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2011–12 Greek Basket League season
League	Greek Basket League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	22 October 2011 – 2 June 2012
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	SKAI TV, ERT, Nova Sports
Regular Season
Season champions	Olympiacos
Season MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis
Top scorer	Dionte Christmas 437 Points (18.2 PPG)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Olympiacos
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Finals MVP	Georgios Printezis & Kostas Papanikolaou
Greek Basket League seasons
← 2010–112012–13 →

The 2011–12 Greek Basket League was the 72nd season of the Greek Basket League, the highest tier professional basketball league in Greece. The 156-game regular season (24 games for each of the 13 teams) began on Saturday, October 22, 2011, and ended on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The playoffs ended on June 2, 2012. The championship was held without the presence of Panellinios that withdrew because of economic problems. So the championship was held with only 13 teams.

Teams

Regular season

Standings

As of matchday 26th (final) on April 11, 2012

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

Playoffs

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.

Bracket

Quarterfinal 1

Game 1

Game 2

Quarterfinal 2

Game 1

Game 2

Quarterfinal 3

Game 1

Game 2

Quarterfinal 4

Game 1

Game 2

Semi-finals 1

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Semi-finals 2

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

3rd Place play-offs

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Finals

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Final league standings

• Kolossos and Rethymno forfeited their places in the Eurocup 2012–13 Regular Season.

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Vassilis Spanoulis – Olympiacos

Finals MVP

• Kostas Papanikolaou &
• Georgios Printezis – Olympiacos

Top scorer

• Dionte Christmas – Rethymno

Most Improved Player

• Georgios Printezis – Olympiacos

Defensive Player of the Year

• Joey Dorsey – Olympiacos

Best Young Player

• Kostas Papanikolaou – Olympiacos

Coach of the Year

• Dusan Ivkovic – Olympiacos &
• Georgios Bartzokas – Panionios

All-Greek League Team
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SG	Vassilis Spanoulis MVP	Olympiacos
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos
C	Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos

All-Greek League Defensive Team
Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
SG	Vangelis Mantzaris	Olympiacos
SF	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos
PF	Kyle Hines	Olympiacos
C	Joey Dorsey Best Defender	Olympiacos

Stats leaders

Greek Basket League stats leaders are counted by totals, rather than averages, and include both regular season and playoff games.

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games
1.	Dionte Christmas	Rethymno	484	26
2.	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	427	34
3.	Angelos Tsamis	Kolossos	397	35
4.	Dimos Dikoudis	PAOK	383	26
5.	Marcus Hatten	Kolossos	379	34

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games
1.	Aron Baynes	Ikaros	199	23
2.	Ruben Boykin	Kolossos	166	35
3.	Vassilis Simtsak	Kavala	166	26
4.	Nana Enguaier	Ilysiakos	164	25
5.	Angelos Tsamis	Kolossos	162	35

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games
1.	Vassilis Spanoulis Vassilis Xanthopoulos	Olympiacos Panionios	155 155	31 34
3.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	146	33
4.	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Panathinaikos	110	35
5.	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	106	35

Clubs in international competitions

References

1. "Όχι ΕΕΑ σε Πανελλήνιο, με 13 ομάδες η Α1!". sport24.gr. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
2. "Standings". Retrieved 12 April 2012.
3. "ESAKE.gr - Top Coach G. Bartzokas" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
4. "ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΙΚΟΣ ΤΗΣ Α1 Ο ΝΤΟΡΣΕΪ!". NewsNowgr.com. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
5. "Statistics". Retrieved 23 July 2012.

External links

• Official Basket League Site (in Greek)
• Official Basket League Site
• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)

• Greek Basket League seasons
• 2011–12 in Greek basketball
• 2011–12 in European basketball leagues