The 2008–09 Greek Basket League season was the 69th season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The 182-game regular season (26 games for each of the 14 teams) began on Saturday, October 4, 2008, and ended on Sunday, May 10, 2009. The playoffs ended on June 3, 2009.
Teams
ClubHome cityAEK AthensAthensAEL 1964LarissaAigaleoAigaleo, AthensArisThessalonikiKavalaKavalaKolossos RodouRhodesMaroussiMaroussi, AthensOlympia LarissaLarissaOlympiacosPiraeusPanathinaikosAthensPanelliniosAthensPanioniosNea Smyrni, AthensPAOKThessalonikiTrikala 2000Trikala
Regular season
Standings
PosTeamTotalHomeAwayPtsPldWLFADWLWL1.Olympiacos512625122291826 +4031301212.Panathinaikos482622422771797 +480130943.Aris452619718831775 +108112854.Maroussi432617920351921 +11494855.Panellinios432617920371888 +149103766.Panionios4226161019481931 +17103677.PAOK3826121420051991 +14943108.Kolossos Rodou3826121419001988 -8885499.AEK Athens3726111518961998 -1028531010.Kavala352691717651948 -1837621111.Olympia Larissa342681817691907 -1385831012.Trikala322662019012115 -2145811213.Aigaleo322662017932035 -2424921114.AEL282622418332151 -318211013
Pts=Points, Pld=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, D=Points difference
Qualification to League Playoffs Relegation to HEBA A2
Results
Results as of December 19, 2008 AEKAELAIGARIKAVKOLMAROLLOLYPAOPGSPANPAOKTRIAEK Athens 89-8865-71 71-5778-7578-5975-8472-7075-9570-7959-7285-8793-8569-67AEL63-62 83-8568-7572-8069-7676-8787-10772-9078-8378-9267-7995-9773-71Aigaleo59-6190-5680-66 72-7772-8162-6672-8165-9081-9688-9953-7678-7478-71Aris77-6177-62 75-5778-5972-5383-7362-4673-7769-7470-6471-5987-7668-61Kavala73-5966-6568-7463-50 66-5872-8164-5351-8255-9452-6858-6273-7280-66Kolossos Rodou86-6879-7079-8575-62101-84 81-7768-6573-7966-9279-8688-7170-6686-87Maroussi86-8187-6966-7066-7282-7382-67 69-4981-8280-70102-8070-7887-7687-74Olympia Larissa82-7768-6755-7377-6172-6162-7369-78 66-8265-9064-7178-8274-8067-66Olympiacos100-6274-57106-6190-6880-70 77-7592-77Panathinaikos86-82102-5884-59103-7796-6991-5382-5480-6186-69 93-6497-50107-9781-62Panellinios74-8291-7176-5583-6874-6170-6681-8482-6084-8884-74 66-6068-6599-52Panionios74-5789-8593-7778-6775-6070-8471-9172-70 PAOK65-5750-5788-6585-66104-7976-7177-7660-7476-80 Trikala79-7082-8473-6186-8275-9473-8169-9393-8866-77
Playoffs This is the outlook for the 2009 Α1 playoffs. Teams in bold advance to the next round.
Final standings Pos Team1.Panathinaikos 2.Olympiacos3.Maroussi4.Aris 5.Panellinios6.Panionios 7.PAOK8.Kolossos Rodou9.AEK Athens10.Kavala11.Olympia Larissa12.Trikala13.Aigaleo14.AEL
2009–10 Euroleague Regular Season 2009–10 Euroleague Qualification Round Eurocup 2009–10 Regular Season Eurocup 2009–10 Qualification Round Relegation to HEBA A2 2009–10
Aris was granted a wildcard to play in the 2009–10 Euroleague Qualification Round.
Greek Basket League 2008–09ChampionsPanathinaikos30th Title
Awards
Greek League MVP Vassilis Spanoulis – Panathinaikos
Greek League Finals MVP Drew Nicholas – Panathinaikos
All-Greek League Team Vassilis Spanoulis – Panathinaikos Šarūnas Jasikevičius – Panathinaikos Mike Batiste – Panathinaikos Ioannis Bourousis – Olympiacos Nikola Peković – Panathinaikos
Best Coach Željko Obradović – Panathinaikos Defensive Player of the Year Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos
Best Young Player Kostas Papanikolaou – Aris
Statistical leaders Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season. Points Pos. Player Club Total points 1. Anthony Grundy Panellinios 399 2. Steven Smith Kolossos 384 3. Makis Nikolaidis Trikala 360 4. William Avery Trikala 349 5. Keydren Clark Aris 348 Rebounds Pos. Player Club Total Rebounds 1. Torin Francis A.E.L. 185 2. Dejan Tomašević PAOK 183 3. Spencer Nelson Aris 178 4. Travon Bryant AEK 167 5. Ioannis Bourousis Olympiacos 160 Assists Pos. Player Club Total Assists 1. Thodoris Papaloukas Olympiacos 100 2. Anthony Grundy Panellinios 97 3. Aaron Miles Panionios 92 4. Billy Keys Maroussi 90 5. William Avery Trikala 83 Steals Pos. Player Club Total Steals 1. Aaron Miles Panionios 58 2. Anthony Grundy Panellinios 56 3. Lance Harris Kolossos 56 4. Marios Batis Olympia 34 5. Manolis Papamakarios Panellinios 33 Blocks Pos. Player Club Total Blocks 1. Torin Francis A.E.L. 29 2. Andreas Glyniadakis Maroussi 24 3. Ioannis Bourousis Olympiacos 20 4. Travon Bryant AEK 20 5. Kostas Charissis Kolossos 20 Source:
Clubs in international competitions Team Competition Result Panathinaikos EuroLeague Final-4, 1st place Olympiacos Final-4, 4th place Panionios Regular season, 6th placeMaroussiEuroCup Top 16, 3rd place Panellinios Top 16, 4th place Aris Regular season, 3rd place Olympia Larissa FIBA EuroChallenge Regular season, 4th place
References
External links Official HEBA Site Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site Galanis Sports Data