# 2012–13 Greek Basket League

The 2012–13 Greek Basket League was the 73rd season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece.

## Teams

| Club | Home city |
| Apollon Patras | Patras |
| Aris | Thessaloniki |
| Ikaros Kallitheas | Kallithea, Athens |
| Ilysiakos | Ilisia, Athens |
| KAOD | Drama, Greece |
| Kavala | Kavala |
| Kolossos Rodou | Rhodes |
| Olympiacos | Piraeus |
| Panathinaikos | Athens |
| Panelefsiniakos | Elefsina |
| Panionios | Nea Smyrni, Athens |
| PAOK | Thessaloniki |
| Peristeri | Peristeri, Athens |
| Rethymno | Rethymno |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2278 | 1744 | +534 | 51 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2088 | 1632 | +456 | 48 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Panionios | 26 | 20 | 6 | 1999 | 1864 | +135 | 46 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | PAOK | 26 | 17 | 9 | 1905 | 1843 | +62 | 43 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Rethymno Aegean | 26 | 17 | 9 | 1979 | 1932 | +47 | 43 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Aris | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1824 | 1870 | −46 | 39 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | Ikaros Kallitheas | 26 | 12 | 14 | 1854 | 1969 | −115 | 38 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | Apollon Patras | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1951 | 1993 | −42 | 37 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 9 | KAOD | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2003 | 2053 | −50 | 37 | |
| 10 | Kolossos Rodou | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1838 | 1971 | −133 | 34 | |
| 11 | Panelefsiniakos | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1880 | 1991 | −111 | 33 | |
| 12 | Ilysiakos | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1788 | 2033 | −245 | 33 | |
| 13 | Peristeri | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1785 | 2079 | −294 | 33 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |
| 14 | Kavala | 26 | 5 | 21 | 1937 | 2135 | −198 | 31 | Relegated to Greek A2 Basket League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | APO | ARIS | IKA | ILY | KAO | KAV | KOL | OLY | PAO | PNF | PAN | PAOK | PER | RET |
| Apollon Patras | | 64–53 | 95–75 | 94–72 | 89–92 | 80–79 | 78–66 | 69–88 | 71–80 | 68–65 | 93–99 | 87–83 | 86–76 | 65–75 |
| Aris | 68–64 | | 70–60 | 64–63 | 85–73 | 80–79 | 75–52 | 68–84 | 56–71 | 68–55 | 60–82 | 63–72 | 70–46 | 71–73 |
| Ikaros Kallitheas | 67–65 | 79–67 | | 86–71 | 80–74 | 76–73 | 86–66 | 53–97 | 72–68 | 85–78 | 62–86 | 80–85 | 66–55 | 61–66 |
| Ilysiakos | 75–69 | 62–64 | 66–64 | | 74–76 | 82–78 | 49–65 | 70–81 | 62–87 | 66–63 | 69–75 | 72–76 | 66–64 | 66–72 |
| KAOD | 88–101 | 84–81 | 76–69 | 80–83 | | 72–73 | 74–66 | 81–91 | 60–63 | 101–77 | 62–64 | 89–78 | 87–75 | 84–80 |
| Kavala | 85–67 | 77–85 | 82–83 | 66–68 | 60–71 | | 66–70 | 76–94 | 71–97 | 68–66 | 84–87 | 70–91 | 84–79 | 80–82 |
| Kolossos Rodou | 67–80 | 82–99 | 69–73 | 71–63 | 82–76 | 72–86 | | 72–88 | 59–67 | 78–71 | 65–70 | 65–70 | 77–67 | 82–80 |
| Olympiacos | 80–53 | 100–65 | 85–63 | 113–75 | 103–67 | 113–62 | 70–65 | | 72–67 | 85–60 | 87–73 | 89–64 | 105–57 | 88–73 |
| Panathinaikos | 91–60 | 81–62 | 97–72 | 101–49 | 87–70 | 95–73 | 93–77 | 60–64 | | 95–68 | 75–61 | 71–61 | 85–60 | 92–50 |
| Panelefsiniakos | 68–69 | 76–85 | 78–65 | 96–84 | 74–76 | 87–74 | 60–68 | 76–94 | 59–77 | | 76–72 | 67–54 | 75–62 | 90–80 |
| Panionios | 80–78 | 82–75 | 82–75 | 77–62 | 75–73 | 88–71 | 89–77 | 57–66 | 63–56 | 81–73 | | 82–68 | 79–65 | 70–86 |
| PAOK | 68–61 | 84–72 | 71–48 | 73–69 | 77–66 | 81–69 | 68–63 | 76–71 | 61–71 | 84–78 | 59–66 | | 83–68 | 91–85 |
| Peristeri | 76–74 | 57–68 | 79–88 | 83–82 | 78–76 | 81–72 | 91–89 | 78–92 | 41–76 | 77–75 | 69–91 | 55–63 | | 70–69 |
| Rethymno Aegean | 77–71 | 68–50 | 68–66 | 95–68 | 88–75 | 88–79 | 82–73 | 64–78 | 58–85 | 75–69 | 78–68 | 66–64 | 101–76 | |

## 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 | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Olympiacos | 77 | 83 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Apollon Patras | 63 | 73 | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Apollon Patras | 63 | 73 | - | 1 | Olympiacos | 77 | 87 | 80 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Rethymno Aegean | 62 | 72 | 67 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 4 | PAOK | 71 | 65 | – | 5 | Rethymno Aegean | 62 | 72 | 67 | – | – | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rethymno Aegean | 75 | 88 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rethymno Aegean | 75 | 88 | – | | | | | | | | 1 | Olympiacos | 51 | 52 | 0* | – | – |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Panathinaikos | 64 | 63 | 20* | – | – |
| 2 | Panathinaikos | 88 | 78 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Panathinaikos | 64 | 63 | 20* | – | – |
| 7 | Ikaros Kallitheas | 57 | 62 | – | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ikaros Kallitheas | 57 | 62 | – | 2 | Panathinaikos | 84 | 81 | 64 | – | – | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| | | | | | 3 | Panionios | 61 | 55 | 62 | – | – |
| 3 | Panionios | 80 | 66 | 74 | 3 | Panionios | 61 | 55 | 62 | – | – | 3 | Panionios | 80 | 73 | 71 | 71 | – |
| 6 | Aris | 79 | 75 | 67 | | | | | | | | 5 | Rethymno Aegean | 74 | 74 | 60 | 61 | – |
* The game was stopped with 1:27 left in the fourth quarter due to flares, firecrackers, and objects that were thrown onto the court by Olympiacos fans. At that moment, Panathinaikos led the game by a score of 72–76. The referees stopped the game temporarily, and ordered the fans to exit the arena. However, about 120 Olympiacos fans stayed behind the VIP stands and refused to leave the arena. That led to the referees cancelling the game, and giving a technicality win to Panathinaikos, by a score of 0-20.

## 2012–13 Greek Basket League Finals

The defending Greek Basket League champions, Olympiacos, finished first in the regular season, and faced their arch-rivals Panathinaikos, in the finals of the playoffs, having home-court advantage. Despite the home court advantage, Panathinaikos won the series 3–0, by performing a "clean sweep", after defeating Olympiacos twice at their home-court. The 3rd game was disrupted by Olympiacos fans throwing flash-grenades at Panathinaikos' bench, when the score was 72–76 with 01:27 left to go in the game.
The match officials decided to stop the game, and have the stadium cleared of all fans. 75 minutes went by, and 100+ Olympiacos fans had still not vacated the stadium, so the game and the series was officially called off. A technicality win of 0-20 was granted to Panathinaikos, despite there still being 01:27 left on the game clock.
The events of the 3rd game of the series, happened after the owner of Panathinaikos, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, and three other men, entered into the referee locker room at the home arena of Panathinaikos, OAKA, during halftime of the 2nd game of the series. Giannakopoulos reportedly told the refs that they would not leave the arena, if they did not change how they were calling the game, with Panathinaikos behind in the score at halftime. Giannkopoulos was later sanctioned by the Greek sports prosecutor for these actions. Giannakopoulos was then banned from entering into any arenas in Greece by the Greek Committee of Sportsmanship, for a period of 6 months, however, he was placed on 3 years of probation and given a suspended sentence. He was however, suspended from entering into the arenas at his own team's games, for a period of 3 months time.

## Final league standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 34 | 30 | 4 | 2013–14 Euroleague Regular Season |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 34 | 30 | 4 | 2013–14 Euroleague Regular Season |
| 3 | Panionios | 36 | 25 | 11 | 2013–14 Eurocup Regular Season |
| 4 | Rethymno Aegean | 35 | 20 | 15 | |
| 5 | PAOK | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2013–14 Eurocup Regular Season |
| 6 | Aris | 29 | 14 | 15 | |
| 7 | Ikaros Kallitheas | 28 | 12 | 16 | |
| 8 | Apollon Patras | 28 | 11 | 17 | |
| 9 | KAOD | 26 | 11 | 15 | |
| 10 | Kolossos Rodou | 26 | 8 | 18 | |
| 11 | Panelefsiniakos | 26 | 7 | 19 | |
| 12 | Ilysiakos | 26 | 7 | 19 | |
| 13 | Peristeri (R) | 26 | 7 | 19 | Relegated to 2013–14 Greek A2 League |
| 14 | Kavala (R) | 26 | 5 | 21 | Relegated to 2013–14 Greek A2 League |
* Greek Basket League 2012–13 Champions
* Panathinaikos 33rd title

## Awards
### Most Valuable Player

* Stephane Lasme – Panathinaikos

### Finals MVP

* Stéphane Lasme – Panathinaikos

### Top scorer

* Nikos Pappas – Panionios

### Most Improved Player

* Vlado Janković – Panionios

### Defensive Player of the Year

* Stephane Lasme – Panathinaikos

### Best Young Player

* Sasha Vezenkov – Aris

### Best Coach

* Argyris Pedoulakis – Panathinaikos
All-Greek League Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos |
| SG | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |
| SG | Nikos Pappas | Panionios |
| SF | Kostas Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
| PF | Vlado Janković | Panionios |
| C | Stéphane Lasme (MVP) | Panathinaikos |
All-Greek League Defensive Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| PG | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos |
| SG | James Gist | Panathinaikos |
| SF | Kostas Papanikolaou | Olympiacos |
| PF | Kyle Hines | Olympiacos |
| C | Stephane Lasme (Best Defender) | Panathinaikos |

## Statistical leaders

Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season.
| Category | Player | Team | Total | Average |
| Points | Nikos Pappas | Panionios | 441 | 17.7 |
| Rebounds | Kevin Palmer | KAOD | 216 | 8.3 |
| Assists | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 143 | 5.7 |
| Steals | Kevin Palmer | KAOD | 62 | 2.3 |
| Blocks | Brent Petway | Rethymno Aegean | 31 | 1.2 |

## Clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Olympiacos | EuroLeague | Final-4, 1st place |
| Panathinaikos | EuroLeague | Playoffs, Quarterfinals |
| Panionios | EuroCup | Regular season, 4th place |