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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.

Basket League
Season2022–23
Dates24 October 2022 - 15 June 2023
Games played156
Teams12
Regular season
Season MVPBulgaria/Greece Sasha Vezenkov
RelegatedIonikos
Finals
ChampionsOlympiacos
(14th title)
  Runners-upPanathinaikos
Finals MVPUnited States/Greece Thomas Walkup & France Moustapha Fall
Statistical leaders
Points Bulgaria/Greece Sasha Vezenkov 358
Rebounds Croatia Miro Bilan 176
Assists United States/Greece Thomas Walkup 171

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.[1][2]

Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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Relegated from the 2021–22 Basket League

Note: Although Larisa finished 4th in the 2021–22 season, the team withdrawn from the league due to financial issues.[3]

Promoted from the 2021–22 A2 League

Note: Psychiko will not participate in the 2022–23 Greek Basket League for financial reasons.[4]

Locations and arenas

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Locations of the 2022–23 Basket League teams
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

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League table

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Pos Team
 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
3 Peristeri bwin 22 14 8 1852 1731 +121 36
4 PAOK mateco 22 13 9 1764 1701 +63 35
5 Promitheas Patras 22 12 10 1687 1708 −21 34
6 AEK 22 12 10 1668 1686 −18 34
7 Kolossos H Hotels 22 11 11 1718 1735 −17 33
8 Aris Thessaloniki 22 11 11 1735 1679 +56 33
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
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2023. Source: ESAKE

Results

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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 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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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

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Olympiacos2
 
 
 
Aris0
 
Olympiacos3
 
 
 
PAOK0
 
PAOK2
 
 
 
Promitheas1
 
Olympiacos3
 
 
 
Panathinaikos1
 
Panathinaikos2
 
 
 
Kolossos0
 
Panathinaikos3
 
 
 
Peristeri2 Third place
 
Peristeri2
 
 
 
AEK0
 
Peristeri3
 
 
PAOK0
 

Quarterfinals (best of 3)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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 1

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4 June 2023 Olympiacos 73–70 Panathinaikos
21:15 Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 15–19, 20–15, 12–22
Pts: Vezenkov 20,

Walkup 13 Sloukas 12, Fall 11
Rebs: Vezenkov 7
Asts: Walkup 7, Fall 5, Sloukas 4

Boxscore Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Poursanidis, Tsaroucha, Tsimpouris

Game 2

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8 June 2023 Panathinaikos 67–65 Olympiacos
21:15 Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 8–22, 18–15, 16–15
Boxscore Pts: Papanikolaou 15,

Walkup 14, Fall 11
Rebs: Fall 6
Asts: Papanikolaou 7, Fall 3

Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Referees: Papapetrou, Tsolakos, Tiganis

Game 3

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11 June 2023 Olympiacos 75–52 Panathinaikos
21:15 Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 18–9, 21–13, 18–11
Pts: Sloukas 14,

Fall 11, Walkup 7
Rebs: Bolomboy, Peters 5
Asts: Sloukas 7, Walkup 6 , Fall 3

Boxscore Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium
Referees: Koromilas, Theonas, Karpanos

Game 4

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15 June 2023 Panathinaikos 35–63 Olympiacos
21:15 Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 9–24, 11–15(forfeited), (forfeited)
Boxscore Pts: Peters,

Vezenkov 11 Walkup 10
Rebs: Walkup 6, Fall 5
Asts: Walkup 5

Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Referees: Koromilas, Papapetrou, Theonas

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or Relegation
1 Olympiacos 31 30 1 Qualification to the EuroLeague
2 Panathinaikos 33 22 11
3 Peristeri 32 21 11 Qualification to the Basketball Champions League
4 PAOK 31 15 16
5 Promitheas Patras 25 13 12
6 AEK 24 12 12
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

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All official awards of the 2022–23 Greek League.

Pos. Player Team Ref.
Season MVP
PF  /  Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos [5]
Finals MVP
PG  /  Thomas Walkup Olympiacos [6]
C   Moustapha Fall
Top Scorer
PF  /  Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos [7]
Most Popular Player
PF  /  Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos [5]
Most Improved Player
PF   Lefteris Mantzoukas Panathinaikos [2]
Most Spectacular Player
C   Nate Renfro PAOK [1]
Best Defender
PG  /  Thomas Walkup Olympiacos [8]
Best Young Player
PF   Lefteris Mantzoukas Panathinaikos [3]
Best Coach
HD   Georgios Bartzokas Olympiacos [9]
All-Greek League Teams
First Team
PG   Kostas Sloukas Olympiacos [10]
SG   Sylvain Francisco Peristeri
SF   Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos
PF  /  Sasha Vezenkov (MVP) Olympiacos
C   Moustapha Fall Olympiacos
Second Team
PG   Vassilis Toliopoulos Aris [11]
SG   Marcus Denmon Peristeri
  Giannoulis Larentzakis Olympiacos
SF   Dwayne Bacon Panathinaikos
PF   Loukas Mavrokefalidis Ionikos
C   Georgios Papagiannis Panathinaikos

Statistics

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Statistic leaders

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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[12] Player Team Total
Points  /  Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos 358
Rebounds   Miro Bilan Peristeri 176
Assists  /  Thomas Walkup Olympiacos 171
Steals   Paris Lee Panathinaikos 40
Blocks   Nate Renfro PAOK 33

Individual game highs

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Category[13] 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

Clubs in international competitions

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

See also

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References

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