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2005–06 Greek Basket League

2005–06 Greek Basket League season
LeagueGreek Basket League
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season championsPanathinaikos
Season MVPGreece Dimitris Diamantidis
Top scorerCroatia Damir Mulaomerović 487 Points (21.2 PPG)
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos
  Runners-upOlympiacos
Finals MVPGreece Dimitris Diamantidis & Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
Greek Basket League seasons

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

Game 3

7 June 2006
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
Greek Basket League 2005–06
Champions

Panathinaikos
27th Title

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Finals MVP

Top scorer

Most Improved Player

Best Young Player

Coach of the Year

Greek League Best Five

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

League leaders regular season

Points

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

Rebounds

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

Assists

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

Steals

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

Blocks

# Name Club Blocks
1. United States Ryan Stack Aris 36
2. Serbia Aleksandar Radojević Olympia Larissa 33
3. United States Travon Bryant Kolossos Rodou 27
4. Senegal Mamadou N'Diaye PAOK 26
5. Greece 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. United States Roderick Blakney Maroussi 169
2. Greece Alexis Kyritsis Maroussi 162
3. Slovenia Jaka Lakovič Panathinaikos 116
4. United States Tyus Edney Olympiacos 110
5. United States Quincy Lewis Olympiacos 107

Rebounds

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

Assists

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

Steals

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

Blocks

# Name Club Blocks
1. Greece Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Olympiacos 8
1. United States Jared Homan Maroussi 7
3. Greece Sofoklis Schortsanitis Olympiacos 6
4. United States Quincy Lewis Olympiacos 6
5. Montenegro Blagota Sekulić Maroussi 5
5. Greece 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