2011–12 Greek Basket League Explained

2011–12 Greek Basket League season
League:Greek Basket League
Sport:Basketball
Duration:22 October 2011 – 2 June 2012
No Of Teams:13
Tv:SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:Olympiacos
Mvp: Vassilis Spanoulis
Mvp Link:Greek Basket League MVP
Top Scorer: Dionte Christmas 484 Points
Top Scorer Link:Greek Basket League stats leaders
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Link:2011–12 Greek Basket League#Playoffs
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:2011–12 Greek Basket League#Finals
Finals Champ:Olympiacos
Finals Runner-Up:Panathinaikos
Finals Mvp Link:Greek Basket League Finals MVP
Seasonslistnames:Greek Basket League
Prevseason Link:2010–11 Greek Basket League
Prevseason Year:2010–11
Nextseason Link:2012–13 Greek Basket League
Nextseason Year:2012–13

The 2011–12 Greek Basket League was the 72nd season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The 156-game regular season (24 games for each of the 13 teams) began on Saturday, October 22, 2011, and ended on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The playoffs ended on June 2, 2012. The championship was held without the presence of Panellinios that withdrew because of economic problems. So the championship was held with only 13 teams.[1]

Teams

ClubHome city
ArisThessaloniki
Ikaros KallitheasKallithea, Athens
IlysiakosIlisia, Athens
KAODDrama, Greece
KavalaKavala
Kolossos RodouRhodes
MaroussiMaroussi, Athens
OlympiacosPiraeus
PanathinaikosAthens
PanioniosNea Smyrni, Athens
PAOKThessaloniki
PeristeriPeristeri, Athens
RethymnoRethymno

Regular season

Standings

As of matchday 26th (final) on April 11, 2012 [2]

PosTeamTotalHomeAway
PtsPldWLFADWLWL
1.Olympiacos 472423120251600 +425120111
2.Panathinaikos 462422221141650+464120102
3.Kolossos Rodou 402416817871696+9110266
4.Rethymno Aegean 392415918811779 +829366
5.Panionios3824141017451630+1159357
6.Kavala3724131117081764 -56 10239
7.Aris352411131770174822 8439
8.PAOK3424101416581784-126 93111
9.KAOD332491517871900-11384111
10.Ikaros Kallitheas322481617231892-16966210
11.Ilysiakos312471716391802-16357210
12.Peristeri312471715291742-21357210
13.Maroussi 252412316311990 -359012111

Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference

Qualified to League Playoffs
Relegated to HEBA A2 2012–13

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.

Quarterfinal 1

Game 1
Game 2

Quarterfinal 2

Game 1
Game 2

Quarterfinal 3

Game 1
Game 2

Quarterfinal 4

Game 1
Game 2

Semi-finals 1

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3

Semi-finals 2

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4

3rd Place play-offs

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5

Finals

Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5

Final league standings

PositionTeamOverall Record
GamesWinsLosses
1.Olympiacos34313
2.Panathinaikos35296
3.Panionios 341915
4.Kolossos352114
5.Rethymno Aegean261511
6.Kavala261313
7.Aris261115
8.PAOK261016
9.KAOD24915
10.Ikaros Kallitheas24816
11.Ilysiakos24717
12.Peristeri24717
13.Maroussi24123
2012–13 Euroleague Regular Season
Eurocup 2012–13 Regular Season
Relegation to HEBA A2 2012–13

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Finals MVP

Top scorer

Most Improved Player

Defensive Player of the Year

Best Young Player

Coach of the Year

All-Greek League Team
Pos.Playerwidth=20%Team
PG Dimitris DiamantidisPanathinaikos
SG Vassilis Spanoulis MVPOlympiacos
SF Kostas PapanikolaouOlympiacos
PFOlympiacos
CPanathinaikos
All-Greek League Defensive Team[4]
Pos.Playerwidth=20%Team
PG Dimitris DiamantidisPanathinaikos
SG Vangelis MantzarisOlympiacos
SFOlympiacos
PFOlympiacos
C Joey Dorsey Best DefenderOlympiacos

Stats leaders

Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season and playoff games.[5]

Points

RankNameTeamPointsGames
1. Dionte Christmas48426
2. Georgios Printezis42734
3. Angelos Tsamis39735
4. Dimos Dikoudis38326
5. Marcus Hatten37934

Rebounds

RankNameTeamReboundsGames
1. Aron Baynes19923
2. Ruben Boykin16635
3. Vassilis Simtsak16626
4. Nana Enguaier16425
5. Angelos Tsamis16235

Assists

RankNameTeamAssistsGames
1. Vassilis Spanoulis
Vassilis Xanthopoulos		155
155		31
34
3. Dimitris Diamantidis14633
4. Šarūnas Jasikevičius11035
5. Nick Calathes10635

Clubs in international competitions

TeamCompetitionResult
EuroLeague Final-4, 1st place
Final-4, 4th place
Qualifying rounds, Bracket A, First qualifying round
ArisEuroCup Last 16, 4th place
Regular season, 4th place

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Όχι ΕΕΑ σε Πανελλήνιο, με 13 ομάδες η Α1!. sport24.gr. 15 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Standings . 12 April 2012 .
  3. Web site: ESAKE.gr - Top Coach G. Bartzokas . el . 2010-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100619073938/http://www.esake.gr/article/14104 . 2010-06-19 . dead .
  4. Web site: ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΙΚΟΣ ΤΗΣ Α1 Ο ΝΤΟΡΣΕΪ! . 2023-03-02 . NewsNowgr.com.
  5. Web site: Statistics . 23 July 2012.

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