF | Alpha Diallo | Lavrio |
| C | Kerem Kanter | Kolossos Rodou |
All-Greek League Defensive Team :
| PG | Vasilis Mouratos | Lavrio |
| SG | Michalis Lountzis | Promitheas Patras |
| SF | Howard Sant-Roos (Best Defender) | Panathinaikos |
| PF | Kerem Kanter | Kolossos Rodou |
| C | Danny Agbelese | Promitheas Patras |

## 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 | Kerem Kanter | Kolossos | 382 | 17.4 |
| Rebounds | Kerem Kanter | Kolossos | 162 | 7.3 |
| Assists | Vassilis Xanthopoulos | Kolossos | 138 | 6.2 |
| Steals | Malcolm Griffin | PAOK | 41 | 1.8 |
| Blocks | Danny Agbelese | Promitheas | 41 | 1.8 |
| PIR | Kerem Kanter | Kolossos | 402 | 18.2 |

### Individual game highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Kenny Goins | Kolossos | 34 |
| Rebounds | Chad Brown | Charilaos Trikoupis | 16 |
| Rebounds | Kerem Kanter | Kolossos | 16 |
| Assists | Vassilis Xanthopoulos | Kolossos | 13 |
| Steals | Ken Brown | Larisa | 7 |
| Blocks | Danny Agbelese | Promitheas | 6 |
| PIR | Danny Agbelese | Promitheas | 36 |

## Clubs in European-wide competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Regular season, 16th place |
| Promitheas | EuroCup | Regular season, 6th place |
| AEK | FIBA Champions League | Playoffs, Top-16, 3rd place |
| Peristeri | FIBA Champions League | Regular season, 3rd place |
| Iraklis | FIBA Champions League | Qualification Group B, Semifinals |
| Iraklis | FIBA Europe Cup | Playoffs, Quarterfinals |