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
Season	2022–23
Dates	24 October 2022 - 15 June 2023
Games played	156
Teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	/ Sasha Vezenkov
Relegated	Ionikos
Finals
Champions	Olympiacos (14th title)
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Finals MVP	/ Thomas Walkup & Moustapha Fall
Statistical leaders
Points / Sasha Vezenkov 358 Rebounds Miro Bilan 176 Assists / Thomas Walkup 171
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Relegated from the 2021–22 Basket League

• Larisa

Note: Although Larisa finished 4th in the 2021–22 season, the team withdrawn from the league due to financial issues.^[3]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

• Karditsa
• Psychiko

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

Locations and arenas

AEK
Panathinaikos
Peristeri

Ionikos
Olympiacos

Aris
PAOK

Kolossos

Kardtisa

Lavrio

Apollon
Promitheas

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Olympiacos	2
	Aris	0
					Olympiacos	3
					PAOK	0
	PAOK	2
	Promitheas	1
									Olympiacos	3
									Panathinaikos	1
	Panathinaikos	2
	Kolossos	0
					Panathinaikos	3
					Peristeri	2			Third place
	Peristeri	2
	AEK	0
									Peristeri	3
									PAOK	0

Quarterfinals (best of 3)

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)

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)

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)

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

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

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

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

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

Olympiacos v Panathinaikos

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

Panathinaikos v Olympiacos

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

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

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

Statistic 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[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

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

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

• 2022 Greek Basketball Super Cup
• 2022–23 Greek Basketball Cup

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External links

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