2005–06 Greek Basket League
# 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.

## Teams

| 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Panionios | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Panionios | 0 | 1 | Panathinaikos | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Aris | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Aris | 2 | 4 | Aris | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Panellinios | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Panellinios | 0 | | | | 1 | Panathinaikos | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Olympiacos | 0 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Olympiacos | 0 |
| 7 | AEK Athens | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | AEK Athens | 0 | 2 | Olympiacos | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Maroussi | 2 | | | |
| 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

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

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 | Overall record | 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

* Vassilis Spanoulis &
* Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

### Finals MVP

* Vassilis Spanoulis &
* Dimitris Diamantidis – Panathinaikos

### Top scorer

* Roderick Blakney– Maroussi

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