2005–06 Greek Basket League

The 2005–06 Greek Basket League season was the 66th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The winner of the league was Panathinaikos, which beat Olympiacos in the league's playoff's finals. The teams Iraklis and Kolossos Rodou were relegated to the Greek A2 League.

2005–06 Greek Basket League season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Panathinaikos
Season MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis
Top scorer	Damir Mulaomerović 487 Points (21.2 PPG)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Finals MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis & Vassilis Spanoulis

Teams

AEK Athens
Maroussi
Panathinaikos
Panellinios
Panionios

Aris
Iraklis
PAOK

Olympiacos

Apollon Patras

Olympia
Gymnastikos

Kolossos

Makedonikos

Location of teams in Greek Basket League 2005–06

Club	Home city
AEK Athens	Athens
Apollon Patras	Patras
Aris	Thessaloniki
Gymnastikos	Larissa
Iraklis	Thessaloniki
Kolossos Rodou	Rhodes
Makedonikos	Kozani (temporarily)
Maroussi	Maroussi, Athens
Olympia Larissa	Larissa
Olympiacos	Piraeus
Panathinaikos	Athens
Panellinios	Athens
Panionios	Nea Smyrni, Athens
PAOK	Thessaloniki

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Total							Home				Away
		Pts	Pld	W	L	F	A	GD	W	L	F	A	W	L	F	A
1.	Panathinaikos	50	26	24	2	2276	1914	362	13	0	1199	937	11	2	1077	977
2.	Olympiacos	48	26	22	4	2149	1870	279	13	0	1090	903	9	4	1059	967
3.	Maroussi	43	26	17	9	1885	1789	96	11	2	974	862	6	7	911	927
4.	Aris	41	26	15	11	1932	1830	102	10	3	969	871	5	8	963	959
5.	Panellinios	40	26	14	12	1949	1927	22	8	5	1003	979	6	7	946	948
6.	PAOK	39	26	13	13	2006	2091	-85	9	4	1053	1033	4	9	953	1058
7.	AEK Athens	39	26	13	13	2007	1959	48	9	4	1020	928	4	9	987	1031
8.	Panionios	38	26	12	14	1978	2049	-71	10	3	1042	992	2	11	936	1057
9.	Olympia Larissa	36	26	10	16	1932	1959	-27	7	6	956	944	3	10	976	1015
10.	Apollon Patras	36	26	10	16	2024	2068	-44	6	7	1040	986	4	9	984	1082
11.	Gymnastikos	35	26	9	17	2012	2160	-148	8	5	1041	1031	1	12	971	1129
12.	Makedonikos	35	26	9	17	1977	2123	-146	7	6	1010	1013	2	11	967	1110
13.	Iraklis	34	26	8	18	1840	1988	-148	7	6	977	952	1	12	863	1036
14.	Kolossos Rodou	32	26	6	20	1838	2078	-240	5	8	968	1032	1	12	870	1046

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

	Playoff
	Relegation to HEBA A2

Results

	AEK	APO	ARI	GYM	IRA	KOL	MAK	MAR	OLL	OLY	PAO	PGS	PAN	PAOK
AEK Athens		80-86	64-58	105-69	75-59	78-63	84-67	80-77	82-79	76-82	84-85	70-65	82-59	60-79
Apollon Patras	74-81		58-79	76-63	85-59	105-72	100-110	61-66	66-73	64-70	86-89	91-82	90-84	84-58
Aris	68-66	84-69		79-68	84-65	66-50	84-66	62-52	70-87	70-64	69-73	64-70	78-62	91-79
Gymnastikos	90-86	79-94	84-91		83-85	65-63	73-66	78-70	84-80	83-74	72-84	82-78	85-75	83-85
Iraklis	75-68	59-70	89-80	65-47		78-75	80-71	74-75	80-71	76-82	73-75	67-77	83-94	78-67
Kolossos Rodou	69-77	92-94	75-72	92-95	61-58		91-96	63-79	87-79	72-84	61-80	63-80	66-65	76-73
Makedonikos	73-80	83-73	60-75	117-114	84-60	57-61		86-74	83-76	72-99	68-83	69-80	72-59	86-79
Maroussi	74-69	79-72	51-66	86-64	78-63	75-61	85-72		64-63	82-69	74-77	52-51	85-65	89-70
Olympia Larissa	79-72	80-55	88-83	88-83	78-74	67-60	71-56	62-67		72-99	61-79	67-68	70-74	73-74
Olympiacos	97-84	85-63	79-66	87-69	84-60	82-69	83-66	71-67	78-61		84-77	88-86	78-64	94-71
Panathinaikos	81-64	110-88	80-78	88-74	76-57	112-66	114-77	78-73	89-84	90-71		92-65	98-77	91-63
Panellinios	82-74	80-62	72-60	77-68	72-60	92-86	98-82	65-72	71-78	65-90	68-85		92-82	69-80
Panionios	89-75	83-79	83-76	79-69	85-75	74-72	76-74	79-65	84-80	78-85	79-94	69-73		84-75
PAOK	80-91	88-79	76-79	90-88	91-88	95-72	71-64	68-74	77-65	67-90	98-96	74-71	78-76

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Panathinaikos	2
	8	Panionios	0
						1	Panathinaikos	3
						4	Aris	0
	4	Aris	2
	5	Panellinios	0
											1	Panathinaikos	3
											2	Olympiacos	0
	2	Olympiacos	2
	7	AEK Athens	0
						2	Olympiacos	3
						3	Maroussi	2
	3	Maroussi	2
	6	PAOK	1

Quarterfinals

(1) Panathinaikos vs. (8) Panionios

Panathinaikos win the series 2-0

	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Date
Game 1	Panathinaikos	86 – 69	Panionios	Olympic Sports Hall, Athens	May 8, 2006
Game 2	Panionios	86 – 104	Panathinaikos	Helliniko Olympic Arena, Athens	May 10, 2006

(2) Olympiacos vs. (7) AEK Athens

Olympiacos win the series 2-0

	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Date
Game 1	Olympiacos	93 – 67	AEK Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	May 8, 2006
Game 2	AEK Athens	83 – 104	Olympiacos	Galatsi Olympic Hall, Athens	May 10, 2006

(3) Maroussi vs. (6) PAOK

Maroussi win the series 2-1

	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Date
Game 1	Maroussi	61 – 59	PAOK	Maroussi Indoor Hall, Athens	May 8, 2006
Game 2	PAOK	69 – 66	Maroussi	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki	May 10, 2006
Game 3	Maroussi	83 – 74	PAOK	Maroussi Indoor Hall, Athens	May 13, 2006

(4) Aris vs. (5) Panellinios

Aris win the series 2-0

	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Date
Game 1	Aris	70 – 63	Panellinios	Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki	May 8, 2006
Game 2	Panellinios	74 – 78	Aris	Panellinios Indoor Hall, Athens	May 10, 2006

Semifinals

(1) Panathinaikos vs. (4) Aris

Panathinaikos win the series 3-0

	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Date
Game 1	Panathinaikos	83 – 67	Aris	Olympic Sports Hall, Athens	May 15, 2006
Game 2	Aris	71 – 93	Panathinaikos	Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki	May 18, 2006
Game 3	Panathinaikos	79 – 72	Aris	Olympic Sports Hall, Athens	May 21, 2006

(2) Olympiacos vs. (3) Maroussi

Olympiacos win the series 3-2

	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Date
Game 1	Olympiacos	75 – 60	Maroussi	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	May 16, 2006
Game 2	Maroussi	70 – 65	Olympiacos	Maroussi Indoor Hall, Athens	May 18, 2006
Game 3	Olympiacos	81 – 62	Maroussi	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	May 21, 2006
Game 4	Maroussi	70 – 66	Olympiacos	Maroussi Indoor Hall, Athens	May 24, 2006
Game 5	Olympiacos	82 – 65	Maroussi	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens	May 27, 2006

3rd place

(3) Maroussi vs. (4) Aris

Aris win the series 3-2

	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Date
Game 1	Maroussi	74 – 59	Aris	Maroussi Indoor Hall, Athens	May 31, 2006
Game 2	Aris	84 – 54	Maroussi	Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki	June 3, 2006
Game 3	Maroussi	71 – 56	Aris	Maroussi Indoor Hall, Athens	June 7, 2006
Game 4	Aris	77 – 66	Maroussi	Alexandreio Melathron, Thessaloniki	June 10, 2006
Game 5	Maroussi	59 – 63	Aris	Maroussi Indoor Hall, Athens	June 14, 2006

Finals

(1) Panathinaikos vs. (2) Olympiacos

Panathinaikos win the series 3-0

Game 1

31 May 2006

(Report)

Panathinaikos	82–76	Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 23-19, 22-25, 19-12, 18-20

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 10,000

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Game 2

4 June 2006

(Report)

Olympiacos	68–79	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 23-25, 12-12, 18-21, 15-21

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Attendance: 6,000

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Game 3

7 June 2006

(Report)

Panathinaikos	82–70	Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 23-22, 16-11, 19-16, 24-21

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 18,000

Final league table

Pos	Team	Overall record
		Pld	W	L
1.	Panathinaikos	34	32	2
2.	Olympiacos	36	27	9
3.	Aris	36	20	16
4.	Maroussi	39	23	16
5.	Panellinios	28	14	14
6.	PAOK	29	14	15
7.	AEK Athens	28	13	15
8.	Panionios	28	12	16
9.	Olympia Larissa	26	10	16
10.	Apollon Patras	26	10	16
11.	Gymnastikos	26	9	17
12.	Makedonikos	26	9	17
13.	Iraklis	26	8	18
14.	Kolossos Rodou	26	6	20

	2006–07 Euroleague Regular Season
	Eurocup 2006–07 Regular Season
	Relegation to HEBA A2 2006–07

• PAOK and AEK took the places of Maroussi and Panellinios in the Eurocup 2006–07 Regular Season.

Greek Basket League 2005–06 Champions
Panathinaikos 27th Title

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

Finals MVP

• Vassilis Spanoulis &
• Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

Top scorer

• Damir Mulaomerović– Panellinios

Most Improved Player

• Loukas Mavrokefalidis – PAOK

Best Young Player

• Dimitrios Tsaldaris – Aris

Coach of the Year

• Panagiotis Giannakis– Maroussi

Greek League Best Five

Best Five
Player	Team
Roderick Blakney	Maroussi
Vassilis Spanoulis	Panathinaikos
Dimitris Diamantidis (MVP)	Panathinaikos
Ryan Stack	Aris
Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Olympiacos

League leaders regular season

Points

#	Name	Club	Points
1.	Damir Mulaomerović	Panellinios	487
2.	William Avery	Panionios	454
3.	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	PAOK	429
4.	Kostas Haralabidis	Makedonikos	401
5.	Chris Garner	Gymnastikos	400

Rebounds

#	Name	Club	Rebounds
1.	Jeremiah Massey	Gymnastikos	222
2.	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	PAOK	212
3.	Yiannis Bourousis	AEK Athens	210
4.	Danya Abrams	Apollon Patras	208
5.	Travon Bryant	Olympia Larissa	178
5.	Elton Brown	Makedonikos	178

Assists

#	Name	Club	Assists
1.	Damir Mulaomerović	Panellinios	115
2.	Giannis Gagaloudis	PAOK	109
3.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Panathinaikos	91
4.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	90
5.	Vasilis Xanthopoulos	PAOK	87

Steals

#	Name	Club	Steals
1.	Chris Garner	Gymnastikos	48
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	46
3.	Giannis Gagaloudis	PAOK	43
4.	Vasilis Xanthopoulos	PAOK	42
5.	Dror Hagag	AEK Athens	39

Blocks

#	Name	Club	Blocks
1.	Ryan Stack	Aris	36
2.	Aleksandar Radojević	Olympia Larissa	33
3.	Travon Bryant	Kolossos Rodou	27
4.	Mamadou N'Diaye	PAOK	26
5.	Yiannis Bourousis	AEK Athens	25

Source: Galanis Sports Data Archived 2008-02-23 at the Wayback Machine

League leaders playoffs

Points

#	Name	Club	Points
1.	Roderick Blakney	Maroussi	169
2.	Alexis Kyritsis	Maroussi	162
3.	Jaka Lakovič	Panathinaikos	116
4.	Tyus Edney	Olympiacos	110
5.	Quincy Lewis	Olympiacos	107

Rebounds

#	Name	Club	Rebounds
1.	Blagota Sekulić	Maroussi	77
2.	Dejan Tomašević	Panathinaikos	54
3.	Ante Grgurevic	Aris	52
4.	Mike Wilkinson	Aris	49
5.	Kostas Kaimakoglou	Maroussi	48

Assists

#	Name	Club	Assists
1.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	39
2.	Tyus Edney	Olympiacos	37
3.	Roderick Blakney	Maroussi	32
4.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Panathinaikos	29
5.	Terrel Castle	Aris	24
5.	Alexis Kyritsis	Maroussi	24

Steals

#	Name	Club	Steals
1.	Christoforos Stefanidis	Maroussi	16
2.	Mike Wilkinson	Aris	15
3.	Roderick Blakney	Maroussi	11
4.	Quincy Lewis	Olympiacos	10
4.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	10
4.	Manolis Papamakarios	Olympiacos	10

Blocks

#	Name	Club	Blocks
1.	Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	Olympiacos	8
1.	Jared Homan	Maroussi	7
3.	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Olympiacos	6
4.	Quincy Lewis	Olympiacos	6
5.	Blagota Sekulić	Maroussi	5
5.	Kostas Tsartsaris	Panathinaikos	5

Source: Galanis Sports Data Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Panathinaikos	EuroLeague	Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Olympiacos		Playoffs, Quarterfinals
AEK		Regular season, 8th place
Aris	ULEB Cup	Final, 2nd Place
Panionios		Top 16, Home and away format
Maroussi	FIBA EuroCup	Playoffs, Quarterfinals
PAOK		Regular season, 4th place
Olympia Larissa	FIBA EuroCup Challenge	Semifinals, Home and away format

External links

• Official HEBA Site
• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site
• A1 League at Sportime magazine (Greek)
• Galanis Sports Data