2020–21 Greek Basket League

Greek Basket League
Greek Basket League
Season	2020–21
Dates	October 24 2020 – June 2021
Teams	12
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos ; (39th title)
Runners-up	Lavrio
Third place	AEK
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Kerem Kanter
Rebounds	Kerem Kanter
Assists	Vasilis Xanthopoulos
Index Rating	Kerem Kanter
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

Locations and arenas

AEK
Ionikos
Panathinaikos
Peristeri

Location of clubs for the 2020–21 Greek Basket League season.

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	Team v t e	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
3	Promitheas Patras	22	16	6	1768	1677	+91	38
4	AEK Athens	22	14	8	1813	1666	+147	36
5	PAOK	22	13	9	1736	1729	+7	35
6	Peristeri	22	11	11	1615	1634	−19	33
7	Kolossos H Hotels	22	8	14	1720	1703	+17	30
8	Ionikos Hellenic Coin	22	8	14	1699	1789	−90	30
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

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2021. Source: ESAKE

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	—

Updated to match(es) played on January 31, 2021. Source: esake.gr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

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		Semi-finals		Final



Panathinaikos	2

Ionikos	0
		Panathinaikos	3

		AEK	1
AEK	2

PAOK	1
				Panathinaikos	3

				Lavrio	1
Lavrio	2

Kolossos	0
		Lavrio	3

		Promitheas	2	Third place
Promitheas	2

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
AEK	2–1	PAOK	102–89	73–81	87–81
Lavrio	2–0	Kolossos	87–68	88–84
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
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

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

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

Pos.	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
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^[4]
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^[5]	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^[6]	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		Regular season, 3rd place
Iraklis		Qualification Group B, Semifinals
Iraklis	FIBA Europe Cup	Playoffs, Quarterfinals

References

^ "Rethymno and Ifaistos will not participate in the Greek League next season". 12 June 2020.
^ "Αποχώρηση της ΚΑΕ Πανιώνιος, νέα κλήρωση και μετάθεση του τζάμπολ για τις 17/10".
^ Ο Ιωνικός Νίκαιας αγόρασε το ΑΦΜ του Διαγόρα Δρυοπιδέων politic.gr
^ Φωτόπουλος, Θάνος (2021-07-07). "ΕΣΑΚΕ: Καλύτερος αμυντικός της σεζόν ο Σάντ Ρος". Kingsport.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-03-24.
^ "Στατιστικά - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε." - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
^ Proballers. "Greece - Heba A1, Basketball Records (2020-2021)". Proballers. Retrieved 2024-12-25.

External links

Official Basket League Site (in Greek)
Official Basket League Site
Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)

[1] "Rethymno and Ifaistos will not participate in the Greek League next season". 12 June 2020.

[2] "Αποχώρηση της ΚΑΕ Πανιώνιος, νέα κλήρωση και μετάθεση του τζάμπολ για τις 17/10".

[3] Ο Ιωνικός Νίκαιας αγόρασε το ΑΦΜ του Διαγόρα Δρυοπιδέων politic.gr

[4] Φωτόπουλος, Θάνος (2021-07-07). "ΕΣΑΚΕ: Καλύτερος αμυντικός της σεζόν ο Σάντ Ρος". Kingsport.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-03-24.

[5] "Στατιστικά - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε." - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2024-12-23.

[6] Proballers. "Greece - Heba A1, Basketball Records (2020-2021)". Proballers. Retrieved 2024-12-25.

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