# 2017–18 Greek Basket League

The 2017–18 Greek Basket League was the 78th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on October 7, 2017, and ended on June 17, 2018.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation

Apollon Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were relegated after the 2016–17 Greek Basket League. Panionios and Gymnastikos Larissas Faros were promoted from the 2016–17 Greek A2 Basket League.

### Locations and arenas

| Club | City | Arena | Capacity | App. |
| AEK | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,250 | 61 |
| Aris | Thessaloniki | Alexandrio Melathron | 5,138 | 64 |
| Gymnastikos Larissas Faros | Larissa | Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena | 4,000 | 13 |
| Kolossos | Rhodes City | Venetoklio Indoor Hall | 1,242 | 12 |
| Koroivos | Amaliada | Amaliada Indoor Hall | 2,000 | 4 |
| Kymis | Kymi | Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall | 1,620 | 2 |
| Lavrio Megabolt | Lavrio | Lavrio Indoor Hall | 1,700 | 3 |
| Olympiacos | Athens (Piraeus) | Peace and Friendship Stadium | 12,000 | 65 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | Athens (Marousi) | OAKA Indoor Hall | 19,250 | 68 |
| Panionios | Athens (Nea Smyrni) | Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall | 1,832 | 49 |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki (Pylaia) | PAOK Sports Arena | 8,500 | 61 |
| Promitheas Patras | Patras | Dimitris Tofalos Arena | 4,200 | 2 |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | Rethymno | Rethymno Indoor Hall | 1,600 | 8 |
| Trikala Aries | Trikala | Trikala Indoor Hall | 2,500 | 5 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head Coach | Team Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| AEK | / Dragan Šakota | Dušan Šakota | Fila | OPAP |
| Aris | Panagiotis Giannakis | Spyros Mourtos | CAP | |
| Gymnastikos Larissas Faros | Thanasis Skourtopoulos | Ioannis Vavatsikos | | |
| Kolossos | Aris Lykogiannis | Ioannis Georgalis | Fila | Aegean Airlines |
| Koroivos | Dinos Kalampakos | Giannis Sachpatzidis | Nickan | Loux |
| Kymis | Ioannis Kastritis | Sotirios Manolopoulos | Erreà | Seajets |
| Lavrio Megabolt | Christos Serelis | Sakis Giannakopoulos | Nickan | Naprosyn |
| Olympiacos | Ioannis Sfairopoulos | Vassilis Spanoulis | Nike | OPAP |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | Xavi Pascual | Ian Vougioukas | Adidas | OPAP |
| Panionios | Vangelis Ziagkos | Nikos Michalos | Nickan | Vikos Cola |
| PAOK | Ilias Papatheodorou | Vangelis Margaritis | Athlos | OPAP |
| Promitheas Patras | Makis Giatras | Nikos Gkikas | Spalding | Loux |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | Nikos Vetoulas | Charis Giannopoulos | Nickan | OPAP |
| Trikala Aries | Fotis Takianos | Diamantis Slaftsakis | CAP | Olympos |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2404 | 1777 | +627 | 52 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2245 | 1781 | +464 | 48 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 3 | Promitheas Patras | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2081 | 2013 | +68 | 43 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2063 | 1975 | +88 | 43 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 5 | AEK | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2082 | 2031 | +51 | 41 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 6 | Lavrio Megabolt | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2149 | 2110 | +39 | 40 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 7 | Kymis | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2026 | 2032 | −6 | 40 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 8 | Kolossos H Hotels | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1934 | 1977 | −43 | 37 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 9 | Aris | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1754 | 1869 | −115 | 36 | |
| 10 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2047 | 2136 | −89 | 36 | |
| 11 | Gymnastikos Larissas Faros | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1927 | 2190 | −263 | 34 | |
| 12 | Panionios | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1876 | 2078 | −202 | 33 | |
| 13 | Koroivos (R) | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1824 | 2082 | −258 | 33 | Relegated to Greek A2 League |
| 14 | Trikala Aries (R) | 26 | 4 | 22 | 1802 | 2163 | −361 | 30 | Relegated to Greek A2 League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AEK | ARIS | GSL | KOL | KOR | KYM | LAV | OLY | PAO | PAN | PAOK | PRO | RCK | TRI |
| AEK | — | 73–64 | 106–79 | 95–79 | 86–60 | 82–76 | 96–86 | 66–62 | 74–94 | 83–73 | 72–81 | 75–76 | 81–74 | 91–78 |
| Aris | 64–62 | — | 71–60 | 72–86 | 66–68 | 60–73 | 80–69 | 55–80 | 70–88 | 60–48 | 65–66 | 68–64 | 70–52 | 82–63 |
| Gymnastikos Larissas Faros | 75–86 | 81–76 | — | 79–77 | 82–78 | 80–91 | 80–87 | 83–95 | 52–89 | 98–68 | 101–89 | 81–89 | 70–89 | 77–70 |
| Kolossos H Hotels | 82–78 | 73–67 | 94–74 | — | 86–71 | 68–81 | 71–77 | 54–72 | 71–72 | 70–62 | 76–79 | 70–89 | 64–63 | 78–60 |
| Koroivos | 75–77 | 71–55 | 73–55 | 79–76 | — | 59–73 | 67–91 | 54–104 | 49–86 | 68–67 | 87–91 | 78–71 | 102–97 | 82–85 |
| Kymis | 77–79 | 94–69 | 70–71 | 93–89 | 62–60 | — | 94–81 | 56–85 | 73–90 | 95–83 | 88–85 | 68–73 | 82–76 | 72–63 |
| Lavrio Megabolt | 80–72 | 70–71 | 77–55 | 80–62 | 80–69 | 78–65 | — | 68–84 | 57–111 | 83–73 | 90–72 | 101–87 | 78–77 | 117–87 |
| Olympiacos | 100–86 | 86–66 | 100–69 | 83–72 | 97–76 | 93–78 | 91–62 | — | 68–71 | 87–65 | 96–77 | 104–69 | 90–72 | 86–51 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 115–85 | 84–63 | 103–70 | 87–63 | 92–57 | 87–64 | 120–118 | 68–61 | — | 97–53 | 89–74 | 96–64 | 91–69 | 87–56 |
| Panionios | 71–69 | 81–87 | 74–66 | 70–90 | 70–59 | 91–92 | 72–71 | 73–79 | 66–89 | — | 67–81 | 80–87 | 96–64 | 82–76 |
| PAOK | 86–65 | 63–57 | 91–51 | 70–56 | 92–63 | 94–83 | 92–87 | 78–71 | 74–91 | 92–74 | — | 73–79 | 80–72 | 58–54 |
| Promitheas Patras | 69–66 | 70–40 | 91–80 | 76–80 | 75–70 | 93–82 | 98–87 | 73–87 | 91–108 | 69–58 | 81–68 | — | 94–72 | 88–71 |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 90–95 | 80–73 | 91–84 | 89–61 | 95–90 | 83–73 | 73–95 | 66–86 | 69–103 | 90–78 | 73–79 | 82–78 | — | 103–67 |
| Trikala Aries | 71–82 | 64–83 | 65–74 | 59–86 | 71–59 | 60–71 | 91–79 | 73–98 | 66–96 | 76–81 | 87–78 | 68–87 | 76–86 | — |

## Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Panathiniakos Superfoods | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kolossos Rodou | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kolossos Rodou | 0 | 1 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | PAOK | 0 | | | |
| 4 | PAOK | 2 | 4 | PAOK | 0 | | | |
| 5 | AEK | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | AEK | 0 | | | | 1 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Olympiacos | 2 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Olympiacos | 2 |
| 7 | Kymis | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Kymis | 0 | 2 | Olympiacos | 3 | Third place series | Third place series | Third place series |
| | | | 3 | Promitheas Patras | 0 |
| 3 | Promitheas Patras | 2 | 3 | Promitheas Patras | 0 | 3 | Promitheas Patras | 0 |
| 6 | Lavrio Megabolt | 0 | | | | 4 | PAOK | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

The higher-seeded team played the first and third leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 16 May, while the second legs were played on 19 May 2018.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 2–0 | Kolossos Rodou | 96–65 | 87–69 |
| PAOK | 2–0 | AEK | 78–74 | 93–88 |
| Olympiacos | 2–0 | Kymis | 78–75 | 88–67 |
| Promitheas Patras | 2–0 | Lavrio Megabolt | 75–70 | 79–77 |

### Semifinals

The higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 24 May, while the second legs were played on 26 May 2018.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 3–0 | PAOK | 92–79 | 84–67 | 88–72 |
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | Promitheas Patras | 108–71 | 89–88 | 89–56 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 3–2 | Olympiacos | 65–75 | 71–66 | 73–58 | 76–92 | 84–70 |

#### 3rd Place Final

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Promitheas Patras | 0–3 | PAOK | 79–81 | 61–100 | 79–91 |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or Relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 36 | 34 | 2 | Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 36 | 29 | 7 | Qualification to the EuroLeague *Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract |
| 3 | PAOK | 34 | 22 | 12 | Qualification to the Champions League regular season *PAOK, Promitheas Patras, and AEK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 4 | Promitheas Patras | 34 | 19 | 15 | Qualification to the Champions League regular season *PAOK, Promitheas Patras, and AEK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 5 | AEK | 28 | 15 | 13 | Qualification to the Champions League regular season *PAOK, Promitheas Patras, and AEK declined EuroCup participation. |
| 6 | Lavrio | 28 | 14 | 14 | Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup qualification round. |
| 7 | Kymis Seajets | 28 | 14 | 14 |
| 8 | Kolossos Rodou | 28 | 11 | 17 |
| 9 | Aris | 26 | 10 | 16 | Qualification to the Champions League qualification round, as wild card. |
| 10 | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 26 | 10 | 16 |
| 11 | Gymnastikos Larissas Faros | 26 | 8 | 18 |
| 12 | Panionios | 26 | 7 | 19 |
| 13 | Koroivos | 26 | 7 | 19 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League |
| 14 | Trikala Aries | 26 | 4 | 22 | Relegation to the Greek A2 League |

## Awards
### Season MVP

* Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

### Finals MVP

* Mike James – Panathinaikos

### Top scorer

* Stefan Moody – Rethymno

### Most Popular Player

* Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

### Most Improved Player

* Christos Saloustros – Promitheas Patras

### Most Spectacular Player

* Thanasis Antetokounmpo – Panathinaikos

### Defensive Player of the Year

* Nick Calathes – Panathinaikos

### Best Young Player

* Antonis Koniaris – PAOK

### Best Coach

* Xavi Pascual – Panathinaikos
All-Greek League First Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Nick Calathes MVP | Panathinaikos |
| SG | Thad McFadden | Kymis |
| SF | McKenzie Moore | Lavrio |
| PF | Chris Singleton | Panathinaikos |
| C | Nikola Milutinov | Olympiacos |
All-Greek League Second Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |
| SG | Mike James | Panathinaikos |
| SF | Kostas Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
| PF | Michale Kyser | Kymis |
| C | Georgios Printezis | Olympiacos |
All-Greek League Defensive Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Nick Calathes (Best Defender) | Panathinaikos |
| SG | McKenzie Moore | Lavrio |
| SF | Kostas Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
| PF | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | Panathinaikos |
| C | Michale Kyser | Kymis |

## 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 | Stefan Moody | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 391 | 15.0 |
| Rebounds | Shaquille Goodwin | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 187 | 7.5 |
| Assists | Nick Calathes | Panathinaikos | 182 | 7.4 |
| Steals | McKenzie Moore | Lavrio | 49 | 2.1 |
| Blocks | Michale Kyser | Kymis Seajets | 38 | 1.9 |
| PIR | McKenzie Moore | Lavrio | 548 | 23.8 |

### Individual game highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Stefan Moody | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 44 |
| Rebounds | Nikola Milutinov | Olympiacos | 18 |
| Assists | Anthony Hickey | Rethymno Cretan Kings | 16 |
| Steals | Vangelis Margaritis | PAOK | 6 |
| Steals | McKenzie Moore | Lavrio | 6 |
| Blocks | Michale Kyser | Kymis Seajets | 4 |
| PIR | Nikola Milutinov | Olympiacos | 45 |

## Clubs in European-wide competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Playoffs |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Playoffs, Quarterfinals |
| AEK | FIBA Champions League | Final-4, 1st place |
| PAOK | FIBA Champions League | Playoffs, Round of 16 |
| Aris | FIBA Champions League | Regular season, 8th place |