2007–08 Olympiacos B.C. season

In the season 2007–08, Olympiacos was considered amongst the favourites to reach the Final Four of the EuroLeague. It is also considered the favourite along with Panathinaikos in the A1 Ethniki. In the Regular Season the team had the record of 22 wins and 4 defeats, having produced the second most offensive basketball in the Greek League. For the Quarter-finals of the Playoffs, Olympiacos swept AEK Athens in a best-of-three series and for the Semi-finals won Maroussi in a best-of-five series by 3-2. In the Finals of the Greek League Reds faced the eternal enemy Panathinaikos. Meanwhile, in Europe the team qualified for the third phase (quarter-finals) of the Euroleague, where it was eliminated by CSKA Moscow. Additionally, Olympiacos qualified to the Greek Cup Final, where they lost to the arch-rival Panathinaikos in a very impressive game, which was dramatic up to the last second.

A1 2007–08
Main article: A1 Ethniki 2007–08

Regular season

Last match

April 23
17:00 LT
Olympiacos 80–48 AGO Rethymno
Scoring by quarter: 17-10, 29-13, 21-11, 13-14
Pts: Tsakalidis 13
Rebs: Two players with 6
Asts: Six players with 2		 Pts: Vouyoukas 14
Rebs: Vouyoukas 11
Asts: Koumoulos 3

Play-offs

This is the outlook for the 2008 Α1 playoffs. Teams in bold advance to the next round.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                   
1 Panathinaikos 74 78 –
8 Olympia Larissas 55 58 –
1 Panathinaikos 91 80 98 – –
4 Panionios 75 76 75 – –
4 Panionios 83 95 –
5 Panellinios 70 80 –
1 Panathinaikos 83 55 78 57
2 Olympiacos 79 71 67 59
2 Olympiacos 92 70 –
7 AEK Athens 62 68 –
2 Olympiacos 87 90 85 75 64 Euroleague Match
6 Maroussi 61 97 69 86 63
3 Aris 61 98 79 4 Panionios 60 65 89 96
6 Maroussi 72 95 85 6 Maroussi 67 76 82 84
Quarter-finals
Game 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game
Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens –
Date 3 May 2008 5 May 2008 –
Report QF-Game1 QF-Game2 –
Semi-finals
Game 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game 4th Game 5th Game
Arena Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Agios Thomas Indoor Hall, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Agios Thomas Indoor Hall, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens
Date 10 May 2008 13 May 2008 15 May 2008 18 May 2008 21 May 2008
Report SF-Game1 SF-Game2 SF-Game3 Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine SF-Game4 SF-Game5
Finals
Game 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game 4th Game 5th Game
Arena Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Date 24 May 2008 27 May 2008 29 May 2008 1 June 2008 4 June 2008
Report F-Game1 F-Game2 F-Game3 Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine F-Game4 21:00 LT

Greek Cup 2007–08
Main article: Greek Basketball Cup

Quarter-final
December 22
17:00 LT
AEK Athens 69–83 Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 17-26, 17-16, 17-18, 18-23
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 3,500

Semi-final
February 6
19:15 LT
Olympiacos 72–70 Aris TT Bank
Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 13-23, 17-10, 24-17

Final
March 26
18:30 LT
Olympiacos 79–81 Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 18-22, 20-26, 29-21
Pts: Greer 28
Rebs: Bourousis 12
Asts: Greer 5		 Pts: Spanoulis 20
Rebs: Batiste 6
Asts: Spanoulis 7

Regular season
Main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Regular Season Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Russia CSKA Moscow 141221123942+181
2.Italy Montepaschi Siena 141041098974+124
3.Spain TAU Cerámica 149511701051+119
4.Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas 148611101126−16
5.Greece Olympiacos 147711851099+86
6.Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 1441010301147−117
7.Poland Prokom Trefl Sopot 144109731143−170
8.Italy VidiVici Bologna 1421210081215−207
Key to colors
     Qualified to Top 16
     Eliminated

Top 16
Main article: Euroleague 2007–08 Top 16 Group F
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1.Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 642516496+20
2.Greece Olympiacos 642443436+7
3.Spain Real Madrid 633489493−4
4.Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas 615457480−23
  • Maccabi win the group on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head point differential against Olympiacos.
Key to colors
     Qualified to Quarter-finals
     Eliminated

Quarter-finals
Main article: Euroleague 2007–08 quarterfinals
Teams Agg. 1st Game 2nd Game 3rd Game
Russia CSKA Moscow 2 74 83 81
Greece Olympiacos 1 76 73 56
Arena CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Peace and Friendship Stadium, Athens CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow
Key to colors
     Qualified to Final Four 2008
     Eliminated

Last match

April 9
18:15 CET
CSKA Moscow Russia 81–56 Greece Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 22-16, 19-13, 20-21, 20-6
Pts: Šiškauskas 24
Rebs: Smodiš 6
Asts: Holden 6		 Pts: Vasilopoulos 17
Rebs: Printezis 5
Asts: Blakney, Greer 4

See also

References
  1. Panathinaikos take Greek Cup, March 26, 2008
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