2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs

The 2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs included the top eight place finishing teams of the 2016–17 Greek Basket League regular season.

Bracket[edit]

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.

First round 19–26 April		Quarterfinals 29 April–4 May		Semifinals 10-22 May		Finals 28 May–11 June












				1 Olympiacos	3

				4 Aris	0
5 PAOK	2

8 Lavrio DHI	0
		4 Aris	2

		5 PAOK	0



						1 Olympiacos	2

						2 Panathinaikos Superfoods	3



		3 AEK	2

		6 Rethymno Cretan Kings	0
6 Rethymno Cretan Kings	2

7 Kolossos H Hotels	1
				2 Panathinaikos Superfoods	3

				3 AEK	1	Third Place



						3 AEK	3

						4 Aris	0

First round[edit]

In the first round, the teams that finished in places 5 to 8 of the regular season standings, playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, plays the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
PAOK	2–0	Lavrio DHI	82–65	78–68	—
Rethymno Cretan Kings	2–1	Kolossos H Hotels	84–71	73–78	69–55

Game 1[edit]

19 April 2017	PAOK	82–65	Lavrio DHI	Thessaloniki
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 25–12, 20–18, 21–16
	Pts: McFadden 18 Rebs: Clanton 11 Asts: Clanton 5 PIR: Clanton 24	Report	Pts: Gray 15 Rebs: Evans 7 Asts: Nixon 3 PIR: Bolds 13	Arena: P.A.O.K. Sports Arena Referees: Athanasios Deslis, Stefanos Maglogiannis, Vaso Tsaroucha

20 April 2017	Rethymno Cretan Kings	84–710(OT)	Kolossos H Hotels	Rethymno
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 10–17, 21–12, 18–12, Overtime: 21–8
	Pts: Fitzpatrick, Giannopoulos 20 Rebs: Arnold, Fitzpatrick 9 Asts: Talton 10 PIR: Fitzpatrick 20	Report	Pts: Reddic 20 Rebs: Saloustros, Vasilopoulos 10 Asts: Hall 9 PIR: Reddic 22	Arena: Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall Referees: Christos Panagiotou, Kiriakos Pantelidis, Vassilis Mpikas

Game 2[edit]

22 April 2017	Lavrio DHI	68–78	PAOK	Laurium
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 14–19, 17–30, 12–16
	Pts: Gray 19 Rebs: Evans 7 Asts: Nixon 6 PIR: Gray 17	Report	Pts: Clanton 15 Rebs: Clanton 9 Asts: Koniaris 5 PIR: Clanton 25	Arena: Lavrio Indoor Hall Referees: Alexandros Psarianos, Dimitris Tzafleris, Georgios Theonas

23 April 2017	Kolossos H Hotels	78–73	Rethymno Cretan Kings	Rhodes
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 18–23, 25–19, 21–15
	Pts: Vasilopoulos 18 Rebs: Saloustros 10 Asts: Hall 9 PIR: Chuku 20	Report	Pts: Talton 21 Rebs: Kamperidis 8 Asts: Razis, Talton 3 PIR: Talton 24	Arena: Venetokleio Indoor Hall Referees: Georgios Andrikopoulos, Kostas Poursanidis, K. Georgiadis

Game 3[edit]

26 April 2017	Rethymno Cretan Kings	69–55	Kolossos H Hotels	Rethymno
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 15–23, 15–15, 17–8
	Pts: Giannopoulos, Lemon 20 Rebs: Fitzpatrick 14 Asts: Talton 4 PIR: Giannopoulos 24	Report	Pts: Vasilopoulos 15 Rebs: Saloustros 6 Asts: Hall, Releford, Vasilopoulos 3 PIR: Watson 13	Arena: Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall Referees: Dimitris Mpitis, Vasilis Tsonos, Andreas Vardalos

Quarterfinals[edit]

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Aris	2–0	PAOK	69–65	75–84	—
AEK	2–0	Rethymno Cretan Kings	90–78	81–70	—

Game 1[edit]

29 April 2017	Aris	69–650(OT)	PAOK	Thessaloniki
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 17–17, 14–13, 14–11, Overtime: 8–4
	Pts: Xanthopoulos 16 Rebs: Symtsak 12 Asts: Janković, Xanthopoulos 4 PIR: Janković 18	Report	Pts: Sobey 20 Rebs: Clanton 11 Asts: Koniaris 4 PIR: Clanton, Sobey 14	Arena: Nick Galis Hall Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Georgios Poursanidis, Stefanos Maglogiannis

30 April 2017	AEK	90–78	Rethymno Cretan Kings	Athens
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 22–20, 25–20, 24–24
	Pts: Ukić 24 Rebs: Mavroeidis 10 Asts: Ukić 8 PIR: Ukić 38	Report	Pts: Lemon 20 Rebs: Kottas 7 Asts: Talton 4 PIR: Arnold 21	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Nickolaos Somos, Dimitris Mpitis, Argiris Kaldiris

Game 2[edit]

3 May 2017	PAOK	75–84	Aris	Thessaloniki
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 22–27, 19–11, 16–21
	Pts: Peiners 14 Rebs: Clanton 15 Asts: Koniaris, Tsochlas 3 PIR: Clanton 22	Report	Pts: Dragićević 21 Rebs: Kavvadas 6 Asts: Xanthopoulos 5 PIR: Dragićević 21	Arena: P.A.O.K. Sports Arena Referees: Antonis Anastopoulos, Alexandros Psarianos, Dimitris Tzafleris

4 May 2017	Rethymno Cretan Kings	70–81	AEK	Rethymno
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 27–21, 6–24, 14–17
	Pts: Lemon 14 Rebs: Kamperidis 7 Asts: Talton 9 PIR: Kamperidis 19	Report	Pts: Ukić 18 Rebs: Milošević 9 Asts: McGrath 5 PIR: Ukić 22	Arena: Melina Merkouri Indoor Hall Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis, Panagiotis Diamantis, Georgios Andrikopoulos

Semifinals[edit]

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.^[3]^[4]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Olympiacos	3–0	Aris	84–54	84–77	79–65	—	—
Panathinaikos Superfoods	3–1	AEK	80–70	70–71	81–72	105–67	—

Game 1[edit]

10 May 2017	Olympiacos	84–54	Aris	Piraeus
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 23–14, 20–7, 20–16
	Pts: Papanikolaou 17 Rebs: Agravanis 8 Asts: Green 6 PIR: Papanikolaou 24	Report	Pts: Kavvadas 14 Rebs: Kavvadas, Tsairelis 6 Asts: Cummings 3 PIR: Kavvadas 13	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Chrysostomos Schinas, Athanasios Deslis, Dimitris Mpitis

11 May 2017	Panathinaikos Superfoods	80–70	AEK	Athens
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 12–24, 25–11, 20–20
	Pts: Calathes 23 Rebs: Bourousis 11 Asts: Calathes 5 PIR: Calathes 25	Report	Pts: Mavroeidis 18 Rebs: Dixon 7 Asts: McGrath 4 PIR: Dixon, Mavroeidis 18	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Anastasios Manos, Vasilis Tsonos

Game 2[edit]

13 May 2017	Aris	77–84	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 27–19, 14–24, 22–17
	Pts: Cummings 16 Rebs: Symtsak 9 Asts: Janković 3 PIR: Dragićević 16	Report	Pts: Papanikolaou 23 Rebs: Birch 14 Asts: Spanoulis 8 PIR: Papanikolaou 28	Arena: Nick Galis Hall Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis, Alexandros Psarianos, Kiriakos Pantelidis

14 May 2017	AEK	71–70	Panathinaikos Superfoods	Athens
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 20–22, 19–13, 15–13
	Pts: Milošević 14 Rebs: Mavroeidis, Milošević, Ukić 6 Asts: Dixon 5 PIR: Mavroeidis, Milošević 20	Report	Pts: Singleton 19 Rebs: Singleton 11 Asts: Calathes 4 PIR: Singleton 28	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Nickolaos Somos, Stefanos Maglogiannis

Game 3[edit]

18 May 2017	Panathinaikos Superfoods	81–72	AEK	Athens
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 14–19, 19–21, 30–20
	Pts: Calathes 26 Rebs: Calathes 6 Asts: Calathes 6 PIR: Calathes 27	Report	Pts: Ukić 14 Rebs: Milošević 8 Asts: Ukić 5 PIR: Ukić 14	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Chrysostomos Schinas, Georgios Poursanidis, Christos Panagiotou

25 May 2017	Olympiacos	79–65	Aris	Piraeus
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 17–12, 26–24, 14–16
	Pts: Papapetrou 18 Rebs: Young 8 Asts: Spanoulis 6 PIR: Papapetrou 20	Report	Pts: Cummings 21 Rebs: Janković 6 Asts: Janković 5 PIR: Cummings 12	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Panagiotis Diamantis, Dimitris Tzafleris, Kostas Poursanidis

Game 4[edit]

22 May 2017	AEK	67–105	Panathinaikos Superfoods	Athens
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 18–24, 18–24, 20–32
	Pts: Ukić 16 Rebs: Elonu 5 Asts: Dixon 4 PIR: Mavroeidis 10	Report	Pts: Calathes 17 Rebs: Bourousis 9 Asts: Calathes 9 PIR: Calathes 26	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis, Anastasios Manos, Georgios Andrikopoulos

Third place[edit]

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.^[5]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
AEK	3–0	Aris	90–74	91–85	71–60	—	—

Game 1[edit]

28 May 2017	AEK	90–74	Aris	Athens
18:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 25–17, 20–16, 22–17
	Pts: Milošević 16 Rebs: Milošević 12 Asts: Dixon 9 PIR: Elonu 23	Report	Pts: Janković 17 Rebs: Janković 11 Asts: Xanthopoulos 5 PIR: Janković 23	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Panagiotis Diamantis, Dimitris Tzafleris

Game 2[edit]

31 May 2017	Aris	85–91	AEK	Thessaloniki
17:30 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 30–21, 17–20, 17–28
	Pts: Janković, Mourtos 18 Rebs: Janković 12 Asts: Xanthopoulos 7 PIR: Mourtos 20	Report	Pts: Larentzakis, Mavrokefalidis 19 Rebs: Dixon, Milošević 5 Asts: Dixon 9 PIR: Larentzakis 20	Arena: Nick Galis Hall Referees: Chrysostomos Schinas, Dimitris Mpitis, Stefanos Maglogiannis

Game 3[edit]

3 June 2017	AEK	71–60	Aris	Athens
17:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 24–18, 14–8, 15–15
	Pts: Dixon 19 Rebs: Elonu 9 Asts: Dixon 6 PIR: Elonu 20	Report	Pts: Kavvadas, Tsairelis 11 Rebs: Mourtos 10 Asts: Flionis 4 PIR: Mourtos 13	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Georgios Poursanidis, Kostas Poursanidis

Finals[edit]

In the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.^[5]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Olympiacos	2–3	Panathinaikos Superfoods	63–58	80–84	64–62	58–71	51–66

Game 1[edit]

28 May 2017	Olympiacos	63–58	Panathinaikos Superfoods	Piraeus
21:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–23, 13–17, 15–8
	Pts: Milutinov, Printezis 12 Rebs: Green, Papanikolaou 7 Asts: Spanoulis 10 PIR: Spanoulis 21	Report	Pts: Rivers 16 Rebs: Bourousis 11 Asts: Calathes 5 PIR: Bourousis 16	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Antonis Anastopoulos, Nickolaos Somos, Alexandros Psarianos

Game 2[edit]

1 June 2017	Panathinaikos Superfoods	84–80	Olympiacos	Athens
21:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 24–19, 18–14, 25–27
	Pts: Pappas 16 Rebs: Calathes 10 Asts: Calathes 3 PIR: Pappas 20	Report	Pts: Green 21 Rebs: Birch 7 Asts: Mantzaris 6 PIR: Green 17	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Anastasios Piloidis, Anastasios Manos, Christos Panagiotou

Game 3[edit]

4 June 2017	Olympiacos	64–62	Panathinaikos Superfoods	Piraeus
21:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 20–17, 7–10, 21–19
	Pts: Milutinov 14 Rebs: Printezis 7 Asts: Printezis 7 PIR: Milutinov 20	Report	Pts: James 16 Rebs: Bourousis 6 Asts: Calathes, James 3 PIR: James 15	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Chrysostomos Schinas, Charalampos Karakatsounis, Athanasios Deslis

Game 4[edit]

8 June 2017	Panathinaikos Superfoods	71–58	Olympiacos	Athens
21:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 21–17, 20–11, 12–19
	Pts: Calathes, Singleton 14 Rebs: Singleton 9 Asts: James 5 PIR: James, Singleton 19	Report	Pts: Green 20 Rebs: Papanikolaou 8 Asts: Spanoulis 5 PIR: Green 16	Arena: O.A.C.A. Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Georgios Poursanidis, Georgios Andrikopoulos

Game 5[edit]

11 June 2017	Olympiacos	51–66	Panathinaikos Superfoods	Piraeus
21:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 10–22, 10–21, 14–9
		Report		Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium

References[edit]

^ "First round schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.
^ "Quarterfinals schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.
^ "Semifinals schedule (first part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.
^ "Semifinals schedule (second part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.
^ ^a ^b "Finals and third place series schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.

External links[edit]

Official Basket League Site (in English)
Official Basket League Site (in Greek)

[FR-1] "First round schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.

[QF-2] "Quarterfinals schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.

[SF1-3] "Semifinals schedule (first part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.

[SF2-4] "Semifinals schedule (second part)" (in Greek). esake.gr.

[F-5] "Finals and third place series schedule" (in Greek). esake.gr.

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